📢 Freedom Over Fascism News — October 8, 2025 | Updates and Actions You Can Take Today
🗽 News & Actions: October 8, 2025. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.
Today in Freedom Over Fascism we’re featuring: October 8, 2025 news briefs, video briefs, and calls-to-action. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.
Together we can advocate for Freedom Over Fascism:
When leaders escape accountability, it signals that power—not justice—rules, eroding trust, fueling corruption, and opening the door to authoritarianism. Billionaire-backed justices and elites aren't serving the people—they’re scheming to suppress our voices, strip away our rights, and rule over us. But progress and power to the people is more than an idea; it’s a movement. By standing up, speaking out, and demanding dignity, opportunity, and justice for all, we can build an America that truly lives up to its promise.
Freedom Over Fascism - News Briefs
🚨 Comey pleads not guilty in false statements case
The former FBI director entered his plea in a case President Donald Trump pushed prosecutors to bring despite concerns about insufficient evidence. — Washington Post
👁️ ICE Launches 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Contract
ICE has expanded its surveillance network through a new contract with a private data-mining company, allowing continuous tracking of social media posts. The system monitors millions of online interactions for “risk indicators,” raising privacy and civil rights alarms. Critics warn that the government is quietly building a digital dragnet targeting activists and immigrants alike. — Wired
🌅 Sunrise Movement Warns of Authoritarian Threats to Climate Activism — The Guardian
The Sunrise Movement is raising alarms about how Trump’s authoritarian policies are criminalizing environmental protest. Activists say the climate crisis and the democracy crisis are now intertwined—both driven by corporate greed and political repression. They’re calling on Americans to defend both the planet and the people’s right to resist. — The Guardian
🏥 Republicans blame the government shutdown on health care for undocumented people. That’s false — NPR
The White House and congressional Republicans say that Democratic lawmakers caused the federal government shutdown as part of an effort to extend health care benefits to undocumented immigrants. However, as several independent experts interviewed by NPR note, that claim is false. Advocates call the crisis a deliberate act of cruelty targeting the most vulnerable communities. — NPR
Trump Offers Qatar a NATO-Style Security Guarantee
Trump offered a security guarantee. Critics warn this conflates private interests with diplomacy, risking foreign policy integrity. The episode highlights how transactional politics are reshaping U.S. alliances. - MSNBC
Trump now openly backing Project 2025 during government shutdown | AP News
How Project 2025 shifts the USA towards a fascist regime
Donald Trump’s Project 2025 is a blatant power grab that aims to give extreme MAGA Republicans unchecked authority. They plan to use this power to criminalize abortion and people seeking asylum, undermine the poor and middle class, and dismantle Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Affordable Care Act, SNAP, and Veterans benefits.
Under Trump’s Project 2025, Republicans intend to impose a nationwide abortion ban and create a national registry to monitor women’s pregnancies and miscarriages. They even threaten to imprison doctors and nurses who provide essential care.
If enacted, Project 2025 would also gut the Affordable Care Act, leading to higher healthcare costs for everyone and a loss of protections for pre-existing conditions. Workers would lose their right to overtime pay, and middle-class families would face tax hikes—all while wealthy corporations receive new handouts.
Republicans' Project 2025 includes a detailed plan to dismantle Social Security and Medicare as we know them. This means slashing benefits for seniors and allowing Big Pharma to charge exorbitant prices for medication.
Urgent Calls to Action to Champion Freedom Over Fascism:
Click here to End Trump Witch Hunt Against James Comey
Click here to Stop Trump from Deploying Troops in U.S. Cities
Tell Congress: Reject any funding bill that fails to protect our health and hold Trump accountable. Your voice can stop backroom deals and protect millions from losing care. ➡️ Send Your Letter »
Join the NO KINGS National Day of Action. Show the nation that we reject would-be kings and demand a government that serves all of us. ➡️ RSVP for NO KINGS »
Click here to Tell Congress to Pass the Billionaires Income Tax
Click here to demand the release of the Epstein files
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How do we fight Fascism?
Hope
Hope is a powerful weapon against fascism, serving as both a shield and a rallying cry in the face of fear and oppression. While fascism thrives on division, despair, and apathy, hope inspires unity, action, and resilience. It fuels our belief in a better future, reminding us that change is possible when we come together with determination and courage. Hope empowers us to envision a society built on equality, justice, and freedom, motivating us to take meaningful steps to protect these values. By cultivating hope in our communities, we counteract the darkness of fascism with light, proving that love, solidarity, and persistence can overcome even the most daunting challenges.
Respect
Respect is a formidable weapon against fascism, countering its foundation of hatred and dehumanization with dignity and inclusivity. Fascism seeks to divide and conquer by pitting communities against one another, but respect bridges those divides, fostering empathy and understanding. When we listen to each other, honor diverse perspectives, and uphold the inherent worth of every individual, we dismantle the narratives that fuel authoritarian ideologies. Respect strengthens our resolve to protect the rights of all, reminding us that democracy thrives when we treat each other as equals. By leading with respect, we create a society where collaboration and compassion overpower fear and division, rendering fascism powerless in the face of unity.
Unity
Unity is one of the most powerful weapons against fascism, as it dismantles the divide-and-conquer tactics that authoritarian regimes rely on to maintain power. Fascism thrives on sowing division, exploiting differences, and isolating communities, but unity creates an unbreakable bond that transcends those divides. When people from all walks of life stand together, recognizing that an attack on one group is an attack on all, they form a collective force too strong to ignore. Unity amplifies our voices, strengthens our movements, and ensures that no one fights alone. It reminds us that our shared commitment to freedom, justice, and democracy is far greater than the fear and hate that fascism seeks to spread. Together, we can build a future where unity prevails, ensuring that democracy is not just defended but strengthened.
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Freedom Over Fascism - Statement
People Power United declares Fascism a clear and present danger to our rights, freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law.
In response to recent MAGA shenanigans to promote Fascism, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:
“MAGA Republicans have no interest in representing us. They want to rule over us. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.
People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil rights for all.
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