The administration’s cruelty has become policy — from cutting food aid to weaponizing ICE against communities.
A new coalition of voters, from socialists to centrists, is uniting around shared values of democracy and decency.
Chicago’s resistance to federal crackdowns reveals a deeper national resolve to reject authoritarianism.
As Trump’s government celebrates opulence amid hunger and repression, Americans are defining the contrast in real time. The divide isn’t left versus right — it’s those who still believe in democracy versus those who see power as personal property. The country’s exhaustion with corruption and chaos has turned into something sharper: collective defiance. From local elections to whistle-blowing Chicagoans, the message is clear — Americans are done being props in someone else’s empire. Across the map, moral clarity is outpacing fear, and ordinary people are reclaiming what it means to stand for each other.
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