Friend: this is what authoritarianism looks like.
Senator Alex Padilla – California’s elected U.S. Senator – was forcibly removed, slammed to the ground, and handcuffed at a press conference in Los Angeles for simply trying to ask a question.
There was no threat. No outburst. Just a senator doing his job – challenging Trump’s hand-picked Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem. And for that, he was taken down in front of cameras like an enemy of the state.
If they’ll do this to a Senator, what happens to the rest of us?
This is the regime Donald Trump is building in real time: a government where dissent is punished, force is the first response, and public officials are silenced if they step out of line.
That’s why this weekend’s protests couldn’t be more important.
We must take to the streets to confront the full force of a regime that is willing to use violence and fear to silence dissent. What we’re seeing is not isolated. It’s a pattern. A warning. And if we don’t meet it with mass resistance, it will only get worse.
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They’re counting on fear to do the work for them. Let’s show them what resistance looks like.
– People For
Read on for more ways you can take action today.
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Friend,
Donald Trump has sent thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of U.S. Marines into Los Angeles to silence peaceful protest – over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom and despite clear opposition from the American people.
There was no request. No need. No legal justification. Just brute force.
This is the MAGA regime in motion.
A regime by the bullies, for the billionaires – using military power against our families and our freedoms. They are turning our government into a weapon to crush dissent and control the people.
This isn’t just happening in LA. While troops flood city streets, Trump is staging a military spectacle in Washington, DC – in support of the very kind of authoritarian power he’s always admired. And make no mistake: he’s not stopping there.
This could spread anywhere.
Any protest. Any march. Any community that speaks up. This is the brutal crackdown Trump has long envied by foreign dictators – and now, he’s willing to deploy it, even though it’s illegal, unconstitutional, and un-American.
We cannot allow this to stand. And we cannot allow it to spread any further.
Here are three things you can do right now:
- Show up at a No Kings rally this Saturday, June 14
Rallies are happening nationwide to confront Trump’s authoritarian power grabs, defend the freedoms we hold dear, and assert our right to protest peacefully and defiantly in the face of oppression.
- Tell Congress to take action – now.
Trump is escalating. Congress must speak out, demand troop withdrawal, and stop this illegal assault on dissent before it spreads further.
- Help fuel the resistance.
We’re organizing across the country to fight back against this regime and build the movement to end it. We need your voice – and your support.
The MAGA regime is counting on fear. Counting on silence.
But they underestimated the one thing they can’t control: a united, relentless people refusing to back down from their authoritarian power grab.
Now is the time to send a clear message: We haven’t had kings in American since 1776. We won’t be ruled by one now – or ever!
– The People For team
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