This isn’t just another partisan shutdown — upending how Washington works. This is Donald Trump seizing an opportunity to reshape the entire federal government.

According to Axios, Trump is treating the shutdown as a chance to purge institutions he considers “Democrat agencies,” cut funding to states that voted blue, and fire federal workers en masse. He’s meeting with Russ Vought to decide which agencies to target — even proposing to eliminate $8 billion from clean-energy projects in blue states.

He’s not hiding it. The administration is now using official government websites to push messaging that blames Democrats — in clear violation of federal law (like the Hatch Act) — turning the tools of government into partisan propaganda machines.

And the threat of mass layoffs isn’t theoretical. OMB has already instructed agencies to issue reduction in force (RIF) notices. This is authoritarianism in the making. The threat now is not just a shutdown — it’s turning the federal workforce into political pawns. It’s silencing dissent, dismantling oversight, and deepening control at the expense of everything we believed government should protect.

That’s why No Dem Left Behind is stepping into the fight.

We’re mobilizing in key states to back bold, fearless Democrats who won’t stand for this kind of power grab. We’re pushing the narrative hard: this isn’t acceptable. This is an attack on public servants, on checks and balances, and on the idea that government should serve us, not Trump. Will you chip in $10, $25, or whatever you can to help us stop this takeover — before they fire their way into permanent control?