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[ [link removed] ]How 2025 Prepared Us for 2026
Now that we are in 2026, the clarity of the past year is impossible to
ignore. Trump’s second term has laid bare a stark divide between who
benefits from his presidency and who pays the price. Billionaires and
corporations are winning out while families face higher costs, communities
endure federal abuses of power, public health and research are dismantled,
and basic freedoms are put at risk. This op-ed reflects on what 2025
revealed about corruption, cruelty, and the erosion of democratic norms,
while underscoring the growing importance of the courts and the choices
ahead in Congress. It also makes the case that public opinion is shifting
and that the window to shape a different future is still open, if people
stay engaged and act with purpose in the year ahead.
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[ [link removed] ]What Happens Next Depends on What We Do Now
The Trump MAGA agenda is moving fast, and it is doing real damage.
Republicans are doubling down on minority rule, escalating attacks on our
rights, and using every tool at their disposal to lock in power before
voters can push back. The midterm elections are our clearest and most
immediate chance to disrupt their extreme, dangerous, and deeply unpopular
agenda and change the direction of the country.
But that fight depends on whether we have the resources to meet this
moment head on. We must close a $43,071 budget gap by midnight to keep
People For the American Way operating at full capacity. A gift today, of
any amount, helps ensure we can continue exposing extremism, mobilizing
voters, and electing Democrats who will stand in the way of the MAGA
agenda and fight for the American Way. This is not a moment for delay.
What we do right now will shape what comes next.
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This Month
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[ [link removed] ]End of 2025 Sees More Harmful Rulings by Trump Judges
The steady drumbeat of harmful rulings from Trump-nominated judges has not
let up. Over the final weeks of 2025, a series of decisions affecting
voting rights, workers, immigrants, environmental protections, and
accountability for law enforcement continued a pattern that People For has
been documenting for years. Taken together, these rulings show how
lifetime judicial appointments are being used to entrench an extreme
agenda, case by case, across the federal judiciary. The latest Confirmed
Judges, Confirmed Fears update pulls these decisions into focus, making
clear just how much damage is being done and why the fight over the courts
remains so urgent.
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[ [link removed] ]It’s Official: Right Wing Groups Launch Campaign to Overturn Marriage
Equality
A new campaign from the religious right makes clear that the fight over
marriage equality is far from over. Dozens of anti-LGBTQ organizations
have joined forces to pressure the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark
ruling protecting the right of same-sex couples to marry, reviving
familiar and deeply harmful smears that portray LGBTQ families as threats
to children. Even as public support for marriage equality remains
overwhelming and the Court recently declined to revisit the issue,
movement leaders are openly signaling that they see this moment as an
opportunity. The coordinated messaging, the groups involved, and the long
game behind the campaign offer a revealing look at how hard-won rights
remain under sustained attack.
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[ [link removed] ]Republicans Want You to Forget What Happened on January 6
Five years after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the danger it
revealed has not faded – it has evolved. What began as a violent attempt
to overturn a lawful election is now being followed by a deliberate effort
to rewrite what happened, with the Trump administration promoting false
and conspiratorial claims that erase violence, absolve perpetrators, and
undermine the truth. This moment is not about differing interpretations of
history, but about the use of government power to replace accountability
with propaganda and to condition the public to distrust elections and
democratic institutions. The anniversary serves as a stark reminder that
the threat to democracy did not end on January 6, and that defending truth
and the rule of law remains an urgent, ongoing responsibility.
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At a moment when democratic norms are being tested and the future can feel
uncertain, planning ahead is one meaningful way to help sustain a healthy
democracy for the generations that follow. The choices we make today shape
the world future generations will inherit, from the strength of our
institutions to the values that guide our communities. Estate planning is
about protecting the people and causes you love, making your wishes clear,
and helping ensure that what matters most to you continues to have an
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* [ [link removed] ]Christian Nationalist Propaganda Machine Rallies Around Trump and
ICE »
* [ [link removed] ]'One Less Asshole In The World': Nick Fuentes Says Alex Pretti Was
A 'Race Traitor' »
* [ [link removed] ]Rick Green Claims Jan. 6 'Was The Opposite Of An Insurrection' »
* [ [link removed] ]Father-Son Christian Nationalist Pseudo-Historians Are Shaping The
Trump Administration's War On The Smithsonian »
* [ [link removed] ]MAGA Pastor Rob Pacienza on ‘Destroying’ the ‘Stronghold’ of
Progressive Christianity »
* [ [link removed] ]Rick Joyner Praises ICE, Predicts Civil War With ‘Better’ Outcome
Than the First One »
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