As Trump’s slash-and-burn brand of government blunders its way toward the abyss, one of his early catastrophes has faded from memory. Dismantling the US Agency for  International Development (USAID) happened so fast it had a blink-and-you’d-miss-it unreality. Staff fired, lifesaving programs halted mid-stream and lettering pulled off the headquarters building in Washington. Elon Musk and his juvenile band of DOGE thugs spearheaded the mutilation, calling the agency “a criminal organization” and “beyond repair.”

Explore how you can use rhetoric to change minds and win power so we can start making the changes our country increasingly-desperately needs.

DHS and ICE could not do what they do without goods and services being provided through multi-million contracts funded with taxpayer money. See the corporations complicit with ICE.

The Trump administration has been attacking education in this country. It has made attacks on the Department of Education. 50% of the workforce at the Department of Education has been laid off and there are significant cuts in funding of educational programs there. This is part of the authoritarian playbook. It is easier to control people who do not think for themselves.  

Trump hates being laughed at. He’s said as much. And while the erosion of our democracy is no laughing matter, satire and humor have often played an important role in undermining authoritarian regimes.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is shutting down after losing government funding, affecting public media like PBS and NPR. Our Media Accountability team wrote an explainer about the history of public broadcasting, why public media is important, and what we can do to move forward. Read more on our blog.

Kaiser Permanente recently ended gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 years old. Read more about the moral panic against trans people and what you can do.

Indivisible is launching One Million Rising, a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people-power that MAGA can’t ignore. You can join us—and lead.

As this administration continues its assault on immigration in the United States, these are the bills to watch out for and take action on.

Our guidance is this: If violence or crime happens near you at a protest, move away from it. Don’t be a sitting duck.

Trump and his MAGA regime are assaulting our democracy and threatening our economic security. To fund massive tax cuts for their billionaire buddies, they are massively cutting funds for the domestic social-safety net while increasing defense and police-state spending to historic highs.

The Trump Tariffs are already causing damage, with shipments in American ports beginning to dry up. This will cause higher costs and scarcer goods, with ripple effects comparable to the early-pandemic supply chain shocks of 2020. Let’s dig a little bit into how we can get through what’s coming at a day-to-day level.