Trump Flaunts Project 2025 While Teasing Permanent Cuts To 'Democrat Agencies' | Amid the government shutdown, Trump posted that he would be meeting with his OMB Director Russ Vought, "of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to look into cutting the government, despite previously distancing himself from Project 2025

Bernie Sanders: "Make no mistakes about it, we are living in dangerous and unprecedented times as we combat Trump's oligarchy, authoritarianism, kleptocracy, and his horrific attacks against working families." | Opinion www.commondreams.org/opinion/we-m...

Reagan-Appointed Judge Calls Out Trump’s ‘Full-Throated Assault on the First Amendment’ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Prominent conservative influencer: "Recruitment numbers [were] falling through the floor because young men who fight and die in all your wars don't want to sign up to serve under someone who attacks white [rage]—white rage is how you win a war. That's how America's always won wars, idiots." (Video)

Fox News hosts celebrate revenge on Trump's enemies like Comey; "revenge, retribution, accountability, who cares [what it's called]? […] I'm enjoying it because these people need to be punished. […] what are [we] going to, just turn the other cheek? […] It is "an eye for an eye", and I hope we win."

The Guardian: Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats | Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Democracy Docket (September 26, 2025): Trump Took Key Steps Into Authoritarianism This Week www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

Berge, Wachs demand Van Orden withdraw bill to block federal funding | "Community members arranged a protest and press conference at the Eau Claire Municipal Building ... The event protested against US District 3 Representative Derrick Van Orden's proposed bill" eyeondunn.com/berge-wachs-...

How Fox covers for Trump administration malfeasance | "The job of a Fox News evening host isn’t to cover .. Trump and his administration, it’s to give them cover. The network’s stars are shameless propagandists who employ a variety of tactics to hide the president’s misdeeds from their viewers."

Bondi fires a third federal prosecutor in Miami office, linked to anti-Trump posts | Miami Herald: "Rosenzweig was fired, according to multiple sources, because of the negative things he said about Trump on a social media blog before he became a federal prosecutor in Miami."

“Extremely Disturbing”: What Does Trump’s “Antifa” Executive Order Actually Do? | Mother Jones interview "with Chip Gibbons, policy director at the nonprofit civil liberties advocacy organization Defending Rights & Dissent, about the Trump administration’s playbook for crushing free speech."

Vox: Trump’s prosecution of a Democratic lawmaker is a test run for authoritarian rule www.vox.com/politics/462...

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say apnews.com/article/fbi-...

ABC: "Trump’s handpicked U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury in the coming days to indict former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, despite prosecutors and investigators determining there was insufficient evidence to charge him, sources .. told ABC News."

Pro-Trump Newsmax host cheers for a government shutdown: "... look, I'm a veteran. I get services through the VA occasionally and this would minorly affect me. And I'm still like, let's go, shut it down." www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/news...

Fox News host Jesse Watters said this: "And what we need to do is either leave the UN or we need to bomb it. […] Alright, maybe gas it? […] Don't gas it. Okay, but we need to destroy it. […] No, I don't like [turning it into affordable housing]. I like nice skyrises, […] the expensive condominiums."

NOTUS (September 18, 2025): Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Trump's new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous (MSNBC Opinion) | Christopher Mathias, journalist covering the far-right: "This burgeoning 2025 anti-antifa panic feels like it has the potential to turn into a real, unchecked campaign of persecution..."

NPR: Unease grows at the Justice Department as Trump's threats get even more blunt www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream (Jacobin) | A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies. jacobin.com/2025/09/new-...

Bernie Sanders makes his next moves to reshape the Democratic Party www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government’s annual report on hunger in America apnews.com/article/trum...

Texas oil companies forecast billions in tax breaks from Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' | "Oil companies .. have told investors they are expecting billions of dollars in tax benefits over the next three years .. according to transcripts of calls with financial analysts reviewed by the Chronicle."

The U.S. Department of Education announced that it's partnering with right-wing groups (for the "America 250 Civics Education Coalition") including ALEC, Claremont Institute, Council for National Policy, Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College, Job Creators Network, PragerU, TPPF, & Turning Point USA

Art Jipson and Paul J. Becker: Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows theconversation.com/right-wing-e...

Video: UK demonstrators rally against US President Donald Trump's state visit (September 17, 2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2na...

‘Like working in a prison’: cuts, fear and understaffing at Trump’s labor department | Julie Su: "The Department of Labor is being deployed fully as one arm of this president’s war on workers" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump has pulled the US out of its UN human rights review | "This unprecedented refusal to participate in the UN’s Universal Periodic Review procedure […] represents an extraordinary undermining of human rights accountability and evasion of any international scrutiny of the U.S. human right record."

Human Rights Crisis in the U.S.: Armed and Unchecked | "Congress must investigate and take all actions within its power to hold this administration accountable." | Amnesty International USA (September 16, 2025) www.amnestyusa.org/blog/human-r...

The third Red Scare | Zack Beauchamp: "The darkest and most illiberal elements of the right are working to develop a broad-based campaign for repressing the political opposition. It’s a moment very much akin to the Red Scares of the 20th century..." www.vox.com/on-the-right...

Associated Press: Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent | Political scientist Brendan Nyhan: "What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government" apnews.com/article/trum...

Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings | "The strikes have taken place in the context of the Trump administration’s dismantling of internal legal oversight mechanisms […] Key protections designed to ensure compliance with international law have been hollowed out, Human Rights Watch said."

MSNBC: The unsettling consequence of Trump designating antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization’ | "If the White House says that antifa members are terrorists, and the White House says it will decide on its own who and what qualifies as “antifa” affiliates, this can get very scary, very quickly."

POLITICO: Former GOP officials fear US strikes on alleged drug smugglers aren't legal www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump officials pressuring federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against NY AG Letitia James: Sources | ABC News: "The mortgage investigation has exposed cracks in the DOJ leadership and raised fresh concerns that Trump officials are seeking retribution [...] sources said."

CNN: Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times is meritless, First Amendment experts say www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...

Associated Press: Trump’s threat to target ‘radical left’ after Kirk killing raises fears he’s trying to silence foes apnews.com/article/trum...

Opinion by Democracy Docket's founder Marc Elias: Trump’s Plan To Use the State To Crush Dissent www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

TIME: Trump Called for a Crackdown on the ‘Radical Left.’ But Right-Wing Extremists Are Responsible for More [Fatal] Political Violence | Terrorism expert: "There's no question that, if you look at the numbers in terms of lethality, it is the far right that's been far more lethal"

Chicago organizers say city needs support, not politicalization by Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

GOP Rep. Van Orden suggested halting federal funds to Eau Claire due to councilmembers' comments on Charlie Kirk's assassination: "This is My District. I’ve worked to get millions of dollars for … Eau Claire. We’re having a meeting today to figure out how to make that stop if this is not rectified…"

Video: Trump suggests using RICO charges, suggests he supports designating antifa as a terror organization, complains about protesters who heckled him about "oh, you know, something with Palestine", and suggests that he "should get lots of awards" for "doing a great job for peace in the Middle East"

After Hochul’s Mamdani Endorsement, Trump Threatens New York Federal Funding www.commondreams.org/news/hochul-...

TIME: "J.D. Vance Vows Crackdown on ‘Festering Violence’ From ‘Far Left’ While Hosting Charlie Kirk Show" | "“We are going to go after the NGO network that foments and facilities and engages in violence,” Vance said on The Charlie Kirk Show, referring to non-governmental organizations."

Gallup: Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S. | Polling: 42% of Democrats view "capitalism" positively, while 66% of Democrats view "socialism" positively. 17% of Democrats view "big business" positively, while 60% of Republicans view "big business" positively. news.gallup.com/poll/694835/...

Opinion | Trump's partisan double standard for assassinations is chilling: Why Trump’s different responses to Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman's assassinations matter. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

The standard for 'vicious' speech Trump laid out after Kirk's murder would implicate Trump himself reason.com/2025/09/12/t...

Report from Democratic U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley titled "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians. America is Complicit. The World Must Stop It." (September 2025) [PDF document] www.vanhollen.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go? | "If Weiss does join CBS, it will only formalize the role she has already carved out as the Trump administration’s de facto ally in its effort to silence progressive and pro-Palestinian voices."

How CBS News’ Trumpy new ombudsman fits into the right's anti-media campaign | "This campaign’s purpose is not to improve the standards of legacy outlets, but to cudgel them into compliance with Trump’s demands for fawning coverage of his presidency in order to secure right-wing policy objectives."