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High intensity. Big news cycle.
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😶😰 The silence is growing because speaking out gets punished.
This week, a sitting senator in his own party said she’s afraid of the repercussions from fighting Trump. A retired cybersecurity official quit his private job to defend himself against an improper government probe. Reporters at NBC and the AP are being sidelined. Agencies are being ignored. And truth is being twisted, buried, or discredited.
Trump isn’t just wielding power. He’s training people to fear it.
🛑 So speak. Show up. Push back. That’s how fear breaks.
Ex-election security chief Chris Krebs quits private-sector job to fight Trump-ordered probe over 2020
April 17, 2025
FCC chair accuses Comcast of news distortion, pressures NBC to echo Trump administration narrative.
April 17, 2025
Florida trooper jailed U.S. citizen under blocked immigration law despite court order and proof of citizenship.
April 17, 2025
Trump administration moves to sell HUD headquarters as part of federal office downsizing.
April 17, 2025
Sen. Murkowski admits fear of Trump retaliation, says ‘we are all afraid’ to speak out.
April 17, 2025
Trump official pressed IRS over audit of ‘in ruins’ conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, who told court he can’t pay debts.
April 17, 2025
Top NIH nutrition researcher retires early over censorship under RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS.
April 17, 2025
Pentagon spokesman behind DEI image purge forced out after backlash, as 3 other senior aides are implicated in leak scandal.
April 17, 2025
Appeals court skeptical of Trump admin push to block AP from regaining its longtime White House press slot.
April 17, 2025
Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell over tariff remarks, despite job protections.
April 17, 2025
Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump appeal on restricting birthright citizenship but keeps restraining order in place.
April 17, 2025
Trump cuts nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff with one day’s notice, claims states will protect consumers.
April 17, 2025
U.S. bombs fuel terminal in Yemen, killing 38 people including paramedics, in strike targeting Houthis.
April 17, 2025