Project 2025 isn’t just another policy plan. It’s a blueprint to centralize power, sideline opponents, and impose one faction’s will on the entire country. As a Christian and a citizen, I find this vision both politically dangerous and theologically wrong. Democracy depends on people naming what’s happening and speaking up.
Tag: authoritarianism
When One Party Wants It All: Why Shutting Out Democrats Is Anti-Democracy
Donald Trump’s call to “not deal with Democrats” goes beyond tough politics — it challenges the very idea of democracy. If we accept that one party should rule while the other is silenced, we’ve abandoned what makes this country a democracy. Here’s why that matters, and why respecting opposition is essential to keeping our system alive.
Department of War or Department of Defense? The America We Choose Trump’s rebranding of the Pentagon as the “Department of War” and his threats against Chicago and Baltimore aren’t just rhetoric—they’re a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism. Crime must be addressed, but turning troops on our own cities is not the answer. Americans must choose: do we want a country that protects its people, or one that wages war against them?
Trump’s rebranding of the Pentagon as the “Department of War” and his threats against Chicago and Baltimore aren’t just rhetoric—they’re a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism. Crime must be addressed, but turning troops on our own cities is not the answer. Americans must choose: do we want a country that protects its people, or one that wages war against them?
Trump’s “You’re Fired” Presidency: How Chaos and Loyalty Tests Are Reshaping Our Government A record-breaking pattern of firings, forced resignations, and loyalty tests shows how Trump is reshaping government into his own image — and why it matters for democracy.
Donald Trump has fired more top officials and gutted more agencies than any modern president. This post explores the record-breaking chaos of his first and second terms, the loyalty tests that turned government into a personal court, and why these actions threaten American democracy itself.
It Hit Me Today: It Can Happen Here
I used to think it was dramatic to worry about dictatorship. But today it hit me: our safeguards are cracking, and the warning signs are here. Once fascism takes root, history shows it’s almost never stopped early. We need to start paying attention before it’s too late.
Erasing ‘Woke’ Isn’t Leadership — It’s Authoritarianism
Trump’s push to “get rid of woke” isn’t about a buzzword—it’s about controlling which histories and which people count. From pressuring museums to sanitize slavery to treating dissent as pathology, that’s authority talking, not democracy. We need the full, uncomfortable truth—and space to disagree—because erasing it endangers disabled people, Black Americans, LGBTQ+ folks, immigrants, women, and ultimately all of us.
Why Trump’s Cozying Up to Putin Should Concern All of Us
Trump just walked out of a summit with Putin calling it a “10 out of 10 success.” But when the U.S. gains nothing and Russia gets a PR win, can we really call that strength? This post is my take on why Trump’s cozying up to Putin should concern every American—especially those who once feared Russia the most.
Who’s Really in Control? The Threat Behind AI and American Democracy
The Real Danger Isn’t AI—It’s Who’s Trying to Control It As I write this blog post, I’m actively researching something I heard earlier today on historian Heather Cox Richardson’s livestream. She had a guest on named Gil Duran, and he talked about someone I had never heard of until now—a man named Curtis Yarvin. The… Continue reading Who’s Really in Control? The Threat Behind AI and American Democracy
Notes from the edge of the system 