📢 Resist Project 2025 News — October 1, 2025 | Updates and Actions You Can Take Today
🗽Project 2025 is a dangerous plan to move America from a democracy to a theocratic autocracy. Read the latest updates and join us to hold our leaders accountable.
🗽Every action counts in the fight against Project 2025 and the slide towards fascism. Today in Resist Project 2025 we’re featuring October 1, 2025 news and critical calls-to-action.
Project 2025 is a dangerous plan to move America from a democracy to a theocratic autocracy. Read the latest updates and join us to hold our leaders accountable.
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🚨 Republicans refuse to swear in newly elected Democrat, delaying success of Epstein petition
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders refused requests from Democrats to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday, saying she will be sworn in when the House returns to regular session. -The Hill
🏛️ Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Shutdown Layoffs
The Hill reports that federal worker unions have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration for mass layoff plans tied to a government shutdown. Unions argue the firings violate collective bargaining agreements and federal employment protections. The legal challenge could force the administration to reconsider termination strategies. — The Hill
🚓 Trump Pushes Troops to Portland, Targeting “Antifa”
The Intercept details how Trump deployed federal troops to Portland and publicly framed protesters as “Antifa terrorists.” The move escalates fears of militarized enforcement and suppression of protest under a broad definition of domestic threat. Observers warn the deployment violates civil liberties and inflames political polarization. — The Intercept
✈️ Trump Threatens Dreamer Deportations
The Intercept reports that Trump is exploring mass deportation of DACA recipients, framing it as part of a broader enforcement crackdown. The threat would reverse protections for hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who’ve only known the U.S. as home. Supporters say it’s a politically motivated attack on immigrant communities. — The Intercept
🏚️ Trump HUD Decisions Could Worsen Shutdown Impact
Axios examines how Trump’s proposed cuts at HUD could worsen housing and homelessness problems during a government shutdown. Reduced funding could delay assistance for low-income renters and stall development projects. The policy shift reflects broader withdrawal from federal social obligations. — Axios
💼 Congress Still Drawing Paychecks During Shutdown
NBC News notes that, even as a government shutdown cripples federal operations, members of Congress continue to receive their salaries under law. Critics argue this separation of consequence further erodes trust in governance. — NBC News
⏳ Federal Workers Face Delayed Pay or Furloughs
Axios reports that tens of thousands of federal workers face unpaid periods or furloughs if a shutdown extends. The uncertainty threatens financial hardships for families relying on government paychecks. Many are calling for protections or emergency legislation. — Axios
🎭 Trump’s Grand Shutdown Strategy—A Political Power Play
The Atlantic reveals that Trump’s shutdown planning is less about fiscal discipline and more about rewiring power structures in Washington. His playbook centers on forcing concessions, testing executive limits, and deepening institutional control over policy outcomes. The shutdown becomes a tool of governance, not crisis. — The Atlantic
📊 Shutdown Threat Disrupts Census, Jobs Data
Axios warns that a prolonged government shutdown could delay crucial releases of census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, hampering decision-making at all levels. Without timely demographic and economic numbers, policy and private-sector planning grind to a halt. — Axios
📣 Today’s calls to action
Click here to Stop Trump from Deploying Troops in U.S. Cities
Click here to End Trump Witch Hunt Against James Comey
Click here to Tell ICE: Release School Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts’
Tell Congress: Reject any funding bill that fails to protect our health and hold Trump accountable. Your voice can stop backroom deals and protect millions from losing care. ➡️ Send Your Letter »
Sign up for the MASS CALL – Healthcare Not Authoritarianism: Shutdown Showdown. Get the latest updates on the funding fight and learn how we win together. ➡️ Join the Mass Call »
Join the NO KINGS National Day of Action. Show the nation that we reject would-be kings and demand a government that serves all of us. ➡️ RSVP for NO KINGS »
Project 2025 is Harming Americans
Project 2025 is an extreme, authoritarian agenda that threatens American democracy, freedoms, and civil rights. Backed by conservative mega-donors like the Koch family and led by the Heritage Foundation and over 100 aligned groups, it lays out a 900+ page plan to centralize power under the presidency and permanently dismantle the federal government as we know it.
The plan would replace 50,000 nonpartisan civil servants with loyalists, grant the president near-total control over agencies like the DOJ, FBI, and Federal Reserve, and criminalize protest through militarized policing. It seeks to ban abortion and contraception, end LGBTQIA+ protections, dismantle public education, eliminate Medicaid and Medicare, and defund labor, environmental, and disability protections. Promoting Christian nationalism, it would erase the separation of church and state, suppress voting rights, and silence dissent—paving the way for a permanent far-right dictatorship.
Summary of Harms:
Dismantles democracy and installs authoritarian rule
Criminalizes dissent and minority communities
Ends reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights
Defunds public healthcare and education
Destroys labor, environmental, and disability protections
Increases tax burdens on working people
Erases civil rights and church/state separation
Suppresses voting and opposition voices
We must organize, resist, and protect our communities from this dangerous assault.
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