Civil Rights Are Under Siege — And Trump Is Leading the Charge

Civil Rights Are Under Siege — And Trump Is Leading the Charge
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Let’s stop pretending. This is not politics as usual. This is not another “Oh that’s just Trump being Trump” moment. What we are witnessing is a calculated, systematic assault on our civil rights—led by a man who never believed in equality to begin with and is now emboldened, unfiltered, and unrestrained.

Donald J. Trump, the twice-impeached, four-times-indicted former president (and current self-declared Messiah of MAGA Nation), has officially declared war on the fundamental freedoms that generations of Americans fought and died to protect.

And he’s not hiding it.

Civil Rights? More Like Civil Wrongs Under Trump 2.0

1. Project 2025 and the Dismantling of Equal Rights

Let’s begin with the ticking time bomb called Project 2025 — a 920-page policy blueprint drawn up by Trump loyalists at the Heritage Foundation, aimed at turning the federal government into a far-right enforcement tool. It calls for:

  • Eliminating the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
  • Rolling back LGBTQ+ protections
  • Reinstating the “Don’t Say Gay” playbook on a national scale
  • Ending Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs across all agencies

Trump has embraced this plan with open arms and surrounded himself with architects of this extremism. This isn’t theory. It’s a roadmap. And it’s already being followed.

2. Attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans

Trump’s latest speeches include open mockery of transgender people, promises to ban gender-affirming care, and reimplementation of the military trans ban. Under his leadership, state-level GOP clones have pushed hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, particularly targeting children and families just trying to live with dignity.

He’s also promised to overturn marriage equality. Yes, really. We’re apparently heading back to 1955, folks.

3. Voter Suppression and Racist Redistricting

From day one, Trump has pushed voter ID laws, purging of voter rolls, and baseless “election fraud” lies — all aimed at suppressing the Black vote. Now he’s cheering on state legislatures like Alabama and Louisiana for drawing racially gerrymandered maps that the Supreme Court had to slap down.

His strategy? If you can’t win a diverse electorate, just silence it.

4. Authoritarian Power Grabs to Undermine Legal Protections

Trump has vowed to fire career civil servants and replace them with loyalists under “Schedule F” — a plan to gut the very departments responsible for enforcing civil rights protections. Housing? Education? Justice? He wants them all staffed by MAGA yes-men.

Meanwhile, he says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” and that protestors should be met with state violence. Sounds less like America, more like the Stasi.

What’s Next? A Return to Segregation?

Make no mistake: this is not hyperbole. This is not partisan drama. This is a direct assault on:

  • Freedom of speech
  • Freedom of religion
  • Freedom to vote
  • The right to privacy
  • Equal protection under the law

If you are Black, Brown, LGBTQ+, female, disabled, non-Christian, or an ally of any of the above — you are in the crosshairs. And Trump wants to convince the rest of the country that your rights are negotiable. Spoiler: they’re not.

🛑 ENOUGH. IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BACK.

We’re not going to sit quietly while a narcissistic billionaire dismantles the legacy of John Lewis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harvey Milk, and so many others.

Here’s what you can do:

✅ Donate to civil rights organizations: ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Lambda Legal.

✅ Register to vote — and make damn sure your friends and family are, too.

✅ Flood your Representatives with emails and calls. Demand they stand up to Project 2025 and any legislation echoing Trump’s fascist playbook.

✅ Raise hell on social media. Don’t let the media normalize this. Use your voice. Use your platform.

✅ March, protest, and show up. Silence is complicity.

This is not a drill. This is the moment we decide who we are.

Are we a country that protects the rights of all its citizens, or a banana republic run by an orange authoritarian with a Twitter addiction and a God complex?

Get mad. Get loud. Get organized.

We will not go back.

—Your Alarmed but Activated Fellow Citizen

📣 #Resist #DefendCivilRights #NoToProject2025 #NeverTrump

Julie Bolejack, MBA