Bruce Springsteen
Published on January 27, 2026
The Boss Comes Through
Bruce's new Anti ICE song.
Join LCI & Oppose Trump's Coup
We're just weeks into Trump's second presidency, and already he and his minions have made drastic changes in the federal government that violate the Constitution, multiple laws, and may be defying the courts. Yes, dozens of lawsuits have been filed but they may be too late and may not be enforceable. The damage may be permanent.
- Some or all of federal funds for a broad sweep of programs (from Medicaid to cancer research and foreign aid) have been frozen and many of them may not survive.
- The language and initiatives to support anyone who's not white, male, and Christian are in the process of being erased from federal websites and prevented from carrying out mandates.
- Swathes of staff at all levels are being revenge fired from those arms of the federal government (DOJ, FBI) that could enforce legal mandates against Trump's efforts.
In addition, the richest man in the world, billionaire Elon Musk - who holds no elected or congressionally approved office - has seized control of key federal systems and is using them to promote the "broligarch" agenda.
- He has taken control of the system that makes payments on behalf of the entire government and is now working on ways to halt payments unilaterally and/or selectively to, say, individual dissidents receiving social security.
- He also controls the Office of Personnel Management and its data systems which gives him access to all federal employees' information and has already allowed his to send individual messages to all requesting resignations.
- His "staff" are young men in their late teens or early twenties with no government experience or security clearances whose main qualifications seem to be racism ("I was racist before it was cool") and/or misogyny (case in point: Big Balls).
Project 2025's Blueprint for Trump II is well on its way to full implementation and there's more to come. A barrage of "Executive Orders," most of which violate the law, many of which are barely coherent, and some of which still aren't public, flooded the executive branch on Day One and continues.
- The EOs promote Project 2025's goals of turning our democracy into an autocracy of white, Christian males.
- As Curtis Yarvin, whose theories inspire both Project 2025 and the Broligarchy, explains, the goal is a government whose power and actions are beyond the reach of most citizens.
What Can Be Done?
There are reasons to be hopeful.
- While many activists concluded from Trump's win that our efforts failed, there's good evidence that they worked. In 2024 the Harris Walz campaign targeted swing states. Among some of them (North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia), according to data from Jay Kuo, the campaign actually performed better than Biden in 2020 Several others were close. Focused effort works.
- Trump's winning margin was razor thin. His favorability ratings have always been low and are starting to slip further.
- Many of the actions we find horrifying aren't playing well on the national stage. Already there's a backlash to the prominent role of billionaires in a "populist" MAGA government. Even Republican legislators are alarmed by the sudden cut off of federal funds to their constituents. rattling the businesses that depend on their labor (construction, especially now in areas hit hard by storms and fires, needs workers; and agriculture (growing, harvesting, processing) can't produce our food without cheap labor. And quiet efforts to slash government air travel safety programs are making the front pages due to horrific airline accidents.
Join the Opposition
As Josh Marshall has written, given that Republicans will control the entire apparatus of federal government until 2026 at least, "this is fundamentally a battle over public opinion." Lower Cape Indivisible is well equipped for this battle, both for the present day and in the all-important lead up to the 2026 midterms.
- Our army of postcard writers- we wrote and sent 15,200 postcards to voters in 2024 -- stands ready to communicate the truth to voters in low-information Red States.
- Our newsletter has over 1,100 subscribers to whom political developments and actions can be communicated.
- Our website can track progress and publicize public actions of opposition.
