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These are the voices of Americans suffering under Trump’s reckless agenda. They’re not speaking out because it’s easy. They’re doing it because it’s necessary.

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Medical Research Cut

My daughter with Down syndrome is at greater risk

Veteran

“Donald Trump is the biggest threat to veterans alive today”

Immigration

“I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.”

Immigration

I was shot by ICE for playing my guitar at a protest.

Immigration

I ride around on my scooter documenting ICE’s abuses.

Immigration

ICE arrested me on my way to volleyball practice.

Immigration

Living under ICE occupation is like living in a war zone.

Immigration

I’m fighting Trump and ICE with my music.

Immigration

I had never been to a protest until ICE invaded my city.

Small Business Owner

“An experiment to highlight humanity”

Immigration

ICE agents are terrorizing my community, and scaring away my customers.

Small Business Owner

“Dire times for Main Street USA.”

Small Business Owner

“They do not care about the families in rural areas.”

Retaliation

My friends are fleeing to Canada.

Medical Research Cut

“There is no question in my mind that we are going to be a poorer and a sicker country.”

Small Business Owner

Price increases from suppliers by 10% to 25%

Healthcare

“ These infuriating policies will do nothing but make America sick and poor again.”

Tariffs

Tariffs have cost me $60K — and that number is going to triple.

Small Business Owner

The American dream is becoming harder for people like me.

Farmer

Trump is screwing over the American farmer.

Brain Drain

“ These policies have really challenged us in the public health realm.”

Prices

“Groceries are sky high.”

Small Business Owner

Government should not set us up to fail.

Economic Harm

“The prices in the grocery store have gone sky-high.”

Prices

“He isn’t doing anything.”

Prices

“Everything’s up under Trump.”

Immigration

I was arrested for peacefully protesting.

Small Business Owner

“‘I just didn’t think a sweet little business like yours would be impacted.'”

Small Business Owner

“We have a tight margin in the best of times.”

Retaliation

The White House censored my art.

Small Business Owner

“Tariffs are definitely causing a problem.”

Small Business Owner

“One thing after another.”

Small Business Owner

“Squeeze from every angle.”

Small Business Owner

“There’s no foot traffic to speak of.”

Funding Cuts

I had to choose between buying food and paying rent.

Veteran

“This regime is a recipe for disaster.”

Immigration

ICE arrested me for playing music at a protest.

Small Business Owner

“I am a fifth-generation Colombian coffee grower.”

Immigration

ICE attacked me and put me in the hospital, even though I’m disabled.

Immigration

I watched ICE arrest my fellow pastors.

Small Business Owner

“At least a third of our staff uses Medicare or Medicaid.”

Small Business Owner

“People right now are spending less money.”

Small Business Owner

“ The tariffs impact all of my input materials.”

Small Business Owner

“Because of the tariffs, I’ve had to go and take loans.”

Small Business Owner

“We have a tight margin in the best of times.”

Immigration

ICE’s actions are antithetical to the teachings of Jesus.

Censorship

Trump censored my painting for being too “woke.”

Censorship

Donald Trump is censoring artists like me.

Immigration

As a minister, I witnessed ICE’s full brutality.

Small Business Owner

“We have to fend for ourselves.”

Small Business Owner

“Come back as often as you need.”

Veteran

I called the VA suicide hotline and got a busy signal

Federal Employee

Trump’s cuts to Noaa are dangerous

Small Business Owner

The toy industry is getting crushed

Small Business Owner

“Giving them a meal and loving them through that.”

Small Business Owner

“How can we let this happen in this country?”

Small Business Owner

“I don’t know what they’re doing to help small businesses.”

Immigration

I’m a pastor. ICE attacked me anyway.

Small Business Owner

“It feels like a game to the administration, and we are just pawns.”

Economic Harm

“I lost my job.”

Small Business Owner

“We are really struggling to keep certain items in stock.”

Economic Harm

“My whole family has been affected.”

Small Business Owner

“Hope is not a good business plan.”

Healthcare

Trump cut health care for my disabled children.

Economic Harm

“He’s gone back on his word.”

Funding Cuts

Scientific research made America great.

Immigration

ICE shot me with pepper balls then arrested me—for peacefully protesting.

Retaliation

“It felt very unsafe to stay in the United States.”

Small Business Owner

“We have been impacted by tariffs since day one.”

Small Business Owner

“We can’t win.”

Economic Harm

My son and I could lose our Medicaid.

Social Security

“What really concerns me is the loss of our freedoms that we as Americans have fought so hard for.”

Small Business Owner

“It’s very hard for mom and pop restaurants.”

Economic Harm

“Trump has done more damage than good.”

Economic Harm

“It’s messed with our spending habits.”

Small Business Owner

“The person who pays the tariffs is us.”

Social Security

“They’re just trying to make everyone live in fear.”

Small Business Owner

“We’re already working on such small margins.”

Healthcare

“We’re here to do the work. We want to do the work.”

Small Business Owner

Tariffs are the biggest issue we’re facing.

Economic Harm

I voted for Trump three times, but he’s hurting Americans like me.

Social Security

I was born into a free country and I’d rather die in a free country.

Small Business Owner

I closed my business after 44 years.

Lost Job

“I was laid off from my job because of his tariffs.”

Prices

“I eat a lot of hamburger because that’s about the only thing I can afford.”

Lost Job

Anti-DEI rhetoric robbed me of my career

Prices

My food stamps don’t cover my groceries anymore

Healthcare

“What does it mean when the urgent care facilities are closed down?”

Small Business Owner

“We’ve had to eliminate free shipping and discounts.”

Small Business Owner

“Coffee prices are already through the roof.”

Social Security

“I keep getting poorer and poorer.”

Prices

“ Enough is enough.”

Social Security

“he’ll end up killing me”

Small Business Owner

“Constant chaos”

Veteran

“ I’ve had probably 10 appointments canceled just this year alone.”

Veteran

“ Trump admires dictators and shits all over the veterans.”

Funding Cuts

Doge cut my job and healthcare

Prices

Higher prices hurt my family

Medical Research Cut

Trump cut pancreatic cancer research

Prices

Food prices are out of control

Veteran

He got a ballroom instead of caring for vets

Prices

“The cost of living is atrocious”

Prices

Prices are not coming down

Prices

“ Meat prices are exorbitant”

Small Business Owner

“President Trump is completely out of touch with working class Americans”

Prices

Prices are too high

Healthcare

I’m terrified of this administration.

Prices

Trump raised my grocery bill and my insurance premium.

Small Business Owner

We need to be able to plan

Economic Harm

“I have worked my whole life for this money”

Economic Harm

Groceries are too expensive.

Small Business Owner

“Our sales have gone down tremendously”

Prices

“ I can hardly afford to buy eggs.”

Federal Employee

“ People are going to die.”

Economic Harm

“People can’t pay their mortgages”

Tariffs

Tariffs make business impossible

Prices

My grocery bill has doubled

Economic Harm

“SNAP saved my life”

Small Business Owner

Tariffs are killing my small business

Healthcare

“If Medicaid stops, I don’t know what I will do.”

Brain Drain

We are ceding space dominance

Medical Research Cut

“Americans are gonna lose access to lifesaving technology”

Prices

Everything costs more

Funding Cuts

“They’re just simply dangerous”

Funding Cuts

Trump is creating fear in the federal workforce

Funding Cuts

We provided disaster relief, Trump canceled our program

Healthcare

“A nightmare for parents like me”

Medical Research Cut

Congress slashed research on Lyme disease

Social Security

Trump lied about social security

Retaliation

Fired for speaking out

Funding Cuts

Cuts to radio funding make people less safe

Funding Cuts

Funding cuts leave my students behind

Federal Employee

They treated us as if we were nothing

Prices

“Trump is destroying America.”

Funding Cuts

Funding cuts hurt my students

Economic Harm

My coffee has doubled in price

Economic Harm

Grocery prices are through the roof

Veteran

The Trump administration has been utterly destructive

Economic Harm

It doesn’t matter where, everything is more expensive

Funding Cuts

We are dedicated to our community and now our future is uncertain

Economic Harm

“It’s hard for us to buy regular food”

Economic Harm

“I’m not supposed to be fighting for simple things”

Immigration

It’s absolutely terrifying

Funding Cuts

“I have a future of an incurable disease”

Social Security

My mother cannot access essential services

Federal Employee

My husband just wants to continue to serve his country

Federal Employee

People and communities will suffer because Trump cut our funding

Funding Cuts

My whole family has been impacted

Economic Harm

“Prices of groceries have gone up”

Medical Research Cut

Trump is actively taking away research that could save my vision

Economic Harm

Companies aren’t paying the tariffs, we are

Funding Cuts

Cuts to Medicaid are closing rural hospitals

Student Loans

The SAVE plan was just a little bit of hope, now Trump is going to let it die

Federal Employee

“I was fired for performance—right after a promotion and a bonus”

Medical Research Cut

Without medical research, I am at risk of death

Funding Cuts

Trump’s cuts changed my education

Grant Cut

I’m unemployed for the first time in my life

Veteran

Trump does not care about my family

Veteran

“Taking benefits away from veterans is absolutely unacceptable”

Federal Employee

“It’s sad for America”

Farmer

“These tariffs don’t do us any favors”

Small Business Owner

Donald Trump is destroying my shot at the American Dream

Small Business Owner

“All our orders for future products were canceled”

Economic Harm

I can’t afford my medication

Healthcare

Gutting scientific research will hurt the future

Small Business Owner

Tariffs forced me to close my storefront

Veteran

Trump has turned his back on veterans

Medical Research Cut

Trump cut cancer research for my daughter

Social Security

“ I’m inches away from being homeless”

Federal Employee

“The Trump administration has absolutely devastated my life”

Medical Research Cut

I have cancer, Trump cut research

Immigration

Trump might target my community

Economic Harm

“Trump is just ruining my life”

Economic Harm

“I have lost 80% of my revenue”

Economic Harm

Groceries and gas cost too much

Funding Cuts

Trump cuts are harming my union

Immigration

I am worried for my students

Healthcare

My medication costs $150,000 a year

Funding Cuts

“I lost my job”

Small Business Owner

I’m a veteran. I’m a small business owner, I feel abandoned

Farmer

Tariffs have been devastating for agriculture

Economic Harm

My monthly loan payments are unaffordable

Grant Cut

Despite our stellar outcomes, we’re being defunded

Grant Cut

I lost my job because of Trump.

Immigration

I don’t know what’s worse: deportation or being afraid to speak out against it

Federal Employee

“It made me question whether my name was next”

Small Business Owner

“There’s a shell shock for the business community”

Healthcare

Healthcare shouldn’t depend on politics

Small Business Owner

“I’m a mom-and-pop business, not a billionaire”

Small Business Owner

Business dried up

Small Business Owner

Our business has been cut in half because of the tariffs

Federal Employee

I don’t even know if my job will still be there tomorrow

Medical Research Cut

It’s hurting my ability to care for patients

Funding Cuts

Forest Service cuts stopped my book sales

Economic Harm

It’s a full-time job just to protect my brother’s care

Immigration

The threat of deportation is harming my students’ ability to learn

Economic Harm

I can’t afford groceries

Social Security

My husband’s disability claim was denied

Economic Harm

Work opportunities are hard to find

Tariffs

Trump’s tariffs are destroying the trucking industry

Economic Harm

I’m a merchandiser, and tariffs are making business dry up

Economic Harm

“ There’s no upside to this administration”