Who’s in Power — and How They’re Hurting Us
Together we fight back. We’re naming names, view all.
Pam Bondi
Attorney General
- Unabashedly advocates for discriminatory voting laws.
- Targeted universities over allegedly “illegal” DEIA practices.
Pete Hesgeth
Secretary of Defense
- Works to dismantle DEIA in the military.
- Returned two military bases to their original naming for Confederate military offices.
Linda McMahon
Secretary of Education
- Presiding over a broad dismantling of department.
- Openly promotes book bans and censoring of educational instruction.
Scott Turner
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Vehemently opposes federal housing assistance programs.
- Openly advocates the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness.
Sign The People’s Promise. Defy the Power.
This administration has launched a full-scale assault on civil rights—from gutting education funding to criminalizing dissent, targeting immigrants, and stacking agencies with extremists. But we will not be silent. We are tracking every harmful action, exposing the consequences, and taking bold steps to protect our communities.
This is what the resistance looks like.
We’re naming names, exposing threats, and showing up — for each other and for what’s possible.
The People’s Promise is part of our declaration of resistance and renewal. We’re organizing, mobilizing, and building a future where power belongs to the people — not the powerful.
Executive Actions that Undermine Our Freedoms
Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Federal funding freeze
Trump’s executive orders are attempting to dismantle the federal government and threatening to cut off access to federal funding and programs for everyday people.
Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
Dismantling the Department of Education
Closing the department would gut funding for underserved students, result in increased class sizes, cut job training programs, make higher education more expensive and inaccessible, and roll back protections of students’ civil rights.
Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Protecting Integrity of Elections
It is an unprecedented power grab that violates both federal law and the U.S. Constitution. The order attempts to do several things that are not within the president’s power.
Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Immigration Enforcement
The order claims that many immigrants who enter the United States without lawful status are a threat to public safety and commit horrible crimes against U.S. citizens.
Understand Our Positions
The SPLC has a strong record of standing against actions by both federal and local government officials that would exacerbate racial inequality and threaten civil and human rights. Read more about our response to recent Trump administration actions.