I am an anonymous federal government employee whose job is in danger from Trump, DOGE, and fascism. My Substack is called Democracy Defender. I write about what public servants like me are doing to resist and save democracy.
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A Poem for Greg Cesar - ABOLISH ICE!
My Fellow Democracy Defenders,
We must abolish ICE. They have shot another innocent civilian. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was a hard-working immigrant who was delivering food for DoorDash. He never committed a crime. Yet the lawless ICE thu...
Trump has Destroyed our Free Press and First Amendment - “The Silencing of Voices”
My Fellow Democracy Defenders,
Fascists always suppress free speech. Trump banning CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO is his latest attack on resistance media. Independent writers are vital during times like these. I will keep writing poems and son...
A Poem for Jon Ossoff
My Fellow Democracy Defenders,
is fighting MAGA fascism as a Senator representing Georgia. He struck a nerve asking Trump about his handmaid Natalie Harp. Ossoff is right that the orange menace is a compromised, draft-dodging crook. I have...
A Poem for Karen Attiah
My Fellow Democracy Defenders,
Last year, was fired from the Washington Post for fighting fascism and speaking truth to power. She was the last remaining full-time Black opinion writer on staff. Like my partner, who lost her DEI civil ser...
A Poem for Lindsay Clancy
My Fellow Democracy Defenders,
I am heartbroken for Lindsay Clancy. Postpartum depression is a silent epidemic. All people who give birth need care for their mental health.
When I was younger, I froze my eggs like AOC. My partner and I t...
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