# 📢 We Deserve Democracy, Not Dysfunction & Trump's Dictatorship

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Podcast: [Power to the People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-to-the-people-7721460)
Published: 2025-10-22T23:26:57+00:00
Episode link: https://newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/democracy-over-dictatorship-trump-shutdown-crisis
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Subscribe for free to stay informed — or go paid to help build grassroots change and fuel people-powered resistance. Friends, at People Power United , we believe in a simple, powerful truth: Everyone deserves dignity — with access to housing, healthcare, and education. Everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive — regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, pronouns, religion, or employment status. Everyone deserves safety — clean air and water, and communities free from gun violence. These are not radical demands. They are the foundation of a free and functioning democracy — the vision of a nation that values people over profit , compassion over cruelty , and progress over power-hoarding. But today, that vision is under attack. We Deserve a Functioning Government — Not a Shutdown Dictated by Trump and Complicit Republicans America deserves a government that works for its people — not one held hostage by Trump and his Republican enablers. Friendly reminder: Trump and Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives — yet they’ve chosen dysfunction over duty. They’ve deliberately driven our nation into another shutdown , weaponizing government itself to serve their extremist agenda. Trump and Republicans appear to be sabotaging the economy as it is projected the U.S. “could lose $15 billion of its growth domestic product each week the shutdown extends, with a monthlong shutdown leading to an additional 43,000 unemployed people , the Council of Economic Advisers’ warned in the memo. That damage does not account for the 1.9 million federal civilian employees who are either furloughed or working without pay.” Because of Trump and Republican’s chaos, millions of working families are suffering . Nearly 60% of Americans live paycheck to…

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