On June 14, Donald Trump plans to throw himself a military parade in Washington, D.C. — on his birthday. Let that sink in. This isn’t patriotism — it’s performance. It’s theater pulled straight from the playbooks of autocrats in Russia, China and North Korea. A spectacle meant to project strength, when in truth, it reeks of insecurity and desperation. President Eisenhower, a real American patriot, once warned against these hollow displays of power, calling them what they are: illusions that portray weakness, not strength.
This parade is more than an ego boost. It is part of a dangerous pattern. And we’d be foolish not to recognize the signs. History has a way of whispering warnings before it screams. The truth is, we are not sliding into authoritarianism — we’ve already arrived.
Trump’s administration has attacked the free press, weaponized federal agencies against political opponents, and stacked the government with loyalists who answer only to him. Due process is disappearing. Congress has been ignored and nullified. The judiciary is being bent to his will. ICE raids communities with dehumanizing policies that echo tactics of East Germany’s secret police. Now, Trump has tasked Palantir — helmed by Peter Thiel — to build a domestic surveillance system merging artificial intelligence, facial recognition, and mass data mining. All justified under the guise of “safety.”
If this sounds dystopian, it’s because it is.
As a father, I think about the country my children will inherit. If we allow ourselves to be lulled into inaction — believing that protests, letters to representatives, or voting alone will be enough — we’re lying to ourselves. Many in power aren’t listening. Some can’t act. Others are too compromised to care. Peaceful protest, while critical, has become a release valve — one this administration is happy to permit as long as it doesn’t disrupt control or threaten the status quo.
It’s not enough. Not anymore.
America was born from rebellion. From necessary, justified disobedience. The Boston Tea Party wasn’t a campaign ad — it was a spark. Acts of civil resistance have always driven real change, from ending segregation to stopping the Vietnam War. We are again in one of those moments — a crossroads where silence is complicity and action is the only path forward.
To preserve our Republic, we must organize mass noncooperation. That means coordinated strikes across logistics, healthcare, and energy — disrupting where it hurts most. It means collective refusal to pay unjust debts — student loans, medical bills, and other forms of economic bondage. It means tax resistance — not as personal evasion, but as collective defiance of a government no longer serving its people.
We must also embrace strategic digital resistance: exposing corruption, resisting surveillance, and organizing securely. Boycott companies complicit in repression. Refuse to fund our own oppression. Reclaim public space with unwavering, peaceful presence — just like Occupy Wall Street or Standing Rock before us.
This June 14, we flood the streets under a new banner: No Kings Day. Because America already rejected a monarch once, and we will do it again. We believe in liberty. It’s in our bones. Our Constitution. Our blood.
We honor our veterans not just with words but by defending the freedoms they gave everything to protect. We cannot stand idle as those freedoms are stripped away. Our fight now is for every child, every worker, every generation who will read about this moment in the history books.
Let it be written that when tyranny rose again in America, we rose higher. That we stood together — not with fear, but with fierce hope. Not with submission, but with rebellion. Not under a crown, but under a flag.
We are the resistance. We will be heard — undaunted, unbroken, unwilling to surrender this nation’s soul.
John Padora is a husband, father and manufacturing engineer. The Severance resident ran in the 2024 Democratic Party primary in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
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