Power to the People News — April 28, 2026
Power to the People News: April 28, 2026: ICE expansion, voter suppression, Social Security disruption, immigrant scams, and Epstein secrecy expose abusive power.
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Why the Grassroots Resistance Can’t Wait
The following stories are warnings about what happens when power stops respecting human life, dignity, and accountability. The pattern is clear: cruelty is being normalized while oversight falls behind. That is why the grassroots resistance cannot wait. People power is how we expose abuse, defend our neighbors, and demand accountability before even more harm is treated as business as usual.
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📢 Show Up: Join a Workers Over Billionaires event near you
On May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families rally, march, and take action across the country to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires, with many refusing business as usual through No School. No Work. No Shopping. Find an event near you.
💸Speak Out: Make the Ultra-Rich Pay Their Fair Share
💥Your Power in Action: What You Can Do Today
🚨Take Action: Denounce the DOJ’s Attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center
💥Take Action: Make a donation to the Southern Poverty Law Center and say no to the racism and bigotry coming from the Trump administration.
📢 Take Action: Hold Pam Bondi in Contempt for Epstein Coverup
🏥Take Action: Tell Your Member of Congress: No war on Cuba! Pass a war powers resolution and end the humanitarian crisis.
🚨 Take Action: Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth Now
📜 Take Action: Impeach Trump for Threatening War Crimes in Iran
The movement for progress and power to the people starts here.
When Power Abuses, the People Respond
The warning signs are piling up, and they all point in the same direction: government power is being used to cage families, intimidate dissent, restrict voting, weaken public services, exploit immigrant fear, and shield the powerful from accountability. From ICE planning detention for children and families on PFAS-contaminated land, to new efforts to block warehouse detention, to attacks on mail-in voting, Social Security, immigrants, online critics, and transparency in the Epstein files, the pattern is clear. This is not democracy serving the people. This is cruelty, secrecy, and authoritarian control dressed up as policy. People power means refusing to look away.
These are not isolated stories. They are connected warnings about cruelty, corruption, extraction, and control. Families are punished, immigrants are caged, public lands are threatened, and wealthy interests profit while ordinary people pay the price. We refuse to look away. Communities are organizing. Advocates are rising. Truth is breaking through. And people across this country are refusing to surrender their rights, their dignity, or their democracy. Power still belongs to the people — and together, we can protect our communities and each other.
📰 Stories Shaping Power to the People Right Now
ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site
Children should never be locked up on toxic land. ICE is planning a facility for children and families at Louisiana’s England Airpark, where Pfas levels in groundwater have reached at least 41 million parts per trillion. That is not immigration policy. It is state cruelty layered on environmental injustice. People power means refusing to cage families, especially on land already poisoned by government neglect. The Guardian
Tlaib Introduces Bill to Ban ICE From Using Warehouses to Detain Immigrants
No one should be warehoused like cargo. Representative Rashida Tlaib introduced the Ban Warehouse Detention Act to stop ICE from turning warehouses, tents, and similar structures into new detention sites as mass incarceration plans expand. People power means stopping detention profiteers before these cages spread deeper into our communities. Human beings deserve dignity, due process, and freedom, not assembly-line imprisonment. Truthout
Senate Plunges Into Vote Marathon as G.O.P. Advances ICE Funding Boost
Republicans are trying to pour even more money into mass detention. Senate Republicans advanced an ICE funding boost after an overnight vote marathon, pushing a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement while beating back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs. People power means rejecting budgets that fund raids and cages while families struggle to afford basic needs. The New York Times
EFF Sues DHS and ICE For Records on Subpoenas Seeking to Unmask Online Critics
Criticizing the government should not get you unmasked. The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued DHS and ICE for records on administrative subpoenas used to identify online critics and protest participants, even though the demands targeted protected First Amendment activity and often avoided judicial review. People power means defending free speech, privacy, and the right to dissent without federal intimidation. Common Dreams
Trump signs order to restrict mail-in ballots in probably unconstitutional move
Voting rights are under attack. Trump signed an executive order to compile a national voter file and restrict mail-in ballots in a move legal experts say is probably unconstitutional. There is no widespread mail-ballot fraud, but there is a long history of voter suppression. People power means defending the freedom to vote before federal overreach turns into disenfranchisement. The Guardian
DOGE Attacks on Social Security Have Left Millions in the Lurch
Disabled, ill, and aging Americans are being left in the lurch. A March 2026 study based on interviews with more than 50 benefits specialists found longer waits, more denials, and more errors after DOGE-driven disruption at Social Security. When basic support becomes harder to reach, dignity is under attack. People power means protecting Social Security and rejecting policies that punish people for needing help. Truthout
The Scammers Profiting off Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Fear is creating a market for predators. Scammers are posing as judges and lawyers are exploiting immigrants terrified by Trump’s crackdown, turning confusion and desperation into profit while real families risk deportation. That is what cruelty makes possible. People power means protecting immigrants from both state abuse and opportunists who prey on panic. Mother Jones
Greene alleges Trump told Bondi to block Epstein files
Cover-ups do not protect survivors. They protect the powerful. One report spotlighted Marjorie Taylor Greene’s allegation that Trump personally told Pam Bondi to block the Epstein files, raising fresh questions about who gets shielded when accountability gets too close. People power means demanding full transparency, protecting survivors, and refusing a system where the well-connected can hide the truth behind power and delay. MSN
Together, we can defend our rights, freedoms, the rule of law, and democracy, hold leaders accountable to the people’s will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.
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