Trump Threatens Even Worse Actions
in a Horrifying Memo
RootsAction

(October 11, 2025) — If there is a limit to the dictatorial outrages Trump wants to engage in, he hasn’t reached it. Instead, he’s announced hideous plans to make things even worse in a “national security memorandum” targeting for legal action individuals and organizations that disagree with him, regardless of whether they’ve violated any laws.

ACTION: Click here to tell Congress to undo this royal decree through actual legislation.

In his memo, Trump (who has incited violence at his own campaign rallies) claims to oppose political violence, including “riots” in Los Angeles and Portland. Recent protests in Los Angeles were created by Trump’s own actions, sending military troops into a U.S. city — and Trump’s beliefs about Portland were created by Fox News airing five-year-old video and convincing Trump it was new.

To address the alleged wave of “political violence,” Trump has ordered the investigation and prosecution of any individuals or organizations who might be labeled anti-fascist, regardless of whether any actual crimes have been committed — targeting those suspected of “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” “anti-Christianity,” “hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,” and so forth.

The National Council of Nonprofits says:
“This action . . . is a blatant attack on one of the core principles of our democracy, the freedom of speech. This rhetoric and action undermines the lifesaving work of millions of nonprofit staff and volunteers and puts them at risk.”

At RootsAction, we refuse to be silenced or cowed into submission. We defend the right of people to speak and advocate for things we agree with and things we disagree with, when their actions are nonviolent and legal under the U.S. Constitution.

ACTION: Email your Senators and Representatives to undo this disaster immediately.