{"id":44489,"date":"2025-10-11T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=44489"},"modified":"2025-10-11T12:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:40:23","slug":"we-will-not-back-down-says-indivisible-as-trump-aims-fbi-irs-at-liberal-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/we-will-not-back-down-says-indivisible-as-trump-aims-fbi-irs-at-liberal-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Will Not Back Down,\u2019 Says Indivisible as Trump Aims FBI, IRS at Liberal Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Demonstrators take part in a protest against the Trump administration during the \u201cNo Kings\u201d national rally in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 14, 2025, on the same day as President Trump\u2019s military parade in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied nationwide Saturday against Donald Trump ahead of a huge military parade on the US president\u2019s 79th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Ringo Chiu\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s call this what it is: A baseless attempt to chill free speech and scare people away from exercising their constitutional right to protest an authoritarian regime.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 10, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pro-democracy group Indivisible is among those speaking out against the Trump administration\u2019s reported targeting of progressive and liberal organizations with various government agencies, including the FBI and IRS, as part of what critics call an \u201cauthoritarian playbook\u201d by President Donald Trump<\/a> that seeks to criminalize dissent, chill free speech, and frame nonviolent protest and opposition as \u201cdomestic terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In-depth reporting<\/a> by Reuters<\/em> named Trump\u2019s far-right, xenophobic White House advisor Stephen Miller as \u201cplaying a central role\u201d in the internal effort to wield the power of federal agencies at a variety of organizations that the administration claims\u2014contrary to all available evidence\u2014are funding or orchestrating violent protests and political attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Trump Escalates Attacks on Dissent, Oct. 18 \u2018No Kings\u2019 Protests Set to Be Even Bigger Than June<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Granted anonymity to speak more freely about the internal mechanics of the operation, Reuters\u2019<\/em> reporting is based on discussions with \u201cthree White House officials, four Department of Homeland Security officials and one Justice Department official to produce the first comprehensive account of how decisions are being made, forces deployed, and operations coordinated in the crackdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump wants to scare people away from exercising their constitutional rights. We won\u2019t let him succeed. Don\u2019t let this smear distract you. The best response to attacks on our rights is to exercise our rights. That means showing up in huge numbers on October 18.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reuters<\/em>, \u201cMiller is deeply involved in reviewing government agencies\u2019 investigations into the financial networks behind what the administration labels \u2018domestic terror networks,\u2019 which include nonprofits and even educational institutions, a White House official said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In response to [a Reuter’s request], the White House highlighted seven political protests in 2023 and 2025 that included acts of violence directed against law enforcement officials, and two incidents of vandalism at Tesla dealerships this year as well as half a dozen social media posts celebrating the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It named nine liberal groups, donors or fundraising organizations that it said helped finance or plan protests where the violent incidents occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the second White House official stressed that the organizations were not necessarily potential targets, the material provides insight into the administration’s thinking.The list includes Soros’ Open Society Foundations; ActBlue, the funding arm of the Democratic Party; Indivisible, a grassroots coalition opposed to Trump policies and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, a Los Angeles-based group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The goal is to destabilize Soros\u2019 network,” a third White House official said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, a spokesperson for Soros\u2019s network of charitable organizations rejected any claim by Trump or the White House officials that its operations have anything to do with violent conduct or promoting violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNeither George Soros nor the Open Society Foundations fund protests, condone violence, or foment it in any way,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cClaims to the contrary are false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other groups named by the White House officials were two Jewish-led advocacy groups, IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace, both of which have organized protests and nonviolent sit-ins to oppose the genocide in\u00a0Gaza<\/a>\u00a0being carried out by the US-backed Israeli government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Citing the Reuters<\/em> reporting, Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin said<\/a> in a social media thread Thursday night that the fact a looming crackdown on groups opposed to Trump and his far-right agenda is coming less than two weeks before \u201cbefore the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional.\u201d On October 18, massive protests are planned nationwide as a follow-up to the \u201cNo Kings<\/a>\u201d day of action that took place in June, bringing an estimated one million people into the streets against the Republican Party\u2019s authoritarian lurch under Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reuters<\/em>, \u201cMiller is taking a \u2018hands-on\u2019 role in investigating the funding of nonprofits and educational institutions and is sharing recommendations from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Trump and other top advisers,\u201d as well as sharing information with the joint terrorism task force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have all the details, but it appears Trump\u2019s regime is gearing up to smear us with ludicrous accusations that we\u2019re somehow tied to violence at protests\u2014a claim that\u2019s as false as it is predictable,\u201d said Levin. \u201cLet\u2019s call this what it is: A baseless attempt to chill free speech and scare people away from exercising their constitutional right to protest an authoritarian regime. We have been committed to nonviolence from the very beginning. It\u2019s a core principle, not just a talking point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not back down,\u201d Levin said in the post. \u201cTrump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy floating false allegations of violence,\u201d he concluded, \u201cTrump wants to scare people away from exercising their constitutional rights. We won\u2019t let him succeed. Don\u2019t let this smear distract you. The best response to attacks on our rights is to exercise our rights. That means showing up in huge numbers on October 18.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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