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Saturday, July 4, 2026
🇺🇸 Democrats are SWEEPING the nation to STOP TRUMP
Happy 4th of July
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Social Security benefits on the chopping block!!
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250 years ago we wrote a Declaration of Independence – not a strongly worded letter
Jason,
250 years ago our Founding Fathers stood up to a King with a Declaration of Independence. Today, our leaders give in to Trump with strongly worded letters.
Over the past year, we have seen that Americans still believe unequivocally in that revolutionary idea – “No Kings.”
From protests in Minnesota to primaries in Maine, from neighborhoods tearing down data centers to new leaders rising in New York, the people have stood up for freedom just like our forefathers did generations ago.
The difference today is that many of the leaders we have now are not willing to fight for the words they put on paper.
Instead of signing declarations of independence, they sign declarations of war. Instead of fighting against taxes on tea, they pass tax cuts for billionaires. Instead of enshrining our rights in Congress, they allow them to be trampled over in the courts.
A change in ideas requires a change in leadership. In 1776, it took a new generation to stand up to tyranny. In 2026, it will take a new era of leaders to stand up to Trump.
On the 4th of July, I’m thinking about Thomas Jefferson, who was just 33 when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. I’m remembering the two founders who were just 26 when they signed it, and the 17 others who were in their thirties. I’m reminded that the average age of the signers was 45. And that the average age of a Senator today is 64.
But on this anniversary, we’re also reminded of those like Ben Franklin, the oldest among them, who stood by their side at age 70. Because it’s not just the age of the people who signed that document, it’s the timeless age of their ideas that we must uphold.
Among those ideas in that famous Declaration, the set of complaints against King George III may sound familiar to you:
“He has refused his Assent to Laws…He has obstructed the Administration of Justice… He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone… He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures… He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power…”
Trump has done all these things. But part of the power of their ideas was that the revolutionaries were not just fighting against a King— they were seeking independence from corruption, monopoly, and oligarchy.
The revolution which began 250 years ago was fought by working people and for working people. The farmers of Lexington and Concord. The fishermen of Machias, Maine. The dockworkers of Boston.
They didn’t just throw tea into the Boston Harbor because the tax was too high. They did it because of a price gouging from a monopoly that the British had granted to the British East India Company.
Their anger was not just against the laws that were passed down to them. It was against a feudal aristocracy that hoarded wealth in their estates.
The revolution wasn’t just toward taxation without representation. It was toward the use of the taxes to fund wars of empire overseas.
Does this all remind you of anything today? Our war of independence didn’t end. The battle lines simply shifted.
It’s a battle we continue to fight today against corruption, monopoly, and oligarchy. Just like then, it’s a battle that must be fought by and for young people and the working class.
That’s the work we’re doing at Leaders We Deserve — to elect a new generation of leaders with fresh ideas and the will to fight for a better future, just like the young signers of the declaration.
Leaders who will fight back against corporate price gouging, just like those who fought back against monopolies by throwing tea into the harbor.
Leaders who stand up to ICE, just like our forefathers who pushed back against the standing armies in our streets.
Leaders who won’t just write a strongly worded letter, but will declare our independence from tyranny and oligarchy.
Leaders who we, the people, deserve!
I wish a very happy Independence Day to you and your family.
Thank you,
David Hogg
PREDICTION: 14th Amendment invoked, Trump IMPEACHED for treason?!
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