"The president's cruelty and lawlessness, along with his aggressive determination to deconstruct both government and civil society, shocked Americans, whom polls now suggest are deeply dissatisfied with his reckless tenure. This year's Nation Honor Roll recognizes activists and artists, pastors, and political leaders who have spoken truth to Trump's destructive power and forged a resistance that is evident in mass demonstrations and election results-and in an emerging hope, as Patti Smith once counseled, "That the people have the power / To redeem the work of fools.""
"But he got something else altogether when the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the longtime Episcopal bishop of Washington, delivered a homily in which she informed the new president that "Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now.""
2025 intensified national alarm after the second inauguration of Donald Trump. The president's cruelty and lawlessness, paired with an aggressive drive to deconstruct government and civil society, produced deep public dissatisfaction. Activists, artists, pastors, and political leaders organized resistance visible in mass demonstrations and election outcomes. Religious leaders publicly challenged the administration's rhetoric and policies, with the Episcopal bishop of Washington pleading for mercy toward transgender youth and immigrants facing deportation. Cultural touchstones of hope, such as Patti Smith's line about the people's power, underscored emerging optimism amid ongoing struggle.
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