April 19, 2025 — 250 Years After the Spark of Revolution
It is deeply symbolic—and chilling—that on this anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the date that marks the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775, Donald Trump stands not as a defender of liberty, but as a self-proclaimed monarch seeking to dismantle it.
Two hundred and fifty years ago today, the American people—farmers, tradesmen, and everyday colonists—rose up against the tyranny of a distant King who disregarded their rights. Those first shots fired in Middlesex County lit a flame of freedom that could not be extinguished. The militias of Massachusetts, joined swiftly by their neighbors from Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, became the heart of what would soon be the Continental Army. They were fighting for an idea—that no man, no matter how powerful, was above the law.
And yet, on April 19, 2025, a man who would be king is ignoring court rulings, trashing the Constitution, and asserting unchecked control over the lives of innocent people. The Trump regime is poised to deport yet another group of human beings—men, women, possibly even children—ripped from their communities with no trial, no hearing, no due process. Among them could be people like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a productive, contributing member of his community who was mistakenly detained and deported.
Even after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Trump’s administration must facilitate Kilmar’s return, they have failed to act. The highest court in the land has been ignored—just as the rights of the people are being trampled underfoot. This is no longer just political theater. It is a constitutional crisis. It is the re-establishment of monarchy in all but name.
But here’s the thing Trump has never understood: The American people are not wired for tyranny.
We are imperfect, yes. Divided, often. But at heart, the majority of us still carry the spirit that animated those rebels in 1775. We believe in fairness. In freedom. In justice. And in the inviolable rights of the individual.
His cruelty is waking people up. His overreach is laying bare his true intentions—not leadership, but domination. His disregard for court orders, his willingness to deport innocent people like Kilmar, and his blatant attacks on democracy are not displays of strength. They are acts of desperation. Because Trump is losing the American soul, and he knows it.
Even members of Congress are rising in defiance. This week, Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland traveled to El Salvador—risking personal safety—to stand in solidarity with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and call attention to this injustice. That is what courage looks like in a time of creeping authoritarianism.
So now we face a choice.
Do we allow this moment to drift by, numbed by the repetition of outrage?
Or do we—peacefully, powerfully—reclaim the values our ancestors fought for?
Will this be a New American Revolution?
Not a revolution of muskets and militias, but one of conscience, courage, and mass refusal to comply with injustice?
The answer is being written now—by all of us.