This coming week, February 24, 2026, I will boycott Trump’s State of the Union and instead tune in to the alternative broadcast of “The People’s State of the Union” live from the National Mall at 5pm (PST) organized by MoveOn.org and Meidas Touch Network . The event will be hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid. This is yet another way to peacefully express opposition to this administration and its destruction of the rule of law, our Constitutional rights, and basic human decency.
We all know this president feeds on the loyalty, debasement, and adoration of people. He thrives on being seen. Let’s not feed him. In every poll, his approval numbers should continue to plummet. At every public appearance he needs to hear our “boos” of disappointment and disgust. On every social media platform, he needs to encounter our artwork, songs, commentary and skits opposing his lies, corruption, cruelty, and incompetence. At every entertainment event, he needs to hear the voices of opposition from entertainers and athletes. On every major street across the country (and the world), he needs to see the people out protesting and making fun of him. On every comedian’s stage, he should be the butt of every joke. On every tall building and billboard, there should be banners and film projections of his corruption. In every industry he touches, he needs to observe the exit of competent people. Outside his small circle of MAGA cultists and White House sycophants, there should be no place for him to find the praise and adoration he desperately craves to feed his depravity and his oversized ego.
I can now say with certainty that anyone still supporting this president, is not only anti-American but indecent and inhumane. We cannot be friends. We have a convicted felon as our president who lies, cheats, bullies, defrauds, insults, threatens, takes bribes, extorts, and sexually abuses women. He has created an army of undertrained ICE agents who are literally kidnapping and imprisoning people of color off the streets. He is a sexual predator. At the very least he was complicit with Epstein’s trafficking and rape of children. Today, he is protecting the perpetrators by not only labeling this ordeal a hoax but instructing his Department of Justice to refuse to prosecute the pedophiles. At the very worst, he was very likely an active participant. He is lying when he says that the files exonerate him. It is the exact opposite; the files implicate him. Thank goodness for Senator Ted Lieu who is publicly exposing his alleged behavior.
So, I can say with conviction that any person who continues to support or give deference to this man or to Speaker Mike Johnson, Pam Bondi, Steven Miller, JD Vance, Kash Patel, RFK jr., Kristi Noem, and others working on his behalf, is not worthy of my friendship nor respect. I stand with the majority of Americans who want justice for the victims of the Epstein trafficking ring. I want justice for the immigrant families brutalized and torn apart by this ruthless and lawless ICE agency. I want justice for the many government employees whose lives were turned upside down by DOGE. I want justice for the innocent lives that were lost because of cut to funds for USAID, medical research trials, abortion bans, and cuts to Medicaid. I want justice for the American people who have been paying 94% of the cost of illegal tariffs imposed on imports from around the world.
Steve Bannon was right when he said that people will go to prison if the Democrats win the mid-terms. So, despite every scheme Trump and these Republicans are trying to enact to keep us from voting or to redistrict or to otherwise steal the election, we must be relentless and determined and smarter than them so that we successfully vote them out of office at every level of government (city, county, state, and federal).
We the people will not bend the knee like too many corporate leaders, law firms, media outlets, and republican politicians. We will stand firm and stand together in every way possible. And denying Trump the television ratings he craves by boycotting his State of the Union address is one more important way to oppose him.