1. United States
2. N.J.
3. Letter

They want you to believe this is normal. It is not. Under Donald Trump, Americans are not just divided—we are being put in harm’s way, over and over, in ways that are measurable, preventable, and morally indefensible. People die when leaders gamble with war—escalating tensions with Iran for political theater. People die when public health is sabotaged—when vaccines are undermined and diseases like Measles and Tuberculosis are allowed to creep back into communities that had once defeated them. People die when healthcare is stripped away—when the Affordable Care Act is attacked and safety nets are shredded. When hospitals close, when care is delayed, when survival becomes a privilege instead of a right. People die when science is silenced—when institutions like the National Institutes of Health are undermined, when research is halted, when knowledge is treated as an inconvenience instead of a lifeline. People die from poisoned air and water when protections are gutted at the Environmental Protection Agency. They die in detention, in despair, in poverty—after policies rip apart families and abandon the most vulnerable to systems that no longer protect them. And yes—people die when truth itself is eroded. When institutions are hollowed out, when accountability disappears, when cruelty is normalized and called strength. This is not abstract. This is not partisan rhetoric. This is a pattern of decisions that carry a body count. The question is no longer whether harm is being done. The question is who is willing to stop it—and who will be remembered for allowing it to continue. History is watching. And it keeps receipts.