Sarah Jessica Parker, Mark Ruffalo and More Rally Against Trump and Tyranny: 'What Happens Next Is Not Inevitable'

Sarah Jessica Parker, Mark Ruffalo and More Rally Against Trump and Tyranny highlights a July 4 video featuring major Hollywood figures pushing back against authoritarianism while President Donald Trump marks his “Freedom 250” festivities. The 10-minute clip, released Saturday and published via author Timothy Snyder’s Substack, includes Sarah Jessica Parker, Mark Ruffalo, Holland Taylor and Bradley Whitford, among many others, reading from Snyder’s 2017 book “On Tyranny.” The video frames the message around recurring democratic choices and warns that what comes next is not guaranteed. Snyder presented the group as “friends of freedom” and described the project as a special 250th edition connected to the Republic’s anniversary. The full cast list named additional participants such as Margaret Atwood, Tony Goldwyn, Lisa Rinna, Leslie Odom Jr., and Viet Thanh Nguyen, plus figures including Eric Holder and Maria Ressa. The release positions the reading and its stated “20 lessons” as a response to concerns tied to Trump’s rise in 2016.