It’s happening. Right before our
eyes.
Donald Trump is forging together
his police state.
From his pick to head the FBI to
his directives on policing, prosecution and punishment, there can be no doubt
Mr. Trump is developing a police state in his own image.
He told us that that was his intent
should he be elected. During his campaign he even listed his targets. Liz
Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, even Joe Biden, among
others. Anyone from the FBI or the DOJ who investigated his crimes and began
prosecution for those crimes. Members of the press who are critical of him.
Ordinary citizens who might protest against him or his policies.
He is starting with putting
restrictions on our Constitutional Right to Assembly and Freedom of Speech. He
will be determining what is or is not a legal assembly of protest. Those who he
has labeled as “illegal” will be arrested. He has stated he will use the
military to break up demonstrations and make arrests. He had practiced what he
is preaching during his first term when he had protesters outside the White
House dispersed with tear-gas and deployed US Marshalls to arrest not only
protesters but journalists during demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. He made
his first move in this term by using ICE to arrest two demonstrators at
Columbia University who oppose his position on Gaza.
He took the unprecedented action to
hold a mini-rally attended by Trump loyalists inside the DOJ to set the stage
for his prosecution of those whose duty was to bring him to court when evidence
they obtained indicated Trump had violated the law. Unprecedented because the
President is expected to keep a distance from the DOJ so Americans can be
assured that the DOJ is independent of prejudice, pressure and manipulation
from the Oval Office. He falsely accused those in the DOJ from having acted
illegally in pursuing those charges and for Joe Biden having had used the DOJ
for political purposes, when in fact this is exactly what he is doing. To
pursue this, he put attorney Pam Bondi who represented him during his first
impeachment trial where he was accused of violating the Constitution ;
supported him in his hush money case; and who Trump illegally wrote a $25,000
check to support her own political campaign from his charitable foundation in
charge of the DOJ . She has stated it is her intent to “investigate the
investigators…prosecute the prosecutors.”
He is purging the FBI of any agents
who were involved in investigating his crimes as well as those who will not
pledge loyalty to him. To accomplish this, he put Kash Patel in charge of the
FBI. Patel pushes Trump’s “Deep State” conspiracy narrative; that the 2020
election was rigged although not only is there no evidence of this, but audits;
60 judicial rulings; and Republican Governors of the states’ he claims were
rigged say no election fraud occurred. Patel denounces all of Trump’s critics
as Deep State conspirators and even includes Trump Attorney General Bill Barr
because Barr stated that the 2020 election was honest and Biden won.
“We will go out and find the
conspirators – not just in government, but in the media…we’re going to come
after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe
Biden rig presidential elections…We’re going to come after you,” declares
Patel.
Donald Trump has found his gestapo.
To strengthen his bid for absolute
power – a power he unabashedly professes he has – he and his right- and
left-hand men – Elon Musk and JD Vance – have declared the judicial branch has
no right to rule on Trump’s directives. They call for the impeachment of judges
who do make findings that Trump’s orders are unconstitutional or a violation of
law and people’s rights. Congressman Darrell Issa has introduced a bill
designed to prohibit the courts from ruling on Trump’s executive orders.
No police state is complete without
undermining the Freedom of the Press. At his DOJ rally, Trump again called for
shutting down CNN and MSNBC for “illegal” news coverage that is contrary to his
narrative. He has also called for shutting down ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. Musk has
called for the imprisonment of the producers of CBS’s 60 Minutes.
Meanwhile, Trump releases from
prison his most militant thugs who answered his call to storm Congress and stop
the certification of the election he lost. We recall his prior warning that it
is his supporters that “have all the guns” and his orders for the
paramilitaries to “stand back and stand by.”
America is at a crossroads that we
never expected could be possible. We are already in the shadow of fascism. The
question is not if these are the actions of a would-be dictator, but what are
we as American patriots going to do about it?
Donald Trump is not a president.
Donald Trump is a crisis.
Hi David. Thanks for helping disseminate what's happening. Your last question is interesting, because it's something we can only discuss safely on the internet to a certain point. We do need to think about what's going to happen, and our lines in the sand--especially here in San Diego.
ReplyDeleteOn a lighter but more immediate note, there have been plenty of protests to counter the narratives the Trump regime would use to keep us pacified. Just today, 3/29, there were simultaneous Tesla Takedown protests held across the country. These protests target Tesla, one of Elon Musk's primary sources of income. We've seen a reliable dive in Tesla stock since the Tesla Takedowns began, which is evidence that sufficient negative press from different sources--including in-person protesting--can have an effect on the proponents of the regime. There are other ways to resist as well, but in-person protesting is probably the most visible at the moment, despite the lack of coverage in traditional media. Have you considered writing about some of them?
I've participated in them!
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