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New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says | Common Dreams

www.commondreams.org New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says | Common Dreams

Civil rights attorney Alec Karakatsanis said that Trump's latest executive order creates "an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers" to help crack down on protests across the country.

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New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says

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New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says

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What about them Epstein files?
- Yeah I want to out too but we are way past the point of those things mattering at all. This is s prelude to civil war. Oath Keepers will join up with the regular military and those fuckers will just start shooting because there will be no consequences for them. The blue states need to activate their NG now and have them ready.
  
  those fuckers will just start shooting because there will be no consequences for them.
  You are 100% correct. Trump has already demonstrated that even if they are charged, he will pardon them. Also, they will be wearing masks and there will be no way to prove which fascist fired the shot.
- The Epstein files are the distraction. Not the other way around.
  Like, seriously.
  
  Are you daft?
  He raped kids. That resonates with... Jesus Christ... SO many people.
  Of all the worst people I've met, they all fuckin cared about kids.
  
  I agree
- This is arguably a bigger immediate concern.
- those are only 'scary' if you're listed in them.

Doesn't this mean we can just dress like Proud Boys and Trump's Gestapo and no one would be the wiser? Get behind the front lines, people.
- 100%

Monday's order calls for the creation of "an online portal for Americans with law enforcement or other relevant backgrounds and experience." Agency heads then "shall each deputize the members of this unit to enforce federal law."
This is scary.

Beginning of the article:
An executive order signed Monday by US President Donald Trump may permit "random fascist vigilantes" to help him crack down on protests across the country, according to one prominent civil rights lawyer. The new order, which comes amid wider concern about Trump's militarized takeover of Washington, DC, directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to ensure that each state's National Guard is equipped to "assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in quelling civil disturbances and ensuring the public safety.”
Link to the EO
- Didn't see this in the news at all...

Cool. Release the pedo files.
- Donald Trump could rape a child on live TV during the morning news and nothing would happen. In fact his supporters would generate excuses saying she deserved it or something.
  Should they release the files?, yes.
  Is it going to do jack shit?, absolutely not.
  
  Something. Something. Something. Deep state.
  -The Jackass
- He wasn't elected because he covered up his involvement with Epstein. People didn't care then, they're not going to care now, especially now that he's buried the case legally and will never see a courtroom about it. People are not interested in a narrative that won't go anywhere and most people have already moved on.
  Injustice sucks, it hurts. I know. But this is real and it's happening and it's a LOT of injustice and there may never be a satisfying resolution.
  Now that said, using our nation's military to occupy and control the cities of political opponents is a much bigger immediate threat to everyone and everything we hold dear, THIS is the kind of action many of us were laughed at for warning people about, we were called over-reactive and accused of being unrealistically hyperbolic. And here we are, the administration is doing it and still nobody is getting up and marching on the capital. Do you think they're going to get up and march about fucking Epstein?

So, basically a way to form government-backed lynch mobs.

- Sandy!!
  
  Yes! She has unbelievably based political opinions as any horse should
- I'm blind and can't read this.
  
  Top says: Sandy says ...
  Bottom says: where are the Epstein files
  
  I’m a sighted person and I still can’t read it. Drop shadows, people!

Literal Goon squads.
Fascist Goons are not human and deserve no such rights or sympathy, and by my judgment, will never be afforded any.
Wanna find out what real, red blooded Americans think? Join a fascist goonsquad today and cover your face. Find out what it's like to be the nobody faceless bad guys in a movie, and discover your true identity and value of being a worthless tool of evil.
GoonSquads, because you don't matter.

Brown shirts

Spoiler: The National Guard is who kills the fascist dictator at the end of this conflict.
I don't see a problem with having more State military surrounding the White House. If they do their job, Trump will be dead soon
- That’s optimistic

Hey, at least the article didn’t seem to act like this is “a sign of the start of the descent into fascism”. That’s a big improvement over most of the articles we’re seeing acting like the US isn’t fully locked in to a fascist dictatorship already.

Gettin' his personal army of brownshirts all legitimized and stuff so they can mow down any protesters and disappear any 'troublemakers'.

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