Originally published at: Trump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his political enemies. It represents a dramatic departure from how the Justice Department has historically used the federal material support for terrorism statute. For decades, counterterrorism prosecutors have largely reserved…
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An echo from the past:
“For heaven’s sake, children, Fascism isn’t coming…it’s here.” – Dorothy Parker, 1947, commenting on HUAC
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“anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity,”
Frankly, is there anything more “anti-American” than this order? The anti-Christianity nonsense violates the First Amendment. The anti-capitalism thing is just stupidly irrelevant, and probably formulated by folks who don’t know the distinctions between a “free market” and actual “capitalism.” And what the heck is “anti-Americanism”, if not an opposition to everything in that statement?
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How about these bigshot law firms that caved to Dumpy start with representing these persecuted American patriot protesters pro bono? How about courts smack this down hard and fast?
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OTOH, juries may see this bullshit for exactly what it is, and find that the defendants are not terrorists after all.
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“Wearing black clothing” as a means to tie you into these activities? Please, someone get a picture of one of the Mar-a-Lago black tie soirees - all those tuxes and “little black dresses” - and submit it as proof that they, too, are planning un-American activities.
Hey, wait a minute…
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gender extremism
Notice there’s no mention of those dastardly homosexuals. Trans is the new Republican boogieman, since most Republicans today are gay. (See: Roy Cohn)
what the DOJ characterized as a “core” Signal chat
I thought Signal was supposed to be super secure. I see more quotes from that than from X!
Antifa is an anarchist mindset, an ideology
And the federal government will decide which one of your “ideas” threatens fascists and conservative Republicans with a Hitler fetish.
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Innocents are guilty and the guilty are innocent.
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Maybe, but the Trump playbook does not depend on getting convictions but on maximizing the expense and anguish of having to deal with continuous legal harassment.
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So can anyone who is not a member of a Christian church be designated as an “anti-Christian”?
And will Trump II administration folks revoke any and all medals US soldiers in WW II got fighting Mussolini and Hitler? Seems Fascism has come to America in guise of fat orange hued New Yorker.
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I guess we’ve now officially entered the “is the ANTIFA in the room with us now?” phase of mass hallucination. One can only hope that defense counsel can take this ragged scheme apart in front of multiple juries. This stuff is why Indivisible groups are on Signal and otherwise seeking low profiles least we all become terrorists by osmosis.
Plus random cat . . .
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Cats are never random. They show up when needed, on their own timeline of course.
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Going after people for being ‘anti-Christian’ is itself anti-Christian. The Gospel of Jesus Christ says every person is loved by God, and if God loves someone, how can I hate them, how can I regard them as an enemy? Doesn’t matter if they call themselves Christian or not. God loves them.
To harass people for being ‘anti-Christian’ just turns Christianity into yet one more tribal group, where those in the tribe are allies, and those outside are enemies. Is this what the world needs one more of? Is this what Jesus came into our world to create?
And if our Gospel is any good at all, WTF do we need the government’s dubious ‘help’ for? Trump henchmen, please don’t do us any favors, because you have no idea whether that’s what they are. “The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” - John 1:5
ETA: Not to mention, the Gospel is anti-capitalist. What did John the Baptist tell people to do? “The man with two shirts must share with him who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same.” (And he told soldiers to not bully people - ICE and CBP paramilitaries, take note!)
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Don’t forget there’s Christians and then there’s the Karen Christians. The Karen Christians are impatient, and want the Rapture to happen NOW!
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I am shocked, shocked to discover that the exact thing civil libertarians warned would eventually happen if we passed the PATRIOT Act is happening.
“Pish-posh,” people said. “No American president would do such a thing! Why he would have to be so bad, GWB looked like GHWB. Inconceivable! Why don’t you want us to be Safe?”
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“anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity,”
The first 2 I get (it shoud still be illegal) but the 3rd one. I wonder how the Jews (Jared and Ivanka) feel about that.
I mean let’s face it, this administration doesn’t care about the Muslims or Hindus.
Look at her face.
Is she thrilled to be where she is?
That is not a happy face like I want to get screwed.