We are now an authoritarian state
There is no denying it anymore, even if the mainstream press will. Whatever red lines remained for Donald Trump to cross he crossed this week with the indictment of former FBI director James Comey. Ty Cobb, Former White House Special Counsel under Trump 1.0, told PBS that the Comey indictment is “wholly un-American and really despicable in the way it was done.”
We are now an authoritarian state. Led by a madman. Backed by a cult primed to punish his enemies.
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If the Department of Justice can indict a James Comey on Donald Trump’s say-so, the government can sic his prosecutors on anyone. You. Me. Anyone. A commentator last night insisted that attorneys will need to band together to provide pro bono defenses for far more ordinary people who will inevitably face charges, perhaps by the thousands.
Like this gentleman: Justice Department Seeks Information on Georgia D.A. Who Prosecuted Trump
Trump declared in a “national security” memorandum issued this week that his administration now considers dissent terrorism. It is a masterpiece of up-is-downism. Perhaps you didn’t know, but there is a vast, left-wing conspiracy afoot in the land.
This order got lost in the flood of insane actions from Trump this week. So much so that there is little commentary on it this morning. There is too much in here to unpack, but here is a thread that makes a stab at it.
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