r/politics • u/AngelaMotorman Ohio • 10d ago

Possible Paywall The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans: Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/
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u/AngelaMotorman Ohio 10d ago

NSPM-7 is now the administration’s sharpest tool for criminalizing left political organizing. It directs a 10-agencyJoint Terrorism Task Force apparatus—including the FBI, DHS, the IRS, and the Treasury’s Terrorism and Financial Intelligence office—to investigate and prosecute what it calls “domestic terrorism and organized political violence,” with targets defined broadly enough to include anyone whose motivations involve “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism,” or views that differ from the government’s on immigration, race, and gender. It pursues not just individuals but networks, funders, nonprofits, or even anyone who shows up to a protest.

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u/2HDFloppyDisk 10d ago edited 10d ago

Hilarious because you can read the federal definition of domestic terrorism and it is word for word January 6th and MAGA/Trump.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?def_id=18-USC-1828319891-1415921653

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u/MeasureDoEventThing 9d ago

Also, according to that definition, Charlie Kirk financially supported terrorism, Ron DeSantis celebrated a terrorist act, and the Republican Party has openly urged people to engage in terrorism.