Co-opting Local Police to Suppress Dissent
A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.
National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7)
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Trump Administration Linking Its Domestic Enemies to Foreign Terrorists
Falsely claiming that U.S. citizens and groups have ties to international terrorism could let the government turn tools intended to combat the likes of ISIS against its perceived foes at home.
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How the Administration Picks Its Targets, Then Picks the Crime
The Trump administration is using the Antifa label and other means to prosecute its opponents.
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ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as Well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
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Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.
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