Everybody in Washington seems more than willing to give Trump an inch . . . and he’s taking miles. From John and Nisha Whitehead at rutherford.org:
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”—H.L. Mencken
Let’s not mince words: every American should be alarmed by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tactics, theatrics and threats.
What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our constitutional republic.
This is no longer about partisan politics, wag-the-dog distractions from the Epstein debacle, or even genuine national security concerns.
This is martial law disguised as law-and-order—the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook.
We have been traveling this slippery slope toward a police state for some time, but under Trump 2.0, the descent towards outright tyranny is accelerating.
Building on the expanded emergency powers he has claimed to wage war on immigration, wokeness and the economy, Trump is taking aim at yet another so-called “crisis”—this time, by waging war on crime in the nation’s capital, despite the fact that crime is at a 30-year low.
Under the guise of “restoring order” and “cleaning up” the streets, Trump has called in the National Guard, dispatched the FBI, and federalized the local police in order to take control of Washington, D.C.
This is how the Emergency State operates in the open.
A real but manageable problem—crime, homelessness, public disorder—is inflated into an existential threat.
Fear is manufactured, then exploited to seize more power. (In many cases, the “facts” fueling these crackdowns come directly from the president’s own disinformation machine—manufacturing the perception of danger to justify the expansion of control.)
Whether the trigger is terrorism, civil unrest, economic instability, or public health, the aim remains the same: expand the reach of federal authority, justify more militarized policing, and condition the public to accept the suspension of rights in the name of national security.
Once these powers are taken, they are never willingly relinquished.
Each time, Trump pushes the envelope a little, relying on military optics meant to intimidate.
For instance, on April 28, 2025, Trump signed an Executive Order authorizing mass round-ups of “violent criminals” and “gang members,” empowering federal agencies and military support for domestic law enforcement.
In June, Trump deployed the National Guard to California to quell protests over mass immigration arrests, treating political dissent as a security threat. A bench trial is currently underway to determine if Trump’s actions violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from being used as a domestic police force.
By midsummer, a mental health detention directive allowed involuntary commitments of the homeless under “public health” grounds.
The comrades wanted to be treated like children on the mommygov plantation.
Don’t be surprised when you get treated that way.
When the CPUSA (D) branch of the big UNI gets back in they will round up right thinkers?
We’re all in this together, no shirking.
Guess everyone forgot middle-school social studies. DC is NOT a state (which would invoke the Posse Commitatus Act) but is federal land. While there may be concern, this ‘Chicken-little” reporting is inflammatory at best and lies at worst.