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Trump has threatened to deploy the military against the “enemy within” and has recently promoted the idea that “democratic socialism must be criminalized.” On top of current $1.1 trillion, the Pentagon has requested a separate $350 billion package.

When I was 20, I knew why I was protesting. The injustice was visible. The stakes were clear. Today the danger is no less visible though it is wrapped in patriotic language and asks us to confuse loyalty to a person with loyalty to the Constitution.

The people vs. data centers

The seeds of an authoritarian state will still be there unless the United States reckons with its own fascist past and how that relates to Stephen Miller’s vision for the future.

The person best positioned to break the power of Donald Trump would not be an anti-Trump Republican but an outsider who can credibly claim that Trump didn’t happen on his watch.

In many ways, Minneapolis has shown us what is possible. Not simply the response of a mobilized, militant community, but also the lengths that a despotic administration will go to in order to increase its power and accomplish its racist policies.

At a recent summit, Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez gathered leftist leaders and warned of a new authoritarian world order. Sánchez has positioned himself as a leader of the left who recognizes the need for strong alliances.

Yes, it exists. It’s not really a threat to anyone except neo-Nazis—but that’s all the excuse the Trump administration needs to turn the machinery of federal law enforcement loose on anyone with “dangerous” ideas.