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FadedMullet

(785 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:37 PM Wednesday

Should I be worried? As a quasi-socialist, non-practicing Buddhist and non-flag-waving, somewhat embarrassed..... [View all]

......American, should I be worried when I read the following and surmise that the government may be coming after me?

"But after Trump DOJ leadership issued a series of memos demanding that prosecutors target those who espouse “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity,” both the focus and the standards in these cases have changed. The memos direct federal law enforcement to use speech — including “extremism on migration, race, and gender” — as key criteria for who to investigate and against whom to bring the most aggressive charges possible".

This from TPM this morning.

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