(As Donald Trump embraces the fascists in Ukraine and Argentina, he looks to make being opposed to such a political ideology illegal in the United States. Thus the real motive in the Charlie Kirk shooting emerges from the shadows.)
from Ken Klippenstein
Donald Trump today designated Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” — the first such designation ever, as far as I can tell.
In an explainer released by the White House, it says that “Antifa’s terror is part of the trend of Radical Left violence.” The title, “President Trump Isn’t Backing Down from Crushing Radical Left Violence,” doesn’t leave much room for interpretation.
Without ever defining what Antifa (short for Anti-Fascist) is as an organization, Trump’s executive order directs the federal government to “investigative, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations” conducted by the group. Trump’s previous FBI Director, Christopher Wray, said once that Antifa is “more of an ideology or a movement than an organization.”
But in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, national security officials tell me, the Trump administration feels especially empowered to focus its ire on the so-called radical left, even though, as I’ve written, it isn’t at all clear that the alleged Utah shooter was left or right...
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