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'Throwback to McCarthyism': Trump DOJ Moves to Treat Leftist Dissent as Criminal | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

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Stephen Prager
Dec 18, 2025

The Trump administration is about to embark on a massive crackdown on what it describes as a scourge of rampant left-wing “terrorism.”

But the US Department of Justice (DOJ) memo ordering the crackdown has critics fearing it will go far beyond punishing those who plan criminal acts and will instead be used to criminalize anyone who expresses opposition to President Donald Trump and his agenda.

Earlier this month, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi had sent out a memo ordering the FBI to “compile a list of groups or entities engaging in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism.”

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

Come and get me you fascist pigs! My antifacist 1911 is waiting.