The Rise of Trump's Police State: Weaponized Justice, IRS Retaliation, and Fear
It may be difficult to pinpoint a starting date, but we seem well on our way to a police state in which the object is government control of speech and criticism.
Sure, you can find elements that go back years, even decades, across government administrations from both major parties, but the accelerated, methodical march by Donald Trump is different in scale and kind than efforts of his predecessors.
Survey the current situation and you can see U.S. troops on city streets, a neutered Congress, a Justice Department and FBI trained firmly on Trump political enemies (while ignoring allegations against his friends), partisan and punitive budgetary decisions — and now a specific threat to use the IRS as a weapon against anyone Trump wants to target.
All of this has become familiar in this first Trump year — along with the understanding that, with few exceptions, neither courts nor minority Democrats or enabling Republican politicians can stop him.
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