The White House declared war on the American people today, labeling its political opponents as terrorists, including “Left-wing extremists.” The new label also claims that there are “deepening alliances” between “the far-left and Islamists” — or pro-Palestinian protesters.
The language is contained in the White House’s newly released National Counterterrorism Strategy. It is the first National Strategy to be unveiled since 2021, when the Biden administration issued its document. The Strategy identifies the “left-wing,” “anti-Fascists,” “Anarchists” and “radically pro-transgender” ideologies as threats equivalent to jihadi groups like al Qaeda and ISIS, or narco-traffickers.
The Strategy is the brainchild of White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka, an eccentric figure I have reported on, who last year hinted at terrorism charges being levied for political opponents of the administration. The document makes clear he got his wish. Gorka called the Strategy “my life’s work,” and apparently waxed so poetic in previous drafts that his superiors told him (by his own account): “Cut it down, Gorka!”
“Currently we face three major types of terror groups,” the Strategy says, listing “Narcoterrorists and Transnational Gangs,” “Legacy Islamist Terrorists,” and “Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists.”
“Counterterrorism” itself is a propaganda term, sanitizing the actual practice: pre-crime, which aims to build cases against people for what they might do, most ominously based on speech or beliefs. (I’ve written about the Bureau’s pre-crime push at length.) The Strategy doesn’t bother hiding it. It promises to “Identify terror actors and plots before they happen” and to use “law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”
For those complaining about the "meme"v There’s a whole article there. I’ve complained about these happenings to mbin/k in devs, and it persists.
[goose chase meme]
If you’re against Anti-Faschists, what does that make you?
WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU?!
they are proud to be fascists, tho
I find your meme both consoling and validating. Surely this will not only save me but ultimately solve my problem.
I imagine a flock of well-trained geese could probably serve several people well…
A decent, rational and empathic human being?
Bye bye
I’m reminded of Brecht’s poem again and again. Your turn, libs.
Which?
I’m sorry, Brecht was the GOAT but I actually mean Niemöller
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for meYeah, that’s what constantly springs to my mind, too.
The Martin Niemöller of our time is Rev. Mariann Budde: she’s the bishop who delivered the homily at the Washington National Cathedral service after Trump’s inauguration, and urged him to “have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now”.
She clearly saw the orange fascist fuck for what he was, she said the exact thing that needed to be said, and she was the first - and probably the last - to tell Trump the naked truth and hold an unflattering mirror to his gormless face.
I think of her often as the US sleepwalks into the same nightmare my grandfather who came back from Auschwitz described to my siblings and me. I hope Mariann Budde is remembered well like Martin Niemöller is when it’s time to reflect once again on how to prevent this from ever happening again on the smoldering ruins of the world after the coming war is over.
Perhaps a link
The White House declared war on the American people today, labeling its political opponents as terrorists, including “Left-wing extremists.” The new label also claims that there are “deepening alliances” between “the far-left and Islamists” — or pro-Palestinian protesters.
The language is contained in the White House’s newly released National Counterterrorism Strategy. It is the first National Strategy to be unveiled since 2021, when the Biden administration issued its document. The Strategy identifies the “left-wing,” “anti-Fascists,” “Anarchists” and “radically pro-transgender” ideologies as threats equivalent to jihadi groups like al Qaeda and ISIS, or narco-traffickers.
The Strategy is the brainchild of White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka, an eccentric figure I have reported on, who last year hinted at terrorism charges being levied for political opponents of the administration. The document makes clear he got his wish. Gorka called the Strategy “my life’s work,” and apparently waxed so poetic in previous drafts that his superiors told him (by his own account): “Cut it down, Gorka!”
“Currently we face three major types of terror groups,” the Strategy says, listing “Narcoterrorists and Transnational Gangs,” “Legacy Islamist Terrorists,” and “Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists.”
“Counterterrorism” itself is a propaganda term, sanitizing the actual practice: pre-crime, which aims to build cases against people for what they might do, most ominously based on speech or beliefs. (I’ve written about the Bureau’s pre-crime push at length.) The Strategy doesn’t bother hiding it. It promises to “Identify terror actors and plots before they happen” and to use “law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent.”
For those complaining about the "meme"v There’s a
whinewhole article there. I’ve complained about these happenings to mbin/k in devs, and it persists.Maybe it’s whatever app you are using and you could inquire about it? I used the web version of mbin and have complained a few times.
Why do I have to see this user’s lazy s*** posts no matter how many times I block them? Did you want to like link to anything or just post a dumb picture with some random text?
Maybe don’t assume it’s an OP issue so much as a compatibility issue OP has raised a few times.
I really don’t understand. I blocked your whole instance and still see this stuff.
