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I keep seeing people talking about NSPM-7 which directs all federal agencies to basically monitor, disrupt, preemptively arrest leftist activists.

In my mind this has always been a thing. This isn't so much a policy change as voicing out loud what the policy has been. Materially US spying and abusing their citizens is pretty much par for the course.

Is this something I am not taking seriously enough or are the libs whipped up into a frenzy again?

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[–] AvocadoVapelung@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

they're salami slicing by going after PSL and related groups first

the DSA-right could panic and gum up the works to prevent the org from acting in solidarity (or split to save their own hides)

other orgs might have their own reasons

meanwhile the dems could start doing their own crackdowns to deal with their left flank and keep the heat off themselves

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

This. They've already named PSL and groups like them in depositions related to ICE. They're going to start with the most "radical" groups that have less power to withstand, then go after the bigger ones. The old Nazi playbook, first go after the actual commies, then start slicing off trade unions and one at a time go after everyone else.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

This. They've already named PSL and groups like them in depositions related to ICE. They're going to start with the most "radical" groups that have less power to withstand, then go after the bigger ones. The old Nazi playbook, first go after the actual commies, then start slicing off trade unions and one at a time go after everyone else.