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Robert Reich publishes writings by Richard Gephardt, who represented Missouri in the United States House from 1977 to 2005, who lays out the case that Trump is preparing for a coup:
"No statute authorizes the federal government to treat protected political speech as terrorism; NPSM-7 does it anyway. It tasked the FBI, the IRS and the Treasury Department with tracking the funding sources and supporters of organizations suspected of directly or indirectly facilitating political unrest, with no reference to the First Amendment."

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New in PN: MAGA's kayfabe meltdown over California primary "It's worth paying attention when Trump and his supporters start making the same provably false claims about the upcoming midterms -- particularly because the guardrails that stopped Trump from succeeding in his coup in 2020 are now gone."

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-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 7:49 AM · Jun 10, 2026

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"Its language designates as targets of federal counterterrorism authorities Americans whose sponsors are labeled "anti-American", " anti-capitalist", " anti-Christian" or "hostile to traditional American views on family, religion and morality."

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-14 07:57 PM | Reply

Let's see a real attempt next time

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-14 09:46 PM | Reply

The massive mail in fraud voting is gone from most of the country?

Whatever will the Democrats do?

#3 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-06-15 09:25 AM | Reply

Whatever will the Democrats do?

Win a presidential election? Control congress? If Democrats are committing fraud to win in deeply blue elections, think of how much winning they do in federal elections!

Idiot.

#4 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-06-15 09:30 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

- massive mail in fraud voting

A LIE only Cultists could believe.

"Mail voting in the US: Data points to very low fraud and significant benefits to voters"

www.brookings.edu

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-15 10:40 AM | Reply

"Mail voting in the US: Data points to very low fraud and significant benefits to voters"

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-15 10:40 AM

That alone makes it dangerous to Republicans...

OCU

#6 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-06-15 11:21 AM | Reply

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#1 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

I know this has become a running joke.

But that summary you posted is what Boaz voted for.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-15 11:56 AM | Reply

The massive mail in fraud voting is gone from most of the country?

Whatever will the Democrats do?

#3 | Posted by THEBULL

There is no massive fraud you stupid pile of s*&^.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-15 12:30 PM | Reply

Remember kids, to MAGA dumbf*&^s like pedoringer and lfthndpedo, all of this is mere disagreement.

And finding them to be repulsive, unAmerican s*&^heaps for voting this administration into power and continuing to support it reflects poorly on us...

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-15 12:33 PM | Reply

"Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as the truth' exists. There is, for instance, no such thing as Science' ... If the Leader says of such and such an event, It never happened'-well, it never happened. If he says that two and two are five-well, two and two are five. This prospect frightens me much more than bombs."

George Orwell

#10 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-06-15 01:53 PM | Reply

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