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NEWS --> An internal DHS memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.

We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/198708…
The DHS memo lays out the agenda for a July 21 meeting among top level officials from DHS and Defense Department. It was authored by Philip Hegseth (yes, he's Pete Hegseth's brother), a top adviser to DHS Sec Kristi Noem and liason to the Pentagon.

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Memo says bluntly that US military leadership need to better grasp the threat of illegal immigration *in the homeland.*

Experts say this means DHS, maybe w/Pete Hegseth's help, may be pressuring top Defense officials to get more involved domestically.

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Memo says DHS is seeking an "agreement" in which Pentagon agrees to "detail personnel within ICE and CBP."

It also describes threat of cartels/transnational gangs as akin to having Al Qaeda and ISIS.

Experts see those lines as particularly alarming.

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Strikingly, the memo says straightforwardly that what happened in Los Angeles is the sort of operation that may be necessary "for years to come."

As one expert told me: "They see Los Angeles as a model to be replicated."

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Trump seems to be using "invasion" agitprop to recreate the national trauma that reigned after 9/11, to hyper-militarize the homeland.

As one scholar tells me, this "could create a kind of domestic ‘Forever War,’ but one that is uniquely dangerous."

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We posted the text of most of the memo in this link, omitting logistical and biographical information:
newrepublic.com/article/198689…

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Oct 8
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics and have developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems must reckon w/Miller's understanding of the moment.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/201453…
Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and nudge low-info voters into accepting authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom get that this requires an info-war in response.

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Trump just threatened to invoke Insurrection Act if govs/judges act *lawfully* within the constitutional system in ways that displease him.

Miller's statements show their real position: Trump's power to invent pretexts for emergency actions is limitless.

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Oct 7
Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts."

On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield explains the ruling and what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/201408…
Highlights from this pod w/Oregon AG Dan Rayfield: He tells me Dem AGs are preparing for likelihood that Trump will expand efforts to federalize National Guards and deploy them in more cities.

Trump is trying to normalize troops in US cities, he says.

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Oregon AG Dan Rayfield warns:

"Anyone who’s seen the visual presence of what it’s like to live in an authoritarian country knows it’s a very different existence. That can never become a reality for us."

Stephen Miller is trying to acclimate us to this.

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Oct 3
Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

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Chris Murphy says Dems should lay down a simple marker for Trump: No support for anything that funds lawbreaking.

"if you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness. This isn't a normal time...world [is] watching to see what we stand for." 2/

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Senator Murphy also lays out a clear set of codified demands that Dems can stand for. Among them:

*no more using budget to punish enemies
*no more using FCC to censor critics
*restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior
*clear ban on troops in cities

3/
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Oct 2
Russell Vought's sadistic threat to kill projects in blue states will blow back on GOP. One getting defunded is reportedly a huge hydrogen project in northwest that would also serve Montana. Its GOP governor has hailed it as a big job creator.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/201286…
In upstate New York, vulnerable House GOPer Mike Lawler defended Trump by claiming, Hey, these cuts will hurt my district, too! He didn't realize he was admitting that Russ Vought's cuts will hurt Trump voters as well.

(h/t @atrupar)

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@atrupar One project that Russ Vought's cuts are reportedly targeting is the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub. Turns out this project spans Oregon, Washington State, and MONTANA. The GOP governor of Montana has hailed it for creating "good paying Montana jobs."

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Sep 26
News --> Steve Bannon tells me he fully expects Trump to use the Texas ICE office shooting as the hook to unleash law enforcement on liberal immigration groups by linking political violence to anti-ICE rhetoric.

This is going to get ugly. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/200976…
Stephen Miller said calling ICE authoritarian "incites violence and terrorism." This wasn't just fascist bluster. It was a signal.

I asked Bannon if Miller will seek to prosecute groups that use this language about ICE.

Read our exchange below. 2/

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Connect the dots. First Trump/Miller associate Texas ICE shooting w/liberal *groups* and anti-ICE *rhetoric.* Then they announce they will investigate/prosecute groups that they can somehow link to political violence. ICE shooting becomes the pretext. 3/

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Sep 18
News --> Anna Gomez, lone Dem on FCC, tells me Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.

That and much more in my new piece:

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Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:

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Anna Gomez, lone Dem on FCC, tells me Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel violates the Communications Act, which bars censorship of broadcasters.

Gomez also says Brendan Carr is pressuring Nextar, which is waiting for FCC approval for a merger.

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