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Coordination the American Way:
Inside Trump’s Plan to Turn the U.S. Government into a Weapon Against Us
When historians describe how Nazi Germany became a dictatorship, they don’t start with the camps. They start with coordination — Gleichschaltung — the process by which every institution in Germany “aligned” itself with the will of the regime.
Coordination the American Way:
Inside Trump’s Plan to Turn the U.S. Government into a Weapon Against Us
When historians describe how Nazi Germany became a dictatorship, they don’t start with the camps. They start with coordination — Gleichschaltung — the process by which every institution in Germany “aligned” itself with the will of the regime.
No orders had to be barked. People, fearing irrelevance or punishment and watching colleagues be purged, simply did what was expected. Courts, newspapers, universities, police — each coordinated.
Now, a century later, we are watching the American version unfold in real time.
Now, a century later, we are watching the American version unfold in real time.
Reuters just pulled the curtain back on a chilling plan inside Trump’s second administration: a coordinated effort among the FBI, the Justice Department, the IRS, the Treasury Department, and the Department of Homeland Security to investigate, harass, and potentially prosecute liberal and Democratic-aligned organizations.
Led by Stephen Miller — Trump’s ideological hatchet man — the goal isn’t simply revenge. It’s to discipline the American political landscape.
Read these excepts from Reuters by reporters Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Jeff Mason, Tim Reid and Ted Hesson:
Read these excepts from Reuters by reporters Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Jeff Mason, Tim Reid and Ted Hesson:
The piece describes strategy meetings where Miller and senior aides mapped out how to weaponize the federal bureaucracy against “the left,” with tools ranging from RICO statutes to terrorism designations and tax-status revocations.
The targets are not extremists or lawbreakers, but entire categories of civil-society groups — climate activists, labor organizations, media watchdogs, voting-rights nonprofits — all to be recast as enemies of the state.
That is what coordination looks like. And its coming for @IndivisibleTeam who it goes without saying is not a terrorist organization, but who is America's most effective grassroots group.
That is what coordination looks like. And its coming for @IndivisibleTeam who it goes without saying is not a terrorist organization, but who is America's most effective grassroots group.
The Bureaucracy Falls In Line
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor in January 1933, the process began the same way. Within weeks, the Reichstag fire gave him the pretext to purge political opponents and deputize the police to act without judicial restraint. Within months, the civil service, courts, and press had “aligned.” No one held a gun to their heads. They simply did what was expected.
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor in January 1933, the process began the same way. Within weeks, the Reichstag fire gave him the pretext to purge political opponents and deputize the police to act without judicial restraint. Within months, the civil service, courts, and press had “aligned.” No one held a gun to their heads. They simply did what was expected.
Trump, who must break a government that has been stable for over 100 years, has taken longer. His version has been messier — an insurgent movement trying to tame the machinery of the state. But the intent is identical: turn independent agencies into political enforcers. First came the purges — firing or sidelining career officials, replacing them with loyalists, rewriting civil-service rules to eliminate protections. That’s the first stage of coordination: clearing out the obstacles.
Now, as Reuters reveals, comes the second: mobilization. The loyal agencies are to be trained on the enemy.
Now, as Reuters reveals, comes the second: mobilization. The loyal agencies are to be trained on the enemy.
We Are All Antifa Now
Watch the rhetorical shift already underway. MAGA Republicans no longer talk about “Antifa” as a handful of black-clad protesters in Portland. The term now covers anyone who opposes Trump — Democrats, journalists, donors, unions, even churches that preach social justice. In their propaganda ecosystem, Antifa means us. Me. You. Us.
Watch the rhetorical shift already underway. MAGA Republicans no longer talk about “Antifa” as a handful of black-clad protesters in Portland. The term now covers anyone who opposes Trump — Democrats, journalists, donors, unions, even churches that preach social justice. In their propaganda ecosystem, Antifa means us. Me. You. Us.
That’s coordination of language — a semantic weapon that prepares the ground for coordination of law enforcement. Once you redefine half the country as violent radicals, everything that follows can be framed as national security.
And just as in Germany, it’s happening before the crackdown. Gleichschaltung always starts with paperwork, not prisons.
And just as in Germany, it’s happening before the crackdown. Gleichschaltung always starts with paperwork, not prisons.
From Bureaucratic Capture to Political Violence
The plan Miller is orchestrating is bureaucratic, not bombastic — and that’s what makes it dangerous. The FBI’s domestic-terror apparatus, the IRS’s auditing power, the Justice Department’s prosecutorial discretion — these are scalpel tools, not sledgehammers. In the wrong hands, they can quietly destroy opposition under a veneer of legality.
The plan Miller is orchestrating is bureaucratic, not bombastic — and that’s what makes it dangerous. The FBI’s domestic-terror apparatus, the IRS’s auditing power, the Justice Department’s prosecutorial discretion — these are scalpel tools, not sledgehammers. In the wrong hands, they can quietly destroy opposition under a veneer of legality.
First coordination, then confrontation. Once the machinery is aimed, it only needs an excuse — a protest turned riot, a lone act of violence — to justify unleashing it.
In this video you see ICE, after kidnapping someone off the street, side swipes an innocent woman in a black car and then come after her with guns aimed.
In this video you see ICE, after kidnapping someone off the street, side swipes an innocent woman in a black car and then come after her with guns aimed.
This IS America
Don’t forget, in MAGA speak, “they” killed Charlie Kirk. “They” is us. Its anyone who dares to call them out for abandoning constitutional conservatism for fascism. For pointing out that MAGA is a fascist movement led by White Christian Nationalists like Kirk who believe Black people with good jobs must have cheated a more qualified White person to get it and that women are born to serve men in the house with lots of babies. Unless they are Ericka Kirk, apparently.
Don’t forget, in MAGA speak, “they” killed Charlie Kirk. “They” is us. Its anyone who dares to call them out for abandoning constitutional conservatism for fascism. For pointing out that MAGA is a fascist movement led by White Christian Nationalists like Kirk who believe Black people with good jobs must have cheated a more qualified White person to get it and that women are born to serve men in the house with lots of babies. Unless they are Ericka Kirk, apparently.
In 1933, Hitler used the Reichstag fire. In 2025, Trump doesn’t need one. The narrative of an America under siege by “left-wing radicals” has already been written, repeated, and believed by millions. They are just waiting for an excuse.
The Lesson of History
The most terrifying part of coordination was not that it happened under duress — it’s that it happened with applause. Millions of ordinary Germans convinced themselves they were protecting order, not dismantling freedom. Judges who thought they were preserving the courts. Bureaucrats who thought they were saving their jobs.
That’s what makes Gleichschaltung so effective — it turns authoritarianism into routine.
The most terrifying part of coordination was not that it happened under duress — it’s that it happened with applause. Millions of ordinary Germans convinced themselves they were protecting order, not dismantling freedom. Judges who thought they were preserving the courts. Bureaucrats who thought they were saving their jobs.
That’s what makes Gleichschaltung so effective — it turns authoritarianism into routine.
America is now in its tenth month of that process. Trump’s allies have learned from their failures in his first term: they will not wait to be obstructed. They are aligning the government in advance, ensuring that when Trump says “investigate my enemies,” the machinery is ready to move.
If you go to government websites right now this is what you see:
If you go to government websites right now this is what you see:
I know we can no longer be shocked but having this message on federal websites is INSANE and yes, it is a violation of the Hatch Act but again, we have no federal law enforcement of MAGA.
They are quite literally above federal law now.
This is what it looks like before democracy falls: not chaos, but paperwork.
Not tanks in the streets, but memos, meetings, and inter-agency “coordination.”
They are quite literally above federal law now.
This is what it looks like before democracy falls: not chaos, but paperwork.
Not tanks in the streets, but memos, meetings, and inter-agency “coordination.”
Which brings me to this Saturday, the 18th. Its all hands on deck for this weekend’s No Kings rally. Use the map of events to find the one you are going to and GO! nokings.org/#map
The only thing that can save us now is us. They will try to bait us into violence. Show them you are not afraid!
We must be sure to hold the moral high ground, but as the shooting of Kirk reveals, left and right there are a lot of well-armed crazies. They are banking on that.
We’re the last line of defense and Eugene’s protest will be a prime target for federal goons who have been waiting for 3 decades to crack done on the North West’s anarchists who have been a massive throne in the side for law enforcement decades since the WTO protests in the late 90s.
We must be sure to hold the moral high ground, but as the shooting of Kirk reveals, left and right there are a lot of well-armed crazies. They are banking on that.
We’re the last line of defense and Eugene’s protest will be a prime target for federal goons who have been waiting for 3 decades to crack done on the North West’s anarchists who have been a massive throne in the side for law enforcement decades since the WTO protests in the late 90s.
See you Saturday and PLEASE email me your protest pics!
Here’s mine, As always your welcome to steal the design.
Here’s mine, As always your welcome to steal the design.
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