1) Blackmail over personal life
2) Threats to family and friends
3) Contamination -- that is, being outed as part of broader ring of Trump admin criminality
From last week, on Lindsey Graham: amp.fastcompany.com/40507354/with-…
From June, on the dangers of capitulation: google.com/amp/s/www.theg…
* Media acting as propaganda or killing stories in fear (already happening)
* Lower-level officials afraid to criticize exec branch
* All officials afraid to state their concerns even privately
* Proof that surveillance exists (this is then denied by officials)
* Self-censorship as a survival mechanism
* Feeling fear after merely criticizing regime in your mind, as if they still can find out
We're not there yet. But we're getting there.
June 2017: "Trump is running America like a crime boss" google.com/amp/s/www.theg…
Sept 2016: "Be afraid: Trump may have bought the Fourth Estate" google.com/amp/s/www.theg…