While the country debates headlines, the scaffolding of dissent is being dismantled—quietly, deliberately, and in plain view.
Journalists are being blocked from press briefings and subjected to surveillance by federal agencies.
Protesters are being detained under terrorism laws and having their immigration status weaponized against them.
Investigative outlets are being sued into silence, threatened with economic retaliation, and labeled as political adversaries.
Trump is openly threatening those who challenge his narrative—whether in the streets, in the courtroom, or the newsroom. This isn’t just political hostility—it’s structural warfare. And it’s accelerating. Every society that slipped into authoritarianism followed this same sequence:
Control the story → criminalize dissent → collapse civic trust → rewrite reality.
And if you think the First Amendment will save us, you need to understand something deeply uncomfortable: It already isn’t.
We must stand together in resistance to this attack on our First Amendment rights! Join us in protest this Saturday, 11 am — 1 pm at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Route 26, exit 56. See you at the overpass!
Many thanks to Critical Resistance for this excerpt! Read the whole article HERE.