Trump's Police State

 

A recent photo of integrity being scrubbed from the FBI Academy at Quantico.

Over that past few decades I’ve been predicting, “When fascism comes to America, we will vote for it, and it will be welcomed and embraced”. America’s march into fascism is now well under way. The radical Right propaganda empire founded by Rupert Murdoch, with allies like Rush Limbaugh, will have done its job. We have more radical Right propaganda outlets than even corporate media outlets, which have already hosted radical Right voices.

 

This isn’t new for White Nationalist America. These propagandists continue a heritage left them by the likes of the hugely popular pre-WWII radio personality and Nazi sympathizer Father Coughlin. 

The grandchildren of his fans are now all on board the Trump Train to chaos, cruelty and ultimately an economic collapse, if he has his way. So what can we expect to happen to justice and law enforcement under the authoritarian rule of a convicted felon?

We can expect with certainty institutionalized corruption and criminal malfeasance after Trump’s mass firing of independent inspectors general at several federal agencies and of Justice Department/FBI lawyers. We’re seeing the beginning of a massive politically motivated purge of capable public servants whose only “fault” was honest performance of their duty and to not be Trump loyalists. This is the only reason they are being eliminated, and likely to be replaced by loyalist radical Right enablers.

Trump Derangement Syndrome has been institutionalized and infected all branches of the Federal Government. 

The purging of the DOJ and FBI of employees who swore an oath to the Constitution but refuse to swear loyalty to the Felonious Fuhrer is a glaring red flag of fascism. They were sent a letter under the subject “Notice of Removal from Federal Service”. The letter from acting Attorney General James McHenry to the DOJ officials said they cannot be “trusted” to “faithfully” implement Trump’s agenda.

“You played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump. The proper functioning of government critically depends on the trust superior officials place in their subordinates,” McHenry wrote. “Given your significant role in prosecuting the President, I do not believe that the leadership of the Department can trust you to assist in implementing the President’s agenda faithfully.”

And there it is. The mission of the DOJ and FBI is no longer enforcing the law and indicting criminals by gathering evidence that would stand in a court of law.

It’s now about “implementing Trump’s agenda”. 

For Trump and his authoritarian cartel, upholding the Constitution clearly isn’t their priority.

From the New York Times:

The top agent at the F.B.I.’s New York City field office vowed in a defiant email to his staff to “dig in” after the Trump administration targeted officials involved in the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack — and praised the bureau’s interim leaders for defending its independence.

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy,” wrote James E. Dennehy, a veteran and highly-respected agent who has run the largest and most important field office in the bureau since last September.

An F.B.I. spokeswoman declined to comment on internal bureau communications.

The email came after the Justice Department ordered the F.B.I. on Friday to collect the names of bureau personnel who helped investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, raising the possibility that Mr. Trump’s political appointees plan to purge career bureau officials, including rank-and-file field agents. That number could reach 6,000 — or about a sixth of the bureau’s 38,000 employees, according to the F.B.I.

In Trump’s Swamp of liars, criminals, sociopaths, and other such reptilians the FBI’s mission statement no longer applies.

Mission

Our mission encompasses all that we do as an organization—protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States.

No more of that. Trump wants a police state to enforce his will and to prosecute and punish those he hates. And it has nothing to do with the rule of law. It is purely a dictator’s purge to facilitate his totalitarian ambitions.

Another red flag was the whole-hearted endorsement of Trump by the Fraternal of Order of Police.

Note how this endorsement completely ignores the fact that they endorsed a convicted felon who had a large number of additional evidence-supported felony indictments. This is the madness that begets tyranny.

How deranged is that? Here we have an extreme case of mass law enforcement Trump Derangement Syndrome. It is the same deranged extremism that sent a violent mob to overturn an election. It is as toxic as the case of the deranged Red Hats on the Supreme Court granting immunity to their fellow corrupt radical Right authoritarian and serial criminal. He just happened to be the career advancement benefactor for enough of them to demolish our nation's core democratic value of equal justice under law. 

And how could they have not known Trump had been promising to pardon his thugs he called “hostages” all along? They certainly had no objection to Trump’s other promise to weaponize law enforcement against officers and lawyers who were honorably performing their jobs by gathered evidence, due process, and restraint.

Ah, but soon the very fine police officers would be troubled when their Felonious Fuhrer did what he clearly intended to do.

The hypocrites at the Fraternal Order of Police KNEW about Trump’s felony conviction, indictments, and attempts to overturn the 2020 election in addition to his promise to release his thugs, but they endorsed him anyway. Note how they "both sides" the issue with false equivalence on Biden.

There was reasonable doubt and trial issues for Biden's pardon cases. There was no doubt as to the guilt of Trump's unrepentant thugs.

Unfortunately, there is also no doubt that there is disturbing percentage of police officers ready to enforce a tyrant’s rule. You can’t have a police state without willing police accomplices who inevitably embrace fascism.  Any dissenting officers will be purged.

Americans voted for a fascist presidency, and it has arrived. Will they learn from this mistake? Probably not, but the next two elections will tell us how much worse it could be,  how many people will suffer, and how much longer this tragedy will darken our republic.