Fascism Rising in Plain Sight

President Trump deployed the secret military to the streets of Portland, Oregon, to combat “violent protesters” to distract voters from his dismal response and handling of COVID 19 across the United States. True, polls reveal low numbers for Trump, even in red states, but to violate people's first amendment rights to peacefully protest, is not a way, reports many pundits, to establish himself as the “Law and Order” president.

On social media, scenes of protesters being snatched from the streets and thrown into unmarked black vans, is reminiscent of 30's Berlin, where stormtroopers and “brown shirts” were seen pulling a whole families off the streets, never to be seen again. This comparison is not written lightly, because this is a signature behavior for authoritarian regimes throughout history.

In Trump's 4-year tenure as president has revealed his authoritarian leanings, including his respect for far right-wing leaders across the globe, including Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Erdogan of Turkey and the Royal families of Saudi Arabia. Like many presidents before him, Trump wields his authority through the use of the Executive Order, a kind of law and dictate that doesn't require Congressional approval. Using this power, he sent military personal under the guise of Homeland Security, circumventing laws against deploying the military for domestic use.

In To justify this unprecedented authoritarian move, evidence of actual violence from the protesters needed to be substantiated. But what we have seen from the police since the beginning of the George Floyd protests, more often than not, it is the police who create and instigate the violence. Over the last few months, I've seen much too much evidence of this police behavior. Evidence in Portland reveals peaceful protests and unfounded aggression from these unmarked military characters...that many have labeled, “Trump's Thugs.”

What is more disturbing, according to reliable sources on the ground, this the unknown military is using drones to spy on the people of Portland. These are not military drones, armed with precision bombs, however, how far in the future will the establishment elite begin to deploy military drones to suppress protests and any faction standing-up to their power?

It is obvious to many across the nation that Trump is becoming more unhinged, as the adage goes: “Desperate men do desperate things.” Deploying unmarked military to a scene of peaceful protesters to then be seen snatching them off the street into black vans, violating the U.S. Constitution certainly qualifies these actions as desperate.

There is no doubt that 2020 has been a nightmare across the board. That said, the silver lining, so to speak, is the establishment and their cronies have revealed themselves. Governments don't care about the people and will hand over trillions to their corporate donors, rather than help their constituents. From the beginning, Trump declared the pandemic as a hoax and failed to respond like the rest of the developed countries worldwide. As a result, the U.S. has the highest cases and deaths from COVID on the planet.

There is no doubt that the United States has evolved into a Police State.

Read the history of Italy's black shirts, and the rise of Mussolini. Read the beginnings of the Nazi movement and compare their actions upon the population, as Trump's America, and you will see a direct correlation.

A U.S. fascist state is on the rise.