Source: Common Dreams
by Joseph Geevarghese
“The military is in the streets of Los Angeles. That image alone (armed National Guard troops deployed by a sitting president against the will of local officials) should shake this country to its core. But it is not happening in isolation. It is part of a coordinated and escalating assault on democracy itself. All while, in the backdrop, Congress is advancing a budget deal that expands military and ICE funding while slashing Medicaid and nutritional assistance for millions of working-class families. And on Saturday, Trump will stage a military parade in Washington, D.C. — a grotesque celebration of state power at the very moment it is being used to crush dissent and consolidate control. This is not a metaphor.” (06/11/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/authoritarianism-trump-democratic-party