Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jason M Blazakis
“President Trump’s executive order designating antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organization’ was never really about antifa. It was about building a template for repression. Now, with his latest order on ‘Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,’ the blueprint is clear: free expression, political dissent and municipal autonomy are in the crosshairs. … History offers warnings. Governments that criminalize opposition rarely stop at the margins. In Turkey, the label of ‘terrorist’ has been used to decimate civil society, shutter newspapers and jail academics. In Russia, counterextremism laws have become blunt instruments for crushing democracy. We must be honest: America is inching down that path.” (10/13/25)