Source: In These Times
Azadeh Shahshahani & Stephanie Guilloud

“A leaked Justice Department memo in early December outlined Attorney General Pam Bondi’s directive to the FBI to ​’compile a list of groups or entities engaged in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism’. In addition to establishing a ‘cash reward system’ for information, the memo, first published by journalist Ken Klippenstein, lays out targets that include those who express ‘opposition to law and immigration enforcement’, ​’adherence to radical gender ideology’, ​’anti-Christianity’, ​’anti-capitalism’, and ​’anti-Americanism’. These documents imply that the ​“terrorists” are the brave teachers, neighbors, librarians, and community members blowing whistles, protecting students, keeping books on shelves, advocating for trans rights, and organizing for economic and social equity. Bondi’s directive builds on President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum known as NSPM-7 which names anti-fascism as domestic terrorism.” (01/06/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/antidote-to-fear-is-courage-fascism-antifa-trump

Source: The Bulwark
by Joe Perticone

“The American government has billed the dramatic capture and extradition of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend as a law enforcement operation carried out with the support of the U.S. military. Now that Maduro is in custody, the United States intends to exert control of the country through (what the administration assumes will be) Maduro’s pliant vice president, whose primary task is to open up Venezuela’s nationalized oil production to American corporations. That’s the administration’s high-level story, at least. But as more context comes out, it gets less clear whether Maduro’s capture was a law enforcement action, a military operation, or some secret third thing.” (01/06/26)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-republican-senators-law-enforcement-operation-military-judiciary-committee

Source: Antiwar.com
by Ron Paul

“As was the case the morning after ‘Shock and Awe’ signaled the start of the Iraq war, many are cheering the US military raid on Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro. Overwhelming US military power – and likely some bribed Venezuelan officials – ensured that the operation was swift and dramatic. This was not a war, we were told. It was just a surgical operation to remove a criminal dictator and restore democracy to the country. American oil companies would soon get even richer exploiting the country’s vast oil reserves. This time it will be different! If all of this sounds familiar that’s because it is the same narrative used each time the US has launched a ‘regime change’ operation this century.” (01/06/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2026/01/05/regime-change-and-nation-building-are-back

Source: Garrison Center
by Joel Schlosberg

“Zohran Mamdani’s promise to bring ‘the resurgent flame of hope’ to ‘the January chill’ as mayor of a literally frozen New York City during his January 1 inaugural address got the cold shoulder from conservative commentators. Despite his vow to move the city to unity past ‘a tale of two cities, the rich versus the poor’ and highlighting constituents ‘who supported President Trump a year before they voted for me,’ some just aren’t buying Mamdani’s narrative. … Yet those red-baiting Mamdani’s ‘Red Apple’ could stand to scratch the surface and see how much the gilded apple of Trump Tower pokes through — and not just because he won’t be able to ‘deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few’ if those fat cats pull up stakes.” (01/06/26)

https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20221