The government has been looking for a domestic war for decades now. If you think about Ruby Ridge, Waco and Oklahoma City for a second, you’ll begin to see what I'm saying.

Barely six weeks after the attacks on 9/11/01, and without any meaningful debate, Congress granted diabolical surveillance powers to the federal government, basically with no oversight needed.

The PATRIOT ACT was, and is un-American.

Regarding the war that followed the 9/11 attacks, the late Angelo Codevilla wrote,

Common sense does not mistake the difference between victory and defeat: the losers weep and cower, while the winners strut and rejoice. The losers have to change their ways, the winners feel more secure than ever in theirs.

Twenty-five years later...

It is Americans who have had to change their ways.

In fact, the same can be said about every single war since at least, World War I.

Domestic Terrorists: From WACO to Libertarians to Maga’s.

The war has always been against us - the American people.

The same people now required to pay for yet another Big Beautiful Bill for the Military-Industrial Complex.

We're losing.

The Police State Has a New Playbook: Martial Law, One City at a Time

Let’s not mince words: every American should be alarmed by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tactics, theatrics and threats.

What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our constitutional republic.

This is no longer about partisan politics, wag-the-dog distractions from the Epstein debacle, or even genuine national security concerns.

This is martial law disguised as law-and-order—the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook.

We have been traveling this slippery slope toward a police state for some time, but under Trump 2.0, the descent towards outright tyranny is accelerating.

It's disturbing how many support this bald-faced tyranny. Talk about a failure of education.

Each time, Trump pushes the envelope a little, relying on military optics meant to intimidate.

For instance, on April 28, 2025, Trump signed an Executive Order authorizing mass round-ups of “violent criminals” and “gang members,” empowering federal agencies and military support for domestic law enforcement.

In June, Trump deployed the National Guard to California to quell protests over mass immigration arrests, treating political dissent as a security threat. A bench trial is currently underway to determine if Trump’s actions violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from being used as a domestic police force.

By midsummer, a mental health detention directive allowed involuntary commitments of the homeless under “public health” grounds.

By August, Trump was deploying FBI agents and the National Guard into the nation’s capital in order to clear homeless encampments because the president says the city is “dirty” and “dangerous.”

At each stage, the scope of who could be targeted by these executive orders and emergency power operations grows wider.

We are all terrorists now.

These executive orders constitute a war on the American people without a formal declaration of war. Once the definitions of “criminal,” “threat,” and “danger” are used interchangeably to advance political needs, there is no limit to who can be targeted next.

What begins with a narrow claim of emergency power is quickly normalized and made permanent.

We have seen this pattern before.

After 9/11, the Patriot Act’s surveillance powers—initially aimed at foreign terrorists—expanded to include mass monitoring of American citizens. The Transportation Security Administration began as an airport screening agency and now conducts random searches at train stations and sporting events. Predictive policing was sold as a way to stop violent crime, but it is now used to flag political activists and monitor protests.

In each case, a temporary, targeted security measure grew into a permanent tool of control.

Left, right, left, right... Orwell said it best, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever."