Unmarked federal troops are patrolling the streets of Portland, Oregon. At least we think they're federal troops -they're not wearing any identifying badges or other insignia, so we just have to take their word for it. They're rounding up random persons on the streets, whether they're participating in protests or not (remember, even if they are protesting - protesting is a First Amendment right every bit as legal as the Second Amendment right to bear arms). They're throwing the protesters into unmarked vans without telling them the charges against them, and then taking them to the federal courthouse, where some are released and some have formal charges brought against them.
I wish I were making this up (I'm not).
The mayor of Portland and the governor of Oregon both say they don't want these troops here and have asked the federal government to remove them. The federal government (well, Donald Trump) refuses. In fact, now he's threatening to mobilize more troops to Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. Maybe other cities, too.
How are unwanted troops using force to remain where they are not wanted not an occupation? How is mobilizing unwanted troops not an invasion?
This is it - the beginning of the last stage of the fascist takeover of America. The end of this last stage will be rejecting the results of November's election and using the troops in place to quell any protest or discontent that we now have a supreme leader in chief.
These are the dark and final days of a free America.
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