Trump's fascist siege of #DC is coming to your city next - Dave Zirin
August 23, 2025
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as posted by the channelReporting from the streets of occupied Washington, DC, at a "Free DC" rally just 10 minutes from a police checkpoint where citizens are being stopped and told to show their papers, TRNN's Dave Zirin makes it clear that this is an authoritarian power play against working people. "Kids are afraid to play with their friends. They're afraid to walk home from school." Trump’s fabricated crime wave is not what's making people afraid, the troops stalking the streets and harassing residents are.
"If people think this is just a #DC issue, they're out of their minds. #Trump is saying it explicitly. This is step one. They're gonna go city after city in states run by Democratic governors and effectively federalize policing to meet fascist ends..."
#police #freedc #dcstatehood #nationalguard #ice #protest
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