In less than 48 hours, we went from ICE raids in Los Angeles to the federal government announcing plans to deploy 2,000 soldiers against American citizens. This wasn’t random—it followed a deliberate four-step strategy: conduct potentially unconstitutional raids, wait for people to protest (as the Constitution protects), label peaceful demonstrators as “rioters,” then use that false narrative to justify military force.
The piece shows how this playbook works and why it matters beyond immigration or California. Once you normalize sending soldiers against Americans exercising their First Amendment rights, that precedent applies to any future protest about any issue. The article breaks down what’s really happening and provides concrete steps for disrupting this pattern before military responses to peaceful dissent become the new normal.
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