Hang a Left

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited senior ministers from more than 60 countries to a meeting next week about what the Trump administration views as a major peril: the ‘resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism.'” WaPo (Gift Article): Rubio tries to enlist other nations in antifa fight, but some allies recoil. (I know it sometimes seems like Rubio is one of the comparatively decent ones. But, sadly, it’s time to recoil from that notion.) “The meeting has prompted consternation among career and political U.S. officials, some European allies and independent analysts who do not see the threat in the same terms. Some U.S. officials told The Post that they worry it is part of a Trump administration effort to use powerful counterterrorism tools to crack down on U.S. activists they view as left-wing extremists.”

+ Related: “For much of the past year, DHS has been going after people who criticize President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in emails and social media posts, accusing them of threatening federal personnel or ‘doxing’ agents whose identities are already known to the public. OPR has opened more than 100 investigations into ‘incidents of doxing and threats’ involving ICE.” The Verge (Gift Article): ICE agents are making house calls for online critics.

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