I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it. His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns. This is now very obvious.

NEWS: The Pentagon is considering sending the elite military unit that invaded Iraq & Afghanistan into U.S. cities. The 82nd Airborne Division. Wake up, people. This not about petty theft and street crime. www.treason.io/p/what-are-t...

A year ago, both Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly and his top military advisor Mark Milley warned America that Trump was a “fascist.” As Milley said: “He is the most dangerous person ever…he's a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country.”

NEWS: Donald Trump made it easier to add Americans to the terrorist watchlist — including his enemies. Amidst all the drama in DC, this is getting overlooked. But it might be the most Orwellian thing he’s done yet. www.treason.io/p/must-read-...

Trump told military leaders today that US cities would become “training grounds.” Do you understand it yet, America? This IS the talk of a dictator. I’m not afraid to say that word. I’m afraid that my former party is going along with it.

Trump once offered to pardon us if we broke the law for him. Now he’s investigating some of us for calling out his law-breaking. If that doesn’t show you his priorities, then I don’t know what does.

Trump’s DOJ says James Comey allowed leaks to the press about an FBI investigation. So they charged him. Now THEY are leaking details to the press about their own investigation… into James Comey. You can’t make this up.

James Comey got indicted. But the real criminal conduct happened in the White House. Donald Trump appears to be clinically addicted to impeachable offenses.

“The only moments in our lives that count for anything are those when we do the right thing — when we don’t have to look down at the table but can raise our heads and look each other in the eye. Nothing else matters.” —Russian dissident Alexei Navalny www.treason.io/p/read-why-a...

MSNBC: ex-FBI Dir. James Comey expected to be charged with a crime by Trump administration, per reporting from @DilanianMSNBC and @CarolLeonnig. This is a huge deal. Trump demanded DOJ charge Comey with something to get revenge. Now they are. The rule of law is dead.

CHATTER: Last night on Fox, Sen. Lindsey Graham teased the idea (again) of Trump running for a third term. You’re a fool if you believe “It’s just a joke!” Trump wants to remain in power. And he will try. Time to start talking about that. www.treason.io/p/news-trump...

NEWS: DOJ had 36 lawyers focused on investigating corrupt public officials. Under Trump, they’ve slashed it down to just TWO lawyers. I’m not surprised that Trump would shut down an office with a name like “Public Integrity Section.”

BREAKING: Trump signs executive order designating antifa as a “domestic terrorist org.” Not good. I was part of convos like this in Trump 1.0. He’ll use this as the justification to go after “Dems” as “terrorists.” Here’s what happens next: www.treason.io/p/read-trump...

This weekend, the president directed DOJ to accelerate the persecution of his critics. I’m on his enemies list, but I’m unfazed. Whatever happens, I have the same plan. And I can sum it up for you in one word: defiance. www.treason.io/p/read-trump...

Trump decried “cancel culture.” Now he’s using his power to enforce it. He said he was a “peacemaker.” Now he uses a “War Dept” against Americans. He railed against the “deep state.” Now he’s building one, full of loyalists. Honestly, the hypocrisy is impressive.

I’ve met a lot of foreign visitors this year. Their comments worry me. From fear their phones will be seized at airports, to midnight deportations, to secret surveillance, they talk about us like the Soviet Union. We should listen. www.treason.io/p/read-this-...

Trump crossed a red line. He announced plans to designate U.S. groups as terrorist organizations. I know what he’s really trying to do. www.treason.io/p/read-trump...

BREAKING: Trump says the US military killed 3 people in another deadly strike against "narcoterrorists" in international waters, per CNN Dope smugglers are criminals. But you arrest them. You don’t blow them up. We’re entering war-crime territory here.

NEWS: After the silencing of a top conservative, Trump & the GOP geared up over the wknd for a crackdown on liberal voices, vowing lifetime internet bans, firings, and even travel blacklists. The irony is scary. The implications are scarier. www.treason.io/p/news-civil...

NEWS: Press freedom worldwide has hit a 50-year low because of government crackdowns on news orgs, political violence, and the surge of social-media-fueled disinformation, according to a new report. Here at home, the First Amendment is also in mortal danger.

We owe it to the memory of the 9/11 fallen to confront a bitter truth. The great threat to freedom is no longer from foreign terrorists but from fellow Americans hellbent on silencing neighbors, whether through political coercion or acts of political violence. www.treason.io/p/read-the-r...

BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump temporarily withhold $4 billion in Congressionally-approved foreign aid. This is pretty bad. White House will see this as permission slip to ignore Congress & spend money however Trump wants.

Megyn Kelly: “It is very clearly NOT constitutionally permissible. He cannot do it. I really hope he does not do it.” Even Trump’s close allies are warning him against sending troops into Chicago. www.mediamatters.org/nicolle-wall...

The Trump administration is putting election deniers in charge of “election security” inside the U.S. government — stoking worries of an “inside job” to manipulate the 2026 midterms.

Catch up with #TheWeekendShow as @milestaylor.bsky.social exposes Trump’s new deep state. @meidastouch.com www.youtube.com/live/LrCpT9q...

Years ago Trump told a small group of us that he possessed “magical authorities.” He was referring to the Insurrection Act. Trust me, he’ll use those powers to broaden his military crackdown in the U.S. We need to be ready. www.treason.io/p/read-trump...

The deep state is real. Because Trump is building it himself. With zero self-awareness, Trump is busily re-constructing the government and stacking it with loyalists — who are conspiring to defy the Constitution and to serve him personally. History is rich with irony.

CNN: Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday that seeks to change the Department of Defense back to the “Department of War” This presidential action is heavy with symbolism and meaning. In the stupidest way possible.

BREAKING: Northwestern University president steps down following federal funding freeze, according to CNN Trump is bullying college leaders. And they’re dropping like flies. Any of them have the courage to stand up — I mean to really stand up?

NEWS: Trump illegally retaliated against FEMA employees, lawyers say, hours after they signed an open letter forecasting disaster Can’t make this shit up. Experts warn that U.S. lives are in danger. White House responds by putting duct tape on their mouths.

NEWS: “It won’t stop with this strike” — Pentagon chief plans to blow up more cartel boats, after airstrike killing 11 drug runners in Caribbean I’ve got no sympathy for drug cartels. But we used to arrest these people, not incinerate them. Trump’s using “wartime” powers recklessly.

The Trump administration is gutting the government — and is restocking it with loyalists who will serve his whims instead of the country. Never has a president done something so corrupt, stupid, and reckless all at once.

Trump said this weekend it “would not bother me” to see James Comey and John Brennan arrested by his people. He’s actually giving a directive to his lieutenants: “It would please me very much…proceed accordingly.” This is not normal. There’s a mob boss in the Oval Office.

NEWS: Trump's team is using A.I. to scour government files & hunt for dirt on political enemies, per the Daily Beast These guys seem hellbent on becoming fiction-novel villains.

DOGE has apparently created a cloud database of gov’t data & personal info about almost every American … used AI to mine it … and, evidently, exposed it to grave security vulnerabilities in the process. This isn’t dystopian fiction. This is happening in the United States.

NEWS: Trump installs czar at DHS to oversee U.S. “election integrity” It’s not just gerrymandering, folks. The White House is gearing up to use broader federal powers to shape the 2026 election in its favor.

NYT: FEMA employees sound the alarm that Trump is gutting disaster aid, putting lives in danger WOW. Proud of these public servants for speaking the truth. Nearly 200 signed the letter despite “culture of fear and suppression cultivated by this administration.”

Trump is sending troops into *more* U.S. cities, starting w/ Chicago. If a Democrat president did this, the GOP would call it "civil war." Instead, my fellow conservatives are gleeful watching Trump torch the Constitution.

Analysts miss the point by asking what John Bolten might’ve “done wrong.” If a bar tender poisons a guy’s drink, your reaction is NOT: “Well, did the guy forget to pay his tab?” Trump’s on a fishing expedition. To find a crime. To retaliate. Against a critic. THAT’S the story.

Washington Post Editorial Board: “It is a valid fear that the case against [John] Bolton is a fresh instance of the old Soviet saying, ‘Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.’” Trump’s FBI is going on fishing expeditions into his enemies. It. Is. Happening. Here.

“This is what the Nazis did.” Top scholar on authoritarianism sounds a blaring alarm about Trump’s FBI raid at the home of a top critic. www.treason.io/p/listen-fbi...

This feels like a good day to direct people to www.EndPresidentialRevenge.org — not just for us, but to protect any whistleblowers targeted by Trump’s retaliation.

TODAY — Join me at 11am ET on Substack LIVE with the author of HOW FASCISM WORKS to talk about the breaking news of the FBI raid on Trump critic John Bolton’s home — and the authoritarian playbook in America. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

BREAKING: FBI raids former Trump nat’l security advisor John Bolton’s home. Bolton has become a major Trump critic since the first administration. You cannot ignore this, America. Our Republic is being used as a revenge machine.

EXCLUSIVE: Reporters brace for federal raids against news media, as Trump signals increased pressure in the hunt for journalists’ sources The First Amendment is getting torched before our eyes.

The White House has a secret blacklist of U.S. companies — basically based on how loudly they praise Trump, according to Axios. I know folks are nervous about the word “authoritarian.” But a “loyalty scorecard” sounds pretty damn authoritarian to me.

NEWS: Trump calls MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace a “loser,” says “she will be fired soon” Here’s a different take: Nicolle Wallace is a symbol of the free press at its best. That makes her a threat — not to America — but to the man who seeks to control it according to his whims.

Modest proposal: If Dems retake Congress, they must launch the most sweeping damage assessment of the rule of law in American history. Not piecemeal hearings. Not symbolic subpoenas. But a full-scale investigation into how Trump & team broke laws.

Slice their skin. Burn their hands. Zap them. Gas them. Shoot their legs. Just SOME of the ways I heard Trump and his team talk about torturing migrants -- real human beings. Not made up. Not "just a joke." The President is a cruel and sick person.