IS NSPM-7 A THIRD RAIL TOPIC?

         In the recent wave of Government-sponsored violence against people on American Soil---citizens and non-citizens alike---we've seen a marked and radical departure from previous official criminal actions. The Bush/Clinton 'War on Drugs,' the Bush/Obama 'War on Terror;' and the Uniparty's joint acts of tyranny during the Scamdemic were all committed against the backdrop of at least quasi-legality. There were Congressional debates, some adverse Court decisions, etc. What has changed in this circumstance isn't simply the phoniness of the alleged 'crisis.' The New Right has not only behaved with complete disregard for any Constitutional Balance of Power, it has openly declared its opponents as de facto Enemies of the State and created de facto Secret Police Forces and political paramilitary units to act as enforcers with no accountability or civilian oversight. The Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists currently running DHS, the DOJ, and the Pentagon have made no secret of what their intentions are,

           The figure of 100 million, of course, is mathematically impossible if we're talking only about immigrants: the fact here is that they intend to strip other undesirables of their citizenship as well. The murder of a US citizen in Minneapolis, followed by the attempted murder of two immigrants in Portland this last week---and more importantly the response from the White House, which has doubled down even harder since, Both the Administration's actions and its response are premised on a National Security Presidential Memorandum decreed in September and put into play shortly before Christmas, NSPM-7.

           NSPM-7 broadly defines what constitutes terrorism indicators, relative to the situations in Minneapolis and Portland is that "extremism on migration" (whatever that means) is listed specifically as covered as a terrorist act. Despite its egregious illegality and obvious intent to weaponize federal police forces against Administration opponents, it appears that NSPM-7 has become a Third Rail Topic that neither wing of the Uniparty nor the Corporate Media cares to discuss. Journalist Ken Klippenstein, who broke the story about NSPM-7 and has been one of the only media figures covering this noted that:

         "It’s likely we’re about to hear a lot more about the incident in the coming days. But what you won’t hear about is the role of Trump’s national security directive NSPM-7 in all of this. Signed last September following the murder of Charlie Kirk, NSPM-7 directs the federal government to focus on rooting out domestic terrorism. The directive singles out violence against ICE in particular as a leading domestic terror threat. Four days later, Attorney General Pam Bondi signed her own directive building upon NSPM-7 and titled 'Ending Political Violence Against ICE.'

       "Bondi’s order directs federal law enforcement to crack down on threats to ICE officers, which it defines broadly to include things like 'doxing' as well as impeding their enforcement actions...The directive goes on to direct prosecutors to target those interfering with or impeding ICE actions. 'The U.S. Attorney’s Office for each district shall prosecute any individual who assaults or forcibly impedes or intimidates these officers, who interferes with the performance of these officers’ official duties, or who attempts to do so, consistent with 18 U.S.C.§ 111 and other applicable federal laws,' the document says."

       Klippenstein is right: the Administration itself, which has been acting under NSPM-7's provisions have made no mention of it; nor have the Democrats, who are pretending to be outraged but are only using the shooting for a political wedge issue. During the last two days, I have waded through several Democrat Controlled Opposition sites, blogs, and vlogs: the Young Turks: MS NOW, Bluesky, etc. Not a peep about NSPM-7 anywhere, though a few have ventured to speculate that the ICE raids are designed to divert attention from muh Epstein Files. 😔 The New Right isn't the only one with a broken moral compass, obviously. 

       All of this raises the question: why hasn't anybody brought this up? Why is discussion of NSPM-7 seemingly off-limits for the Uniparty, the Corporate Media, or the paid parrots in Academia to broach? The most basic answer, as with all Third Rail Topics, is that they don't want the public prying deeper and asking questions about its effects or import. The Brennan Center's assessment probably comes close to the truth: "Existing laws give the president great latitude in combating threats to national security. NSPM-7 and the antifa executive order are an obvious abuse of this latitude, threatening to turn the full force of the federal government to rooting out a conjured-up left-wing conspiracy of political violence funded by shadowy figures. Neither the law nor the facts support this premise, and court challenges to actions taken pursuant to these orders will likely meet with success."

       In other words, the less attention drawn to NSPM-7, the less likely that it will be contested; the Democrats evidently have agreed not to push it because they may wish to employ its powers themselves some day---much as they never opposed the Patriot Act for the same reason. In the meantime, we should do all within our power to expose this horrid Directive; leave comments on news sites about it; bring it up on discussion forums; question politicians about it at town-halls, wherever ICE abuses are being discussed. Awareness is the key to short-circuiting the Third Rail.