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Trump in ALL OUT PANIC over MASSIVE PROTESTS and Creates WATCH LIST?!?

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Analyzing NSPM-7: Trump's Legal Authority and Protest Intimidation Tactics

Former DOJ official Mary McCord explains why President Trump's controversial NSPM-7 creates no new crimes but functions primarily as a broad tactic to intimidate political opponents ahead of nationwide protests. Understand the memo's actual power limits versus its perceived threat.

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  • NSPM-7 does not establish new federal crimes or grant new investigatory powers, requiring standard legal processes like warrants and probable cause to remain intact.
  • The memo directs cabinet members to target vaguely defined groups (e.g., anti-capitalism, antifa) using existing tools, primarily functioning as a directive to prioritize politically motivated investigations.
  • This tactic mirrors past—and unsuccessful—Trump executive orders intended to scare entities like law firms, universities, and media into self-censorship without successful legal enforcement.
  • The primary danger lies in the potential for unlawful targeting based on First Amendment-protected speech and association, regardless of the memo’s lack of legal teeth for creating "domestic terrorist organization" designations.

This discussion clarifies the legal non-existence of the "domestic terrorist organization" designation for US entities, contrasting it sharply with foreign terrorist designations which carry severe material support penalties. Listeners will learn how to separate actual legal authority from strategic executive intimidation tactics aimed at suppressing dissent before major demonstrations.

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On the heels of No Kings 2.0, when more than 2,100 demonstrations scheduled internationally, Donald Trump and his allies have been conflating peaceful protest with terrorism. The latest scare tactic, titled National Security Presidential Memo-7 (NSPM-7), claims to direct four cabinet members to investigate and disrupt "domestic terrorist organizations" aligned with a series of undefined boogeymen like antifa, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity. In an interview, former Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord makes clear that the memo gives Trump no real power, and Trump appears to be using it to scare and intimidate people and political entities based on speech and association. Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News hosts. All Rise News: https://www.allrisenews.com/ https://x.com/AllRiseNews https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qreqgceochjnniqhr4osqye5 Adam's Socials: https://x.com/klasfeldreports?lang=en https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595

Top Comments (10)

@TNT-1313 2025-10-15

We the people bow to: - No Filthy King - No Corrupt Felony - No Dictator - No Child Sex Offenders - No Criminal Warlord Like Donald Jerk Trump.

357 13 replies
@tbone7083 2025-10-15

If you're anti fascist you're antifa. I'm anti fascist. These clowns in power are trying to create a straw man villain in 'antifa'.

217 6 replies
@sandrastjohn-qr5tc 2025-10-15

Mr. Trump I am a woman and I am fearless. Your threats are the sign of a weak man. No president of the United States has ever shown so much weakness.

203 15 replies
@YoursTrulyThe1Pony 2025-10-15

We have NO KING!!!!

144 3 replies
@luimorris745 2025-10-15

If Americans don't protest for our democracy and constitution we will not have a country anymore. No kings

95 1 replies
@glenbarnes9842 2025-10-15

We are all terrorist because we believe in democracy. OK

94 1 replies
@gizmogwitruewitt9538 2025-10-15

Trump would be at the top of any Anti American list.

68 1 replies
@user-pf3sg4lv7k 2025-10-15

See you at the protest. Stand Up Americans. Don't be intimidated by outside persons. Remain calm and stay strong. Be sure to VOTE in all upcoming elections, local and national. Take the House back and send republicants home.

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@OldMysticFantasist 2025-10-15

Stand up, speak out, stay strong UNITED against this regime's atrocities.

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@DustyFlats 2025-10-15

Peaceful protest is one legal tool that gets rid of authoritarianism.

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