Trump Directive Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” and “Anti-American” Views as Domestic Terrorism

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/2/headlines/trump_directive_classifies_anti_capitalism_and_anti_american_views_as_domestic_terrorism

The FBI’s domestic terrorism watchlist is set to double in the coming months, according to journalist Ken Klippenstein, who has been reporting on President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” also known as NSPM-7. The memo identifies potential domestic terrorists as someone expressing “anti-Christian,” “anti-capitalism” or “anti-American” views. Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna responded on X, writing, “Trump’s NSPM-7 represses freedom of speech & association, investigating any organization with 'anti-capitalism' or 'anti-American' views. I ran a primary in 2003 against the Patriot Act and war in Iraq. NSPM-7 is a greater infringement on freedoms than the Patriot Act.”

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SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 224 pts · 296d (5 replies)

Atheists are now terrorists

Man, every day I commit another crime I didn't know I was committing

dhork@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 296d (3 replies)

They use to use "Godless" as a slur. I guess they can't anymore because they also want to punish people who don't believe in a god the same way they do.

village604@adultswim.fan · 12 pts · 296d (2 replies)

Of course they can, because the only God and way of worship is theirs.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 296d

💵

dhork@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 296d

No, my point is that they can't dismiss the "Godless" as the enemy, because that technically includes the other religions. They now need to say "Anti-Christian" to mean the same thing

ameancow@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
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tawsi@sopuli.xyz · 169 pts · 296d (1 reply)

archonet@lemy.lol · 86 pts · 296d

shoe's on the other foot now, I guess

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 95 pts · 296d

The fact that NSPM-7 wasn’t THE headline since it was signed on September 25th is an utterly damning indictment of our media and what they focus on. There have been a multitude of things since then that are also utterly damning indictments of our media, but NSPM-7 was like, the whole fucking game. It’s saying “I’m gonna paint with a broad brush and tell the FBI and other DHS orgs and internal security bullshit to surveil and persecute people I don’t like, and whose ideas I don’t like”.

So much for keeping the republic.

RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip · 73 pts · 296d

This is from the dictators handbook. Make everyone guilty so you can pick up anyone you like, whenever you like.

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 73 pts · 296d

Yay, freedom of religion and speech! /s

KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca · 61 pts · 296d (1 reply)

The memo identifies potential domestic terrorists as someone expressing “anti-Christian,” “anti-capitalism” or “anti-American” views.

Fuck Jesus. Fuck working 60 hours a week for minimum wage. The USA can eat my asshole.

Come get me, bitch.

SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 296d

This is the funniest shit I've read all day. Godspeed, you savage pork chop!

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 296d (1 reply)

On what fucking grounds? I love how in america today nothing has to make sense and no one even feels the need to argue in favor of nonsensical views. They just state them as fact and get emotional about them if challenged.

It's "terrorism" to wish for a better society if that view of society conflicts with the current economic system. What a fucked up joke of a world. I guess this is an accidental admission that we're an oligarchy, since you're seen as an existential threat if your views would make the 1% less rich.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 295d

It's time for the 1% to be 100% less breathing.

LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 295d (3 replies)

Come and get me Big Brother lmao

Fuck capitalism, fuck the government, and fuck Donald Trump.

I'll scream for guillotines and billionaire cuisine through my dying breath.

brachiosaurus@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 295d (2 replies)

Fuck capitalism, fuck the government, and fuck Donald Trump.

Fuck capitalism, fuck the government, and fuck Donald Trump.

LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d

Hell yeah! ✊

Meowie_Gamer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d

Fuck capitalism, fuck the government, and fuck Donald Trump.

hcf@sh.itjust.works · 54 pts · 296d (3 replies)

Oh, thought crimes. Neato.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d (2 replies)
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foggy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d

Did you know that most gaming mice can record audio through desk vibrations?

Totally cool.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 295d

thats ZUCKERBORGS OBSESSION.

kubica@fedia.io · 52 pts · 296d

They are scared of so many things, goddammit...

LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 295d (3 replies)

Capitalism is evil and this government should be disbanded and everyone running it should be in prison at minimum.

KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 295d

and every business supporting them should have its leadership thrown in prison. and every "Nerd Reich" Silicon Valley techbro should be given life in prison, in high-security solitary confinement.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 295d (1 reply)

Well howdy, fellow terrorist.

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 295d

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Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 43 pts · 296d (2 replies)

Well, antifascist, anticapitalist, anti-colonialist, atheist, pro-trans, I guess I would be arrested right at the border at the land of the free. Good luck with the pedo-dictatorship USA.

chaogomu@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 296d

Here's a horrible fact, almost every dictatorship in history has been a pedo dictatorship.

Authoritarianism and pedophillia seem to go hand in hand, but because the pedo dictator almost always focuses on teenagers, this aspect of authoritarianism tends to go under reported.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 296d

Pretty soon we won't be able to get out. Fuck I hate what this country has become

rozodru@pie.andmc.ca · 43 pts · 296d (7 replies)

I've seen this episode before

Xaphanos@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 296d (4 replies)

Well then, can you please tell us the run time of this episode? It would be nice to know how long it will last.

darthelmet@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 296d (1 reply)

Unfortunately this is the movie. So it's longer and we have to pay for it.

JamieDub86@piefed.social · 7 pts · 296d

And it's illegal not to watch it.

Zorque@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 296d

Until we stop it, one way or another.

rozodru@pie.andmc.ca · 6 pts · 296d

well last time it went until the early 40s so...you probably got like another 15 years or so. they'll replace the main character though because he's aging out of the part.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 296d

Loyalty to the empire!

Grimy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 296d

Religion wise, the last one lasted almost 2000 years so it doesn't bode well.

SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 296d (2 replies)

He will use this to arrest Mamdani, mark my words. AOC and Sanders too. And any other democratic socialist, basically.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
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quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 295d

Into the concentration camps, goeth the communists and anarchists first

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 40 pts · 296d (5 replies)

Fuck

This is actually really really bad...

fort_burp@feddit.nl · 18 pts · 296d (1 reply)

Imagine if Facebook existed during the Red Scare.

"You liked a meme 8 years ago that someone posted in a group. There was a Communist in that group, so off to the gulag with you!"

dusts off hands "We are much better than those authoritarian Communists."

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 295d

Facebook would not exist

Authoritarianism destroys innovation

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 296d (2 replies)

This? Like everything up to just before this was ok?

Yes. You are fucked.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 7 pts · 296d (1 reply)

The first nation the Nazis invaded was Germany.

The second was Austria.

Good luck on that "you" lol

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 296d

I am keenly aware.

brax@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 296d (2 replies)

anti-American

Oops, the Republican party is now officially all domestic terrorists. Hopefully they're rounded up quickly.

incompetent@programming.dev · 11 pts · 295d (1 reply)

They admitted it at CPAC:

Did a CPAC Banner Say, 'We Are All Domestic Terrorists'?

Yes.

brax@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 295d

Yeah, but now they've made it official

KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 30 pts · 295d
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 296d (1 reply)

fuck america

NABDad@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 296d

America is already fucked. Perhaps we could start fucking Fascists in America and elsewhere.

LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 295d (1 reply)

Welp, lets just get this out there. Christian Nationalists are a blight on the world. Capitalism is designed to keep you oppressed and should be abolished. America has been a shithole for a couple years now but its been on the decline for decades. America #1 is propaganda drilled into kids brains to keep them loyal to a broken system.
Guess im a terrorist now.

Threeskittiesinatrenchcoat@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 295d

Welcome to the Rebellion, here is your temporary pass for the staff room, we'll mail you a nice laminated one with a picture on it next week. salute

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 27 pts · 296d (2 replies)

views

Not any sort of action, but merely holding those views. Are we entering thought-crime territory now?

schema@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 295d

Surely, the self proclaimed "free-speech absolutist" conservatives will be outraged. Any second now...

IronBird@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d

we've been in thought-crime territory for over a decade now

MourningDove@lemmy.zip · 26 pts · 295d (2 replies)
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pyre@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d

you're just catching up... being antifascist has always been anti-American in the rest of the world.

TerdFerguson@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 295d

Unwilling to fight for their rights and country.. all they could do was run away or give in.

They were American, after all.

ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 25 pts · 296d

Just the Pedoresident cracking down on opposition as usual.

peoplebeproblems@midwest.social · 21 pts · 296d

Well. Good luck finding such an organization.

Sounds like an excuse to torture and kill indiscriminately until no one opposes them.

Which has worked well for Russia and China?

Mwa@thelemmy.club · 20 pts · 295d

ahh yes "freedom"

Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social · 19 pts · 296d

Oh neato, I can call myself a domestic terrorist now. Sounds exciting. Thanks Trump.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 296d (10 replies)

Trump really wants a civil war?

derry@midwest.social · 17 pts · 296d (1 reply)

Yes. Well just a war. So he can declare "marshal" law. And keep power. Forever.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d

Fascists never hold power long. Too incompetent, too focused on fucking kids.

SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 296d

He isn't smart enough to understand that it strips away the civility that protected him.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d
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Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 296d (4 replies)

The American people would have to actually stand up for themselves for a civil war to start.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d (3 replies)

They won't, just like the Germans. The rest of the world is going to have to put America down.

Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 295d (2 replies)

That isn't going to happen.

The American people are going to have to do this themselves. There's no one coming to save them.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d (1 reply)

America lost in Korea, lost in Vietnam, and lost to goat herders in Afghanistan. But sure, lol.

Their military is like their healthcare, they spend the most but it's dogshit. Plus, they are more incompetent then ever.

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d

Realistically the americans lost in those wars because the presidents at the time actually wanted some kind of spiritual victory rather than just flattening those countries into dust with sustained carpet bombing of any and all artificial structures (At least not the whole country) I doubt Trump would have any issues or even understanding of the consiquences of going full nuclear. The US likely wouldn't surive the retaliation but neither would anyone else... except New Zealand because everyone forgets them so hard they even get left off maps.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d
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ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 296d

Wow your god must be very omnipotent and strong if you need to use petty laws to enforce his greatness.

skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 295d
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Alaknar@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 295d

Ahhh, the land of the free!

etherphon@midwest.social · 12 pts · 296d
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Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 296d

RECORDING: "We're sorry. The American experiment is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please leave a message after teh BEEP and we'll get back to you as soon as someone is around who still knows how answering machines work.

BEEEEEP

"Uh...hi. yeah...guys. So hey. Yeah....Canada here. I couldn't help but notice what's been going on downstairs from us. and well, I'm sorry to have to say this, but you're kind of freaking out your neighbours. So, if you could...you know...actually DO SOMETHING aboot it, that'd be great. Okay, bye bye."

itisileclerk@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 295d (2 replies)

Local domestic amateurs! MAGA is global terrorism, it's big, biggest ever terrorism like never seen before. Could be bigger but is big.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d (1 reply)

It’s a malignant cancer spreading around the world

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d

It's more like bacteria.

Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 12 pts · 295d (2 replies)

Non American here and correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the reason the 2nd amendment is for? I mean the goverment overstepping their power?

IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 294d (1 reply)

There is no amendment for courage though.

Americans will roll over and expose their bloated belly like they always do.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 294d

Lots of tough talk from the other side of the Atlantic when you know damn well you wouldn't go shooting at politicians or whatever dumb and suicidal thing you seem to be advocating that we do.

betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 296d
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xorollo@leminal.space · 10 pts · 296d
  • "Freedom is the sovereign right of every American."
  • "Embrace democracy, or you will be eradicated."
  • "Democracy is non-negotiable." Liberty prime quotes
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 295d (2 replies)

The USA should hold a 51% stake in every business it subsidizes. Looking at the oil and gas companies.

NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 295d (1 reply)

That would include all of farming. -Viva la Revolución!

M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 295d

Now the next step is going to sound wild, but they need to kill off all the songbirds.

GaryGhost@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 295d (10 replies)

I guess we'll just take the Dems approach, sit back and let the USA implode itself.

oppy1984@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 295d

The 7-stage collapse pattern.

https://youtu.be/wb39CeK_yWg

According to the video, and he makes a good case for it, the U.S. is already at stage 5.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d (8 replies)

Are we taking bets on Washington D.C being split north and south or east and west?

M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 295d (6 replies)

I am more of a fallout style large crater sort of bet myself.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d (5 replies)

I'm trying to be optimistic, but Republicans really seem like they want the USA to be destroyed while they flee to Argentina with all the loot.

M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 295d (4 replies)

That would at least make some sense, what with all the money sent lately. Weird that Argentina is so popular with fascists as a place to run to.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d (3 replies)

Long history of being sympathetic to the far-right.

M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 295d (2 replies)

I guess that and nice weather, otherwise I am sure some other places would see more of it.

reddifuge@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d

Argentina's government, particularly under Juan Perón, actively facilitated their escape to avoid prosecution and to benefit from their expertise and resources. He helped create the rat lines for their escape.

Meowie_Gamer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d

weast (spongebob reference)

frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 295d (3 replies)
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TipRing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 295d

This is a memo, not a law. It will never make it before a judge. Targeted groups won't be charged, they will instead be detained, possibly indefinitely, but certainly long enough to fuck them up. They will also use this memo to monitor communications, pull financial records and otherwise harass people. They will use the label to force financial institutions to freeze assets.

But they won't charge you.

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d (1 reply)

SCROTUS will let him do it because he's king

frog_brawler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 295d
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humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 296d

Both words have impossible definitions.

While Capitalism is essentially Oligarchist, Capital, Corporatist supremacism in modern definition/understanding, Adam Smith presented an ideal of free and fair markets leading to "perfect competition", essentially guaranteeing a fair return on capital instead of supremacist extortion power.

America as symbol of freedom and melting pot, would consider it anti-american to gaslight fascism and genocide as "America". Are other war and anti-human values, really American values?

NSPM-7's "anti Christian" edicts is also worthless, in that Zionazi supremacism has become Christofascist gaslighting of Christians. "Do onto others as you would like done onto you" (best interpretation is humanist freedom rather than a hierarchical charity empire) is a direct contradiction of supremacist fascism/pride.

Of course, the purpose of vague edicts is to kill/emprison/disenfranchise those who Charlie Kirk/Trump would want killed/emprisoned. Criticizing unfair monopoly power strengthening, fascism, or war or Trump is a violation.

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 296d

Consume, citizen.

Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 295d
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tal@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 296d

Lemmygrad.ml should be interesting.

NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 296d

Meowie_Gamer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 296d

what

cactuspunter@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 296d (1 reply)

If you see people refer to themselves as part of “group 7” it’s because they are included in th NSPM-7 dragnet

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 296d

Lol wut? Group 7 is from a silly tiktok trend

RockBottom@feddit.org · 2 pts · 296d

Putting all your eggs in the capitalism basket.

4grams@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d

Whelp, guess I’m now waiting for a call from my dad where he calls me a terrorist.

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 296d

♫ ♪ ♬ I'm a terrorist,♪ He's a terrorist,♫ She's a terrorist, ♪ We's da terrorists Wouldn't you like to be a terrorist too! ♫ ♪ ♬