re: #136 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

stage II of trump’s fascist plan that will really get going if he’s reelected

Donald Trump apparently has at his disposal a “loose network of conservative operatives” who are collecting and compiling damaging personal information on journalists deemed unsympathetic to the regime, as well as their families.

The New York Times reported on the operatives on Sunday, saying the purpose of the network was to further discredit news organizations and their staff among Trump’s base. It sounds like v2.0 of Trump’s nonstop “Fake News” gaslighting campaign, in which he and his enablers call members of the news media the “enemy of the people,” a term often used by authoritarian regimes including Stalin’s Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

The Times said this group of political bullies has compiled “dossiers” on journalists that include “potentially embarrassing information” dating back to more than a decade. It already has used some of the information to attack journalists at CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, which are frequent targets of Trump’s hostility during the president’s hate rallies in various cities across the nation.

Why do I think CCJ is involved in this? Seems right up his creepy little alley.