Donald Trump dropped another essay on us:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence
(I suspect JD Vance actually secretly wrote the essay ;3 he’s a big shot (published!) writer and annoys his friends by writing about politics constantly)
I’ve summarized my favorite parts of the document below.
The essay presents a call to arms where Trump/Vance directs federal police officers to investigate and actively disrupt people engaged in criminal conspiracies to commit political violence:
“The United States requires a national strategy to investigate and disrupt networks, entities, and organizations that foment political violence so that law enforcement can intervene in criminal conspiracies before they result in violent political acts. Through this comprehensive strategy, law enforcement will disband and uproot networks, entities, and organizations that promote organized violence, violent intimidation, conspiracies against rights, and other efforts to disrupt the functioning of a democratic society.“
The groups of people that could be targeted for investigation include “networks, entities, and organizations that foment political violence.” This enforcement action against these so called conspiracies will be carried out by a new task force: The National Joint Terrorism Task Force and its local offices (collectively, “JTTFs”)
Contending that the recent spat of assassinations against high profile individuals like Charlie Kirk and the CEO of that healthcare company are not a series of isolated incidents, Trump/Vance calls attention to what they believe is an interconnected conspiracy trying to rally people to commit acts of violence in order to stifle Democracy. Trump/Vance takes great pains to express that the political violence we are witnessing is not occurring “organically:”
This political violence is not a series of isolated incidents and does not emerge organically. Instead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a democratic society. A new law enforcement strategy that investigates all participants in these criminal and terroristic conspiracies — including the organized structures, networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and predicate actions behind them — is required.
This is to say that one’s desire to see a healthcare CEO blasted is not an organic feeling, but a top-down belief imposed on you by propaganda and an organized conspiracy against…. against what?
The president justifies this mobilization of federal agents by illustrating a panorama of violence being committed by “campaigns” that target and groom individuals to commit violent acts through online chat rooms, anonymous forums, classrooms, in-person meetings, through social media… pretty much every avenue by which modern humans communicate with one another is being used, according to Trump/Vance, to inspire people to violence against political figures:
These campaigns often begin by isolating and dehumanizing specific targets to justify murder or other violent action against them. They do so through a variety of fora, including anonymous chat forums, in-person meetings, social media, and even educational institutions. These campaigns then escalate to organized doxing, where the private or identifying information of their targets (such as home addresses, phone numbers, or other personal information) is exposed to the public with the explicit intent of encouraging others to harass, intimidate, or violently assault them. As in the case of several ICE agents in Los Angeles being doxed, the goal of these campaigns can be to obstruct the operations of the Federal Government as well as aid and abet criminal activity the Federal Government is lawfully pursuing. These campaigns are coordinated and perpetrated by actors who have developed a comprehensive strategy to achieve specific policy goals through radicalization and violent intimidation.
In identifying these “networks, entities, and organizations,” the essay explicitly explicitly calls out those who express anti-fascist views. However, the word “anti-fascism” is placed in quotes at all times throughout the essay as if to imply that the people this essay targets are not sincerely against fascism. Perhaps Trump/Vance is trying to say that the “lefties” are the real fascists trying to justify political violence:
This “anti-fascist” lie has become the organizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault against democratic institutions, constitutional rights, and fundamental American liberties. Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.
The above paragraph is the best picture we get for what this criminal conspiracy looks like. They are animated by a desire to overthrow the United States and oppose capitalism. They are driven by “extremism” in views on gender, migration, and race, but the essay never explains what these extreme views are and what the baseline view should be. The whole essay, in fact, is very flimsily sourced. Trump/Vance never explain themselves or even link to another article explaining the views of this conspiracy. They don’t even give specific examples of the organized campaigns other than vague references to the doxing of two ICE agents in Los Angeles:
These campaigns then escalate to organized doxing, where the private or identifying information of their targets (such as home addresses, phone numbers, or other personal information) is exposed to the public with the explicit intent of encouraging others to harass, intimidate, or violently assault them. As in the case of several ICE agents in Los Angeles being doxed, the goal of these campaigns can be to obstruct the operations of the Federal Government as well as aid and abet criminal activity the Federal Government is lawfully pursuing.
Ahah! They want to infiltrate and break apart groups that conspire to disrupt federal enforcement activity!
These campaigns are coordinated and perpetrated by actors who have developed a comprehensive strategy to achieve specific policy goals through radicalization and violent intimidation.
The essay never actually lists concrete policy goals that the conspiracy is fighting for. It only lists the beliefs that mark them:
These movements portray foundational American principles (e.g., support for law enforcement and border control) as “fascist” to justify and encourage acts of violent revolution. This “anti-fascist” lie has become the organizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault against democratic institutions, constitutional rights, and fundamental American liberties. Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.
We will be investigated for our beliefs, since our beliefs are an indicator of violent intent. I don’t like the sound of that. Trump/Vance should link us to the content online that they believe is causing the issue. It would be really interesting for the President of the United States to directly post a screenshot off 4Chan as evidence of a conspiracy. Trump/Vance is finally bridging the divide between public and online life that has marked the world since the internet’s inception.
(k) All Federal law enforcement agencies with investigative authority shall question and interrogate, within all lawful authorities, individuals engaged in political violence or lawlessness regarding the entity or individual organizing such actions and any related financial sponsorship of those actions prior to adjudication or initiation of a plea agreement.
So, does this mean my group chats are fair game? Is my group chat of my close friends where we talk shit about politicians and wish ill upon heads of state actually a conspiracy network that needs to be disrupted by the federal government? Will I be questioned by officers for messages I sent to my friends?
These questions are not answered by Trump/Vance. The exact method of enforcement is unknown. Presumably, the officers will access our social media somehow, either through infiltration of group chats (like how the government infiltrated Proud Boys) or by scanning our private communications without our awareness. Any messages we post publicly will probably be tied to a dossier in a database. Our names might start to become associated with usernames, handles, and online mannerisms in order to track our activity online and link us to expressions of dissident ideologies.
Is catching criminals worth giving up our privacy? Is it even legal for the federal government to arrest people because of things they say online in the absence of a crime being committed? Can somebody’s ideology be sufficient grounds for law enforcement action?
As described in the Order of September 22, 2025 (Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization), the groups and entities that perpetuate this extremism have created a movement that embraces and elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes, including justifying additional assassinations. For example, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin engraved the bullets used in the murder with so-called “anti-fascist” rhetoric.
And this is what the killer of Charlie Kirk engraved on one of his bullets:
“Notices bulges OwO what’s this?”
The most concerning thing in this new executive order is the capitalization of Federal Government. Trump/Vance have created a new entity, a proper noun. Does this so called Federal Government really warrant such respect? Are we obliged to respect the federal government and those in positions of power? Those last two questions are what this whole drama is really all about.