I. The Call to Institutionalize
Rep. Ronny Jackson went on Newsmax and declared that transgender people should be “taken off the streets” and locked in facilities. He called them a “cancer” and said they carry “an underlying level of aggressiveness.”
That is not fringe rhetoric. That is a member of Congress proposing mass internment of a minority group. America has done this before. Japanese internment camps. McCarthy blacklists. Fear was the tool both times. Rights were stripped both times.
II. The Suppression of Jimmy Kimmel
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after he joked about MAGA exploiting Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Nexstar affiliates refused to air the show. The FCC chair hinted at penalties. Trump cheered the decision.
This is not about liking Kimmel. It is about government pressure used to punish speech. When comedians serve “at the pleasure of the president,” free expression is over.
III. Antifa as a Terrorist Group
Today, Trump plans to declare Antifa a “major terrorist organization.” He called it “sick, dangerous, radical left” and pushed for investigations into its backers.
But Antifa is not a structured group. It has no leaders, no members, no command chain. Calling it “terrorist” is a political weapon. It allows the state to criminalize protest and target dissenters.
IV. The Movie Script
The pattern is clear, and it all happened within 24 hours:
First, strip rights from trans people.
Then, silence comedians.
Then, brand protesters as terrorists.
It mirrors the old warning:
First they came for the trans people, and I did not speak out.
Then they came for the comedians, and I did not speak out.
Then they came for the protesters, and I did not speak out.
Then they came for me.
Final Thought
Three steps in one day: internment, censorship, and criminalization. Each justified by fear. Each promoted safety. Each dragging democracy into the shadows.
This is not a movie. But if it were, the ending is already written.
