Gov. Ron DeSantis has been attempting to put the Muslim civil rights organization out of business for nearly a year.

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    18 hours ago

    Branding a minority advocacy group as a terrorist organization seems like an excellent way to radicalize its members…

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    “In other news, a terrorist organization known as ‘The Union’ has been interfering with beneficial and necessary corporate operations. Militarized police have been dispatched to restore the rightful order…”

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    My first reaction was: “Hey, what the fuck?”

    And then I realized this is really just a slight escalation of federal US powers assigned to a person who usually wouldn’t have them.

    Think of the “No fly” lists. No court, no evidence, no appeal. So really just his usual practicing running a little fascist experiment down there in prep for his expectation of doing the same federally while president.