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It seems to have slipped a bit under the radar, but Trump signed an executive order yesterday that more or less officially established the American brownshirts (hexbear.net)

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[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Erm ackshually nerd Brownshirts would be a party paramilitary thugs, like the UHaul Nazis, Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer. Uniformed militarized national police would be like the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo). ICE in Marvel tshirts would be Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei).