Martial Law Disguised as Law and Order: The Oldest Trick in the Authoritarian Playbook

May 7th 2025 3:57am EDT

“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”—James Madison We are being frog-marched into tyranny at the end of a loaded gun. Or rather, hundreds of thousands of loaded guns. Let’s not mince words: President Trump’s April 28 executive order is the oldest trick in the authoritarian […]

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