opinion
DAY 52
The federal officers haven’t fixed “a mess” here, as the president claims—they’ve made things much more chaotic and dangerous for people exercising their constitutional rights.
Shane Burley is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It (AK Press, 2017) and Why We Fight (AK Press, 2021). His work has been featured in places such as NBC News, Jacobin, Al Jazeera, The Baffler, Truthout, In These Times, and Full-Stop.
The federal officers haven’t fixed “a mess” here, as the president claims—they’ve made things much more chaotic and dangerous for people exercising their constitutional rights.