I believe the groundwork is being laid to prosecute political dissent.

I believe we are seeing the long term groundwork being laid to prosectue political dissent under the guise of "safety" and "fighting domestic terrorism & white supremacy".

Just this past weekend we saw:

1. AOC saying we need to increase funding to "deradicalize" Trump supporters. I don't know about you but that sounds like Soviet style re-education camps to me.

2. The PA Lt. Governor saying that lies are not protected by the first amendment and therefore lies should be shut down and silenced. OK, so two questions there. First, who decides what is a lie and what is not? Second, does that mean we should shut down and silence everyone who perpetuated the Russian collusion hoax for 3 years?

3. Former Facebook executive saying its concerning that there are YouTube channels and podcasts that reach a higher audience than CNN, and therefore we need to make moves to shut those channels down to "prevent the spread of disinformation". OK, so what criteria is in place for CNN get a pass and these channels/podcasts you speak do not? Who determines what is and isn't disinformation?

It's clear where we are headed. You can get most Americans to go along with anything, no matter how unconstitutional it is, by telling them its for their safety. And they are going to use the "keeping everyone safe" angle to go after political dissidents, first amendment be damned.