re: To those saying Trump can’t declare Transtifa a terrorist organization

To use terrorism-related concepts, the Taliban and AQ worked together, too. Doesn't make them the same organization.

Even the trials on The Commission targeted the individual families with RICO. They were just all prosecuted at the same time. The claims against each boss were based in underlying claims about members of the respective family.

That's literally how all terror networks are constructed. That's why they are called "networks" and employ "cells". These aren't corporations.

You cany BUY this level of acksywully and naval gazing! What a treat!

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And each has to be labeled as their own group, exactly.

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Cool.

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Each group can be prosecuted for whatever illegal conspiracies their members engaged in, up to and including RICO violations (although it probably won't be necessary).

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No foolin.

again its a bad comparison. The mafia was driven by financial motivations and organized their individual networks or families via a commission to avoid turf wars.

terrorists organize under common ideological and political motivations, operating in networks and cells at the local levels.

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again its a bad comparison. The mafia was driven by financial motivations and organized their individual networks or families via a commission to avoid turf wars.

terrorists organize under common ideological and political motivations, operating in networks and cells at the local levels.

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Naw see that's different.

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If you're not going to do things that violate the law why do you need to conceal your identity while legally protesting anything?

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Wait...werent you just calling for Antifa protestors to be doxxed..whether they were committing crimes or not?

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Antifa thrives on anonymity in their anarchy. Unmask them and force them to have their face associated with their chiaos and violence.

Then true media outlets and social media streams need to make these people and their families publicly known. Where they live, where they work. schools they attend? The public needs to know who the violent people are in their midst.

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He can only make such designations based on Congressional authority granted to him to do so. There is no such statute for a "domestic terror organization".

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There certainly is a designation for domestic terrorism. Obviously, individuals motivated toward that end within an organization, loose nit or not, would be domestic terrorists.

Equally obvious, is the fact that antifa organizations do exist. They are named, have organizational structure, websites, and leaders. The fact that they claim otherwise notwithstanding, groups of antifa do not simply show up at a designated time and place with a designated mission without organization.

Belief to the contrary is extraordinarily naïve, and you're not a naïve person. Once designated, individuals involved in the public face of antifa could be subject to Rico standards, etc.

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Stop this nonsense

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I don't think he can.

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a "single network" is a non sequitur.

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Not if "Antifa" is labeled a domestic terror organization (singular).

That requires, literally, a single network.

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The existence of chapters defies your argument.

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No. Each chapter is clearly its own separate organization, and within that structure can be examined legally.

The distinction is important. Can what Rose City Antifa does in Portland affect Students Resisting Fascism at Iowa State? Are they under one group or are they two separate groups with similar ideologies?