For those of you who remember Paul Harvey, and those who don't, imagine a lazy Saturday afternoon, mom is in the kitchen cooking lunch. She quietly hums to herself - no song in particular, just a hum. She always likes to hum to herself when cooking. The house is thick with the smell of home cooked bread, and you know that whatever she's cooking, it’s gonna stick to your ribs. Dad and the two kids are at the dinner table playing cards. The girl’s lips curl into a catlike smirk. "Go Fish." Dad moans. The kids giggle. Then a moment of silence as mom turns up the radio, because Dad never misses Paul Harvey.

PAUL HARVEY

"AND NOW YOU KNOW... THE REST OF THE STORY"

[Dramatic pause]

If there was ever any doubt-any lingering, naive hope-that Donald Trump dreams of ruling as an authoritarian strongman, crush it now.

Because here, in black and white, stamped with the seal of the U.S. Department of Justice, is the proof.

A memo. A directive. A brazen, bald-faced order to kick down doors, to invade homes, to snatch people from their beds-without warrants, without judges, without due process. All under the flimsy, twisted invocation of a 223-year-old law meant for wartime enemies, now wielded like a cudgel against immigrants, against the vulnerable, against whoever this administration decides is the enemy of the day.

[Pause for effect]

"Reasonable belief," they call it. [Pause] "Dynamic nature of enforcement," they claim. Translation? "The Constitution be damned: we do what we want."

Makeup artists. Workers. People with no criminal records. Shackled. Flown to CECOT-El Salvador’s answer to Guantanamo. A torture-riddled hellhole where detainees-including U.S. residents-waste away in claustrophobic, coffin-sized concrete tombs 23 hours a day-because Trump's ICE doesn't just deport anymore. It disappears people. No warrant. No warning. Just the shriek of door hinges tearing loose.

[Pause] And when the Supreme Court orders ‘Bring this man home,’ Trump smirks-and the MAGA disinformation pipeline ruptures, spewing gaslighting memes and fallacy-choked podcasts. The lies aren’t arguments-they’re arsenic. Narcissism metastasizes. The law convulses, vomiting black smoke.

And so it goes-another brick pried from the foundation. Another precedent shattered.

[Lower, slower]

Now, let's be clear. This isn't about gangs. This isn't about safety. This is about raw, unfettered power.

Because if they can do this to them-if they can smash the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment for whoever they deem 'the enemy'-who's next? Those who refuse to bend the knee?

The ACLU is fighting. A judge in Texas just called it unlawful. Constitutional scholars warn: "There's no Alien Enemies Act exception to the Constitution."

But Trump doesn't care.

He never has.

[Final pause]

And now... you know the rest of the story.

Good day.

(Mic drop.)

P.S.Scream this! Because history won’t remember the silent. It's time to meet their violence with resolve: Time to burn the MAGA Machine Down!

Shout out to Brett Wilkins, staff writer at Common Dreams, whose reporting helped shape this piece. You can read his work here.

DOJ March 14 memo Alien Enemies Act

According to the memo:

As much as practicable, officers should follow the proactive procedures above-and have an executed warrant of apprehension and removal-before contacting an alien enemy. However, that will not always be realistic or effective in swiftly identifying and removing alien enemies... An officer may encounter a suspected alien enemy in the natural course of the officer's enforcement activity, such as when apprehending other validated members of Tren de Aragua. Given the dynamic nature of enforcement operations, officers in the field are authorized to apprehend aliens upon a reasonable belief that the alien meets all four requirements to be validated as an alien enemy. This authority includes entering an alien enemy's residence to make an AEA apprehension where circumstances render it impracticable to first obtain a signed notice and warrant of apprehension and removal.DOJ March 14 memo