I left politics December of last year, and at that time I felt like one of the few fights that really mattered for the new administration was pushing back the coup d’état that had captured America. I still believe that. For decades, America has faced not an open invasion, but a slow, creeping capture of its institutions. Radical ideologues, hostile to our constitutional order, have methodically infiltrated education, media, corporate boardrooms, and even the permanent bureaucracy. This has been nothing less than a creeping coup d’état, a silent revolution eroding the foundations of our Republic.
The result we have seen, particularly in the previous administration, has been what many now call a post-constitutional America: a nation where free speech exists on paper but is silenced by de-platforming, where parental rights are mocked in classrooms, where the Bill of Rights is recited but ignored in practice.
But this fight is not over. The recent presidential memorandum Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence is one step in mounting a counterinsurgency against those revolutionary networks that have declared war on America’s constitutional order.
Recognizing the Enemy Within
The threat is not hypothetical. Revolutionary anarchists and their ideological heirs have long pursued “propaganda of the deed” (bombings, assassinations, and riots) but their greatest success has been subtler: the capture of the classroom, the newsroom, and the bureaucracy.
They no longer need to storm the gates of power; they sit comfortably within them. From the Haymarket anarchists to the militant networks that fueled the violence of 2020, their playbook has been consistent: use chaos to expand government control, while using institutions to undermine the people’s freedoms.
The Purpose of the Memorandum
After the Charlie Kirk assassination, this administration has decided not to sit idly by while America’s while the coup continues. The memorandum establishes:
Investigations into revolutionary networks masquerading as social movements, NGOs, or advocacy groups.
Designation authority to formally classify violent groups as domestic terrorist organizations, stripping away their ability to fundraise, recruit, and operate openly.
Prioritization of resources to ensure law enforcement and intelligence agencies can counter organized political violence with precision.
This is not about silencing dissent. It is about protecting the Republic from those who would use violence, infiltration, and subversion to destroy it.
The Counter-Insurgency Imperative
Some will say this is heavy-handed. Others might say, you do not win against an insurgency by pretending it does not exist. You confront it. You disrupt its financing, expose its networks, and hold its leaders accountable.
At the same time, we recognize the danger of overreach. The tools of counterterrorism must be aimed at actual conspiracies to commit violence, not at ordinary Americans who dare to speak their mind. That is why this effort must remain precise, lawful, and transparent.
What Is at Stake
If America does nothing, the revolutionary coup becomes permanent. Our children will be raised in schools that despise the very country that nurtures them. Our media will continue to excuse violence when it serves the radicals’ cause. Our corporations will enforce ideology rather than innovate.
But if America rises to this moment, we can reclaim the institutions that were stolen in the shadows. We can restore a constitutional order where liberty is not collateral damage, but the very reason government exists.
Trump’s memorandum is not the end of the fight; it is the beginning. It will take vigilance from citizens, courage from lawmakers, and integrity from law enforcement. The American patriot must stand shoulder to shoulder with those inside and outside the government who are willing to resist the revolutionaries’ stranglehold.
We are not fighting Democrats or Republicans. We are fighting for the survival of the American Republic. We are very nearly in a post-constitutional America; but the creeping coup can be reversed and perhaps constitutional order can be restored. But only if we recognize the enemy within and resolve together to defeat it.
