“Raise your hand if you have ever worn all black, in general, not even at a protest. Raise your hand if you have a first aid kit. If you own a gun, raise your hand. If you’ve ever used Signal, raise your hand.”
— Ramón, Dallas-Fort Worth Support Committee
“If you raised your hand, does that make you a terrorist? That’s basically what the state is trying to do with our friends.”
— Luis, Dallas-Fort Worth Support Committee
Just as the members of the Dallas-Fort Worth Support Committee have polled, the Trump administration’s update on what the United States deems “domestic terrorists” should alert everyone.
Regardless of background. Regardless of political position.
You could be browsing online and purchasing a book that happens to contain the word “Resistance,” “Free speech,” or even “freedom.” Next thing you know, a heavy knock at the door. The feds, ready to charge you for a possible pre-crime of terrorism.
Meagan Morris, Lucy Fowlkes, Daniel Estrada, and Janette Goering are the first examples.
Morris only parked half a mile away from an ICE facility. She never left her car. She was arrested.
Estrada was arrested for moving a box of zines.
Goering was charged with aiding in the commission of terrorism for simply being in a Signal group chat and giving someone a Faraday bag.
Fowlkes, arrested six months after the incident, was the last of 19. Her crime: deleting messages and removing people from group chats. The allegation: destroying evidence of planning.
All charged under terrorism. None had caused violence. They simply did logistics, helped friends, or owned an item that was enough to deem a pre-crime.
Not a petty crime. Terrorism.
According to the administration, the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 — NSPM-7 — released Sept. 25, 2025, will monitor for specific beliefs over actual actions. Beliefs they deem terrorist thought, such as:
- Anti-capitalism
- Anti-Christianity
- Extremism on race, gender, and migration
- Hostility toward traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.
These specific beliefs are further justified by the Prairieland case of the 19 people, as well as Charlie Kirk’s assassination, both cited within the same memo.
Not only are authorities coming after people for their beliefs. Corporate coverage uses terms like “ambush” and “planned attack” to manufacture consent. To justify unlawful arrests that trample constitutional amendments.
Despite institutional silence, independent journalists like Ken Klippenstein and the Texas Observer are getting this information to the public unedited.
Klippenstein was one of the first to publish the NSPM-7 memo policy, thanks to Freedom of Information Act requests and leaked documents. He revealed four defendants who weren’t even at the protest and were still arrested.
He also exposed how the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department are using financial surveillance to track organizations and individuals they deem “Antifa” and supporters of terrorism.
The NSPM-7 surveillance net doesn’t require you to be an activist.
The algorithm flags patterns: a Venmo payment labeled “bail fund.” An Amazon purchase of a controversial book. Location data showing you attended a concert near a protest.
The “Joint Mission Center” integrates these with your IRS records and social media sentiment analysis.
You don’t have to be political to become a “person of interest.” You just have to exist digitally in a system that treats all online activity as potential pre-crime.
Uncle Sam claims to be watching for our safety. NSPM-7 proves he’s watching because our digital exhaust is now prosecutable.
Sources:
Federal Register. “National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-7.” Document 2025-19141, Sept. 25, 2025. https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-19141
Monacelli, Steven. “The ‘Antifa Scare’ Goes on Trial in North Texas.” Texas Observer, Feb. 17, 2026. https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
Monacelli, Steven. “How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance.” Texas Observer, March 19, 2026. https://www.texasobserver.org/prairieland-antifa-verdict-threatens-anti-trump-resistance/
Klippenstein, Ken. “FBI’s New Political Pre-Crime Center.” Substack, April 5, 2026. https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbis-new-political-pre-crime-center
Shamsi, Hina. “How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use ‘Domestic Terrorism’ to Target Nonprofits and Activists.” ACLU, Oct. 15, 2025. https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/how-nspm-7-seeks-to-use-domestic-terrorism-to-target-nonprofits-and-activists