The Steps We Must Take to Stop Trump's American Gestapo

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Donald Trump is now threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to send federal troops to Minneapolis. The public outrage and protests over the killing of Renee Good is testing the limits of Trump’s authoritarianism, yet he continues to double down against his growing negative public perception on both sides of the political spectrum. Would Trump try to suspend elections or declare martial law to maintain power? How do we fight back against this administration’s authoritarian thuggery? Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf discuss the events in Minneapolis and what we must do to stop this violence. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.8	Hello and welcome to DSR's Words Matter. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined this week as every week by Norm
1:25.6	Ornstein. Although, look at Norm Ornstein right now.
1:28.9	He is wearing a jacket and tie.
1:31.1	He looks super elegant.
1:32.5	Where were you, Norm?
1:34.0	So my wife, Judy Harris, and I were honored to be one of nine, actually, Washingtonians of the year by Washingtonian magazine, not for any of the stuff that we
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