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Is Trump Creating A Watch List Of People Who Criticize The Regime Online? New Details Emerge

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Feb 08, 2026
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About 2 million people now on U.S. terrorism watchlist: report

A lot of us have wondered if the government is putting people on “watch lists”, as nothing seems off the table anymore. These speculations increased after news earlier in 2025, that the company Palantir might be combing through our data to see who needs to be monitored.

Trump has already attempted to label “antifa” (which isn’t a real organization), as domestic terrorists. A move that has been criticized as nothing more than an attempt to punish those who organize protests against the regime.

And after everything we’ve witnessed in the last 12 months, it wouldn’t surprise anyone to see the authoritarian crackdown continue.

Well now new details have emerged, that were published a few days ago:

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