Well, we're in a spot where Fed employees are being furloughed, and Trump is threatening to not pay troops. (How does that help him?) And if you're a decision maker, your choice will be "Do as I ask or you're fired." The firing over the Eisenhower sword underscored that, after some firings and resignations previously. So if Trump wants to declare Antifa a terrorist group, he should ultimately be successful. He'll just churn through people until he finds someone who'll compromise. Then, people demonstrating in frog costumes, clown outfits, and normal clothing will be designated Antifa. And if you give out gas masks, face shields, you'll be Antifa Ultra. So we now have pretexts for caging our fellow citizens indefinitely. Will it hold up against a judge? We'll have to have a good test case wind it's lengthy way to the Supremes and they can OK it with the shadow docket, and, Voila! - Where the fuck are we?

Reluctantly, I think we've crossed the line over to fascism. If the above happens, (or a reasonable facsimile) fascism will be confirmed - then the question will be can we turn it around? Have we crossed the Rubicon? And the answer to that is... I don't know.