Toadies

toad·y 
/ˈtōdē/
noun
plural noun: toadies
1.
a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
synonyms: sycophant, obsequious person, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, lackey, truckler, groveller, doormat, lickspittle, kowtower, minion, hanger-on, leech, puppet, stooge, spaniel, Uriah Heep; More

Trump has got the crew needed to gut the 1st Amendment. With these minions in place regarding the press (Wikileaks) and Israel achieving success with the senate via the Orwellian phrased BDS bill, S.1 - Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019 making it illegal to criticize Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, the gutting of our civil rights, starting with W (Homeland Security) and Obama (12333/Patriot Act), is in full swing as seen by the charging of Assange by the 1917 Espionage Act.

In June 1917, Congress passed the Espionage Act. ... Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1918, which made it a federal offense to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the flag. The government prosecuted over 2,100 people under these acts.

The question to ask here is ... what does this mean for the press and the 1st Amendment?

He still hits many roadblocks, but Trump now largely has officials in key spots who will carry out his policies, rather than thwart them. The Justice Department’s announcement Thursday that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, had been indicted under the Espionage Act provided the latest example.

CROSSING A FIRST AMENDMENT LINE

For nearly a decade, prosecutors had looked at ways to bring charges against Assange, who in 2010 had disclosed a vast trove of classified government documents.

The major constraint they faced involved the 1st Amendment’s protection of freedom of the press.

The Espionage Act, passed during World War I, outlaws the disclosure of national security secrets that damage U.S. interests to people not authorized to see them.

Starting in the George W. Bush administration, prosecutors increasingly began using that law to go after officials who leaked classified documents. But the law had never been used to prosecute someone for publishing them.

For What's It's Worth is yet again, prescient to a fault.

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop, children, 
hey what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

It's time we stop, 
hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's s time we stop, 
hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, 
hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Remember, dictatorships happen when people are passive, uneducated and deceived. Something to think about don't you think?