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\n\tOn Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called \u201cauthoritarian conduct\u201d and he added: \u201cWe are taking this fight back to court.\u201d In an interview with Ali Velshi on MSNBC on Sunday, director Rob Reiner cited Trump\u2019s National Guard moves as an example that the U.S. has moved \u201cbeyond McCarthy era-esque.\u201d Trump moved to federalize the National Guard in Chicago as well. Over the weekend in Chicago, video emerged of a federal agent deploying canisters of tear gas on citizens outside an elementary school, and the U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman.<\/p>\n
\n\tReiner made a call to action for those who have a voice and reach to speak out. \u201cThe Hollywood community is very much aware of their First Amendment rights being infringed. So, we\u2019re well aware of what\u2019s happening,\u201d he said. \u201cBut our job now, as communicators, is to start communicating to the rest of the country, to let them know what is going to happen to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe outspoken Democratic donor and activist predicted that \u201cwe have a year before this country becomes a full-on autocracy, and democracy completely leaves us.\u201d \u00a0He continued: \u201cAnd we\u2019re looking at the election in 2026, and Donald Trump knows, he knows that in a free and fair election, he will lose. He will lose the House. The House will flip and will become into Democratic hands. There will be committee chairs that will be able to hold hearings, and this is the last thing he wants.\u201d Reiner also predicted that military will be present at polling locations for the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe two big things that an autocrat needs: They need control of the media, which is what they\u2019ve been trying to do, and they need military control of the streets, and that\u2019s the other thing that we\u2019re seeing,\u201d Reiner noted, referring in the first instance to what happened to Jimmy Kimmel when his show was temporarily suspended following remarks he made about Charlie Kirk\u2019s killer and a\u00a0threat from President Donald Trump\u2019s FCC chair, who called for broadcasters to pull Kimmel\u2019s show.<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring the MSNBC interview, they discussed the recent Jane Fonda-led relaunch of the Committee for the First Amendment, which more than 550 actors, writers, directors, writers, and musicians have joined to \u201cstand together in defense of our constitutional rights,\u201d according to a statement from the group. \u201cThe federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry. We refuse to stand by and let that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tReiner told MSNBC that the fight starts with informing everyone of what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI believe the way to stop it is to educate people who may not understand what democracy is. They may not know what the impact of losing it is,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to explain it. Us storytellers have to explain to them what they\u2019re going to wind up with if an autocrat has his way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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