Joyce Vance, in her Civil Discourse newsletter:

Here it is, right on schedule. We’ve moved onto the next phase of the plan, where the Civil Rights Division, the once proud crown jewel of the Justice Department, will participate in stripping naturalized American citizens of their citizenship.

We are living through 1984.

I’m waiting for the executive orders that rename the Department of Defense to the Ministry of Peace, the Department of Agriculture to the Ministry of Plenty, and ICE to the Ministry of Love.

We, of course, already have the Ministry of Truth (Social).

Then we get to category 10:“Any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important to pursue. These categories are intended to guide the Civil Division in prioritizing which cases to pursue; however, these categories do not limit the Civil Division from pursuing any particular case, nor are they listed in a particular order of importance. Further, the Civil Division retains the discretion to pursue cases outside of these categories as it determines appropriate. The assignment of denaturalization cases may be made across sections or units based on experience, subject-matter expertise, and the overall needs of the Civil Division.”

I don’t know what that means, and that’s exactly the problem. “Any other cases…that the Division determines to be sufficiently important to pursue.” The provision is so vague that it would permit the Division to denaturalize for just about anything. It could be something prior to or following naturalization. Given the other priorities discussed in the memo, it could be exercising First Amendment rights or encouraging diversity in hiring, now recast as fraud against the United States. Troublesome journalists who are naturalized citizens? Students? University professors? Infectious disease doctors who try to reveal the truth about epidemics? Lawyers? All are now vulnerable to the vagaries of an administration that has shown a preference for deporting people without due process and dealing with questions that come up after the fact and with a dismissive tone. “Oopsie,” and there’s nothing we can do to get them back. The way the memo is written, there is no guarantee DOJ will pursue cases against violent criminals—they could just do easy cases to ratchet up numbers like we’re seeing with deportation. Or they could target people who, they view as troublemakers.

As I wrote Tuesday, “Any reason will do.”

We—every one of us—are subject to the whims of a mad king and his administration lackeys, Supreme Court monarchists, and Congressional sycophants, all gleefully destroying America for power and petty revenge.

This regime is coming for anyone who doesn’t support them. It doesn’t matter if you’re here legally or not, rich or not, citizen or not.

But your immigrant friends and family, especially—hug them if you can: they are low-key freaking out right now.