McCarthyism 2.0: A Digital Red Scare | Adelaide News

The U.S. is witnessing a chilling revival of McCarthyism—with far deadlier tools and global reach. Where past witch hunts targeted federal workers, today’s crackdown sweeps law firms, universities, and progressive nonprofits, all under the guise of loyalty screenings. The administration’s new war on “far-left terrorism” now spans 60+ countries, offers bounties for funding intel, and weaponizes visa restrictions—all while blurring the line between domestic and foreign threats. With post-9/11 laws erasing boundaries between intelligence domains, and tech enabling mass surveillance, this repression is more systematic, more invasive, and more dangerous than anything Orwell or McCarthy could have envisioned.

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