The State Department is casting Cuba as a threat to America and using that to brand left-wing American groups as terrorists, which is bad news for civil liberties on both the left and right.

• A 100-page State Department report claims Cuba has spent decades subverting the U.S., but most of its evidence dates to the 1970s.
• It names American citizens and groups — Barack Obama, LA Mayor Karen Bass, journalist Amy Goodman, the Democratic Socialists of America — mostly through guilt by association, admitting they aren't Cuban agents.
• Trump's counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka has made the "radical left" a formal counterterror priority, the first time a U.S. strategy has targeted Americans this way.
• A recent summit with 65 countries pushed a new official category, "far-left terrorism," and major outlets like the New York Times didn't cover it.
• Conservatives are already in the crosshairs too: Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones have been flagged over criticism of Israel and the strikes on Iran.

Outlook: Expect more terrorism labels aimed at domestic political opponents, and a machine that stays in place for whoever wins the White House next.