Really? I would have said it's more Soviet or something (going after someone for ideology) and would save the 'banana republic' designator for when the NLRB "respectfully" declines to pay attention to the district court because they disagree. :P

But I digress.

Soviet-style would indicate social control through the designation of locally delegated secret police (political officers).

The mode of operation here is less secret and more open, more akin to totalitarianism, with a Federal twist.