Elizabeth Beavers
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As we watch counterterrorism infrastructure be used to silence dissent and terrorize marginalized people, I want to re-up some of my analysis on how the law makes this possible and must be changed 👇
Remember when I warned that Trump could easily stretch the "counterterrorism" provisions of immigration law for mass deportations based on lawful peaceful political speech, or loose, involuntary connections to cartels?
This order basically promises they'll do just that:
This order basically promises they'll do just that:
NEW: The official USCIS guidance on this pause is out. Until further notice from the USCIS Director, all immigration benefits (including citizenship) are indefinitely suspended for nationals of 19 countries, as are all affirmative asylum applications from nationals of any country.
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Remember when I warned that Trump could easily stretch the "counterterrorism" provisions of immigration law for mass deportations based on lawful peaceful political speech, or loose, involuntary connections to cartels?
This order basically promises they'll do just that:
This order basically promises they'll do just that:
it's giving, 💫Tuesday💫
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
it's giving, 💫Tuesday💫
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Today On Tap from me: Marco Rubio is selling a war of choice in Venezuela on falsehoods about narco-trafficking so he can get right-wing south Florida exiles who've been his political allies back into power. It's an incredibly parochial pretext for an imperial adventure.
prospect.org/2025/12/01/m...
prospect.org/2025/12/01/m...
Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela - The American Prospect
Right-wing exiles in South Florida want regime change. Rubio is selling it with a false narrative about drug trafficking.
prospect.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Today On Tap from me: Marco Rubio is selling a war of choice in Venezuela on falsehoods about narco-trafficking so he can get right-wing south Florida exiles who've been his political allies back into power. It's an incredibly parochial pretext for an imperial adventure.
prospect.org/2025/12/01/m...
prospect.org/2025/12/01/m...
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JAKE TAPPER: You called on Hegseth to release the full tapes of the attack. What sort of action are Democrats prepared to take to make this happen?
CHUCK SCHUMER: We hope that they will release the tapes.
CHUCK SCHUMER: We hope that they will release the tapes.
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I think some of you don't remember or weren't paying attention to how truly brutal and appalling Obama's drone strikes were
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I think some of you don't remember or weren't paying attention to how truly brutal and appalling Obama's drone strikes were
unirinically, one of Democratic leadership's most fatal problems is their incurable lameness
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
unirinically, one of Democratic leadership's most fatal problems is their incurable lameness
wow also kind of seeming bad we never held anybody accountable for all those post-9/11 war crimes!!
hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
wow also kind of seeming bad we never held anybody accountable for all those post-9/11 war crimes!!
not for nothing, just about the only thing Kamala Harris said on the campaign trail about changes she'd make to military policy was how she also wanted "more lethality"
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
not for nothing, just about the only thing Kamala Harris said on the campaign trail about changes she'd make to military policy was how she also wanted "more lethality"
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If Trump does go through with his threatened invasion of Venezuela without Congressional approval, that should absolutely be grounds for immediate impeachment proceedings.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If Trump does go through with his threatened invasion of Venezuela without Congressional approval, that should absolutely be grounds for immediate impeachment proceedings.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
We would need mass, popular mobilization calling for his removal from office. It has to be a red line.
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Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
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"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Essentially announcing there will be mass visa cancelations based on speech, ideology, and association - which our "counterterrorism" laws will make all too easy:
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Essentially announcing there will be mass visa cancelations based on speech, ideology, and association - which our "counterterrorism" laws will make all too easy:
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
Once again, "counterterrorism" laws facilitate the dragnet mass deportation agenda.
Marouf was arrested by ICE agents after his green card was denied over donations more than 20 years ago to the Holy Land Foundation, a defunct Muslim charity whose leaders were convicted of having ties with Hamas.
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/d...
religionnews.com/2025/11/21/d...
ICE to deport Dallas Muslim community leader Marwan Marouf
(RNS) — Marouf was arrested by ICE agents after his green card was denied over donations more than 20 years ago to the Holy Land Foundation, a defunct Muslim charity whose leaders were convicted of…
religionnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Once again, "counterterrorism" laws facilitate the dragnet mass deportation agenda.
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"senseless violence has no place in america" yeah and clowns have no place in the circus
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"senseless violence has no place in america" yeah and clowns have no place in the circus
they're gonna re-invade Afghanistan again (again) aren't they
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
they're gonna re-invade Afghanistan again (again) aren't they
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...
IS IT REALLY THOUGH
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
IS IT REALLY THOUGH
can't believe we're doing this again 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
can't believe we're doing this again 🙄
hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
I loved the new Running Man movie
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I loved the new Running Man movie