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Mike German
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Author: "Policing White Supremacy,” "Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide," "Thinking Like a Terrorist." Co-writer of "Imperium." Former FBI Special Agent, turned civil rights advocate. Re-posts are not endorsements.
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · Nov 19
First copy of my new book, "Policing White Supremacy," out in the wild. Available on Jan. 6, 2025, from The New Press. thenewpress.com/books/polici...
Photo of book cover, "Policing White Supremacy" by Mike German with Beth Zasloff.
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Rich Sanfilippo @richsanf.bsky.social · 7h
Why are state police supporting ICE? Are they not under the authority of the governor?
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · 1d
"Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement
Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 2d
Private equity firms are focused on profits, not patients - and when they take over healthcare facilities, the results can be disastrous. #CodeRed @AFTHealthcare.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social hms.harvard.edu/news/deaths-...
Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms
Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d
YES! MORE OF THIS! Thank you Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold from Oregon’s National Guard 🙏

Source: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

#Oregon #Portland #50501Movement
@WinterPolitics1 The Oregon national guard general says if the Oregon National guard were to be deployed they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters not ICE. And a photo of the Oregon National Guard General
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · 3d
The necessary step is for state and local authorities to decouple state and local police from federal law enforcement partnerships: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10d
It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11d
anyway:

www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...
Winning the Middle
What makes for a purity test? What makes for a big tent? Unpacking the apparently pragmatic demand that we Speak Low about fascists to beat fascism.
www.the-reframe.com
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11d
The primary duty of state and local law enforcement isn’t to support federal partners, it’s to enforce state and local laws. bit.ly/4nbvuS9
Federalism as a Check on Abuses by Federal Law Enforcement
States and cities have the power to decide whether and how their police departments collaborate with federal law enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
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DisDerp @disderp.bsky.social · 24d
This is a pretty epic interview — very telling of where we are and how we got here…

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Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously - Bucks County Beacon
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book "Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within," which comes out Jan. 7.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 15d
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · 17d
"To no one’s surprise, both LAPD and LASD forces were present at the protests that followed the raids and assisted ICE by blockading and brutalizing protesters." Leah Perez on the thinness of so-called "sanctuary" policies, in LA and beyond
The Canary in the Coal Mine - Leah Perez - Inquest
A number of factors—including a willingness of law enforcement to collude with federal authorities—make Los Angeles a distressing bellwether of a country succumbing to authoritarianism.
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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 16d
My latest @ocregister.bsky.social piece, "Bureaucrats and political repression: A cautionary tale," is out now. Key passages in screenshots in case you hit a paywall.

www.ocregister.com/2025/09/24/b...
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · 21d
Here's how state and local officials can check federal law enforcement abuse: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21d
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law banning most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during some operations.
California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations
California will be the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces while conducting official business. Gov.
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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 22d
My tribute to my friend @rethinkintel.bsky.social
A Retired FBI Agent's Advice on Fighting Authoritarianism
Every governor, mayor, and county executive in this country should read Mike’s piece and use it as a blueprint for dealing with the Trump regime’s de facto attempts to commandeer state and local polic...
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · 22d
Thanks, Patrick! This is very kind, and quite humbling coming from such a respected, long-time, multi-role defender of the Constitution. Keep in touch.
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · 24d
My latest article on what state and local authorities can do to curb federal law enforcement abuses: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Federalism as a Check on Abuses by Federal Law Enforcement
States and cities have the power to decide whether and how their police departments collaborate with federal law enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
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Mike German @rethinkintel.bsky.social · 24d
My latest article on what state and local authorities can do to curb federal law enforcement abuses: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Federalism as a Check on Abuses by Federal Law Enforcement
States and cities have the power to decide whether and how their police departments collaborate with federal law enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
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Atlanta Solidarity Fund @atlsolfund.bsky.social · Sep 9
Pre-trial motions were heard today for the Cop City RICO case. Prosecutors showed that they lack evidence, and worse - they haven't even bothered to build a coherent argument over the past two years.
Political prosecutions are about suppressing protest, not winning trials.
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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · Sep 8
New from me: At the anti-ICE demonstrations in June, CHP and LASD fired 9,600 projectiles and chemical munitions at protesters. Tear gas, flash bangs, rubber bullets, and more! Read moreL
www.joeyscott.xyz/anti-ice-dem...
Tally so far: at the anti-ICE demonstrations in June, CHP and LASD fired 9,600 projectiles and chemical munitions at protesters. Recently published use of force reports outlines their gratuitous and forceful response during June's anti-ICE demonstrations across Los Angeles. In total, from June 7 to June 9, California Highway Patrol fired 392 rounds of 40 mm rubber bullets at demonstrators during the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Additionally, the department fired 211 beanbag rounds from modified 12-gauge shotguns and gassed people with 29 canisters of CS gas. It's a modest amount compared to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tally. They fired nine thousand projectiles and chemical agents at four separate protests over the course of two weeks. Deputies went through 3,000 rounds of pepperballs and had a field day throwing concussive grenades and tear gas at people. On June 8th alone, deputies used 150 aerial flash bangs alongside 34 tear gas grenades.
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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · Aug 28
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.

#USAnotRFK

Lets gooooo
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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · Aug 25
Join us for the Listener Appreciation Party, Sat., September 6, and get a chance at winning @jesspish.bsky.social's "The Highest Law in the Land" @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social), and @rethinkintel.bsky.social's "Policing White Supremacy" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).

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WIN Against the Police! | This Is Hell!
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Fighting Matters @fightingmatters.bsky.social · Aug 12
New Fighting Matters: HOW "ACTIVE CLUBS" USE MMA TO SPREAD WHITE SUPREMACIST HATE

Mike German explains how white supremacist networks operate, how they infiltrate sports like BJJ and MMA, and what the martial arts community can do to push back.

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How "active clubs" use MMA to spread white supremacist hate
YouTube video by Fighting Matters
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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 9
BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE for denying people access to lawyers and subjecting them to inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York.

ICE is illegally holding people here for weeks, often without adequate access to medical care, food, or legal counsel.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Aug 6
Outstanding work, @calmatters.org! California police misconduct records now available in public database
California police misconduct records now available in public database
A database of 1.5 million pages of records from 12,000 California officer-misconduct and use-of-force cases is now available online.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Aug 3
Did you know that there has NEVER been a Democrat as the FBI director. Not a single time.
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