Finally, this description of the structural incentives to continued Trump admin escalation should guide us to deep skepticism of a kinder, gentler mass immigration crackdown in MN and elsewhere (Zimmer also hits this point well in his latest post that's just out): /fin

And this section draws the basic links everyone needs to know between MAGA's vision of "real Americans" and the accompanying logic that strips all other Americans of even their humanity: 4/x

And this point below deserves far broader public discussion as we consider how to foil the Trump regime: white supremacists increasingly targeting white people. Doesn't seem sustainable, particularly as non-MAGA whites grasp they are in the crosshairs. 3/x

One of his key observations: "All of the carnage in Minneapolis: The direct result of a paramilitary occupation fueled by a racist smear campaign and the desire of the extremists around Donald Trump to escalate the conflict with blue communities.” 2/x

As we’ve seen in the Twin Cities, immigration enforcement is in fact a Trojan Horse for sending in paramilitaries to beat up American citizens and cow blue state governments into submission; it is the back door for increasingly open war on the American majority. /fin

A key priority is to hammer away at the idea that the depredations of ICE in Minneapolis and elsewhere are simply about immigration enforcement. 16/x

Political opponents must do what might seem counter-intuitive to more moderate sensibilities — they must now escalate their attacks on Trump and his minions even as the White House gestures at a temporary tactical retreat. 15/x

and on the Republican Party that voted to massively up the budget for immigration enforcement in full knowledge of the brutalities that the Trump administration had vowed to pursue. 14/x

So as Trump tries to weasel his way out of responsibility for the murders in Minneapolis, a top priority for Democrats must be to hang this murder rap on his sagging, senile shoulders -- 13/x

As has always been fundamentally the case for this hideous man, key to stopping him is holding him accountable for his crimes. 12/x