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It's now very clear that JD Vance is consciously taking on the role of putting a softer face on Stephen Miller's fascism. Vance is becoming chief propagandist for ICE's violent paramilitary warfare against Americans.
Some thoughts on that in this piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Some thoughts on that in this piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It's now very clear that JD Vance is consciously taking on the role of putting a softer face on Stephen Miller's fascism. Vance is becoming chief propagandist for ICE's violent paramilitary warfare against Americans.
Some thoughts on that in this piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Some thoughts on that in this piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
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In December, Pastor Sergio Amezcua put out a sign-up for Minnesotans who were afraid to leave their homes and needed grocery deliveries. Since then, his church, Dios Habla Hoy, has delivered food to 17,000 families.
From Mother Jones senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social in Minneapolis.
From Mother Jones senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social in Minneapolis.
January 23, 2026 at 9:12 PM
In December, Pastor Sergio Amezcua put out a sign-up for Minnesotans who were afraid to leave their homes and needed grocery deliveries. Since then, his church, Dios Habla Hoy, has delivered food to 17,000 families.
From Mother Jones senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social in Minneapolis.
From Mother Jones senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social in Minneapolis.
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If ICE truly were targeting "the worst of the worst" and not, you know, deliberately brutalizing innocent families with children, they'd rush to correct all the stories like this one, apologizing and insisting it's not what they're really doing.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
If ICE truly were targeting "the worst of the worst" and not, you know, deliberately brutalizing innocent families with children, they'd rush to correct all the stories like this one, apologizing and insisting it's not what they're really doing.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
They don't because this is deliberate. This is it.
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On his trip to MN yesterday, Vance said DHS wasn’t targeting people based on race.
Not only is that false, remember, this Admin took a case to SCOTUS specifically arguing they should be allowed to do that.
Trump’s SCOTUS ruled in their favor.
Don't be fooled by their lies.
Not only is that false, remember, this Admin took a case to SCOTUS specifically arguing they should be allowed to do that.
Trump’s SCOTUS ruled in their favor.
Don't be fooled by their lies.
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
On his trip to MN yesterday, Vance said DHS wasn’t targeting people based on race.
Not only is that false, remember, this Admin took a case to SCOTUS specifically arguing they should be allowed to do that.
Trump’s SCOTUS ruled in their favor.
Don't be fooled by their lies.
Not only is that false, remember, this Admin took a case to SCOTUS specifically arguing they should be allowed to do that.
Trump’s SCOTUS ruled in their favor.
Don't be fooled by their lies.
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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"This is the insight that Melian Dialogue quote-mongers typically miss. Power that rests on the performed compliance of others is more fragile than it looks." hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
hegemon.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
"This is the insight that Melian Dialogue quote-mongers typically miss. Power that rests on the performed compliance of others is more fragile than it looks." hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
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An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) summing up the current situation:
November 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM
An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) summing up the current situation:
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I am old enough to remember Putin saying as late as 18 February 2022 - less than a week before the invasion - that Russia had no intention to use military force against Ukraine.
Trump ruling out the use of military force does not defuse this crisis
Europe & Denmark's red lines are territorial integrity & the right of self-determination for the people of Greenland. They do not want to join the US
Trump has to give up his ambition for sovereign control
Europe & Denmark's red lines are territorial integrity & the right of self-determination for the people of Greenland. They do not want to join the US
Trump has to give up his ambition for sovereign control
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I am old enough to remember Putin saying as late as 18 February 2022 - less than a week before the invasion - that Russia had no intention to use military force against Ukraine.
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... about how outmatched ICE is on the streets. They just don't know what they're doing and too often turn to firearms when they get “frustrated." Their tactics are some combo of pee-wee wrestling and a kids “run-to-the-ball” soccer game. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
... about how outmatched ICE is on the streets. They just don't know what they're doing and too often turn to firearms when they get “frustrated." Their tactics are some combo of pee-wee wrestling and a kids “run-to-the-ball” soccer game. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
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This is an incredibly interesting and damning post about all the different ways that ICE is rampaging in the US right now — and how that led to the death of Renee Good. It is, in some ways, a perfect microcosm case study of the piece I wrote this week.... www.lawfaremedia.org/article/befo...
Before and After the Trigger Press That Killed Renee Good
Regardless of whether deadly force was legally justified, Renee Nicole Good’s death was preventable.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This is an incredibly interesting and damning post about all the different ways that ICE is rampaging in the US right now — and how that led to the death of Renee Good. It is, in some ways, a perfect microcosm case study of the piece I wrote this week.... www.lawfaremedia.org/article/befo...
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Since there are a lot of people insisting that protests don't matter and the Trumpists can simply ignore public opinion: I just wrote about why this idea that authoritarian regimes are impervious to public pressure is very wrong and basically just perpetuates the regime's assertion of inevitability:
The Limits of Violent Authoritarianism
Trump’s authoritarian desires are boundless. But the past year proves that his ability to impose them on America is not.
steady.page
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Since there are a lot of people insisting that protests don't matter and the Trumpists can simply ignore public opinion: I just wrote about why this idea that authoritarian regimes are impervious to public pressure is very wrong and basically just perpetuates the regime's assertion of inevitability:
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If you followed the history of Nazi diplomacy in the years before the outbreak of WWII, it was filled with rhetoric exactly like what we are hearing from Lutnick, Bessent and Trump at Davos—lots of purely gratuitous insults. This isn't actually diplomacy, it's more like a promise of conflict.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant” www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/b...
Scott Bessent says U.S. is unconcerned by Treasury sell-off over Greenland, calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessant addressed reporters at a news conference at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
www.cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
If you followed the history of Nazi diplomacy in the years before the outbreak of WWII, it was filled with rhetoric exactly like what we are hearing from Lutnick, Bessent and Trump at Davos—lots of purely gratuitous insults. This isn't actually diplomacy, it's more like a promise of conflict.
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"ICE has lost the public, which means taking a hard line against it, deeming it irremediable as an institution, has become a source of power."
Agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on how to talk about dismantling of ICE:
www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...
Agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on how to talk about dismantling of ICE:
www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
On expecting a different result.
www.offmessage.net
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"ICE has lost the public, which means taking a hard line against it, deeming it irremediable as an institution, has become a source of power."
Agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on how to talk about dismantling of ICE:
www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...
Agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on how to talk about dismantling of ICE:
www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...
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“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
hegemon.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
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stuff like this is that, barring some catastrophic screw up in richmond, i don't expect the virginia GOP to make a statewide comeback anytime soon.
Hampton Roads lost more than 6,000 federal civilian jobs in 2025, report finds
A 2026 regional economic forecast shows Hampton Roads has around 54,500 federal civilian employees as of November, down from the roughly 60,800 in November 2024. Those figures don’t include t…
www.pilotonline.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
stuff like this is that, barring some catastrophic screw up in richmond, i don't expect the virginia GOP to make a statewide comeback anytime soon.
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson
Message: Do Not Comply
Message: Do Not Comply
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 AM
🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson
Message: Do Not Comply
Message: Do Not Comply
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To honor Martin Luther King Jr. read his memoir Stride Toward Freedom written as a young man after leading the grassroots victory of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It's the playbook to follow. Listen to this recent Gaslit Nation with MLK's own words for us today:
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/the-minnesot...
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/the-minnesot...
Gaslit Nation: The Minnesota Miracle vs. The Insurrection Act - TEASER
They shot a woman three times in the face. Now they want to send in the Insurrection Act. Why are they targeting Minnesota? The “Minnesota Miracle” showed how great our country could be: codified abor...
gaslitnation.libsyn.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
To honor Martin Luther King Jr. read his memoir Stride Toward Freedom written as a young man after leading the grassroots victory of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It's the playbook to follow. Listen to this recent Gaslit Nation with MLK's own words for us today:
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/the-minnesot...
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/the-minnesot...
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From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Last Steep Ascent
New obstacles should not be deplored but welcomed because their presence proves we are closer to the ultimate decision.
www.thenation.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
Ironically a lot of the base of Minnesota's activitists' response was laid as a result of the riots following Chauvin's murder of George Floyd. That's part of why I feel like this administration doesn't understand who they're messing with. The Twin Cities got organized in 2020 and remains so.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
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The most impressive thing about Minneapolis right now is that they've been fighting ICE for days and they haven't yet provided FOX or the White House with the burning Starbucks footage they so desperately want. A model for the rest of the country
One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
Ironically a lot of the base of Minnesota's activitists' response was laid as a result of the riots following Chauvin's murder of George Floyd. That's part of why I feel like this administration doesn't understand who they're messing with. The Twin Cities got organized in 2020 and remains so.
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The most impressive thing about Minneapolis right now is that they've been fighting ICE for days and they haven't yet provided FOX or the White House with the burning Starbucks footage they so desperately want. A model for the rest of the country
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The day that CBS News became literally ‘fake news’ for America | Will Bunch
An unverified, unlikely story about the Minneapolis ICE shooter exposes the new CBS News team as Trump's state media.
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January 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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I am quite committed to (safely) talking about what’s happening here, and publishing footage and pictures where possible, because the world needs to know. But many observers are doing the same, allowing journos to ride along and so forth. We beat them with publicity not secrecy.
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I am quite committed to (safely) talking about what’s happening here, and publishing footage and pictures where possible, because the world needs to know. But many observers are doing the same, allowing journos to ride along and so forth. We beat them with publicity not secrecy.
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I am not publishing anyone’s info. No one has asked me to stop doing that, because I am not doing it. Following ICE on Bluesky endangers no one. People (who do not live here) are making up vague opsec concerns in order to attack me for unrelated internet beef reasons. Guerrilla cosplay nonsense.
(From what I saw yesterday, the issue seems to be Stancil is putting people in danger by following ICE socials and not scrubbing his photos of identifying info like people’s plates etc & folks there are like hey please follow best practices or stop and he won’t)(That said completely agree re labels)
January 18, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I am not publishing anyone’s info. No one has asked me to stop doing that, because I am not doing it. Following ICE on Bluesky endangers no one. People (who do not live here) are making up vague opsec concerns in order to attack me for unrelated internet beef reasons. Guerrilla cosplay nonsense.