“President Trump is using all the instruments: the reported quotas for ICE arrests; the paramilitary force made up of thugs drunk on their own brutality; the spectacle of random violence, particularly in city streets; the postmortem vilification of the victims.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

After I wrote that post, a friend alerted me to the fact that Masha Gessen (@mashagessen.bsky.social) just wrote an Op-Ed in the NYT on the same topic. Here's a copy of her excellent piece. It is a 'Gift Article,' so no subscription required to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

Graphic video of the latest ICE murder in Minnesota

This is a summary execution.

Barack Obama, November 2014

Feels like a different world.