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We have First Amendment rights and Second Amendment rights, but if we exercise both at the same time, DHS claims the right to kill us.
January 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We have First Amendment rights and Second Amendment rights, but if we exercise both at the same time, DHS claims the right to kill us.
Three years ago, police shot and killed my friend at the #StopCopCity protest camp in Atlanta. There’s no justice for a life stolen. But it’s important to think about what would stop future police (and ICE) murders from happening. Why not start by disarming them all?
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Three years ago, police shot and killed my friend at the #StopCopCity protest camp in Atlanta. There’s no justice for a life stolen. But it’s important to think about what would stop future police (and ICE) murders from happening. Why not start by disarming them all?
It’s possible to say that the US has always been an exceedingly violent and racist country — and things have reached a local maximum requiring a society-wide mobilization to push back. The country’s history should be a reason to get off the couch, not stay on it.
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It’s possible to say that the US has always been an exceedingly violent and racist country — and things have reached a local maximum requiring a society-wide mobilization to push back. The country’s history should be a reason to get off the couch, not stay on it.
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A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
I’m just being told that hell is running out of cold places and those requesting entry are being asked to prove eligibility by displaying government credentials.
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I’m just being told that hell is running out of cold places and those requesting entry are being asked to prove eligibility by displaying government credentials.
“I was afraid for my life” never gets the victim off the hook, but it always gets the cop off the hook.
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
“I was afraid for my life” never gets the victim off the hook, but it always gets the cop off the hook.
What do you tell IR students right now? What are your takeaways, beyond “You’re living in a rapidly consolidating authoritarian state that can’t be constrained by laws?” What do you say to students in the armed services, who are likely to get illegal orders sooner or later?
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
What do you tell IR students right now? What are your takeaways, beyond “You’re living in a rapidly consolidating authoritarian state that can’t be constrained by laws?” What do you say to students in the armed services, who are likely to get illegal orders sooner or later?
Good news! Georgia judge officially dismisses RICO Conspiracy charges against 61 Stop Cop City defendants. atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/31/f...
Fulton County Judge Officially Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 61 #StopCopCity Defendants
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Failed to Obtain Constitutional Authority from Governor Brian Kemp to File Sweeping RICO Conspiracy Indictment More than three months after a pretrial hearing in th...
atlantadailyworld.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Good news! Georgia judge officially dismisses RICO Conspiracy charges against 61 Stop Cop City defendants. atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/31/f...
To facilitate their arrests and deportations, ICE (and apparently the FBI) are drinking deeply from a data well dug by “scientific racists” and anti-left crusaders. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
www.motherjones.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
To facilitate their arrests and deportations, ICE (and apparently the FBI) are drinking deeply from a data well dug by “scientific racists” and anti-left crusaders. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When will Georgia prosecutors stop holding their failed RICO case over the heads of 61 Stop Cop City activists? It’s been two years. No trials, no convictions. How many more years do the RICO 61 have to wait to get their lives back? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘An air of repression’: Cop City case hangs over heads of 61 defendants
US government continues holding on to massive amounts of seized personal property, from diaries to cellphones
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When will Georgia prosecutors stop holding their failed RICO case over the heads of 61 Stop Cop City activists? It’s been two years. No trials, no convictions. How many more years do the RICO 61 have to wait to get their lives back? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE couldn’t even buy American for its liberty-destroying tank purchase
Sale of #Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency ‘deeply troubling’: Kwan #RoshelArmouredVehicles
Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
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www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/int...
Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
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www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/int...
Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency ‘deeply troubling’: Kwan
Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights re...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
ICE couldn’t even buy American for its liberty-destroying tank purchase
ICE (aka Miller & Noem) has a boatload of new surveillance and hacking tools and it’s coming after anyone who calls ICE (aka Miller & Noem) nasty names www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
ICE (aka Miller & Noem) has a boatload of new surveillance and hacking tools and it’s coming after anyone who calls ICE (aka Miller & Noem) nasty names www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Harder they Come soundtrack was on the record player more than any other album when I was growing up. Thanks for all the great music, Jimmy Cliff.
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Harder they Come soundtrack was on the record player more than any other album when I was growing up. Thanks for all the great music, Jimmy Cliff.
How do I make regime theory exciting for IR undergraduates? Apparently it’s not by explaining the Coase Theorem in detail.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
How do I make regime theory exciting for IR undergraduates? Apparently it’s not by explaining the Coase Theorem in detail.
Yesterday I was teaching my usual unit on state terrorism in a class I have offered since 2015. I asked students for some examples of state terrorism and they immediately pivoted to ICE. They came up with it on their own and it’s all they wanted to talk about.
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yesterday I was teaching my usual unit on state terrorism in a class I have offered since 2015. I asked students for some examples of state terrorism and they immediately pivoted to ICE. They came up with it on their own and it’s all they wanted to talk about.
It is happening here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It is happening here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"The majority of them failed to meet ICE’s physical or academic standards, according to the data."
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"The majority of them failed to meet ICE’s physical or academic standards, according to the data."
This seems ominous, since “international terrorism” supposedly includes Antifa, and Antifa is anyone from your local rioter to George Soros to ActBlue. I’m sure Big Orange would love to send Army counterintelligence after them all… www.armytimes.com/news/your-ar...
Army counterintelligence agents to get enhanced arrest powers
Civilian special agents will receive enhanced authorities to conduct searches, execute warrants and make arrests outside of military bases.
www.armytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This seems ominous, since “international terrorism” supposedly includes Antifa, and Antifa is anyone from your local rioter to George Soros to ActBlue. I’m sure Big Orange would love to send Army counterintelligence after them all… www.armytimes.com/news/your-ar...
From my UMass Boston colleague, Steve Striffler. www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...
How Trump got his Nobel Peace Prize after all
The Nobel given to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado was really a prize for Donald Trump.
www.aljazeera.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
From my UMass Boston colleague, Steve Striffler. www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...