Bruce Maiman
@maimzini.bsky.social
An enquiring mind seeking answers that make some of us think and the rest uncomfortable.
The White House didn’t soften because it felt remorse — it softened because gaslighting stopped working.
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When the Gaslighting Stops Working
Trump softened his stance on the Minneapolis crackdown, but not out of conscience.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:52 AM
The White House didn’t soften because it felt remorse — it softened because gaslighting stopped working.
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Whispers abound that the military may be the last guardrail against a malevolent administration. No one should mistake that condition for a cure. And yet…
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When Desperation Starts Sounding Reasonable
After Pretti’s Death, What Happens When Democracy’s Safeguards Fail
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January 26, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Whispers abound that the military may be the last guardrail against a malevolent administration. No one should mistake that condition for a cure. And yet…
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What’s happening in Minneapolis isn’t chaos. It’s a test of how much violence can be normalized, how easily truth can be bent, and how quietly fear can be made routine.
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State Terror Comes to Minneapolis
The killing of Alex Pretti and the deliberate use of fear as a governing tool.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:04 PM
What’s happening in Minneapolis isn’t chaos. It’s a test of how much violence can be normalized, how easily truth can be bent, and how quietly fear can be made routine.
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Thousands braved subzero Minnesota cold to shut down streets and businesses — not for optics, but to resist a federal operation that metastasized into a traveling spectacle of fear. Historic moment. Historic courage.
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We Are All Minnesotans Now
How an ICE Crackdown, a Deadly Shooting, and a Statewide Economic Blackout Sparked a Turning Point in Donald Trump's Immigration Offensive.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Thousands braved subzero Minnesota cold to shut down streets and businesses — not for optics, but to resist a federal operation that metastasized into a traveling spectacle of fear. Historic moment. Historic courage.
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Officials promise ICE agents invincibility. The law offers something very different. Will ICE Agents Ultimately Be the Patsies? Read the truth behind immunity and liability.
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Will ICE Agents Ultimately Be the Patsies?
Immunity claims and other lies administration officials are selling to ICE recruits.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Officials promise ICE agents invincibility. The law offers something very different. Will ICE Agents Ultimately Be the Patsies? Read the truth behind immunity and liability.
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A board for billionaires, chaired for life by Trump, pitching peace while profiting from war. Gaza’s rebuilding isn’t for Palestinians—it’s for the people who will displace them. Governance as an asset class: this is the Board of Peace.
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The Board of Peace: Or, How Trump Turned Diplomacy Into a Protection Racket
Trump's cabal is not a new path to peace, but the privatization of sovereignty—governance stripped of democracy, sold to billionaires, and chaired for life by a man who mistakes tribute for legitimacy
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January 23, 2026 at 3:44 AM
A board for billionaires, chaired for life by Trump, pitching peace while profiting from war. Gaza’s rebuilding isn’t for Palestinians—it’s for the people who will displace them. Governance as an asset class: this is the Board of Peace.
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Trump at Davos: On the Idiot at the Summit—where the emperor arrives fully clothed and still manages to expose himself. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Trump’s Davos Debacle: A Spectacle at High Altitude
On the Idiot at the Summit
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January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Trump at Davos: On the Idiot at the Summit—where the emperor arrives fully clothed and still manages to expose himself. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Mark Carney didn’t attack America at Davos. He showed how a true leader acts and called on middle powers to adjust to a world where U.S. leadership is no longer reliable—or useful.
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Mark Carney, Middle Powers, and the Refusal to Live Within the Lie
How Trump’s America Is Teaching the World to Move On Without It
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January 21, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Mark Carney didn’t attack America at Davos. He showed how a true leader acts and called on middle powers to adjust to a world where U.S. leadership is no longer reliable—or useful.
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For 80 years, American power rested on alliances, trust, and restraint. Trump is foolishly dismantling that order. If you think defending that postwar order is too expensive, history suggests the alternative costs far more. Be careful what you wish for.
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The End of the American Order
Why Trump’s “America First” Vision Is Making the World More Dangerous—and America Weaker
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January 21, 2026 at 2:32 AM
For 80 years, American power rested on alliances, trust, and restraint. Trump is foolishly dismantling that order. If you think defending that postwar order is too expensive, history suggests the alternative costs far more. Be careful what you wish for.
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The DOJ is investigating a governor, a mayor, and a grieving widow for criticizing federal agents, but not a fatal shooting. When criticism becomes “obstruction” and death becomes a PR problem, the law is no longer blind. It’s selective.
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The DOJ Is Investigating the Wrong People for the Wrong Reasons
Minneapolis and the Criminalization of Criticism Rather than Criminality
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January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The DOJ is investigating a governor, a mayor, and a grieving widow for criticizing federal agents, but not a fatal shooting. When criticism becomes “obstruction” and death becomes a PR problem, the law is no longer blind. It’s selective.
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Trump’s NYT interview isn’t spin or exaggeration.
It’s an autopsy—of a mind unbound by limits, reality, or consequence. Yet, a greater threat lurks. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It’s an autopsy—of a mind unbound by limits, reality, or consequence. Yet, a greater threat lurks. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
A National Menace — Trump in His Own Words
What Trump’s New York Times interview reveals about power, delusion, and the normalization of authoritarianism
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January 18, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Trump’s NYT interview isn’t spin or exaggeration.
It’s an autopsy—of a mind unbound by limits, reality, or consequence. Yet, a greater threat lurks. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It’s an autopsy—of a mind unbound by limits, reality, or consequence. Yet, a greater threat lurks. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
In Praise of a WaPo Reporter Raided by the FBI
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In Praise of a WaPo Reporter Raided by the FBI
Did Hannah Natanson's story about devastated federal workers result in the government’s punitive response?
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January 17, 2026 at 1:44 PM
In Praise of a WaPo Reporter Raided by the FBI
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Hannah Natanson followed the story of federal employees under attack. The government responded with an FBI raid. Professionalism and courage have a price; Hannah proves why journalism matters.
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FBI Raids a Reporter’s Home After Exposing Devastation of Federal Workers
Hannah Natanson's perseverance, its emotional toll, and the government’s punitive response.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Hannah Natanson followed the story of federal employees under attack. The government responded with an FBI raid. Professionalism and courage have a price; Hannah proves why journalism matters.
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The FBI raided a journalist’s home. Dev2e7owr&utm_campaign=post&utm_mediumis not a “probe.” Not an escalation, but a declaration of war on the press.
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The FBI Raid on a Journalist’s Home Under Trump
Authoritarian power, press intimidation, and the criminalization of journalism
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January 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
The FBI raided a journalist’s home. Dev2e7owr&utm_campaign=post&utm_mediumis not a “probe.” Not an escalation, but a declaration of war on the press.
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Tired of the endless Trump chaos? This essay explores how the flood of half-baked announcements and executive orders wears us down, breeds burnout, threatens civic engagement, and erodes democracy. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Drowning in Trump's Flood: How the Breaking News Blitz Erodes Democracy
An exhausted electorate becomes a political advantage.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Tired of the endless Trump chaos? This essay explores how the flood of half-baked announcements and executive orders wears us down, breeds burnout, threatens civic engagement, and erodes democracy. open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
A Ford autoworker heckled Donald Trump.
Trump flipped him off.
Ford suspended the worker.
Tell me again who’s fragile.
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Trump flipped him off.
Ford suspended the worker.
Tell me again who’s fragile.
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The Autoworker and the President
A Tale of Two Americas
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January 15, 2026 at 5:40 AM
A Ford autoworker heckled Donald Trump.
Trump flipped him off.
Ford suspended the worker.
Tell me again who’s fragile.
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Trump flipped him off.
Ford suspended the worker.
Tell me again who’s fragile.
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DHS spending taxpayer dollars to pay influencers to make ICE agents look like great guys doing a public service. Recruitment? Maybe. Propaganda? Definitely.
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DHS Recruiting Influencers to Rebrand ICE as the Good Guys
Influencer Infantry: $8 Million to normalize raids, sanitize violence, and turn enforcement into feel-good content.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
DHS spending taxpayer dollars to pay influencers to make ICE agents look like great guys doing a public service. Recruitment? Maybe. Propaganda? Definitely.
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This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
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It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
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Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:02 AM
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
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It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
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An ICE agent breaks his own training, a woman dies, and the right’s first instinct is to sneer at the victim and sanctify the shooter. This is what a loyalty cult looks like.
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Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
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January 12, 2026 at 1:16 AM
An ICE agent breaks his own training, a woman dies, and the right’s first instinct is to sneer at the victim and sanctify the shooter. This is what a loyalty cult looks like.
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An ICE agent breaks his own training, a woman dies, and the right’s first instinct is to sneer at the victim and sanctify the shooter. This is what a loyalty cult looks like.
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Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
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January 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
An ICE agent breaks his own training, a woman dies, and the right’s first instinct is to sneer at the victim and sanctify the shooter. This is what a loyalty cult looks like.
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ICE didn’t just lower its standards — it abolished them, building a force unprepared for restraint, judgment, or accountability. The result? Murder in Minneapolis.
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Murder in Minneapolis, Essay 2: ICE Recruitment and the Machinery of Incompetence
How Fast-Track Hiring, Dodged Standards, and Pay-to-Play Bonuses Built a Force Ill-Prepared to Protect or Serve
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January 11, 2026 at 7:33 AM
ICE didn’t just lower its standards — it abolished them, building a force unprepared for restraint, judgment, or accountability. The result? Murder in Minneapolis.
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They condemned her before anyone saw the videos. ICE says self-defense, the footage says otherwise. Our first of four essays breaks down what actually happened in Minneapolis and why public trust matters more than ever.
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Murder in Minneapolis - How ICE Turned a City Street into an Execution Zone
The lies that followed the killing in Minneapolis tell us more than the shooting itself
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January 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
They condemned her before anyone saw the videos. ICE says self-defense, the footage says otherwise. Our first of four essays breaks down what actually happened in Minneapolis and why public trust matters more than ever.
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A 37-year-old woman was shot in the head by an ICE agent, left to bleed in her car, and then slandered as a “violent rioter.” This essay dissects the lie—and the machine behind it.
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Murder in Minneapolis
How ICE Turned a City Street into an Execution Zone — with impunity.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
A 37-year-old woman was shot in the head by an ICE agent, left to bleed in her car, and then slandered as a “violent rioter.” This essay dissects the lie—and the machine behind it.
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The White House turned January 6 into a taunt. Trump’s communications director calls it a “trap.” Adults call it disgrace.
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The White House’s January 6 Website and Trump: The Eternal Infant
Turning the Capitol attack into a schoolyard taunt.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The White House turned January 6 into a taunt. Trump’s communications director calls it a “trap.” Adults call it disgrace.
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Trump grabs Maduro. Facebook cheers like it’s a movie. But war isn’t 2hrs + credits. Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan taught us that.
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Venezuela, the Movie: Trump, Maduro, and the Facebook Mind
How social media turns geopolitics into useless 7-word arguments.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Trump grabs Maduro. Facebook cheers like it’s a movie. But war isn’t 2hrs + credits. Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan taught us that.
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