Mike German
@rethinkintel.bsky.social
Author: "Policing White Supremacy,” "Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide," "Thinking Like a Terrorist." Co-writer of "Imperium." Former FBI Special Agent, turned civil rights advocate. Re-posts are not endorsements.
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Mike German
@rethinkintel.bsky.social
· Nov 19
First copy of my new book, "Policing White Supremacy," out in the wild. Available on Jan. 6, 2025, from The New Press. thenewpress.com/books/polici...
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Reconstruction 2.0 needs to include a full-throated defense of immigrants and open borders, as well as the dismantling of immigrant detainment/deportation infrastructure and tearing down border walls.
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Reconstruction 2.0 needs to include a full-throated defense of immigrants and open borders, as well as the dismantling of immigrant detainment/deportation infrastructure and tearing down border walls.
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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta – Racketeering charges against 61 people indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday, marking a significant victory for those facing prosecution in the y...
unicornriot.ninja
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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from this interview with the indomitable Dan Berger
www.publicbooks.org/abolish-sher...
www.publicbooks.org/abolish-sher...
Abolish Sheriffs: Talking with Jessica Pishko - Public Books
“My perspective is that we should abolish the office of the sheriff.”
www.publicbooks.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
from this interview with the indomitable Dan Berger
www.publicbooks.org/abolish-sher...
www.publicbooks.org/abolish-sher...
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Christmas is a season for forgiveness. But is saying ‘sorry’ enough? | Fatma Aydemir
Christmas is a season for forgiveness. But is saying ‘sorry’ enough? | Fatma Aydemir
In Germany, the neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe has made a public display of her remorse – but remains silent on key aspects of her crimes, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Christmas is a season for forgiveness. But is saying ‘sorry’ enough? | Fatma Aydemir
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Literally one of the main reasons why FBI missed Jan6 is bc Bill Barr had the FBI chasing Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
You’ve got to assume that any real organised crime or terror groups in the US know the FBI isn’t tracking them as closely as they used to.
That could be very bad indeed – and if so, you can expect to see the clips of congressional testimony like today’s many, many times.
That could be very bad indeed – and if so, you can expect to see the clips of congressional testimony like today’s many, many times.
Kinda wild that the organization the FBI considers the biggest domestic threat is ... largely imaginary.
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Literally one of the main reasons why FBI missed Jan6 is bc Bill Barr had the FBI chasing Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
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Huh, FBI having issues explaining how they're hunting down a principle?🙄
"Antifa is not anything close to a centralized grp but rather a movt or ideology opposing fascism. Trump only designated it as a terrorist organization to go after any left-wing opposition to himself or his far-right allies"🎯🎯
"Antifa is not anything close to a centralized grp but rather a movt or ideology opposing fascism. Trump only designated it as a terrorist organization to go after any left-wing opposition to himself or his far-right allies"🎯🎯
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Huh, FBI having issues explaining how they're hunting down a principle?🙄
"Antifa is not anything close to a centralized grp but rather a movt or ideology opposing fascism. Trump only designated it as a terrorist organization to go after any left-wing opposition to himself or his far-right allies"🎯🎯
"Antifa is not anything close to a centralized grp but rather a movt or ideology opposing fascism. Trump only designated it as a terrorist organization to go after any left-wing opposition to himself or his far-right allies"🎯🎯
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Unfortunately, under our Kavanaugh Stops regime, it is entirely rational for anyone who appears Hispanic to carry proof of citizenship at all times. The worst part is that it might not be enough: ICE/CBP keep arresting people who have proof of citizenship, refusing to accept its validity.
U.S. Latinos are now more worried about being asked to prove their legal status during their daily activities (43% today vs. 31% in March), and roughly 1 in 5 have changed their daily routines because of it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Unfortunately, under our Kavanaugh Stops regime, it is entirely rational for anyone who appears Hispanic to carry proof of citizenship at all times. The worst part is that it might not be enough: ICE/CBP keep arresting people who have proof of citizenship, refusing to accept its validity.
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DC area: For the upcoming release of The Church Committee Report from @wwnorton.com, @brianhochman.bsky.social and I are hosting an event on the past/future of civil liberties & unaccountable government with a panel of heavy hitters, Pulitzer prize winners, and a staffer of the Church Committee.
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
DC area: For the upcoming release of The Church Committee Report from @wwnorton.com, @brianhochman.bsky.social and I are hosting an event on the past/future of civil liberties & unaccountable government with a panel of heavy hitters, Pulitzer prize winners, and a staffer of the Church Committee.
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Imagine serving as a Marine and then having a distinguished career in the FBI investigating actual terrorist threats and then having to go in front of Congress and say you’re afraid of Antifa. Absolutely humiliating.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Imagine serving as a Marine and then having a distinguished career in the FBI investigating actual terrorist threats and then having to go in front of Congress and say you’re afraid of Antifa. Absolutely humiliating.
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My guess is that no amount of hardship, suffering, or deprivation will convince this 37% to abandon their commitment to white supremacy. I hope I'm wrong, but all of the historical evidence points to the contrary.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My guess is that no amount of hardship, suffering, or deprivation will convince this 37% to abandon their commitment to white supremacy. I hope I'm wrong, but all of the historical evidence points to the contrary.
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ICYMI: LA is stuck for another year with a heavily militarized police department. Motions to limit 40mm rubber bullet and tear gas use failed, but not before a bit of back and forth between a hostile police chief and two of the DSA-backed council members.
I wrote about the LAPD getting the OK from city council to remain militarized this year. A motion to limit tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed after a contenious back and forth with LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
www.joeyscott.xyz/lapd-gets-th...
www.joeyscott.xyz/lapd-gets-th...
LAPD gets the OK from city council to remain a militarized police department for another year.
A motion to limit the department's deployment of tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets failed to pass.
www.joeyscott.xyz
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICYMI: LA is stuck for another year with a heavily militarized police department. Motions to limit 40mm rubber bullet and tear gas use failed, but not before a bit of back and forth between a hostile police chief and two of the DSA-backed council members.
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Trump’s new immigration push shows a concerning shift: language from Europe’s neo-Nazi fringe is now shaping U.S. policy. As DHS embraces “remigration” — a term designed to justify mass expulsion — the administration is turning white nationalist fantasy into the machinery of the U.S. government.
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Response to Heritage Foundation's Immigration Challenge
Trump is importing the rhetoric of European neo-Nazis into U.S. policy. His Thanksgiving statement embraced “reverse migration” and “remigration”—terms rooted in white nationalist ideology— and DHS qu...
globalextremism.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Trump’s new immigration push shows a concerning shift: language from Europe’s neo-Nazi fringe is now shaping U.S. policy. As DHS embraces “remigration” — a term designed to justify mass expulsion — the administration is turning white nationalist fantasy into the machinery of the U.S. government.
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The elevation of politicians who are "tough on crime" like Josh Shapiro with no mention of how, as state AG, he tried to thwart the Philly DA Krasner (also a popular politician) at every single turn!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Operator
Josh Shapiro has spent his life preparing to lead an America that might no longer exist.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The elevation of politicians who are "tough on crime" like Josh Shapiro with no mention of how, as state AG, he tried to thwart the Philly DA Krasner (also a popular politician) at every single turn!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Might I remind you that Dick Cheney called torture "enhanced interrogation" and that the simpleton who paints puppies now, once oversaw an unnecessary warzone that included Abu Gharib. Where have you been for 30 years that you did not encounter a Republican President? They all do this.
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Might I remind you that Dick Cheney called torture "enhanced interrogation" and that the simpleton who paints puppies now, once oversaw an unnecessary warzone that included Abu Gharib. Where have you been for 30 years that you did not encounter a Republican President? They all do this.
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Does anyone have that sharpie tool where we can name every one of the people smiling, nodding, or even standing silently as Trump unloads this racist attack?
Because I can see a future in which a lot of people will be saying, “I wasn’t there.”
Because I can see a future in which a lot of people will be saying, “I wasn’t there.”
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Does anyone have that sharpie tool where we can name every one of the people smiling, nodding, or even standing silently as Trump unloads this racist attack?
Because I can see a future in which a lot of people will be saying, “I wasn’t there.”
Because I can see a future in which a lot of people will be saying, “I wasn’t there.”
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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At today's LA city council meeting, Councilwoman Hernandez pressed LAPD Chief McDonnell on using 40 mm and tear gas to disperse crowds. Hernandez points out the use of less lethals is a fiscal issue because of lawsuits due to injuries. He responds, "You're trying to put a price on saving lives."
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At today's LA city council meeting, Councilwoman Hernandez pressed LAPD Chief McDonnell on using 40 mm and tear gas to disperse crowds. Hernandez points out the use of less lethals is a fiscal issue because of lawsuits due to injuries. He responds, "You're trying to put a price on saving lives."
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Largest worker protection settlement in NYC history!
Starbucks ☕️ Must Pay Workers $38 Million
They violated the law >half a million times since 2021
They cut workers’ schedules and denied workers the chance to pick up more shifts, keeping them involuntarily part-time.
Starbucks ☕️ Must Pay Workers $38 Million
They violated the law >half a million times since 2021
They cut workers’ schedules and denied workers the chance to pick up more shifts, keeping them involuntarily part-time.
“A three-year probe by the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection determined that Starbucks arbitrarily cut workers’ schedules and systematically denied employees the opportunity to pick up additional shifts, keeping them involuntarily part-time.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/01/s...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/01/s...
Starbucks Agrees to Pay Workers $38 Million to Settle Scheduling Law Probe
The company violated the Fair Workweek law for fast food workers at all but one of its more than 300 New York City locations, the city’s labor and consumer agency found.
www.thecity.nyc
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Largest worker protection settlement in NYC history!
Starbucks ☕️ Must Pay Workers $38 Million
They violated the law >half a million times since 2021
They cut workers’ schedules and denied workers the chance to pick up more shifts, keeping them involuntarily part-time.
Starbucks ☕️ Must Pay Workers $38 Million
They violated the law >half a million times since 2021
They cut workers’ schedules and denied workers the chance to pick up more shifts, keeping them involuntarily part-time.
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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In the FBI's Crosshairs: the Socialist Rifle Association
The fact that Trump’s FBI is still actively investigating a politically disfavored group that supports Second Amendment rights takes this constitutional threat to the next level.
www.cato.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism.
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Read the latest from @donmoyn.bsky.social for Lincoln Square
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The Trumpification of the FBI
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism.
www.lincolnsquare.media
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism.
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-trumpi...
Read the latest from @donmoyn.bsky.social for Lincoln Square
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Read the latest from @donmoyn.bsky.social for Lincoln Square