Stuart Schrader
@stschrader1.bsky.social
Author of Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves (Basic Books, 2026) and Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed Policing (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2019)
Grew up with some of these people (and remain friends today), though I was never part of their crew officially. Pretty fascinating account of anti-fascism in the 90s in NYC.
January 19, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Grew up with some of these people (and remain friends today), though I was never part of their crew officially. Pretty fascinating account of anti-fascism in the 90s in NYC.
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LOL
Before Trump, law enforcement were trained to behave professionally. At a traffic stop they would start with words such as "Mam, may I see your drivers license and registration."
ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.
ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
LOL
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I tried to turn my rage yesterday into something that brings us some light. For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about how 2020 prepared Minneapolis for the current crisis of Trump's DHS. newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Minneapolis Knows How to Resist This Violence
From George Floyd to Renee Good, the city has become all too familiar with fatal violence by law enforcement—and it knows exactly how to respond.
newrepublic.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I tried to turn my rage yesterday into something that brings us some light. For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about how 2020 prepared Minneapolis for the current crisis of Trump's DHS. newrepublic.com/article/2050...
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Re-Post - The Global Turn of American Policing w/ @stschrader1.bsky.social
We've unlocked our episode with Stuart Schrader on the evolution of American policing and how it got to this point.
Link in the replies.
We've unlocked our episode with Stuart Schrader on the evolution of American policing and how it got to this point.
Link in the replies.
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Re-Post - The Global Turn of American Policing w/ @stschrader1.bsky.social
We've unlocked our episode with Stuart Schrader on the evolution of American policing and how it got to this point.
Link in the replies.
We've unlocked our episode with Stuart Schrader on the evolution of American policing and how it got to this point.
Link in the replies.
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State prosecutions are good and need to happen, but worth flagging there are lots of other things states can do. One of them would be cutting off all state assistance of any kind to federal law enforcement. Not just the limited sanctuary laws. Full cold stop, nothing. Also no data sharing, e.g. DMV.
January 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
State prosecutions are good and need to happen, but worth flagging there are lots of other things states can do. One of them would be cutting off all state assistance of any kind to federal law enforcement. Not just the limited sanctuary laws. Full cold stop, nothing. Also no data sharing, e.g. DMV.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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Abolishing ICE is the modest, quiet, peaceful option and you can’t post the others in this country
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Abolishing ICE is the modest, quiet, peaceful option and you can’t post the others in this country
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The corollary to forceful expansion abroad is violent repression at home, it is extremely clear which way this is going
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The corollary to forceful expansion abroad is violent repression at home, it is extremely clear which way this is going
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This is not the first murder on the street committed by ICE.
It's very clear from the commentary exploding on the timeline right now that hardly anyone outside Chicago knows ICE shot and killed a man in his car here in the fall.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is not the first murder on the street committed by ICE.
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"you can't kill us all" fuck yeah minneapolis
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"you can't kill us all" fuck yeah minneapolis
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‘Maduro was reportedly willing to leave Venezuela as long as he was granted amnesty but that didn’t satisfy Trump and his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who determined on a course of military action months ago.’
Forrest Hylton on Trump, Maduro and Venezuela.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
Forrest Hylton on Trump, Maduro and Venezuela.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
Forrest Hylton | Murder Inc.
US foreign policy in South America used to differ from its approach to Central America and the Caribbean. In the 20th...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
‘Maduro was reportedly willing to leave Venezuela as long as he was granted amnesty but that didn’t satisfy Trump and his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who determined on a course of military action months ago.’
Forrest Hylton on Trump, Maduro and Venezuela.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
Forrest Hylton on Trump, Maduro and Venezuela.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...
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DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
Hey folks, you can preorder my new book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves at a 25% discount right now from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuar... (and it's also discounted at bookshop.org, if you prefer that!). Published in April!
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Hey folks, you can preorder my new book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves at a 25% discount right now from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuar... (and it's also discounted at bookshop.org, if you prefer that!). Published in April!
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“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
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Today confirms @stschrader1.bsky.social's assessment that Trump has brought to its culmination the restructuring of US foreign policy on the model of the brutal lawlessness of American policing. A sneering, thuggish hemispheric (aspirationally global) cop. www.thedriftmag.com/our-diminish...
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Today confirms @stschrader1.bsky.social's assessment that Trump has brought to its culmination the restructuring of US foreign policy on the model of the brutal lawlessness of American policing. A sneering, thuggish hemispheric (aspirationally global) cop. www.thedriftmag.com/our-diminish...
Clown
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Clown
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Bovino “the Liberace of the Border Patrol” for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids, producing and distributing videos of aggressive immigration busts. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts…
chicago.suntimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bovino “the Liberace of the Border Patrol” for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids, producing and distributing videos of aggressive immigration busts. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Mikie Sherrill told police unions this year that she opposes giving subpoena power to local civilian police oversight boards.
That’s been a big demand of local officials & activists, for years — and more officials were elected on that platform this fall.
Important tensions on policing in Jersey:
That’s been a big demand of local officials & activists, for years — and more officials were elected on that platform this fall.
Important tensions on policing in Jersey:
New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight - Bolts
Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
boltsmag.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Grt piece by Farrell:
1 NSS reeks of insecurity. Trumpists lack confidence about being able to impose MAGA way of life.
2 Other countries should judge whether MAGA has Power & means to achieve its ends
3 MAGA destruction of state capacity -> no it does not
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
1 NSS reeks of insecurity. Trumpists lack confidence about being able to impose MAGA way of life.
2 Other countries should judge whether MAGA has Power & means to achieve its ends
3 MAGA destruction of state capacity -> no it does not
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Grt piece by Farrell:
1 NSS reeks of insecurity. Trumpists lack confidence about being able to impose MAGA way of life.
2 Other countries should judge whether MAGA has Power & means to achieve its ends
3 MAGA destruction of state capacity -> no it does not
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
1 NSS reeks of insecurity. Trumpists lack confidence about being able to impose MAGA way of life.
2 Other countries should judge whether MAGA has Power & means to achieve its ends
3 MAGA destruction of state capacity -> no it does not
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
If you'd like to read more about this very point—how police veto elected officials' decisions—I've written a whole book on the topic, called Blue Power! It's now available for preorder from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social, 20% discount with the code BLUE20. www.basicbooks.com/titles/stuar...
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you'd like to read more about this very point—how police veto elected officials' decisions—I've written a whole book on the topic, called Blue Power! It's now available for preorder from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social, 20% discount with the code BLUE20. www.basicbooks.com/titles/stuar...
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“I reject the common sense that says that mayors must listen to the police more than the policed,” @stschrader1.bsky.social tells us in an interview.
www.thedriftmag.com/our-diminish...
www.thedriftmag.com/our-diminish...
“Our Diminished Epoch”
Stuart Schrader, Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism at Johns Hopkins University, is a leading scholar ...
www.thedriftmag.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“I reject the common sense that says that mayors must listen to the police more than the policed,” @stschrader1.bsky.social tells us in an interview.
www.thedriftmag.com/our-diminish...
www.thedriftmag.com/our-diminish...
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The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
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Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)