Dark Kenobi
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I say this not at all to downplay the very real horror of this moment, but this was always going to be the natural endpoint of the "Cop City" institutionalization
JUST IN: Trump floats using U.S. cities as military "training grounds"
Trump: Military can use "dangerous" U.S. cities as training grounds
He told military leaders "we have to handle" the so-called "enemy from within."
www.axios.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I say this not at all to downplay the very real horror of this moment, but this was always going to be the natural endpoint of the "Cop City" institutionalization
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#BREAKING - Major development in #StopCopCity case
Judge Farmer: At this time I do not find the Attorney General had the authority to bring this RICO case
September 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#BREAKING - Major development in #StopCopCity case
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Agents in D.C. are arresting hundreds of people every night. But the basic public accountability for those arrests is not happening. The agencies are not generating initial incident reports for their arrests, and are concealing their identities. MPD is not releasing arrest data.
www.msn.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Agents in D.C. are arresting hundreds of people every night. But the basic public accountability for those arrests is not happening. The agencies are not generating initial incident reports for their arrests, and are concealing their identities. MPD is not releasing arrest data.
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Oh look, Cop City being used as a fascist training ground just like everyone said it would.
As ICE hires 10,000 new officers as part of President Trump’s efforts to speed up deportations, NBC News’ Julia Ainsley spoke to the acting ICE director inside a training center in Georgia.
August 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Oh look, Cop City being used as a fascist training ground just like everyone said it would.
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We are pleased to report that a court has dismissed the terrorism charges against one of the RICO defendants in the #StopCopCity trial, citing the prosecutors' intentional delaying tactics.
Indeed—the entire case is simply judicial persecution. Throw out all the charges.
crimethinc.com/AtlantaRICO
Indeed—the entire case is simply judicial persecution. Throw out all the charges.
crimethinc.com/AtlantaRICO
August 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We are pleased to report that a court has dismissed the terrorism charges against one of the RICO defendants in the #StopCopCity trial, citing the prosecutors' intentional delaying tactics.
Indeed—the entire case is simply judicial persecution. Throw out all the charges.
crimethinc.com/AtlantaRICO
Indeed—the entire case is simply judicial persecution. Throw out all the charges.
crimethinc.com/AtlantaRICO
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We can’t have a successfully oppressive government without a complicit media.
August 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We can’t have a successfully oppressive government without a complicit media.
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"Jamie Marsicano and 22 others were arrested March 5, 2023, at a Stop Cop City music festival."
"On Wednesday, Marsicano, who uses they/them pronouns, argued that their charges should be dismissed for constitutional violations of due process and speedy trial rights."
#Georgia #USA #Policing
"On Wednesday, Marsicano, who uses they/them pronouns, argued that their charges should be dismissed for constitutional violations of due process and speedy trial rights."
#Georgia #USA #Policing
Cop City domestic terrorism defendant seeks dismissal over delays
Cop City domestic terrorism charge challenged over 2.5-year delay. Defense argues rights violation as unindicted case blocks law career.
atlpresscollective.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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ok but that one trans kid is still banned from playing jv tennis with their friends right?
“.. Economic activity tied to manufacturing has shrunk for most of Trump’s second term.”
@wsj.com
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August 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
ok but that one trans kid is still banned from playing jv tennis with their friends right?
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It's been nearly two and a half years since 23 people were charged with domestic terrorism at a Stop Cop City music festival. But they haven't been indicted. One of those people, Jamie Marsicano, will appear in DeKalb County Court on Wednesday to argue that her charge should be dismissed.
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's been nearly two and a half years since 23 people were charged with domestic terrorism at a Stop Cop City music festival. But they haven't been indicted. One of those people, Jamie Marsicano, will appear in DeKalb County Court on Wednesday to argue that her charge should be dismissed.
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great to see Pittsburgh hit the brakes on a proposed Cop City in response to opposition!
with comment from Pittsburgh organizers who traveled to protest Atlanta's Cop City and are now facing RICO charges, and Miracle Jones: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...
with comment from Pittsburgh organizers who traveled to protest Atlanta's Cop City and are now facing RICO charges, and Miracle Jones: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...
Needed training upgrade or ‘cop city’? Here’s why Pittsburgh put an $84M plan on pause.
City Council delayed a vote to develop a public safety training campus critics call cop city. Here’s what’s in the proposed plan and why the public is concerned.
www.publicsource.org
July 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
great to see Pittsburgh hit the brakes on a proposed Cop City in response to opposition!
with comment from Pittsburgh organizers who traveled to protest Atlanta's Cop City and are now facing RICO charges, and Miracle Jones: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...
with comment from Pittsburgh organizers who traveled to protest Atlanta's Cop City and are now facing RICO charges, and Miracle Jones: www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-c...
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It didn't get 1/100th the attention of what happened in NYC, but in Reno today, a gunman opened fire in the valet parking area of a big casino. He killed three people and injured three others, including a cop. This happens every day in America, red and blue.
It's not the city. It's the guns.
It's not the city. It's the guns.
July 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It didn't get 1/100th the attention of what happened in NYC, but in Reno today, a gunman opened fire in the valet parking area of a big casino. He killed three people and injured three others, including a cop. This happens every day in America, red and blue.
It's not the city. It's the guns.
It's not the city. It's the guns.
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(mass shooting occurs under current rabidly pro-cop mayor of city with one of the biggest and most well funded urban police forces in the world)
media, dems: socialism has no plan to stop this from happening
media, dems: socialism has no plan to stop this from happening
July 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
(mass shooting occurs under current rabidly pro-cop mayor of city with one of the biggest and most well funded urban police forces in the world)
media, dems: socialism has no plan to stop this from happening
media, dems: socialism has no plan to stop this from happening
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Only one candidate is talking about police reform. It ain't the current mayor. Or Cuomo.
Adams is a former cop who expanded the NYPD. Boasts about creating "Cop City". The NYPD is the largest municipal police force in the US. ~36k uniformed officers.
And yet, this happened anyway.
Adams is a former cop who expanded the NYPD. Boasts about creating "Cop City". The NYPD is the largest municipal police force in the US. ~36k uniformed officers.
And yet, this happened anyway.
Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...
Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Only one candidate is talking about police reform. It ain't the current mayor. Or Cuomo.
Adams is a former cop who expanded the NYPD. Boasts about creating "Cop City". The NYPD is the largest municipal police force in the US. ~36k uniformed officers.
And yet, this happened anyway.
Adams is a former cop who expanded the NYPD. Boasts about creating "Cop City". The NYPD is the largest municipal police force in the US. ~36k uniformed officers.
And yet, this happened anyway.
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Interesting that the failure if a career cop to keep the city safe is projected onto a progressive candidate.
Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...
Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Interesting that the failure if a career cop to keep the city safe is projected onto a progressive candidate.
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City Council and the Maryland Legislature have begun the process to approve CopCityBaltimore. The State spent $450,000 tax dollars on the design of Cop City. With historic lows in crime and Trump budget cuts, we ask what is the justification to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a Cop City?
July 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
City Council and the Maryland Legislature have begun the process to approve CopCityBaltimore. The State spent $450,000 tax dollars on the design of Cop City. With historic lows in crime and Trump budget cuts, we ask what is the justification to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a Cop City?
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Hey remember when they tired to charge the cop city people with Rico?
The warnings have been coming for a while
The warnings have been coming for a while
Feds Make It a Crime to Give PPE to ICE Protesters
“I think we all know that criminals tend to hang out with criminals. And so when we start to build a case, we’re going to be going after everyone that’s around them” - ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan @akelalacy.bsky.social @theintercept.com
“I think we all know that criminals tend to hang out with criminals. And so when we start to build a case, we’re going to be going after everyone that’s around them” - ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan @akelalacy.bsky.social @theintercept.com
Feds Make It a Crime to Give PPE to ICE Protesters
The Trump administration is targeting nonviolent acts like identifying masked agents and aiding LA’s anti-ICE protests.
theintercept.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey remember when they tired to charge the cop city people with Rico?
The warnings have been coming for a while
The warnings have been coming for a while
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Funny how everything was OK until they got rid of all the women and the black people.
May 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Funny how everything was OK until they got rid of all the women and the black people.
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I said for much of last year that Georgia's draconian prosecutions against Cop City protesters were extremely problematic for the First Amendment and augured poorly for the rest of us.
Now Trump is following that same playbook.
Now Trump is following that same playbook.
we are going to see more and more conspiracy and terrorism charges for protest activity of all kinds.
and one of the parties we have to thank for that is Atlanta Democrats, who have mercilessly led the charge to cast stop cop city protestors as “domestic terrorists”
and one of the parties we have to thank for that is Atlanta Democrats, who have mercilessly led the charge to cast stop cop city protestors as “domestic terrorists”
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I said for much of last year that Georgia's draconian prosecutions against Cop City protesters were extremely problematic for the First Amendment and augured poorly for the rest of us.
Now Trump is following that same playbook.
Now Trump is following that same playbook.
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we are going to see more and more conspiracy and terrorism charges for protest activity of all kinds.
and one of the parties we have to thank for that is Atlanta Democrats, who have mercilessly led the charge to cast stop cop city protestors as “domestic terrorists”
and one of the parties we have to thank for that is Atlanta Democrats, who have mercilessly led the charge to cast stop cop city protestors as “domestic terrorists”
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.
March 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
we are going to see more and more conspiracy and terrorism charges for protest activity of all kinds.
and one of the parties we have to thank for that is Atlanta Democrats, who have mercilessly led the charge to cast stop cop city protestors as “domestic terrorists”
and one of the parties we have to thank for that is Atlanta Democrats, who have mercilessly led the charge to cast stop cop city protestors as “domestic terrorists”
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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"But I'm a citizen," you say. "This doesn't apply to me." It's a pretty short step from deporting lawful residents without due process to "show me your papers, you don't LOOK like a real American to ME" on the street.
Two high profile illegal detainment/deportment cases of *lawful residents* out of Logan Airport in Boston. This is a great thing to call your electeds about TODAY. ☎️ at reps.fyi
Chilling report from Brown University.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
March 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"But I'm a citizen," you say. "This doesn't apply to me." It's a pretty short step from deporting lawful residents without due process to "show me your papers, you don't LOOK like a real American to ME" on the street.
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There are three proposed changes that directly harm the trans community, you can use this easy link to submit comments on all three: transequality.org/news/freedom...
March 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There are three proposed changes that directly harm the trans community, you can use this easy link to submit comments on all three: transequality.org/news/freedom...
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I wrote about the kidnapping and potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, the histories of repression this case is built upon, and the new and horrifying moment we are experiencing.
Mahmoud Khalil and the Repression That Was, Is, and Will Be
Do not wait until this violence comes to your doorstep.
organizingmythoughts.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I wrote about the kidnapping and potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, the histories of repression this case is built upon, and the new and horrifying moment we are experiencing.