Bruce Maiman
@maimzini.bsky.social
An enquiring mind seeking answers that make some of us think and the rest uncomfortable.
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
This wasn’t a tragedy of one bad decision.
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime
Essay 4: How leadership turned a killing into doctrine.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 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.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
It was the predictable outcome of reckless planning, lethal escalation, and leaders who refuse accountability.
Murder in Minneapolis: The Parents of the Crime open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Used this very cartoon for an essay I just wrote… (great minds!) 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Used this very cartoon for an essay I just wrote… (great minds!) 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:20 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:20 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
Murder in Minneapolis, Esssay 3, the MAGA Response
How the Right Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Narrative
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 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.
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
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
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
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
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
open.substack.com/pub/brucemai...
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?
From the essay:
…With the nation reeling from the killing in Minneapolis … an oblivious Noem urged Americans to “do something nice“ for ICE agents, perhaps “buy them lunch.”
... What next, a tip jar for trigger-pullers?