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naturehopper.bsky.social
In his first 100 days, President Trump has declared more national emergencies — more creatively and more aggressively — than any president in modern American history
#Trump #EmergencyState #ExecutiveOverreach #TariffTactics #BorderMilitarization #LegalControversy​ #Axios
Trump redefines "emergency" to impose his will
Powers originally crafted to give the president flexibility in rare moments of crisis now form the backbone of Trump's agenda.
www.axios.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
elementaleucology.com
This whole piece is a DOOZY.

#bordermilitarization
#incoherence
#opacity

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump says the border is sealed. The reality is messier.
The $46 billion theater with troops, surveillance towers, murder buoys, and military-grade technology.
www.motherjones.com
April 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
theborderchronicle.bsky.social
"We are exempted from the Fourth Amendment" — CBP official, 2018. For decades, Border Patrol operated with impunity in the borderlands. Now they're 300 miles inland in Minneapolis & Chicago. The whole country has become the border.
#Immigration #BorderMilitarization

Read full story🦂🔗:
Border Patrol Nation?
For decades, the Border Patrol has operated with extraconstitutional powers along the U.S.-Mexico divide. Now it’s leading the charge in U.S. cities across the country.
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
icyourpixels.bsky.social
Immigration Weekly Update:
#Federal

Trump’s border agenda is spiraling: military zones, deportation deals with Libya, “voluntary departure” cash payouts. Courts are blocking some of it—but we’re witnessing the normalization of authoritarian tactics in plain sight

#Deportation #BorderMilitarization
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
dpsea.bsky.social
🚨 White House memo NSPM-4 just authorized military to take over public lands at southern border & establish "National Defense Areas" under DoD control

This shifts border security from civilian to military authority with minimal oversight 🇺🇸

#BorderMilitarization
A symbolic editorial illustration split in two: one side shows peaceful public lands with park rangers and a justice sign; the other shows military control with soldiers, watchtowers, barbed wire, and a map, highlighting the transfer of authority over borderlands.
April 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
stephscythes.bsky.social
#DHS
#Drones
#Canada

🤪 "What me worry?" about #bordermilitarization 🤬

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DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border — WIRED
Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall.
apple.news
May 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
pariasans.bsky.social
"As both parties continue to militarize the border, Republicans have begun to give voice to what is hard not to see as a longing to kill."

#USpol #USpolitics #vigilantism #BorderVigilantes #BorderMilitarization #USMexicoBorder #migrants #AntiMigrantRacism #RacializedCommunities #RacistViolence
Death in Nogales | S. C. Cornell
On January 30, 2023, a forty-eight-year-old Mexican man named Gabriel Cuen Buitimea made his way into the Sonoran desert a few miles east of Nogales,
www.nybooks.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
bcbegley.bsky.social
U.S. declares military zone around El Paso, allowing soldiers to arrest migrants
#BorderMilitarization #ElPaso #MigrantCrisis
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U.S. declares military zone around El Paso, allowing soldiers to arrest migrants
YouTube video by B.C. Begley
www.youtube.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
thepiaz.bsky.social
El Paso airspace shut down for 10 days for 'drone test.' This isn't about a balloon; it's about normalizing military ops in civilian areas. Vague 'security reasons' facilitate unchecked executive power at the border. Follow @The_Piaz for real analysis. #BorderMilitarization

Read more: https://piaz.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
thepiaz.bsky.social
El Paso airspace closure over 'cartel drones'? Curiously, defense contractors' stocks love a good scare. History repeats: new threat, same old profit motive. Follow @The_Piaz for the real story. #DefenseProfits #BorderMilitarization

Read more: https://piaz.news/article/when-drones-fly-defense-contr
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
thepiaz.bsky.social
NYT 'discovers' Border Patrol has aggresssive tactics! Shocking. What they omit: $17.8B budget & political incentives driving this 'issue.' It's not a bug, it's a feature. #BorderMilitarization

Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-curious-case-of-perpetual-border-violence
February 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
tar-network.bsky.social
The Trump administration’s active-duty troop deployment to the southern border signals a breakdown of civil-military boundaries—and a threat to democratic checks.
#Trump #BorderMilitarization #PosseComitatus #DemocraticInstitutions #MilitaryTimes
Militarizing America’s southern border is a slippery slope
Opinion: The U.S. military has been hurled into an unprecedented and dangerous role as a police force along the U.S.-Mexico border, the author of this op-ed argues.
www.militarytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM