Terror is terror. And heroes are among us.
October 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Terror is terror. And heroes are among us.
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
abolishing the domestic terror group ICE is the moderate position at this point
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
abolishing the domestic terror group ICE is the moderate position at this point
This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign.
This is Rafah today.
This is Rafah today.
April 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign.
This is Rafah today.
This is Rafah today.
There is no recalibrated or sanitized way to conduct the war that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror.
The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
There is no recalibrated or sanitized way to conduct the war that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror.
The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
ICE is a domestic terror group.
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops.
But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents.
I’m heading to Danbury.
But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents.
I’m heading to Danbury.
August 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM
ICE is a domestic terror group.
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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One kobold's trash is another goblin's terror
September 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
One kobold's trash is another goblin's terror
ICE is a terror organization and must be dismantled, abolished and its members prosecuted. Full stop.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ICE is a terror organization and must be dismantled, abolished and its members prosecuted. Full stop.
DON’T LOOK AWAY. This is domestic terror.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
DON’T LOOK AWAY. This is domestic terror.
The Epstein terror organization is a global threat to humanity.
July 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The Epstein terror organization is a global threat to humanity.
"Time for the birth of terror. Me." is incredible in any context.
Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad
April 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
"Time for the birth of terror. Me." is incredible in any context.
When the terror of ICE is so evident that your city’s local street artists do what they can to help spread potentially information. Sign by Emeyewhisky.
August 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
When the terror of ICE is so evident that your city’s local street artists do what they can to help spread potentially information. Sign by Emeyewhisky.
Disappointing to see people on here talking about their ideal ICE/CBP reforms.
It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.
Abolish.
At minimum.
That's it.
It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.
Abolish.
At minimum.
That's it.
January 27, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Disappointing to see people on here talking about their ideal ICE/CBP reforms.
It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.
Abolish.
At minimum.
That's it.
It is a terrorism organization that is conducting terror campaigns.
Abolish.
At minimum.
That's it.
MAGA is at heart a terror movement
ICYMI: Following Renee Good’s murder by ICE, her son’s Minneapolis charter school was forced to go fully online due to right-wing attacks
sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
MAGA is at heart a terror movement
Let's be clear what this image represents.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
September 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Let's be clear what this image represents.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.
THAT is the reference here.
This isn’t law enforcement.
This is terror.
This is terror.
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This isn’t law enforcement.
This is terror.
This is terror.
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
the terror is the point
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
the terror is the point
My latest: "The MAGA Terror Movement"
Donald Trump and the entire Republican ecosystem have normalized and celebrated hate, fear, and violence against the majority that is rising to confront their reign of terror.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump and the entire Republican ecosystem have normalized and celebrated hate, fear, and violence against the majority that is rising to confront their reign of terror.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The MAGA Terror Movement
Donald Trump and the entire Republican ecosystem has normalized and celebrated hate, fear, and violence against the majority that is rising to confront their reign of terror.
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My latest: "The MAGA Terror Movement"
Donald Trump and the entire Republican ecosystem have normalized and celebrated hate, fear, and violence against the majority that is rising to confront their reign of terror.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump and the entire Republican ecosystem have normalized and celebrated hate, fear, and violence against the majority that is rising to confront their reign of terror.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Violence and terror are intrinsic to the Trump/Miller project. The terror is the policy, and the policy is the terror.
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Violence and terror are intrinsic to the Trump/Miller project. The terror is the policy, and the policy is the terror.
M. Gessen, gift link: The soviet secret police too "were ruled by quotas... Fundamentally, the terror was random. That is, in fact, how state terror works. The randomness is the difference between a regime based on terror and a regime that is plainly repressive"
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
M. Gessen, gift link: The soviet secret police too "were ruled by quotas... Fundamentally, the terror was random. That is, in fact, how state terror works. The randomness is the difference between a regime based on terror and a regime that is plainly repressive"
i'm the least scared i could possibly be, taco bell selling chicken nuggets is more evocative of terror than this
December 18, 2024 at 7:47 AM
i'm the least scared i could possibly be, taco bell selling chicken nuggets is more evocative of terror than this