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profpech.bsky.social
"In mere weeks, the Trumpists have managed to turn America from a democratic system – albeit one with significant flaws – into one that no longer deserves to be counted among the world’s democracies. America is something else now"

#RoadtoDictatorship
thomaszimmer.bsky.social Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · Mar 16
Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
 
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
 
New piece:
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
profpech.bsky.social
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms, all of which were on display, incipiently, in the White House yesterday: the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness" #RoadtoDictatorship
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Apr 15
"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
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
This “drawdown” is insignificant. They’re just trying to look good to avert the shutdown. They still outnumber the local police by an order of magnitude or two. #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #ICE #ICEOUT #occupation #minnesota
jeffspakowski.bsky.social Jeff Spakowski @jeffspakowski.bsky.social · Feb 4
Great reporting by Ken Kippenstein today.
Why does ICE need 35K munitions in Minneapolis? Don't put body cameras on them, defund them!

#ICEout
@schumer.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
kenklippenstein.bsky.social Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Feb 4
🚨 Munitions inventory leaked to me shows Border Patrol is stockpiling over 35,000 weapons in Minneapolis for crowd control.

Full inventory here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
allochthon.bsky.social
(1/2) Nasty #IOS #spyware bought by #ICE:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #ICE #ICEOUT #$DHS #occupation
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Becca Good released a statement Saturday, one month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

#ICE #ICEOUT #DHS #occupation #minnesota #Minneapolis
#ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #LiamRamos
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
Becca Good: 'Renee always showed up'
Becca Good released a statement Saturday, one month after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis:
www.mprnews.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
@guru-merc.bsky.social is live in Downtown Minneapolis for the protests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9um...

#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship#ICE #ICEOUT #occupation #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti #minnesota #Minneapolis
PROTEST AND RALLY AGAINST ICE - Minneapolis, MN
YouTube video by Mercado Media
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
The “Worst of the Worst” are two BORTAC agents who have been with CPD since < 2010, and are extensively trained. This isn’t a case of badly-trained agents. This is entirely deliberate. And don’t forget, Jonathan Ross is a firearms instructor. #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #ICEOUT #occupation
odeecs.bsky.social Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · Feb 4
You wanted to know who these masked fashy ICE bastards are?

Independent journalists are doing that work and putting together the puzzle.

Meet El Paso BORTAC agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17) two of the CBP paramilitary criminals most egregiously terrorizing Minneapolis.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Feb 4
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.

We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.

Read more:
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
allochthon.bsky.social
I’m getting a lot out of the videos by @hcrichardson.bsky.social on youtube during this #occupation:
www.youtube.com/@heathercoxr...
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #ICE #ICEOUT #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson is a political historian who uses facts and history to make observations about contemporary American politics. She has written about the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Ag...
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Oh, and the Noem-Tr!mp administration is seeking to immediately deport Liam Ramos and his father, because they are just THAT STUPID.
#ICE #ICEOUT #DHS #occupation #minnesota #LiamRamos #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
jbendery.bsky.social Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Feb 6
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.

Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Even with the “drawdown,” Minnesota is still under siege. Stand strong!

Where ever the withdrawn agents are headed, the locals have learned from Minnesota. ICE is going to fail.
#MinnesotaStrong #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Another (the original?) article about #ICE ruses:
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Includes a video from the news show. Includes another instance in NY State. This is #SecretPolice shit.
(Catching up from taking yesterday off, so things are in weird order)
#DHS #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
Community members fear ICE agents are now disguising themselves in Minnesota
People describing themselves as constitutional observers​ tell WCCO that in the past week, reports of ICE agents disguising themselves have flooded in from the Twin Cities Metro and rural areas of the...
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
How fucked up do you have be ( #PamBondi ) to be called out by EIGHT Assistant US Attorneys? (2 pages, quick read)

STATEMENT OF EIGHT FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS ON THE ONGOING DAMAGE TO THE MINNESOTA OFFICE

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

#impeach #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
US Attorneys Statement 2-13-26
www.documentcloud.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
🪡 Gee, who could have guessed an admin building, with detention facilities meant for a few hours around a hearing, might not be good for an invasion?
www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
Archived link: archive.is/z500X#select...
#ICE #DHS #Minnesota #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”
www.startribune.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
The endless and incredible creativity of the Minnesota Protesters blows me away. Y’all are so awesome!
From the Star Tribune’s ongoing live updates (non-paywalled):
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #MinnesotaStrong
Two screenshots, the first is of 3 full drum kits being played outside, on a brick road in downtown Minneapolis. There’s an “Ice Out” sign in front, as well as a QR code. Snow everywhere. The second is also a full drum kit being played, in front of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis.
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Winter is coming...
youtube.com/shorts/CIqSb...
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #IMPEACH #AbolishICE
Winter is coming #maga
YouTube video by Farming While Beige
youtube.com
June 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
🪡 (1/2)This has been out for awhile, but I finally got the spoons to read it:
#SurvivingAuthoritarianism #RoadToDictatorship #IMPEACH #AbolishICE

scriptbreakers.substack.com/p/the-psycho...
The Psychological Impact of Authoritarianism
What History Tells Us About What’s Happening to You Right Now
scriptbreakers.substack.com
March 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Video pretty directly connecting the Iran War, and whatever the hell we did in #Venezuela, to the #GhormanMassacre. (If you haven't watched #Andor, do! But find a way to do it with out paying quisling Disney+. Andor becomes more and more relevant every day.) #RoadToDictatorship
youtu.be/rt94luXMLMM
This Scene in Andor Season 2 Just Got More TERRIFYING!
YouTube video by Film Obsessed
youtu.be
March 7, 2026 at 4:22 AM
allochthon.bsky.social
(2/2) … Ryan Schwank — an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned this month — testified that the agency’s training program “is now deficient, defective, and broken.” '

#ICEOUT #DHS #IMPEACH #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
February 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
@parkroseperma.bsky.social has two new protest safety videos that are well worth watching.
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1) Situational Awareness:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ci...

2) What to wear/take to a protest:
youtu.be/U4ZiS7fklbQ?...

#AbolishIce #RoadToDictatorship #Protest
Things have changed A LOT. What to bring/wear to a protest in 2026
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
February 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
(4/🪡)
It also means these aren’t targeted arrests of 'the worst of the worst,' like #DHS claimed, but arrests of opportunity. We knew that, but this is further proof.
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
February 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
It’s never been about voter fraud. It’s always about disenfranchising anyone but White Male right wing voters.
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
February 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Translation: we will steal the election for the Right.
#GnomeNoem #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 14
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
Fuck you, #ICE and #DHS. You swore oaths to the Constitution, including the #1stAmendment, not the Orange Abomination. Shame on you, you won’t shut us up.
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship
sheeraf.bsky.social Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · Feb 13
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 AM
allochthon.bsky.social
(2/2🪡) … made it punishingly difficult to execute their unconstitutional mission, and did it all without a single act of violence, all while enduring horrific brutality and inhuman provocation.“
#ICE #ICEOUT #DHS #occupation #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #MinnesotaStrong #Community
February 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
allochthon.bsky.social
We need to stop Every Single One of these to-be concentration camps. Shame the sellers, leverage zoning, pressure local / state politicians. Whatever it takes. #ConcentrationCamps #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Unpaywalled: archive.is/JF7Pj
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM