"After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe."

~ Masha Gessen

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nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion…

"That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived."

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compared it to conflict zones she has seen in other countries.

“My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. What I’ve seen here is what I’ve seen there – a powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people.”

~ Rachel Sayre quoted by Rachel Leingang

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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

‘You ask us for peace, we get shot in the face’: Minneapolis in turmoil after federal agents kill second US citizen

Federal agents release chemicals into the air and arrest people after shooting and killing a 37-year-old man

^{Rachel Leingang (The Guardian)}

"The sinister and toxic avalanche of propaganda we saw over the past 48 hours. It’s not a rush to judge, but to punish, intimidate, inflame, and cower everyone from immigrants to local law enforcement to state elected officials to common citizens. Perhaps most ominously, it is another signal to federal agents that they are protected and that violent conduct is not only acceptable but desirable."

~ David Kurtz

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morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

When the Propagandists Are Armed and Dangerous

INSIDE: Alex Pretti ... Todd Blanche ... Kristi Noem

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}

"There is no act of violence committed by the agents of the state they won’t defend – no victim they won’t slander and vilify. ...

Here is the clearest encapsulation of Trumpism as a political project: Redraw the lines of who belongs, who is legitimate, who is part of the 'Volk.'”

~ Thomas Zimmer

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steady.page/en/democracyameric…

The People Struggle Against Tyranny

Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.

^Steady

"If you are, you get to rule, dominate, exploit. If you are not, because you deviate from MAGA’s vision of what 'real America' is supposed to be, you have forfeited not only your rights and protections as a citizen, but also your humanity, your very right to live."

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"Trump and his lieutenants are working to codify a new, more sinister right, one that they reserve selfishly for just themselves and their pals: the right to murder other people’s loved ones with impunity – in broad daylight, on camera – and to then immediately have a good laugh about it."

Asawin Suebsaeng

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zeteo.com/p/murder-inc

First Draft: Murder Inc.

Trump's DHS escalates its reign of terror and killings, pro-gun groups are pissed at Republicans, and the 'Middle East's only democracy' cracks down on the free press... again.

^{Asawin Suebsaeng (Zeteo)}

"The regime’s mind-blowing dishonesty is ultimately a way to demean and mark those who resist. They function as fascist solidarity, signaling that partisans can and should do anything and everything to political enemies, no matter how violent, cruel, or unnecessary."

~ Noah Berlatsky

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publicnotice.co/p/alex-pretti-…

The regime's mind-bending lies are a tactic

Thinking about them in terms of truth or falsity is a category error.

^{Noah Berlatsky (Public Notice)}

"In the past several weeks, masked federal agents dressed as military officers have killed two Americans who were peacefully protesting their violent attacks on immigrants and U.S. citizens. Both times their actions were recorded on video cameras. Both times, government spokesmen made false statements, directly contradicting the video evidence."

~ Anne Applebaum

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anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/m…

Minnesota Winter

A second murder, a second set of lies and an ominous letter

^{Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum}

"Both times, the same spokesmen smeared the victims as 'domestic terrorists.'

This is a tactic that I recognize: blaming the victims for their own deaths has long been standard practice in dictatorships."

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Margaret Sullivan notes that in a single article, New York Times can run a headline saying that video evidence "appears to" refute the Trump regime's lies about Pretti's exeuction and then state in the article that the evidence“directly contradicts” the regime's lies.

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margaretsullivan.substack.com/…

Defensive caution can’t compete with right-wing propaganda

Is it so hard for journalists to clearly state that the Trump administration is lying?

^{Margaret Sullivan (American Crisis)}

Sullivan says,

"With what amounts to civil war raging in the United States, we desperately need clear, fearless truth-telling that doesn’t pull its punches and doesn’t hand a megaphone to lies and propaganda in the name of supposed fairness."

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"Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception."

~ Kyle Clark

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bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.so…

"This is not immigration enforcement. This is extortion. This is the use of state violence to seize control of elections in a swing state. This is the thing itself, undisguised, in plain sight."

~ Mike Brock

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notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-c…

The Crisis, No. 1

On the lie that nothing can be done

^{Mike Brock (Notes From The Circus)}

"This is unprecedented in the United States of America, a governor believing that he must use his powers to call up the state national guard in order to defend and protect the citizens of his state from a federal militia that has invaded the city of Minneapolis as if its armed and masked members are an enemy army."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

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luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…

First step in a civil war

This is an image of the Minnesota National Guard moving into Minneapolis to assist local police in enforcing the law.

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

"For many people, one of the more shocking parts of the White House response was its quick leap to blame the victims and to smear them as 'domestic terrorists' and violent assailants who, by inference, got what was coming to them. But this move is only surprising if you’re unfamiliar with Cohn’s second rule: always counter-attack."

~ Jay Kuo

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statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-r…

The Roy Cohn Playbook Is Failing

The Trump regime leaned hard into Roy Cohn’s playbook in Minneapolis, but the strategy is backfiring

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

"The point of the regime’s counter-attacks was to muddy the waters, causing the media and the MAGA base to focus on the victims’ actions and their alleged politics instead of the crimes committed against them. It’s the equivalent of blaming a rape victim for what she was wearing. And unfortunately, for a significant portion of the MAGA base, it works."

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When even Jonathan Rauch admits it….

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse. That is not because of any one or two things he and his administration have done but because of the totality."

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theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…

Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

^{Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)}

nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion…

nytimes.com/2024/07/17/technol…

cleveland.com/news/2025/11/the…

motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Yet, media outlets continue their reluctance to report on what funds this astonishingly disproportionate disinformation campaign.

ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/madd…

theguardian.com/technology/202…

aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/31/i…

thenation.com/article/world/el…

pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-ad…

Andreas Malm warned of fossil fuel interests aligning themselves with white supremacist billionaires.

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Elon Musk Pushes for Global Neo-Nazi Regime Change. The World Is Fighting Back. | The Nation

Trump’s most important adviser is promoting racist parties all over the world.

^{smccroskey (The Nation)}