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"Right now, all the focus is on competing videos of conflicts involving Alex Pretti and his murderers.
But the bulk of kidnapping that proves this is a paramilitary occupation remains disappeared."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #SecretPolice
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https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/29/the-disappearances-in-minnesota/
"Right now, all the focus is on competing videos of conflicts involving Alex Pretti and his murderers.
But the bulk of kidnapping that proves this is a paramilitary occupation remains disappeared."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #SecretPolice
/6
https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/29/the-disappearances-in-minnesota/
"But here we have a logic by which those with the power need special protections, some special rights to evade accountability for actions that seem to flow so freely from their untrammeled power itself. It’s a logic simultaneously seductive and perverse."
"The people with all the power need to be insulated from the effects of wielding that kind of power. It’s a whole framework of anti-accountability that has infiltrated our civic discourse. ...
With great power comes great responsibility. This is usually considered a truism."
"Masks have become the central symbol of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement wilding sprees across America in 2025. They are emblems of a secret police. Their gaiters and balaclavas convey menace. ...
ICE masking and the need for billionaire anonymity certainly aren’t the same argument. But I don’t think I’m far out on a limb in thinking that they share a common DNA."
~ Josh Marshall
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #SecretPolice
/3
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ice-masks-billionaires-and-the-politics-of-anti-accountability
"So what? Every police officer in every city I cited above is required to wear his or her badge that displays their name and identifying number at all times."
"Let’s call Trump’s rampaging federal agents what they are: Secret police. ...
What is the reason for the anonymity of these men? We are told they must be anonymous because they might be 'doxed.' That means, if someone learns their name, their home address and other identifying information could be published, and they could – allegedly – be subject to harassment."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
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