Wed 21 Jan 2026 16.08 EST
The tactics of the federal force, too, have grown more aggressive and indiscriminate. Armed officers have appeared at schools, daycares, churches and mosques. Masked agents are stopping residents at traffic lights, or on their walk to the grocery store, demanding – at gunpoint – that they prove their citizenship.
The agents are targeting not only undocumented immigrants, but also those with legal immigration status and valid visas, US citizens and tribal citizens. On Tuesday, a group of local law enforcement officers said even their agents were being pulled over, reporting that off-duty police officers of color had been stopped and questioned at gunpoint by the administration’s immigration force.
It’s a ticklish situation; the rationale is that the protestors and local leadership have to resist in a way that maintains a semblance of normality, at least until midterm elections can be carried out.
Trump knows that when that happens, his power is likely to be curtailed. He’s trying to create a state of emergency and build a situation in which midterm elections can be postponed indefinitely.
Once that happens, the whole world had better be ready for the real shit to start. It’s been a rough ten years, but it’s about to get away worse.
That’s quite a bit of time to have to hold out
I am not alleging that there is great hope in it, only that it is a remaining hope.
I am aware Blue Nazis want to comply enough to enforce their flavor of fascism.
I am just worried civilians won’t be able to wake up from electoralism spells.
Elaborate.
Elaborate on how the world is about to get worse? I don’t think I have time, I have to go make breakfast in half an hour.
Elaborate at your convenience. I doubt
fash.world, Peter Link, or any of the mods will delete 🧵 .Your personal matters are more important.