Concerned with the threat of an ascendant radical right, particularly focused on the pipeline from nativist-populist politics to an authoritarian regime. Fmr Sr. Research Director at America’s Voice.
Zachary A Mueller
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These are not isolated investigations into organizations or individuals, they are maneuvers designed to brand democratic organizing as criminal in a plot to steal the power of working people.
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The tragedy in San Diego, as with others that share its pattern, is likely the result many overlapping factors. But what prevents solutions to address our problem of racist and political violence isn’t its complexity, it is a system of American democracy that is in desperate need of reconstruction.
From @zacharyamueller.bsky.social:
Reflections on the Tragedy in San Diego: Racist Mass Murders Don't Have to be Inevitable open.substack.com/pub/statesat...
"Look to Tennessee to see this new Redemption in action, as an authoritarian movement again employs a racist strategy to cheapen American citizenship and undermine American democracy."
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
an organization in the Twin Cities is offering "ICE Watch" training
The training provided by States at the Core, or STAC, prepares neighbors to monitor, document, and fight against ICE activity. The organization says it has trained more than 1,000 Minnesotans so far
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Missouri lawmakers rushed to hand Trump the gerrymander he wanted—so voters handed back 300,000 signatures saying “Try again.”
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@joesudbay.bsky.social explains that the country now sees how Trump’s promises on tariffs and deportation are hitting communities hard. But community backlash against ICE and CBP is growing across the country and showing the power of grassroots organizing.
From @zacharyamueller.bsky.social:
Naming the organizing story of America’s authoritarian nationalist movement
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FBI raids in Ohio and arrests of activists in Minnesota appear to mark an escalation in criminalizing practical democratic activities – now is the time to expand the movement for democracy.
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With elections looming - now is the perfect time to sharpen your organizing tools
As Minnesota’s Somali communities deal with the threat from increased ICE enforcement in the state, some citizens have decided to monitor ICE agents. A training program from States at the Core, or STA...
When President Donald Trump pressed Missouri’s GOP to help him rig the 2026 midterm elections, they passed a map that is expected to give the party one more seat in the U.S. House. But everyday ...
