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Unsupervised ICE: Built for Violence

ICE’s hiring surge did not just add inexperienced agents — it purposefully dismantled standards meant to restrain them. With academy screening collapsed and first-line supervision stretched past professional limits, Trump's ICE has constructed a system that predictably loses control of force.
Eric Hensal 03 Feb 2026
Federal immigration officers chemical spraying protestors.

ICE is Built to Kill

The Trump administration claims 85% of ICE's surge hires are "experienced law enforcement officers." OPM payroll data tells a different story: two-thirds have no discernible law enforcement background.
Eric Hensal 28 Jan 2026
Talking Progressive Art of War

Talking Progressive Art of War

Progressive politics repeatedly fails not for lack of virtue, but for lack of strategy. This essay examines power, conflict, and why moral clarity alone does not win political wars.
Eric Hensal 03 Sep 2025
The Dreadful MAGA Singularity

The Dreadful MAGA Singularity

Terrorize workers, steal medicaid and take over DC--How the suck of Trump's fascism drains the public space and how to resist
Eric Hensal 12 Aug 2025
It's Our Flag too, Dammit

It's Our Flag too, Dammit

Not flying confirms everything MAGA believes, so raising flags will confuse the hell out of them.
Eric Hensal 12 Jun 2025
Defund the Secret Police

Defund the Secret Police

Homeland Security Investigations is now Trump's [fill in the blank with an historic agency of police repression] to quash dissent
Eric Hensal 04 May 2025
Whatever you think, it is not enough

Whatever you think, it is not enough

We need some exponents on our turnout numbers
Eric Hensal 05 Apr 2025

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