"The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before," writes @mashagessen.bsky.social (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... - ThreadSky

froomkin.bsky.social • 1 day ago

"The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before," writes @mashagessen.bsky.social (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion/trump-ice-immigrants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.E3D5.zRiLnpNsQPNN&smid=bs-share

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ptomski.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is not okay! Who is next? Courage is contagious. Step up and speak out about this!

“These are not even deportations… Rather than being sent to their country of origin, Venezuelans were sent to El Salvador, where they are being imprisoned, indefinitely, without due process.”

howardbeale.bsky.social•1 day ago

los coches negros de la guardia civil
Vive espana

- or -
welcome to America's years of lead

hilde45.bsky.social•1 day ago

All those years the GOP banged the drum about the Iron Curtain and Russia...who knew they had a bit of a hankering to do it themselves.

kelli217.bsky.social•1 day ago

It arrived in 2001. It was just... 'less overtly misused' until now.

sampaine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good article, thank you for sharing. I keep a list too. Many of us do.

bobsyouruncle.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ve seen it before too in Hong Kong and it felt just like this.
I’ve got friends still in prison there as it’s never ended.
This is still a chance to reverse things in America but there isn’t much time.
People need to act

akajuhlz.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's been in place since "W" exploited 9/11 by establishing the Department of Homeland Security. It and all its manifestations are all out of the closet and in the open now.

lisabelle123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for the link.

awoaca.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanx for the article.

m60freeman.bsky.social•1 day ago

How long until your Facebook posts critical of the Administration get you on a list? What about email messages? What about texts? What if you're already on a list for any of those reasons? ts and providing them to the government. When do the consequences of being on a list escalate?

m60freeman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe a tax audit. Maybe your employer is told that you are considered an enemy of the state and that there will be consequences for the company if they continue to employ you. Maybe your passport is invalidated (combined with the proposed voting restrictions, that could prevent you from voting).

m60freeman.bsky.social•1 day ago

When do we move from "do not comply in advance" to silence regarding anything political? It may already be too late.

First, they came for..

frankplace.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ge·sta·po
definition
the German secret police under Nazi rule. It ruthlessly suppressed opposition to the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe, and sent Jewish people and others to concentration camps. From 1936 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler.

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