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The Coherence Doctrine: Entangled Intelligence in the Age of Distributed War
The geometry of war is changing faster than the institutions designed to manage it. We are still debating drones as…
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When the Witness Is the Crime
The first knock did not come with an explanation. It came with agents, charges, and a message that didn’t need…
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When Enforcement Stops Explaining Itself
Some shifts do not arrive as crises. They emerge gradually, through repetition, until familiar rules still exist on paper but…
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Citizens Against Citizens: The Minneapolis Killing of Alex Pretti and the New Logic of Internal Conflict
When the state frames caring as a threat, it isn’t just the ICE agents who terrorize, it’s the society that…
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Liam Ramos Photo: Preserving Truth Against DHS Inversion
In the frigid Minnesota winter snow, 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos stands by the family SUV, an ICE agent’s hand gripping…
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Cutting Up Greenland: A D.C. Gala Stunt with Far-Right Friends
Washington, D.C. is often called “the swamp,” yesterday it resemembled Romper Room (apologies to “Miss Nancy”). The Absurd Gala Moment…
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Flat-Ass Wrong and Dangerously Misleading: Attorney General Bondi’s Fast-Talk Rhetoric on Immigration
In my past I navigated the shadowy corridors of intelligence and security. Words in those worlds were never mere sounds.…
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Papers Please
In my past, I’ve lived where I had to carry identity documents every day. Are we approaching this point in…
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The Disgust of “One of Ours, All of Yours”
We record this not to hold power, but to hold space for the memory of Renée Nicole Good and the…
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The Hidden Scars of ‘Family Restoration’
In a nation as diverse as the United States, the idea of “saving the family” might sound like a unifying…
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