Trump's ICE Wins Delay on Tactics Order, Silencing Dissent as Usual
📰 THE STORY: Bloomberg reports that the Trump administration secured a temporary delay in a lawsuit regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics in Minnesota, allowing them to continue restricting protesters from interfering with ICE operations. The appellate court put a ruling on hold that aimed to limit how ICE officers interact with and disperse protests. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT
TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'delay' is not an isolated incident. Across US history, federal agencies have been used to suppress dissent, from the FBI's COINTELPRO operations against civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s and 70s, to the violent suppression of indigenous land protectors at Standing Rock in 2016-2017. The goal is always to normalize the state's power to quell any
resistance to its agenda. Double Standard: While the US government readily condemns foreign nations for 'cracking down on protesters' – often those it covertly supports for regime change – any action by its own federal agencies to disrupt domestic protests is framed as 'maintaining order' or 'ensuring security.' Imagine if Iran used its Revolutionary Guard to 'restrict' and 'interfere' with
protests against economic policies; Western media would rightly call it an authoritarian crackdown. Here, it's a 'delay on an order.' Follow the Money: The expansion and aggressive tactics of ICE, particularly under administrations like Trump's, are funded by significant federal appropriations. For example, the Department of Homeland Security's budget, which includes ICE, has ballooned to over