Steven Greene
@hankgreene.bsky.social
NC State PS Professor. I excel in sharing smarter people's posts. Diet soda addict. Dad. Soccer coach. Armchair epidemiologist. http://fullymyelinated.wordpress.com
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A US President's cognitive collapse would be less worrying if the most powerful figures around him were not delusional cranks who now see an opportunity to turn racial imperialist memes into violent reality
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A US President's cognitive collapse would be less worrying if the most powerful figures around him were not delusional cranks who now see an opportunity to turn racial imperialist memes into violent reality
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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Posted this three hours ago
One thing authoritarian regimes do is establish impunity for government officials who break the law on their behalf
January 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Posted this three hours ago
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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Oh, well, if that’s what DHS told Fox…
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Oh, well, if that’s what DHS told Fox…
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Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
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I just finished my first day teaching Criminal Procedure. If the Trump administration simply has the power to reinterpret the 4th Amendment and ignore all applicable Supreme Court precedent by fiat, I can just cut out the first 2/3 of the course.
January 21, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I just finished my first day teaching Criminal Procedure. If the Trump administration simply has the power to reinterpret the 4th Amendment and ignore all applicable Supreme Court precedent by fiat, I can just cut out the first 2/3 of the course.
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I’m not big on dehumanization but the actions of ICE that we are witnessing day after day are the actions of monsters.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I’m not big on dehumanization but the actions of ICE that we are witnessing day after day are the actions of monsters.
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
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We knew immigration enforcement squads were doing this - smashing into homes without a proper judicial warrant, notwithstanding the standard understanding of the Fouth Amendment. What we didn’t know is that it’s a policy, and apparently dates back since May if not earlier. /1
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We knew immigration enforcement squads were doing this - smashing into homes without a proper judicial warrant, notwithstanding the standard understanding of the Fouth Amendment. What we didn’t know is that it’s a policy, and apparently dates back since May if not earlier. /1
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The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country. “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…” [theatlantic.com]
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country
Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country. “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…” [theatlantic.com]
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NC Republicans may now top Democrats in registration, but unaffiliated voters—especially younger North Carolinians—are driving the voter roll.
The catch? Young UNAs remain the least likely to vote.
New post at the Center's Substack:
ncpoliticscenter.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
#ncpol
The catch? Young UNAs remain the least likely to vote.
New post at the Center's Substack:
ncpoliticscenter.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
#ncpol
Beyond the Headline: What North Carolina’s Voter Rolls Really Tell Us
Republicans may now top Democrats in registration, but unaffiliated voters—especially younger North Carolinians—are driving the state’s voter poll. The catch? They remain the least likely to vote.
ncpoliticscenter.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
NC Republicans may now top Democrats in registration, but unaffiliated voters—especially younger North Carolinians—are driving the voter roll.
The catch? Young UNAs remain the least likely to vote.
New post at the Center's Substack:
ncpoliticscenter.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
#ncpol
The catch? Young UNAs remain the least likely to vote.
New post at the Center's Substack:
ncpoliticscenter.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
#ncpol
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Physical activity and the reduction of all-cause mortality, from 2 very large prospective cohorts
1. The relationship is non-linear, suggesting a threshold effect for many types of exercise as seen below
1. The relationship is non-linear, suggesting a threshold effect for many types of exercise as seen below
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Physical activity and the reduction of all-cause mortality, from 2 very large prospective cohorts
1. The relationship is non-linear, suggesting a threshold effect for many types of exercise as seen below
1. The relationship is non-linear, suggesting a threshold effect for many types of exercise as seen below
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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Man, this is impressive. Inspiring.
And shows that for all their bluster, ICE is afraid, and likely growing more so as the public turns increasingly against them.
One woman and a camera drove off, what, a dozen heavily, clearly rage-filled armed men w almost unfettered permission to kill.
And shows that for all their bluster, ICE is afraid, and likely growing more so as the public turns increasingly against them.
One woman and a camera drove off, what, a dozen heavily, clearly rage-filled armed men w almost unfettered permission to kill.
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Man, this is impressive. Inspiring.
And shows that for all their bluster, ICE is afraid, and likely growing more so as the public turns increasingly against them.
One woman and a camera drove off, what, a dozen heavily, clearly rage-filled armed men w almost unfettered permission to kill.
And shows that for all their bluster, ICE is afraid, and likely growing more so as the public turns increasingly against them.
One woman and a camera drove off, what, a dozen heavily, clearly rage-filled armed men w almost unfettered permission to kill.
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Reminder that if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today, he'd be labelled a domestic terrorist by the US Department of Justice.
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Reminder that if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today, he'd be labelled a domestic terrorist by the US Department of Justice.
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It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
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Breaking research alert! @prri.org just released a new report about Political Violence in America. Here are some highlights:
prri.org/research/pol...
prri.org/research/pol...
Political Violence in America: Public Perceptions, Polarization, and Accountability
PRRI’s survey finds that two-thirds of Americans (67%) believe political leaders’ failure to condemn violent rhetoric contributes a lot to violent actions in society.
prri.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Breaking research alert! @prri.org just released a new report about Political Violence in America. Here are some highlights:
prri.org/research/pol...
prri.org/research/pol...
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Agree with @paulwaldman.bsky.social here: Dems need to be wiling to say, at a minimum, that "ICE needs to be stripped down to the studs." They're going to get asked this question a lot, and they should articulate that as the consensus party position.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
Trump Is Proving the Wacky Lefties Right
No blood for oil? Abolish ICE? What used to be far-left ideas are now just sensible responses to this administration.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Agree with @paulwaldman.bsky.social here: Dems need to be wiling to say, at a minimum, that "ICE needs to be stripped down to the studs." They're going to get asked this question a lot, and they should articulate that as the consensus party position.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...