Mark Grueter
@markgrueter.bsky.social
History PhD, adjunct instructor. I teach courses on US and Russian history.
Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
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This makes me think back to 2016 when Trump inspired a bunch of people I went to school with from K-12 to cut ties on Facebook with me and other classmates, choosing fealty to a rapey billionaire over childhood friendships. He's now got many Americans watching this & rooting for the stormtroopers.
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 AM
This makes me think back to 2016 when Trump inspired a bunch of people I went to school with from K-12 to cut ties on Facebook with me and other classmates, choosing fealty to a rapey billionaire over childhood friendships. He's now got many Americans watching this & rooting for the stormtroopers.
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If Trump invades Greenland, the Europeans won't fight back, Republicans will defend it, Democrats will issue statements, there will be protests, and most Americans will disapprove of it enough to earn Democrats a bit more of the vote in November. Then on to the next thing.
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
i feel like if the president actually went through with invading greenland, it would implode America
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
If Trump invades Greenland, the Europeans won't fight back, Republicans will defend it, Democrats will issue statements, there will be protests, and most Americans will disapprove of it enough to earn Democrats a bit more of the vote in November. Then on to the next thing.
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ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
ICE Is on a Violent, Illegal, Immoral Rampage
ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
jacobin.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
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This is the same attitude we saw with the pandemic. These people only care about money and power.
They only care about you:
1) if being seen doing so furthers their political interests
2) insofar as you can work—and not enough to support living wages.
They only care about you:
1) if being seen doing so furthers their political interests
2) insofar as you can work—and not enough to support living wages.
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
This is the same attitude we saw with the pandemic. These people only care about money and power.
They only care about you:
1) if being seen doing so furthers their political interests
2) insofar as you can work—and not enough to support living wages.
They only care about you:
1) if being seen doing so furthers their political interests
2) insofar as you can work—and not enough to support living wages.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Community pushed them out.
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Community pushed them out.
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ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
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I'm not sure, but the multiple failed strategy of pointless impeachment with a 0% chance of conviction that liberals seem to want to pursue again without a single word on how this would succeed seems unlikely.
I'd suggest learning from revolutionary movements around the world.
I'd suggest learning from revolutionary movements around the world.
Great, Erik. My city is occupied by sadistic murderers. I can't go to the grocery store without running into a bunch of heavily armed thugs who would happily shoot me and my entire family. My children are sad because their friends can't go to school anymore. What's your fucking solution?
Given that Dems impeached Trump twice for no political gain, to call this logic tortured undersells the word
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I'm not sure, but the multiple failed strategy of pointless impeachment with a 0% chance of conviction that liberals seem to want to pursue again without a single word on how this would succeed seems unlikely.
I'd suggest learning from revolutionary movements around the world.
I'd suggest learning from revolutionary movements around the world.
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JD Vance proclaims that all federal police enjoy "absolute immunity" from prosecution for any crime.
In other words, Vance is giving the go-ahead for DHS and others to murder anyone, at any time, and without cause, due process, or regard for the safety of others.
www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-van...
In other words, Vance is giving the go-ahead for DHS and others to murder anyone, at any time, and without cause, due process, or regard for the safety of others.
www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-van...
JD Vance says ICE officer who shot woman in Minneapolis "protected by absolute immunity"
Vice President JD Vance addressed the fatal ICE shooting at the White House press briefing on Thursday. CBS News' Anna Schecter reports.
www.cbsnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
JD Vance proclaims that all federal police enjoy "absolute immunity" from prosecution for any crime.
In other words, Vance is giving the go-ahead for DHS and others to murder anyone, at any time, and without cause, due process, or regard for the safety of others.
www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-van...
In other words, Vance is giving the go-ahead for DHS and others to murder anyone, at any time, and without cause, due process, or regard for the safety of others.
www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-van...
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They don’t believe in American ideals. They hate them, in fact. They hate this country. They want to radically transform it such that they are protected by its laws but not bound by them—only their opposition is bound.
They want to kill Americans they don’t like. They are fascists.
This is fascism
They want to kill Americans they don’t like. They are fascists.
This is fascism
JD Vance proclaims that all federal police enjoy "absolute immunity" from prosecution for any crime.
In other words, Vance is giving the go-ahead for DHS and others to murder anyone, at any time, and without cause, due process, or regard for the safety of others.
www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-van...
In other words, Vance is giving the go-ahead for DHS and others to murder anyone, at any time, and without cause, due process, or regard for the safety of others.
www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-van...
JD Vance says ICE officer who shot woman in Minneapolis "protected by absolute immunity"
Vice President JD Vance addressed the fatal ICE shooting at the White House press briefing on Thursday. CBS News' Anna Schecter reports.
www.cbsnews.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 AM
They don’t believe in American ideals. They hate them, in fact. They hate this country. They want to radically transform it such that they are protected by its laws but not bound by them—only their opposition is bound.
They want to kill Americans they don’t like. They are fascists.
This is fascism
They want to kill Americans they don’t like. They are fascists.
This is fascism
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People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
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exactly. when he shot Good it caused the vehicle to accelerate out of control and smash into another car down the block. if the chud had actually been in the way he could have gotten himself killed
Underdiscussed how the admin's (plainly bogus) case rests on the idea that the officer's life was in danger while completely failing to explain how firing a gun point blank at the driver decreases that danger. Like that's probably the stupidest thing you could do
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
exactly. when he shot Good it caused the vehicle to accelerate out of control and smash into another car down the block. if the chud had actually been in the way he could have gotten himself killed
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Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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Jonathan Ross www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Jonathan Ross www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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the snotty petulance of this guy is truly intolerable. one of the most repulsive human beings who has ever lived
Vance: "She was trying to ram this guy with her car, he shot back, he defended himself, he's already been seriously wounded in operations before. And everybody that is repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis, you should be ashamed of yourselves"
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
the snotty petulance of this guy is truly intolerable. one of the most repulsive human beings who has ever lived
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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I watched a news segment of J6ers “retracing their steps” and placing flowers “in honor of” Ashli Babbit at the Capitol. Reminded of how the Nazis mythologized the Beer Hall Putsch and turned the 16 people who died into martyrs who were ritually honored on the attempted coup’s anniversary each year
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I watched a news segment of J6ers “retracing their steps” and placing flowers “in honor of” Ashli Babbit at the Capitol. Reminded of how the Nazis mythologized the Beer Hall Putsch and turned the 16 people who died into martyrs who were ritually honored on the attempted coup’s anniversary each year
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The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
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Legit question. How do I steal 30 to 50 million barrels of feral oil, while a bunch of Venezuelan kids are playing on the beach nearby?
January 7, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Legit question. How do I steal 30 to 50 million barrels of feral oil, while a bunch of Venezuelan kids are playing on the beach nearby?