Andrew Stroehlein
Worked over 2 decades with Human Rights Watch & International Crisis Group. Subscribe to my free newsletter, "International Affairs for Normal People": internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu
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- Probably a good thing. I'd rather see it gone than replaced by Trumpist propaganda.
- Rough translation: "Too many powerful people are suspects - including my bosses - so, we're not going to investigate. To hell with the victims. To hell with justice." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinNailed it
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinSo this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinICE’s job is immigration enforcement so why is it using facial recognition to surveil U.S. citizens? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
- By the actual president, who is also an actual insurrectionist.
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinBREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes. This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinA legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinWe invaded France and no one will sell us a croissant. It’s very hard on the men.
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- "Slovakia's prime minister told EU leaders … a meeting with Trump left him shocked by [Trump's] state of mind... Robert Fico, one of the few EU leaders to frequently support Trump’s stance on Europe’s weaknesses, was concerned about [Trump's] 'psychological state'" www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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- "Someone in Minnesota is driving. It is not Walz or Frey. It is not Bovino or Noem or Trump, and it won't be Homan. It is the people themselves: the outraged, galvanized, multiethnic working class, who see the imperial boomerang spinning toward their heads, even if they might not use that term."
- "While designed to incapacitate or control a person without causing death or permanent injury, they can cause serious or fatal injuries, especially when used improperly." (sometimes intentionally improperly)
- Pepperball guns, tasers and tear gas are among the weapons recently deployed against protesters in the US. In a new guide, @easybakeovensz.bsky.social details some of the “less-lethal” equipment federal agents have carried during the current immigration raids. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinBravo, Maestro.
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinGood morning friends! Some things to remember when you call your senators today: 1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice 2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime. 3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families
- I just posted this, but I'm posting it again - because it is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this.
- Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinNeighborism. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day last year, I wrote this for Human Rights Watch. Seems even more relevant today. www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinUntil Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
- BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Sure, let's ask the Trump regime's murderous masked thugs to come over to Europe and "help with security" - wtf?
- Maybe it's just me, but it seems an odd moment to be reorganising your law enforcement agencies on the US model, no?
- Trump regime thugs are murdering people in the streets, kidnapping children, and sending people to be tortured. While that's all happening, it may be easy to miss this: the regime is also shredding the idea of privacy. www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinNEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
- They use nazi-style slogans. They wear nazi-style coats. They make nazi-style salutes. The Trump regime has no new ideas. They only know how to imitate past mass murderers - in words and in actions.
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- ICE vilify themselves by their actions. They kidnap people & send them to camps, send them to torture. They separate families, abuse kids. They murder people in public. And the Trump regime protects them. Fascist. Gestapo. Don't stop saying it until they are all in prison for their crimes.
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- This.
- We will murder whomever we want, whenever we want, with complete impunity. There is no law that applies to our masked thugs.
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinReporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinThe majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinPutin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.” Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinThe events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.
- 🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
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- Every American owes a debt of gratitude to the brave people in Minnesota risking their lives to video the crimes of Trump's masked thugs. All of us not there should be sharing their recorded truth & doing whatever we can to end this reign of terror, and bring the perpetrators to justice.
- Some say it's raining outside, others say it's not... Look out the fecking window!
- “The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thug.” - Parents of ICE murder victim, Alex Pretti www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinThe term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
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- "Across the federal government, officials are advocating for a radical new understanding of the American idea, one rooted not in the vision of the Founders, but in the ideologies of European fascists." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
- "There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinYou have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
- JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinTreat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinAbsolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
- Reposted by Andrew StroehleinFederal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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