Patrick G. Eddington
@pgeddington.bsky.social
Out now: The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley through Eisenhower. Order direct from GU Press & use code TGUF to get 30% off: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Triumph-of-Fear Views mine alone.
When you assault the First & Fourth Amendment rights of Americans long enough, they will in fact fight back. This is, simply stated, absolutely glorious.
8 Flock cameras stolen in Winona, police still haven’t located cameras
Eight Flock cameras stolen throughout Winona have authorities asking the public's help getting them back.
fox9.com
A thread on how U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) wargamed an Insurrection Act invocation scenario just five weeks after Trump's second inauguration...and how subsequent DoD actions raise the specter of military involvement in connection with the 2026 midterms.
Patrick G. Eddington@pgeddington.bsky.social · 2d agoA week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...
Disturbing thread and article from my colleague @pgeddington.bsky.social, including the possibility of deploying military force against domestic unrest. #FOIA @cato.org
Patrick G. Eddington@pgeddington.bsky.social · 2d agoA week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...
Ladies and gentlemen, this is actually important. If you ever wondered if Trump would turn the United States military against American citizens here is the planning document that proves how it would be done. Because once they’re on the streets, there’s no end to what Trump would order them to do.
Patrick G. Eddington@pgeddington.bsky.social · 2d ago6/end) Full story with more on the potential tie-in to the 2026 midterms here:
A week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...
A week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...
We're in our Hoxha bunker era except for crappy renovation projects
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2d agoOne part of Trump's $22 billion makeover of Dulles that's been missed is his big, beautiful, world-record 32,000-spot parking garage. That's *way* more parking than recent estimates show the airport needs, and it would tower over the historic terminal: www.notus.org/metro/dulles...
More on the domestic militarization angle from me tomorrow, but for now there's this: thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Last time I checked, American seniors vote at higher rates than any other demographic. An opposition party that was competently run could raise tons of money off of this politically & morally bankrupt move by Trump & use it to good effect in the midterms. Alas, the competentcy part...
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.
nytimes.com
Demonizing & brutalizing migrants, visa holders, & LPRs is just one step removed from brutalizing naturalized and native born citizens engaged in 1A-protected political protests. Worth keeping in mind in connection with any "civil unrest" operations conducted before/during/after the 2026 midterms.
ICE agents used racial slurs to refer to Latinos, videos and texts appear to show
ICE agents in Los Angeles used slurs to refer to Latinos, body camera footage released in court filings appears to show.
abcnews.com
Teddy Roosevelt used Secret Service agents to investigate political opponents. In 1908 Congress restricted agents to just presidential protection & catching counterfeiters. TR did an end-run & created the (Federal) Bureau of Investigation in July 1908. Moving DoJ out of Exec branch will end this.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.“.. the most glaring example to date of the degree to which Mr. Trump now directs federal law enforcement actions, and suggests his intense personal involvement in investigating his longtime nemesis.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
A little something on NSA's hypocrisy when it comes to public disclosure or denial.
The NSA, Tucker Carlson, and Me: Surveillance State Deception
If you communicate with people overseas – friends, family, coworkers – the federal government will likely never acknowledge it collected your communications. Unless, perhaps, you have a large cable TV...
original.antiwar.com
So Mullin's most recent threats over "consequences" for states that do not submit their voter rolls or other data to the regime should be read through this lens.
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
In "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning," the plot involves Ethan Hunt & his BFFs trying to shutdown a rogue AI that gets control of the nuclear missile launch systems of the major powers. Hunt's team succeeds. Back in the real world.... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/t...
OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Hacked Into Hugging Face, a Digital Library
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
nytimes.com
If my child or parent was among the 18 dead, I would lose my mind over this
Wondering about how radical Trump's changes to the federal work force might be? So was GAO. Then OPM told them to go pound salt. My latest, out now.
OPM to GAO: Take A Hike
The OPM report is worth reading not for its numbers but for its final admission: the audit arm of Congress asked a cabinet-level agency to explain itself, and was met with outright refusal.
cato.org
Remember when Trump supporters used to insist he definitely wouldn’t be corrupt because, after all, he was already so rich? Good times, good times.
Steve Rattner@steverattner.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump's $4 billion Presidential windfall is unprecedented in scale & source. Obama's wealth grew from royalties from books written before office, and Bush's largely came from a sports‑team stake from over a decade prior. Trump's new billions are from deals made in office.
This seems a bit Nazi-ish, no?
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3w agoMiller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli
New from 404 Media: ICE plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for data to investigate what it calls 'voters fraud'. News comes day after Trump laying the groundwork to undermine the midterms. ICE says Thomson Reuters can continuously track millions of people. www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-t...
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.” It also plans to ...
404media.co
My new @bostonglobe.com article on Trump's bogus election fraud claims, and how election-law federalism can help counter his effort to seize control of the midterm election: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/o...
Trump big lie isn’t about 2020 - The Boston Globe
He’s targeting the midterms.
bostonglobe.com
More from me on Trump's misuse of the classification to spread "election integrity" garbage.
Trump's "Election Fraud" Declassification Bust
When America’s chief executive and his White House counsel are the ones declassifying the documents—especially when the White House counsel is not the original classification authority for CIA or FBI ...
cato.org
Key documents Trump released undermine the very claims he made last night, like these two examples. The whole thing reminds me of the intelligence "cherry picking" exercise that underpinned Colin Powell's pro-Iraq War sales pitch to the UN in Feb. 2003. Same bogus ploy, different audience.
My statement on Trump's speech and document "declassification" action.
My statement on Trump's speech and document "declassification" action.
When the White House counsel is the declassification authority, the agenda is entirely political.
Jay Clayton's nomination hearing to be DNI is underway now, live on the SSCI website:
Open Hearing: Nomination for the Honorable Walter “Jay” Clayton III to be Director of National Intelligence | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
intelligence.senate.gov
Jade helm and Black helicopters are here and absolute silence.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.
So Trump's 9pm address to the nation will come the day AFTER his ODNI nominee's hearing. Plenty of time now for SSCI members to prep questions for Clayton, such as "Was the 2020 election a free and fair election? Was Joe Biden the lawfully elected president as a result of the 2020 election?"
