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SITREP - Authoritarian Consolidation (Last Update Jan 24, 7:11 PM)
New Today
Tactics: Scene access denial -- federal teams block state investigators after lethal force incidents (Minneapolis)
Violence/Detention: Border Patrol lethal force -- urban shooting escalates risk during routine immigration operations (Minneapolis) • Stun grenades and tear gas -- crowd control spikes after shootings, raising bystander injury risk (Minneapolis)
New Yesterday
Tactics: Generic POLICE vests -- misidentification enables federal teams to evade accountability during grabs (Minnesota)
Lawfare: Grant drawdown toggles -- federal health funding access paused to enforce priority compliance (US) • Sealing special-counsel report -- privilege claims used to suppress scrutiny of executive misconduct (US)
Disinformation: National parks passes with leader portrait -- voiding altered passes coerces visible loyalty (US) • Geofenced ICE recruitment memes -- wartime branding accelerates staffing for enforcement surges (US)
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