Usually authoritarians target those on the margins before expanding their repression. That Trump and Vance are going after a sitting congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, with politically motivated deportation means they have bigger ambitions.

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    It’s 2029. We’re all in a concentration camp. Somebody next to me suggests violence may be the answer. Me and the rest of the prisoners beat that guy to death so we don’t get in trouble from the guards. We then form a prisoners union and demand our rights are returned. Then we’re swiftly put to death.