They will keep expanding their powers until they are stopped. We need to find the best way to stop them. Economic boycott? Not sure protest works, other than giving them excuses for violence.
It's not too late for a political solution. If Congress stopped abdicating it's constitutional duty all these problems could be solved quickly. If you're in the US, visit your representatives offices IN PERSON, calling is a distant second best.
US senators request for visit forms are just for show if you're not "important". That said maybe just requesting an in person visit is enough. I would definitely not recommend just showing up at a US senator's public office building (and you probably didn't mean this, just making it clear for everyone).
The political solution is 30 year term limits for Senate and House (5 terms and 15 terms respectively). The current system lack of term limits incentivizes inaction
Not just the power to arrest people. The power to break into citizens residences and use force. All done with just a permission slip they give themselves. No judicial warrant involved. No oversight. It is not overstating it to to say this is unprecedented violation of constitutional rights within the lifetimes of everyone currently alive (WWII internment camp survivors excepted).
This is being done right now and has been done for weeks. It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.
If you think the courts are going to keep letting it happen anyway without any consequences... have some faith. Justice moves slowly but hope is not lost.
I hope you are right, but the administration does not tend to follow court orders. They break the law and then use every legal mechanism at their disposal to slow walk cases through the system. And then, as I say, they do not follow rulings except under the most extreme pressure.
Thanks for posting that link, but after reading it, I'm not nearly as hopeful as you are:
> Also on January 12, 2026, the Court ordered Respondents to respond to the Petition by January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., certifying the true cause and proper duration of Petitioner’s confinement and showing cause as to why the writ should not be granted in this case. Respondents entered an appearance that day but have not filed any response to the Petition.
The government didn't even bother responding to the habeas petition because they knew what they were doing was unconstitutional, but it still successfully sows fear.
Worse, ICE detained the man again less than 24 hours after he was released on the judge's orders and called it a "mistake": https://youtu.be/jmoF63Msk0Y
I know who the domestic terrorists are, and it sure as hell isn't Renee Good or Alex Pretti.
I have about as much faith in the courts ability to actually walk any of this back as I do in their ability to return the families they have kidnapped from my community.
I'll relax when it gets through SCOTUS (who has overturned nearly 90% of lower conservative court rulings to be in Trump's favor) and not a moment before.
It does not seem far-fetched the the plan would be to arrest anyone who looked vaguely non-white before they reach any swing-state polls in November. Just say it's to preserve the integrity of the vote. Just the threat of arrest would be enough to suppress it.
I think this would be too heavy handed. Depending on how the supreme court case goes if it's ruled that mail in ballots cannot be counted after election day, then I think it would be trivial to quietly setup a scheme where mail from reliably blue postal codes is rerouted and delayed just enough to swing the outcomes. There are quite a few states that have mail in voting. That and intimidating "poll watchers" is probably enough.
The mainstream media uncritically makes Homan's claims of de-escalation their entire headlines [1], while conveniently forgetting his thinly veiled threats over the past year [2].
Mainstream media has uncritically reported anything Trump or his surrogates have said for years. That kind and length of credulity calls into question their objectivity, and disposes of any previous doubts about "liberal bias".
That's why Obama gave him a medal. Homan is great at what he does. Too bad for the selective outrage over this. He was doing his job non-politically in the background for years until TDS brain rot made the left so easily manipulated into hysteria.
Readit News
Heres coffee with senator slotkin or coffee with senator peters for michiganders who want to schlep to washington or happen to be there
Theres people are not as inaccessible as you would think so if you want to give them a piece of your mind do it in person.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=SenGaryPeters&set...
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=14534019961714...
What does this do?
This is being done right now and has been done for weeks. It continues to be done at the same rate as a week ago.
It was already ruled unconstitutional about 2 weeks ago:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26503916-ice-mn-garr...
If you think the courts are going to keep letting it happen anyway without any consequences... have some faith. Justice moves slowly but hope is not lost.
> Also on January 12, 2026, the Court ordered Respondents to respond to the Petition by January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., certifying the true cause and proper duration of Petitioner’s confinement and showing cause as to why the writ should not be granted in this case. Respondents entered an appearance that day but have not filed any response to the Petition.
The government didn't even bother responding to the habeas petition because they knew what they were doing was unconstitutional, but it still successfully sows fear.
Worse, ICE detained the man again less than 24 hours after he was released on the judge's orders and called it a "mistake": https://youtu.be/jmoF63Msk0Y
I know who the domestic terrorists are, and it sure as hell isn't Renee Good or Alex Pretti.
Sorry if I'm skeptical.
The Department of Justice Ignores Court Orders Because It Knows It Can https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832063
https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/the-department-of-justi...
points out a current trend.
Except in Maine, where GOP Senator Susan Collins is up for re-election, so Trump ended ICE operation Catch-of-the-Day there and let her take credit.
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/29/how-donald-trump-hand...
Great way to lower turnout in specific areas.
The people whose votes are being blocked get pissed and get off the couch on election day.
The groups that would normally support the side that’s loudly suppressing the vote lose enthusiasm, and are less likely to bother voting.
Hopefully, we’ll see the biggest example of this effect in recent memory this November.
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[1] https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/30/tom-homan-to-minneapolis...
[2] https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3mdl4b...
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