Kristofer Goldsmith

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When the Dam Breaks The first cracks are forming—and what starts as a trickle of truth can quickly become a flood of accountability.

The first cracks are forming. Ken Harbaugh and Kris Goldsmith discuss whistleblowers, moral courage, and why those who speak out will be remembered.

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They think yelling protects them. Elections are coming—and voters still have the final word.

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Fear feeds extremism. Go kinetic on cartels and the violence won’t stay put.

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Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees "The new policy turns the refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare," Judge Tunheim wrote. Federal prison officials face civil contempt hearing, as ICE is threatened with criminal... Orders from two Republican judicial... FEB 26 • CHRIS GEIDNER Trans inmate's lawyers claim "egregious retaliation" in violation of court order Trans woman involved in a lawsuit... FEB 26 • CHRIS GEIDNER SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group's attempt at avoiding accountability A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO... FEB 25 • CHRIS GEIDNER

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Trump’s VA Tried to Quietly Cut Disabled Veterans’ Benefits. We Forced a Retreat. The proposed federal rule is gone — but the legal fight that could resurrect it isn’t over.

Public pressure still works.

The VA has officially rescinded the rule that would have allowed disability ratings to be lowered if medication improved symptoms.

It’s withdrawn. Not paused. Not suspended. Withdrawn.

But the fight isn’t over.

Read the piece below for more information.

I appreciate the leave-Substack idea, but it’s unfortunately unrealistic for me. Substack is now my primary source of income, and audience growth via other platforms isn’t anywhere near enough for me to be able to pay the bills. I’ve worked for years risking my life without pay and can’t anymore.

This is what researchers and journalists are living every day in our country as the forces of hate lash out.

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Save the date: Friday, March 6, Dropkick Murphys will be headlining a tribute concert to honor Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, and to support the communities that those heroes died defending.

The livestream will be at AbolishICE.live

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Bluesky has suspended @themanfromchaos.bsky.social for reporting on a far-right agitator in Coos Bay, Oregon. Identifying and warning about threats is in the public interest for the safety of our communities.

Likely mass reported, please unsuspend.

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The Voter Fraud Lie Senator Mike Rounds’ comments about “yellow stars” on ID’s open a broader look at how Republicans are pushing new voting restrictions built on false claims of widespread fraud.

Ken Harbaugh and Kris Goldsmith examine Mike Rounds’ “yellow stars” remark and how fear-driven fraud claims are used to justify voting restrictions.

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Protect elections now: keep ICE and armed groups away from polls and require police to defend ballots.

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Anti-immigrant fear is often insecurity—fear of not understanding, fear of feeling small.

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The VA Can Cut Your Disability Rating If Your Medication Works This fast-tracked rule affects millions of veterans — and the public comment deadline is April 20.

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Trump and Secretary Doug Collins are attacking disabled veterans benefits. Here’s how we can stop them. #veteransaffairs #veterans #disability #dougcollins #news

Capture Local Power Before Authoritarians Do Engaging your state representative, attorney general, or mayor is easier than you think. Learn how to rally democratic leaders—or make governing uncomfortable for authoritarian collaborators.

Most people don’t even know the name of their state representative.

Call them.
Ask for a meeting.
Bring two friends.
Make a specific demand.

Engaging local officials is easier than you think.

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Stop waiting on Washington.

The fight against authoritarianism is local.

In my latest episode with Christopher Armitage, we break down how to use state and local power to either rally democratic leaders — or make governing uncomfortable for collaborators.

The threat of Trump using ICE to intimidate voters and the military to seize ballots has rightfully received a lot of attention.

But we need to prepare to stop the unlawful militias too.

They’ll be waiting excitedly for Trump to call on them, just as he did leading up to Jan 6.

The Department of Homeland Security is issuing administrative subpoenas to try to unmask anonymous social media accounts that are critical of ICE.

Don’t let the Trump administration intimidate you.

It’s time to double down.

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The complete refusal from the Department of Justice and FBI to investigate the allegations in the Epstein Files and made by Epstein survivors is also proof of what victims everywhere go through every day when authority figures refuse to do anything about what happened to them

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

tl;dr: if you haven’t already received notification from one of the big social media companies that they got a subpoena for your account, you’re not being targeted. Let that be your warning, you need to work harder. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

A copy of the zine "Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities A Guide to an Updated Model" with a black whistle and a couple copies of a blue sticker reading "Immigrants Welcome" with an image of boltcutters.

We've prepared a zine version of our text "Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities," describing the dynamic and resilient system that people in the Twin Cities have developed to keep the pressure on ICE.

Please print and distribute!

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“We had whistles, they had guns”

Such an good conversation, and so honored to get to talk to Kris!

From khakis to combat gear—what changed, and what does it mean for democracy?

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Training to hold both neo-Nazis and abusive federal agents accountable.

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To Catch a Fascist: Christopher Mathias on Antifa and ICE Journalist Christopher Mathias joins me to expose fascist street gangs, ICE, and the decentralized antifascist networks holding them accountable.

From Patriot Front to ICE, we break down what modern fascism actually looks like — and how decentralized antifascists are holding the radical right accountable.

If you want to understand what I’ve seen from the inside, start here:

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When people learn that I infiltrate neo-Nazi groups and later expose them publicly under my real name, they call me brave.

I’m not brave. I’m just angry.

New episode of On Offense with journalist Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias.bsky.social), author of To Catch a Fascist. 🧵

ICE, Intimidation, and Election Day Ken Harbaugh warns that escalating ICE tactics and rhetoric may be testing the boundaries for broader election interference and voter suppression.

Ken Harbaugh warns rising ICE tactics and rhetoric may probe limits of election interference and voter suppression tolerance among public and Congress

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