This identification of the dual state remains one of the most accurate and disturbing explanations of where we are:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/
And it follows:
“if you interact with ICE, suddenly you risk coming up against the full force of the prerogative state. One of the most heartbreaking aspects of […] the fatal encounter between Renee Good and ICE is that it’s plain that Good thinks she’s still in the normative state. She has no idea of the peril she’s in.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/renee-good-ice-immunity.html
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