Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-03T14:36:31.270Z

The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202…

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T09:10:39.504Z