COMMANDOES DEPLOYED! Kenya deploys its Special Weapons and Tactics paramilitary team to guard King Charles III, Queen Camilla and key installations during the British monarch's visit to Kenya. | Sauti TV

From labeling protesters “terrorists” to deploying ICE as paramilitary forces, the Trump administration's tactics aren’t new. @raniakhalek explains how they mirror the same methods the U.S. has used for decades across the Global South — now turned inward. | BreakThrough News

It’s hard to grasp the scale of the paramilitary apparatus the Trump administration is currently building. ICE’s budget is now larger than most of the world’s armies. And they just started a $100 million recruiting spree: influencer partnerships, signing bonuses, all with patriotic imagery. History teaches us something uncomfortable about how this works. The Stasi called informants “responsible citizens.” The Gestapo called arrests “protective custody.” Today, raids become “operations” and famil