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Thu Jan 8, 2026, 04:01 PM Thursday

Olivia of Troye -This Was Inevitable. And It Is Unforgivable. ICE Owns This.

What happened in Minneapolis was not an accident. It was not confusion. And it sure as hell was not "domestic terrorism." It was the predictable outcome of a federal law-enforcement apparatus that has been unleashed without restraint, without accountability, and without regard for the people it is sworn to protect, sanctioned by the President of the United States and enabled by an incompetent puppet of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary.

I don’t say that lightly. I say it as someone who worked inside the White House, inside DHS, inside the national security system—when words like terrorism, threat, and use of force actually meant something. I sat in rooms where those determinations carried life-and-death consequences, and where we were expected to meet a legal and factual threshold before pulling a trigger or deploying power.

What we saw in Minneapolis does not come anywhere close to that threshold.

Labeling this woman’s actions "domestic terrorism" is not just wrong, it is dangerous propaganda. Terrorism has a definition. It involves intent, ideology, and organized violence designed to coerce a population or a government. Blocking a street. Being trapped in a car. Trying to leave a chaotic scene created by a militarized federal operation, none of that meets the standard. Pretending it does is how authorities justify the unjustifiable. And that lie matters.

https://www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/this-was-inevitable-and-it-is-unforgivable

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