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You could be next. This is personal.

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January 15, 2026
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If agents of the federal government can murder a 37-year-old woman in broad daylight who, as videotapes show, was merely trying to get out of their way, they can murder you.

Even if Trump and his vice president and his secretary of homeland security all claim, contrary to the videotapes, that Renee Macklin Good was trying to kill an agent who acted in self-defense, they could make up the same about you.

Even if Trump describes her as a “professional agitator” and his goons call her a “domestic terrorist,” they could say the same about you regardless of your political views or activism. If you have left-wing political views and are an activist, you’re in greater danger.

How can we believe what the FBI turns up in its investigation, when the FBI is working for Trump and is headed by one of his goons, and is investigating possible connections between Renee Good and groups that have been protesting Trump’s immigration enforcement?

What credence can we give federal officials who are blocking local and state investigators from reviewing evidence they’re collecting?

You could be murdered because Trump’s attorney general has defined “domestic terrorism” to include impeding law enforcement officers. What if you’re merely standing in the way — in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or maybe you’re engaging in non-violent civil disobedience?

In October, Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen in Chicago, was in her car trying to warn people about ICE when she collided with a Border Patrol vehicle. Federal officials say she “rammed” the car. Her lawyers say she was sideswiped by it.

The agent then got out of his car and shot her five times. She survived. The Justice Department then charged her with assaulting a federal officer.

You could be next. All of us need to realize this. The people who are being assaulted and murdered are abiding the law.

The regime has also been grabbing people from their homes who are legally in the United States with permanent status — not just visas permitting them to work or study here but green cards — and whisking them away to prison because they’ve engaged in constitutionally protected speech the regime doesn’t like.

This is what happened to Mahmoud Khalil — who graduated from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, has a green card, and whose wife is an American citizen.

Plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appeared at his apartment building on March 8 and then detained him without charges in a Louisiana ICE detention facility for three and a half months. (He missed his graduation and the birth of his first child.)

The Trump regime continues to try to deport him. A federal court heard arguments on Oct. 22 in the regime’s ongoing deportation case against him but has not issued a verdict.

Khalil did nothing illegal. He was in the United States legally. He has never been charged with a crime. He expressed his political point of view — peacefully, non-violently, non-threateningly. That’s supposed to be permitted — dare I say even encouraged? — in a democracy.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump conceded Khalil was snatched up and sent off because of his politics. “This is the first arrest of many to come,” wrote Trump. “We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it.”

Trump could just as well arrest and expel permanent residents who voice support for, say, transgender people or DEI or “woke” or anything else the regime finds “anti-American” and offensive.

What’s to stop the Trump regime from arresting you for, say, advocating the replacement of Republicans in Congress in 2026 and electing a Democrat to the presidency in 2028?

Renee Macklin Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot but survived. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed and is still fighting deportation. There are many others. The next could be you or someone you love.

What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your friends and loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.

A dictatorship knows no bounds.

We must commit to peacefully fighting this regime, to ending Republican control of Congress in 2026, and to sending this dangerous gang packing in 2028 — assuming we’re still free and alive by then.

Tú podrías ser el siguiente. Esto es algo personal.

Si los agentes del gobierno federal pueden asesinar a una mujer de 37 años a plena luz del día que, como muestran los videos, simplemente intentaba apartarse de su camino, pueden asesinarte a ti también.

Incluso si Trump, su vicepresidente y su secretario de Seguridad Nacional afirman, en contra de lo que muestran los videos, que Renee Macklin Good intentaba matar a un agente que actuó en defensa propia, podrían inventarse lo mismo sobre ti.

Incluso si Trump la describe como una “agitadora profesional” y sus secuaces la llaman “terrorista doméstica”, podrían decir lo mismo de ti, independientemente de tus opiniones políticas o tu activismo. Si tienes opiniones políticas de izquierda y eres activista, corres mayor peligro.

¿Cómo podemos creer lo que el FBI descubra en su investigación, cuando el FBI trabaja para Trump, está dirigido por uno de sus secuaces y está investigando posibles conexiones entre Renee Good y grupos que han estado protestando contra la política de inmigración de Trump?

¿Qué credibilidad podemos dar a los funcionarios federales que impiden que los investigadores locales y estatales revisen las pruebas que están recopilando?

Podrías ser asesinado porque el fiscal general de Trump ha definido el “terrorismo doméstico” para incluir la obstrucción a los agentes del orden. ¿Qué pasa si simplemente estás en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado? ¿O tal vez estás participando en desobediencia civil no violenta?

En octubre, Marimar Martinez, ciudadana estadounidense en Chicago, estaba en su coche intentando advertir a la gente sobre el ICE cuando chocó con un vehículo de la Patrulla Fronteriza. Los funcionarios federales dicen que ella “embistió” el coche. Sus abogados dicen que fue golpeada lateralmente por él.

Luego, el agente salió de su coche y le disparó cinco veces. Ella sobrevivió. El Departamento de Justicia la acusó de agredir a un agente federal.

Tú podrías ser el siguiente. Todos debemos darnos cuenta de esto. Las personas que están siendo agredidas y asesinadas están cumpliendo la ley.

El régimen también ha estado arrebatando a personas de sus hogares que se encuentran legalmente en Estados Unidos con estatus de residencia permanente —no solo con visas que les permiten trabajar o estudiar aquí, sino con tarjetas de residencia— y llevándolas a prisión porque han participado en discursos protegidos por la Constitución que al régimen no le gustan. Esto es lo que le sucedió a Mahmoud Khalil, quien se graduó de la Escuela de Asuntos Internacionales y Públicos de Columbia, tiene una tarjeta de residencia permanente y cuya esposa es ciudadana estadounidense.

Agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas vestidos de civil se presentaron en su edificio de apartamentos el 8 de marzo y lo detuvieron sin cargos en un centro de detención de ICE en Luisiana durante tres meses y medio. (Se perdió su graduación y el nacimiento de su primer hijo).

El régimen de Trump continúa intentando deportarlo. Un tribunal federal escuchó los argumentos el 22 de octubre en el caso de deportación que el régimen mantiene en su contra, pero aún no ha emitido un veredicto.

Khalil no cometió ningún delito. Estaba en Estados Unidos legalmente. Nunca ha sido acusado de ningún delito. Expresó su punto de vista político de forma pacífica, sin violencia ni amenazas. Se supone que eso está permitido —¿me atrevo a decir que incluso se fomenta?— en una democracia.

En una publicación en Truth Social, Trump admitió que Khalil fue detenido y deportado debido a sus ideas políticas. “Este es el primero de muchos arrestos que vendrán”, escribió Trump. “Sabemos que hay más estudiantes en Columbia y otras universidades del país que han participado en actividades proterroristas, antisemitas y antiestadounidenses, y la administración Trump no lo tolerará”.

Trump bien podría arrestar y expulsar a los residentes permanentes que expresen su apoyo, por ejemplo, a las personas transgénero, a la diversidad, la equidad y la inclusión, o a cualquier otra cosa que el régimen considere “antiestadounidense” y ofensiva.

¿Qué impedirá que el régimen de Trump lo arreste a usted, por ejemplo, por abogar por el reemplazo de los republicanos en el Congreso en 2026 y la elección de un demócrata a la presidencia en 2028?

Renee Macklin Good fue asesinada. Marimar Martinez recibió un disparo, pero sobrevivió. Mahmoud Khalil fue arrestado y encarcelado y todavía lucha contra la deportación. Hay muchos otros. El próximo podría ser usted o alguien a quien ama.

Lo que está en juego no es solo la democracia estadounidense. También es su seguridad y la de sus amigos y seres queridos. Esto es personal para cada uno de nosotros.

Una dictadura no conoce límites.

Debemos comprometernos a luchar pacíficamente contra este régimen, a poner fin al control republicano del Congreso en 2026 y a expulsar a esta peligrosa banda en 2028, suponiendo que todavía seamos libres y estemos vivos para entonces.

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