"[Jeh Johnson] told me that the answer lies in changing the agency’s policies and personnel—not in getting rid of it entirely.... Ross, the ICE officer who killed Good, had a sterling DHS career." Ice cold, @nickmiroff.bsky.social . Ice cold.

from Jeff Danziger

3/3 Reaffirming the ideology shifts this from plausible to implausible deniability. The "denial" (and attacking the journalist) isn't meant to be believed; it's an assertion of power & contempt for accountability. My essay decodes the playbook. It's strategy, not just memes write.as/eliot-sumner...