Tilting At Windmills

Tilting At Windmills

Another day, another narrative going down in flames

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Tom Knighton
Feb 20, 2026
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Is the United States now a police state?

No, but I will admit that I’m less than enamored by the thought of federal agents randomly stopping people and demanding proof of citizenship for no reason, as has been alleged to have happened. I don’t know that it has, though, because this screams of a hoax, what with all the other hoaxes, but I still don’t like the image.

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However, because some claim we’re a police state, they expected the number of people killed by law enforcement to go up.

Another day, another narrative goes down in flames.

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