Inside the Degenerate Culture of the Trumper Paramilitaries

I wanted to make sure you had a chance to read this article that TPM’s Hunter Walker published this weekend about the “challenge coins” handed out at the Minneapolis mass deportation center to celebrate the “subway surge,” the ICE invasion that resulted in the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in addition to a longer litany of abuse, violence and general predation. As you can see, the visuals are a mix of first-person shooter and Rally of the Aryan Nations. As we note in the article, it is difficult to know at what official level these trinkets were produced and signed. But they are artifacts of the violent and degenerate culture that spawned these two murders. If you didn’t get a chance to read it this weekend, I hope you will now.

Additionally, there are cases like this in ICE offices across the country. So we are looking for other examples. If you have been aware of similar cases – perhaps you have seen similar challenge coins distributed around other ICE or CBP operations – please let us know. You can contact us via our usual advice line or through secure channels, all described here.