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Under orders from President Donald Trump, the FBI has started visiting the homes of innocent protesters

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The FBI has initiated visits to the homes of individuals associated with protests, as evidenced by the case of Miles Serafini in Tucson, Arizona. Agents identified themselves only by first names and demonstrated extensive knowledge of Serafini's personal information, including his social media presence and political activities. This incident is part of a broader pattern of FBI inquiries targeting protesters, with similar reports emerging from cities like Portland and Chicago. The FBI has not publicly commented on these actions due to a government shutdown.

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Special-needs teacher Miles Serafini, 26, was watching a movie with his roommate when the FBI knocked on his door in suburban Tucson, Arizona last Friday. Two special agents greeted him, introducing themselves only as “James” and “Keith.” They didn’t offer their own last names, but they knew Miles’ — as well as his home address, his social media handles, what car he owns, and, unbeknownst to him, his political activities.

“We came out here to ask you questions regarding a protest that happened on the the 11th of June,” one of the agents said in an exchange captured on a Ring camera and provided to me by Serafini. “We’ve been just basically going around asking questions for a few people … and your name was brought up.”

The suggestion that his name “was brought up,” puzzled Serafini, who told me he didn’t know anyone at the protest, which he’d learned about from a post on social media. When he asked the agents how they knew who he was, they wouldn’t say — though one agent, Serafini said, later told him that they knew “way more about me than I’d think.”

The exact scale of these FBI questionings is unclear, but I’ve heard similar accounts involving protesters in Portland and Chicago. (The FBI declined to comment on Serafini’s account, citing the government shutdown.)

Which stage of the "then they came for" poem are we at now?
 

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