Allie Myren
@amyren.bsky.social
International political economy, politics, sports, and vibes. MSP local.
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Applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop (10/1-10/3) in San Diego are being accepted (due 6/1). The workshop features Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor as senior mentors. Christina Schneider is our local host! Visit the site below to apply.
www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html
www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop (10/1-10/3) in San Diego are being accepted (due 6/1). The workshop features Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor as senior mentors. Christina Schneider is our local host! Visit the site below to apply.
www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html
www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Breaking: Judge grants Mark Kelly a preliminary injunction against Hegseth, who is reconsidering his rank: "This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Sen. Kelly's First Amendment freedoms & threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Breaking: Judge grants Mark Kelly a preliminary injunction against Hegseth, who is reconsidering his rank: "This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Sen. Kelly's First Amendment freedoms & threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
There have been a lot of excellent pieces about what's happening here. This is one of the best that I have read.
i went to minneapolis and wrote about what i saw (a massive, robust mutual aid network that is ultimately just a bunch of regular people) and what i didn’t see (thousands of people who are terrified to leave their homes)
ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground
Scenes from a city under siege
www.theverge.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
There have been a lot of excellent pieces about what's happening here. This is one of the best that I have read.
Is Ron Johnson the dumbest senator? I know there's a lot of competition but he's got to be in the running for the top spot
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Is Ron Johnson the dumbest senator? I know there's a lot of competition but he's got to be in the running for the top spot
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RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said."
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said."
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When people read current writing on immigration a few decades from now, it'll hit the same as a reading the way people wrote about "the Jewish problem" in the 1930s. Just loads of well-educated and seemingly normal people accepting a monstrous normative frame as though it's natural.
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
When people read current writing on immigration a few decades from now, it'll hit the same as a reading the way people wrote about "the Jewish problem" in the 1930s. Just loads of well-educated and seemingly normal people accepting a monstrous normative frame as though it's natural.
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
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ICE out of Minnesota was our first goal, not the last.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
ICE out of Minnesota was our first goal, not the last.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
Congress still needs to deliver justice and accountability for Alex, Renee and every Minnesotan who has spent the better part of 2026 in paralyzing fear.
To Noem, Homan, Bovino, Bondi, Lyons, Miller, Trump, and every ICE & CBP street soldier:
youtu.be/E5iUvpjii14?...
Sincerely,
All of Minnesota
youtu.be/E5iUvpjii14?...
Sincerely,
All of Minnesota
Lily Allen | Fuck You (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Lily Allen
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
To Noem, Homan, Bovino, Bondi, Lyons, Miller, Trump, and every ICE & CBP street soldier:
youtu.be/E5iUvpjii14?...
Sincerely,
All of Minnesota
youtu.be/E5iUvpjii14?...
Sincerely,
All of Minnesota
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Get them all out my god
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Get them all out my god
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We still need our neighbors back.
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
We still need our neighbors back.
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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
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Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
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I had a pregnant client who was experiencing abdominal cramping for three days and was deprived of medical care. When we interceded, she was punished.
A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I had a pregnant client who was experiencing abdominal cramping for three days and was deprived of medical care. When we interceded, she was punished.
A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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A first grader snatched two days after surgery denied wound care.
A client who developed a large painful cyst but was ignored.
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4. Medical malpractice. Here’s why I say stopping this detention-to Texas pipeline is life of death.
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
18-month-old girl hospitalized with respiratory failure in ICE detention, lawyers say
Dilley Immigration Processing Center in rural Texas withheld medication after ‘gravely ill’ toddler was sent back into its custody, according to federal lawsuit
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
4. Medical malpractice. Here’s why I say stopping this detention-to Texas pipeline is life of death.
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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2. Non-potable water. Clients have reported becoming ill from chemical-tasting water. Some developed rashes.
3. Deplorable accommodations. A client sick with the flu was forced to sleep on a frigid concrete floor. In Camp East Montana, fetid water leaches through the roof and soaks the beds.
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3. Deplorable accommodations. A client sick with the flu was forced to sleep on a frigid concrete floor. In Camp East Montana, fetid water leaches through the roof and soaks the beds.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
2. Non-potable water. Clients have reported becoming ill from chemical-tasting water. Some developed rashes.
3. Deplorable accommodations. A client sick with the flu was forced to sleep on a frigid concrete floor. In Camp East Montana, fetid water leaches through the roof and soaks the beds.
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3. Deplorable accommodations. A client sick with the flu was forced to sleep on a frigid concrete floor. In Camp East Montana, fetid water leaches through the roof and soaks the beds.
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And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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I had two clients moved within an hour of ICE learning we were looking for them and advising us there was not plan to move them.
A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I had two clients moved within an hour of ICE learning we were looking for them and advising us there was not plan to move them.
A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.
3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.
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And even when we move at warp speed and outpace this regime, DHS doesn’t care. They’ve moved people to Texas hours or days after being enjoined.
When ordered to return them, DHS just… doesn’t. The AUSAs let them: when we notify them of a violation, they send the email equivalent of a shrug.
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When ordered to return them, DHS just… doesn’t. The AUSAs let them: when we notify them of a violation, they send the email equivalent of a shrug.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
And even when we move at warp speed and outpace this regime, DHS doesn’t care. They’ve moved people to Texas hours or days after being enjoined.
When ordered to return them, DHS just… doesn’t. The AUSAs let them: when we notify them of a violation, they send the email equivalent of a shrug.
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When ordered to return them, DHS just… doesn’t. The AUSAs let them: when we notify them of a violation, they send the email equivalent of a shrug.
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Just got a message from a signal group saying ICE was photographing *children* getting on and off a school bus today.
Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...
Yuen: Even if ICE left tomorrow, the damage to kids is already done
“They’re all suffering,” says one Minnesota immigrant dad who has been sheltering in place with his children.
www.startribune.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Just got a message from a signal group saying ICE was photographing *children* getting on and off a school bus today.
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“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”