Michael Lee, Ph.D he/him/his
@authormglee.bsky.social
Author of WHEN THE BAND PLAYED ON, THE LIFE OF RANDY SHILTS, AMERICA’S TRAILBLAZING GAY JOURNALIST. 2025 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. Minneapolis MN. www.AuthorMGLee.com 🏳️🌈
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People who do RR in their vehicles should be warned about this (maybe they are?). ICE may look you up & follow you home or lead someone that is following them to their home. They'll threaten you. They'll be assholes about letting you know they know who you are and where you live. Happens here.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 AM
People who do RR in their vehicles should be warned about this (maybe they are?). ICE may look you up & follow you home or lead someone that is following them to their home. They'll threaten you. They'll be assholes about letting you know they know who you are and where you live. Happens here.
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Something they understand is that there is a certain power in the appearance of inevitability, of seeming like you are unstoppable. They flood every space they inhabit with their vile hooting and cheering, hoping it convinces more people to resign their humanity and join "the winning team"
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Something they understand is that there is a certain power in the appearance of inevitability, of seeming like you are unstoppable. They flood every space they inhabit with their vile hooting and cheering, hoping it convinces more people to resign their humanity and join "the winning team"
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Today I learned that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services created a fake appointment to entrap a Minneapolis Public Schools parent while she was with her kindergarten-aged child. I hate that this is not the first time we’ve seen these disgusting tactics.
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Today I learned that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services created a fake appointment to entrap a Minneapolis Public Schools parent while she was with her kindergarten-aged child. I hate that this is not the first time we’ve seen these disgusting tactics.
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Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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Hey folks! A friend on the ground in the Twin Cities has shared another wishlist with me! These supplies will also go to support folks who are walking patrols & protecting communities!
There are many ways to join the professional pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers! 💓
There are many ways to join the professional pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers! 💓
Supplies for TC Community Aid & Neighborhood Patrols | Amazon Gift List
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January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Hey folks! A friend on the ground in the Twin Cities has shared another wishlist with me! These supplies will also go to support folks who are walking patrols & protecting communities!
There are many ways to join the professional pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers! 💓
There are many ways to join the professional pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers! 💓
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Greg Bovino getting pulled out of Minnesota to terrorize another community is not accountability. At all.
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Greg Bovino getting pulled out of Minnesota to terrorize another community is not accountability. At all.
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Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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26th and nicollet in minneapolis is closed to vehicle traffic now as brass solidarity performs
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
26th and nicollet in minneapolis is closed to vehicle traffic now as brass solidarity performs
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A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Well it didn't take 30 years!!!
"I am very concerned that 30 years from now, Congress will be
struggling to rectify the problems that we will be creating with hasty, ill-considered enactment of the Department of Homeland Security." - Sen Byrd 2002
#Resist ✊🏾
"I am very concerned that 30 years from now, Congress will be
struggling to rectify the problems that we will be creating with hasty, ill-considered enactment of the Department of Homeland Security." - Sen Byrd 2002
#Resist ✊🏾
January 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Well it didn't take 30 years!!!
"I am very concerned that 30 years from now, Congress will be
struggling to rectify the problems that we will be creating with hasty, ill-considered enactment of the Department of Homeland Security." - Sen Byrd 2002
#Resist ✊🏾
"I am very concerned that 30 years from now, Congress will be
struggling to rectify the problems that we will be creating with hasty, ill-considered enactment of the Department of Homeland Security." - Sen Byrd 2002
#Resist ✊🏾
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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no justice no peace
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
no justice no peace
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Know Your ICE Weapons
January 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Know Your ICE Weapons
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As a VA nurse, Alex Pretti was a member of AFGE. This union also reps Border Patrol, and may have repped Pretti's killer. I talked to VA workers who are furious and want Border Patrol out of AFGE. "For a union member to kill another is a fundamental betrayal of what a union is supposed to be.”
Alex Pretti’s Killer May Be Part of His Union
Border Patrol agents belong to the same federal workers union as VA nurses, a situation some of Pretti’s colleagues are determined to change.
jewishcurrents.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
As a VA nurse, Alex Pretti was a member of AFGE. This union also reps Border Patrol, and may have repped Pretti's killer. I talked to VA workers who are furious and want Border Patrol out of AFGE. "For a union member to kill another is a fundamental betrayal of what a union is supposed to be.”
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WATCH FULL VIDEO of Border Patrol and ICE agents attacking and detaining Matthew as he begged for help. This occurred hours after Border Patrol murdered U.S. citizen Alex Pretti www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbkL...
“YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO KILL ME!” ICE BRUTALLY Attacks Protester After Murdering Alex Pretti
YouTube video by Status Coup News
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
WATCH FULL VIDEO of Border Patrol and ICE agents attacking and detaining Matthew as he begged for help. This occurred hours after Border Patrol murdered U.S. citizen Alex Pretti www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbkL...
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Simply, it was an execution and is now a coverup. #InvestigateAlexPretti’sMurder #ArrestICE #AbolishICE
It’s been incredibly sad to see the news industry struggle so publicly with whether and how to tell the truth about the wanton, brutal killing of Alex Pretti--someone who did absolutely nothing wrong--at the hands of the masked federal agents terrorizing his city. presswatchers.org/2026/01/mome...
Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing | Press Watch
Truth-telling is hard when your bosses are bootlickers
presswatchers.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Simply, it was an execution and is now a coverup. #InvestigateAlexPretti’sMurder #ArrestICE #AbolishICE
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The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was abducted in Minneapolis. He died in ICE’s El Paso detention camp 8 days later on Jan 14.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
Family questions federal investigation of Nicaraguan migrant’s death at Camp East Montana
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The lawyer representing the family of the third detainee to die at Camp East Montana said the family is skeptical that he may have committed suicide. As we previ…
www.borderreport.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was abducted in Minneapolis. He died in ICE’s El Paso detention camp 8 days later on Jan 14.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
ICE calls it suicide.
They didn’t send his body to the El Paso County ME who just classified another “suicide” at that camp a homicide. They sent him to an army medical center.
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We have to keep in mind that they are still running concentration camps. Nuremburg is still on.
January 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
We have to keep in mind that they are still running concentration camps. Nuremburg is still on.
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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Not in Minnesota & want to support people in Minnesota? 🧵
Visit Stand With Minnesota & donate money and/or send us a "love note" of support.
This page is also great & includes ideas on how to prepare your own community:
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
www.standwithminnesota.com
Visit Stand With Minnesota & donate money and/or send us a "love note" of support.
This page is also great & includes ideas on how to prepare your own community:
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Not in Minnesota & want to support people in Minnesota? 🧵
Visit Stand With Minnesota & donate money and/or send us a "love note" of support.
This page is also great & includes ideas on how to prepare your own community:
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
www.standwithminnesota.com
Visit Stand With Minnesota & donate money and/or send us a "love note" of support.
This page is also great & includes ideas on how to prepare your own community:
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
www.standwithminnesota.com