Jim Boyd
@bjboyd.bsky.social
America isn’t a color; it’s a value.
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"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
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North Minneapolis ICE shooting: Children hospitalized after flash bang, tear gas hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during protests in north Minneapolis, leading to three of their six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
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From ever-brilliant @rubenbolling.bsky.social another great cartoon. See original here bsky.app/profile/rube...
And reminder that a certain SCOTUS member will be immortalized for something other than "I like beer!"
We should use his name in every account of these skin-color-based roundups.
And reminder that a certain SCOTUS member will be immortalized for something other than "I like beer!"
We should use his name in every account of these skin-color-based roundups.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
From ever-brilliant @rubenbolling.bsky.social another great cartoon. See original here bsky.app/profile/rube...
And reminder that a certain SCOTUS member will be immortalized for something other than "I like beer!"
We should use his name in every account of these skin-color-based roundups.
And reminder that a certain SCOTUS member will be immortalized for something other than "I like beer!"
We should use his name in every account of these skin-color-based roundups.
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
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This is an excellent piece from the @minnesotareformer.com 👇
Trumper thugs, from Trump down, are plainly frustrated at their inability to stop observers from documenting ICE crimes, including through the use of violence, brutality and intimidation tactics.
See also 2/
See also 2/
In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations • Minnesota Reformer
As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis, her co-pilot and friend Patty O’Keefe scanned the passing vehicles with bi...
minnesotareformer.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is an excellent piece from the @minnesotareformer.com 👇
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
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Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked?
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked?
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
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ICE approaching a teenage girl and U.S. CITIZEN on her way to soccer practice and snooping around her car with giant guns is not making us safer.
All it does is terrorize our kids.
All it does is terrorize our kids.
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
ICE approaching a teenage girl and U.S. CITIZEN on her way to soccer practice and snooping around her car with giant guns is not making us safer.
All it does is terrorize our kids.
All it does is terrorize our kids.
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This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
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"No one knows how many veterans who protected us while serving in the United States military have been deported, often to countries they haven't seen since they were babies."
On paper, they are eligible for benefits from the VA, but there are many obstacles.
www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377...
On paper, they are eligible for benefits from the VA, but there are many obstacles.
www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377...
Broken Promises: Deported veterans struggle to access entitled benefits
The Daily Journal has more journalists covering the California legal profession than any other publication.
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February 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"No one knows how many veterans who protected us while serving in the United States military have been deported, often to countries they haven't seen since they were babies."
On paper, they are eligible for benefits from the VA, but there are many obstacles.
www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377...
On paper, they are eligible for benefits from the VA, but there are many obstacles.
www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377...
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First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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So much admiration for leaders like Zaynab Mohamed. She somehow finds a way to bring optimism during such dark times.
A young lawmaker comes of age in Minneapolis, a city that keeps grieving
State Sen. Zaynab Mohamed’s life and career have been shaped by George Floyd’s death, school shootings, a political assassination and a deadly ICE crackdown.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
So much admiration for leaders like Zaynab Mohamed. She somehow finds a way to bring optimism during such dark times.
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I work at a non-profit in Seattle. Had a staff member break down sobbing in utter hysterics. Pulled her into the office and turns out she has family in Minneapolis - ICE had blocked off the street to their neighborhood and was requiring valid US passports for residents to LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
January 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I work at a non-profit in Seattle. Had a staff member break down sobbing in utter hysterics. Pulled her into the office and turns out she has family in Minneapolis - ICE had blocked off the street to their neighborhood and was requiring valid US passports for residents to LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
Let's clarify why Trump and Stephen Miller have declared war on my state, Minnesota: bjboyd.substack.com/p/minnesotas...
Minnesota's War
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January 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Let's clarify why Trump and Stephen Miller have declared war on my state, Minnesota: bjboyd.substack.com/p/minnesotas...
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WTF Target?
If you needed another reason to boycott Target, this is it
If you needed another reason to boycott Target, this is it
January 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
WTF Target?
If you needed another reason to boycott Target, this is it
If you needed another reason to boycott Target, this is it
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The State of Minnesota is a separate sovereign, entitled to enforce its own laws. Feds are certainly entitled to conduct a parallel investigation, but not to freeze out state investigators.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/p...
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What’s behind the highly unusual move to block Minnesota officials from investigating ICE shooting | CNN Politics
Mutual distrust between federal and state authorities derailed plans for a joint FBI and state criminal investigation into Wednesday’s shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer, leading to the...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The State of Minnesota is a separate sovereign, entitled to enforce its own laws. Feds are certainly entitled to conduct a parallel investigation, but not to freeze out state investigators.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/09/p...
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Saying the officer who committed murder is a murderer is dangerous, but it's OK to claim that his victim was a domestic terrorist who literally ran him over.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Saying the officer who committed murder is a murderer is dangerous, but it's OK to claim that his victim was a domestic terrorist who literally ran him over.
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This is absolutely what happened.
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is absolutely what happened.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"?
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Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...