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In Minneapolis, but not posting much
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:

“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”

"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years
Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Boy, I sure don’t like the Vice President insulting the life I live by calling it meaningless
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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The attacker is Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, Indiana.
Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.

He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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everybody in the trump administration looks like this
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Anna Brauch said an ICE agent grabbed her by handcuffs, and used all his strength to yank her repeatedly around the car.

She told him: “You're breaking my hands, you’re breaking my hands.”

He told her: “I don’t fucking care. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.” (6) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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I mean, get the name & address of the random Minnesotan who was interviewed saying "It's fucking nuts!" and "I gotta work in the goddamn morning just like everybody else" and at this point he might out-poll Newsom.
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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I feel pretty misunderstood by people living in rural areas, and yet mysteriously, this isn’t considered a problem.

I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
Republicans control all 3 branches of government. Even when they don't, both parties pump out constant rhetoric about "real Americans" living in rural areas.

The entire premise of this article is a conservative-fluffing myth. Cities have more political power because that's where most people live!
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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The Somali community, which at least at one point was the excuse for this crackdown, are there because decades ago because Lutheran Social Services and other Minnesota charities invited them, welcomed them, supported them, making MN their refuge as it had been for their own ancestors.
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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@angiecraigmn.bsky.social was the ONLY Minnesota Democrat to vote for the Laken Riley Act. The only one to vote to praise ICE.

Even today, with ICE in our streets, she stands by her pro-Trump votes.
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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lol owned
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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This weekend, Wrecktangle Pizza in Lynlake, Minneapolis donated huge amounts of food to volunteers, immigrants, educators, and so on.

Today ICE rolled up and fired tear gas outside their door.
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.

(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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ICE agents rammed into a man’s car in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon while profiling the Latino driver.

Written by Andrew Hazzard
ICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling Latino driver
ICE agents rammed into a man’s car in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon while profiling the Latino driver.
sahanjournal.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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For you youngsters out there just finding out about him, Jesse Ventura is not "some kind of lake wizard" but was at one time the governor of Minnesota and before that a professional wrestler
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Moments like these show the purity of Bill Kristol thought. All these dweebs who mainly turned against Trump because the aesthetics were bad. Meanwhile Kristol firmly declares: "I was willing to kill to establish constitutional democracy abroad, and by God I'm willing to do it at home."
January 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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If you're a young person you have no idea how long we've all been listening to Small Government and Liberty stuff from the right. Nobody at all believed any of it lol
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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a government agent, who murdered a civilian for peacefully protesting, flying a dont-tread-on-me flag is such a perfect distillation of the maga ethos it almost feels fake
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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I'll also just say, that statement by the grandfather is troubling. Renee was remarried and the kid has a stepmother. Also, he didn't even know his age. If the wife hadn't adopted, this could result in a custody dispute for a woman already grieving the murder of her wife.
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM