Dean M
@deanm.bsky.social
Writer, attorney, runner, cook, Michigan fan, democracy enthusiast. Order depends on the day. Frequently earnest, occasionally funny, rarely at the same time. Seasonal like the McRib.
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Can confirm, and I can confirm that this is true way outside Minneapolis or even the Twin Cities metro.
people not in MN cannot comprehend how hating ICE is now a core cultural component of being Minnesotan. it’s babe the big blue ox, loons, hot dish, and ICE OUT NOW
Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Can confirm, and I can confirm that this is true way outside Minneapolis or even the Twin Cities metro.
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Just something deeply wrong when a government cannot follow processes and values that most human beings would deem minimally acceptable.
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Just something deeply wrong when a government cannot follow processes and values that most human beings would deem minimally acceptable.
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If I was a Democratic politician I would consider that the thousands of brave patriots in this city are America’s most visible and hardened cohort of anti-Trump resisters, and if you tell them you’re going to stand with ICE, they will never care about anything else you ever do again
Minneapolis has real Boston 1775 vibes lately. No surprise that John Adams—a moderate farmer and lawyer, yet the principal agitator for independence—was radicalized against the English crown by its Eye of Sauron-like brutality against his city.
If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
If I was a Democratic politician I would consider that the thousands of brave patriots in this city are America’s most visible and hardened cohort of anti-Trump resisters, and if you tell them you’re going to stand with ICE, they will never care about anything else you ever do again
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Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
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For your consideration
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February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
For your consideration
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leave this child alone you freaks
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
leave this child alone you freaks
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I’m sorry but people talking about talent as an unfair quality that needs to be Harrison Bergeroned away by AI have exactly the same energy as people saying it’s unfair that attractive people have more people attracted to them and the government should legislate their right to a hot wife
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I’m sorry but people talking about talent as an unfair quality that needs to be Harrison Bergeroned away by AI have exactly the same energy as people saying it’s unfair that attractive people have more people attracted to them and the government should legislate their right to a hot wife
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The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
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raise your hand if you are not, in fact, in the Epstein files
February 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
raise your hand if you are not, in fact, in the Epstein files
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I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
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My feeling is that attorneys on these cases should be filing contempt motions every single time that the government fails to comply with a court order.
Flooding the zone with shit, but for the legal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
My feeling is that attorneys on these cases should be filing contempt motions every single time that the government fails to comply with a court order.
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feeling sad must hit incredibly hard for a rich guy. Imagine thinking you can buy your way out of anything but you feel like dogshit on some random day. You think feeling bad is for poor people. This is why you should always find what a rich person hates about themselves and pick until it bleeds
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 AM
feeling sad must hit incredibly hard for a rich guy. Imagine thinking you can buy your way out of anything but you feel like dogshit on some random day. You think feeling bad is for poor people. This is why you should always find what a rich person hates about themselves and pick until it bleeds
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lol wholly endorse. same same same.
my most right-wing take is loving my spouse, playing with my kids, and letting my favorite sportsball team make me suffer every weekend is a good life bsky.app/profile/nota...
excerpt from the keynote speech at the annual Rape Traffickers Convention
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
lol wholly endorse. same same same.
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loser shit
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
loser shit
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So spot on. Dems are going to miss the opportunities of this moment to save the Republic.
Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
February 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
So spot on. Dems are going to miss the opportunities of this moment to save the Republic.
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I really don’t understand why democrats are afraid to challenge the journalists who reflexively lied for Trump by proclaiming he had a new tone on minneapolis. You get asked to do interviews all the time, just start them by saying “do you still think trump is using a new tone” and make them answer
Trump on Alex Pretti and Renee Good: "He was not an angel and she was not an angel. You know, you look at some tapes."
February 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I really don’t understand why democrats are afraid to challenge the journalists who reflexively lied for Trump by proclaiming he had a new tone on minneapolis. You get asked to do interviews all the time, just start them by saying “do you still think trump is using a new tone” and make them answer
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That's what we have to guard against again: Trump goons making it impossible to count votes from places they think they're losing or trying to mess up the EC votes.
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
That's what we have to guard against again: Trump goons making it impossible to count votes from places they think they're losing or trying to mess up the EC votes.
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all these fucking nincompoops think they're bulletproof geniuses who've solved for X and that their ideas are unimpeachable and will lead to nothing but success; stop denying yourself the rousing pleasure of calling these incompetent berks by their real name: Failures
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM
all these fucking nincompoops think they're bulletproof geniuses who've solved for X and that their ideas are unimpeachable and will lead to nothing but success; stop denying yourself the rousing pleasure of calling these incompetent berks by their real name: Failures
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whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
Do you hear the people sing?
In Minneapolis, people are literally singing resistance before marching to the hotels where ICE agents are staying—inviting them to defect and join us in solidarity. It’s an action rooted in compassion, courage, and collective humanity. Transforming fear into shared power.
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Do you hear the people sing?
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
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Homan is smarter than Bovino (no real feat, there). He understands that if he does stuff that signals that we’re in the denouement of the crisis, media will move on. But brutality with observers is escalating, ICE is still omnipresent. Little sign on the ground that it’s over
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Homan is smarter than Bovino (no real feat, there). He understands that if he does stuff that signals that we’re in the denouement of the crisis, media will move on. But brutality with observers is escalating, ICE is still omnipresent. Little sign on the ground that it’s over
What cowards.
To be clear: a zoom call with the employee’s webcams disabled so they didn’t have to see any of their faces while they laid them off.
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
What cowards.