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Meredith McClaren
@iniquitousfish.bsky.social
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I am very normal.
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proptermalone.bsky.social
so Minneapolis has engaged both static and tactical defense
rhutabhayga.bsky.social Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 21h
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 18, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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tristanbrard.bsky.social
Clouds and brontosaurus
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.

They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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parismarx.com
Another part of the Canada-China deal: Canadians will be able to visit China without needing a visa. Now to see when it gets implemented.
Visa-Free Travel to China Coming Soon for Canadians, Confirms Prime Minister Carney
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canadians will soon be able to travel to China visa-free, following an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at strengthening tourism, ed...
www.travelpulse.ca
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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trungles.com
Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social
defend612.com
ICE OUT Cartoonists against ICE Calling on cartoonists and artists to tell your stories about the ICE occupation of your towns and cities! *4-panel comics* *3:4 Instagram format* Use this Blue: *There is a color drop block of blue to copy * Use these hashtags: #iceout[your city] #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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bluedelliquanti.bsky.social
Five minutes, twenty degrees, a dozen people. #IceOutComics #IceOutMpls
January 16, 1 pm, Richfield (just south of the Minneapolis border) fweet fweet honk honk HOOOOONK "Oh, jeez." A van with tinted windows pulls into the parking lot of the strip mall, with a few cars on its tail. This intersection's full of potential targets, even with all the locked foors and closures. Cafe, restaurant (closed), grocery store, school (went virtual this week). This isn't a crisis that ends at 60th Street. But the observers show up here, too. To my knowledge, the van drives off after five minutes without taking anyone.
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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landbeforetim.bsky.social
You can support the Jacksons here as they heal from the trauma of them and their babies being bombed by ICE agents.
Donate to Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident, organized by Destiny Jackson
Hello my name is Destiny. Myself , my husband Shawn and their 6 kids wer… Destiny Jackson needs your support for Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident
www.gofundme.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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insortediaboli.bsky.social
Look at this absolute queen
When someone asked "Why would you as a business choose to piss off 1/2 of your potential customers? Just curious what sense that makes." the bakery responded with "I don't want those customers."
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
iniquitousfish.bsky.social
I do wish.
At some point in my formative years.
That someone had let me know that there are circumstances in which rudeness was necessary.

And modeled for me how to be that kind of situationally appropriate human problem.
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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bobcesca.bsky.social
This was reported two days ago. Making sure it doesn't get flushed down the Great American Memory Hole.
www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
iniquitousfish.bsky.social
YES.
PLEASE.
I have watched more 'The Making of' documentaries than I have the actual shows and movies they were making.

It is my most favorite thing IN THE WORLD, to watch creative people making the things they are proud of.
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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rincewind.run
MrBeast is less an actual person than physical manifestation of clout farming, there is absolutely no partnership he will not entertain if it might lead to Bigger Number
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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sludge.bsky.social
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
iniquitousfish.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/trum...
Venezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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benrosen.bsky.social
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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ironspike.bsky.social
💯💯💯

never underestimate the power of Refusing To Go Away
ethankocak.com Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 13d
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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derekjjohnson.bsky.social
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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charlescmann.bsky.social
Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The detained tribal members are experiencing homelessness and living under a bridge in Minneapolis.
www.twincities.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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colindickey.com
Hi perhaps you would like a little break from the news in the form of an essay about my trip to Centralia, Pennsylvania, the town that’s been on fire since 1962—a place where surprisingly I found a great deal of hope, wonder, and mystery.
The Rebirth of Pennsylvania’s Infamous Burning Town
Sixty years into the fire that left the town condemned, Centralia is now a haven for wild plants and butterflies.
www.atlasobscura.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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tocomicbookclub.bsky.social
Join us this Tuesday, January 20th at 8pm ET on our Discord, to discuss BLACK CLOAK VOL. 1 created by @kellythompson.bsky.social, @iniquitousfish.bsky.social, & @beccasee.bsky.social.

Mayhem. Murder. Mermaids. What more could anyone want?

#comicsky
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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ziibiing.com
As I put GoFundMes up on the website, I also don't want really small asks like this one to get lost.

Karla is a mom of three and her husband was detained by ICE. She is only asking for $2800 and has only raised $684.
Mi esposo fue detenido por ICE, organized by Karla Lopez
Es un gusto saludares, mi esposo fue detenido por ICE ustedes me podrian ayudar con lo que … Karla Lopez necesita tu apoyo para Mi esposo fue detenido por ICE
www.gofundme.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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oheysteenz.bsky.social
A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎

www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
How a St. Louis cartoonist replaced 'Dilbert' in the Washington Post
"Heart of the City" replaced "Dilbert" in the Washington Post.
www.stlpr.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
U.S. citizen detained by ICE:

“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5d
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
Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM