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We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
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This again is why Minnesota is nucleus of repression and the resistance. This largely white place - far from the "coastal elites" - has the nerve to attempt true multi-racial democracy, enacting progressive policies, having highest voting participation and quality of life indicators. How dare they.
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This again is why Minnesota is nucleus of repression and the resistance. This largely white place - far from the "coastal elites" - has the nerve to attempt true multi-racial democracy, enacting progressive policies, having highest voting participation and quality of life indicators. How dare they.
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As Greg points out, the Times thinks they're doing a dunk on Pretti, when actually they're providing evidence of *motive.* The ICE agents should be charged with Murder 1.
So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
As Greg points out, the Times thinks they're doing a dunk on Pretti, when actually they're providing evidence of *motive.* The ICE agents should be charged with Murder 1.
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If you have not yet read @adamserwer.bsky.social on Minnesotans' heroics, you are going to feel way better when you do. He went there. He talked to the people doing the work. Then he thought about it and produced something rare. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... [gift link]
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
If you have not yet read @adamserwer.bsky.social on Minnesotans' heroics, you are going to feel way better when you do. He went there. He talked to the people doing the work. Then he thought about it and produced something rare. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... [gift link]
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Miller should be impeached along with Noem. Noem is a yes person. Miller is the enthusiastic architect.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Miller should be impeached along with Noem. Noem is a yes person. Miller is the enthusiastic architect.
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A truly beautiful and moving piece by Adam Serwer in The Atlantic describing the everyday heroism of people in MN @adamserwer.bsky.social @theatlantic.com :
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A truly beautiful and moving piece by Adam Serwer in The Atlantic describing the everyday heroism of people in MN @adamserwer.bsky.social @theatlantic.com :
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Join Light up the Night tonight, not a mass gathering in any one place but to get people out of their houses with candles and flashlights in every neighborhood at 7:00. Please spread the word.
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Join Light up the Night tonight, not a mass gathering in any one place but to get people out of their houses with candles and flashlights in every neighborhood at 7:00. Please spread the word.
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Critical. And also it's the Roberts Court, nothing supreme about it. In trying to get folks to see Court role, it's vital we not imply it's a venerable, unchangeable, institution. It's people making decisions - other courts have and can make other decisions.
Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.
January 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Critical. And also it's the Roberts Court, nothing supreme about it. In trying to get folks to see Court role, it's vital we not imply it's a venerable, unchangeable, institution. It's people making decisions - other courts have and can make other decisions.
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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Seems like, overnight, someone (who?!) made the decision that the US is going to embrace the most corrosive & addictive forms of gambling, and make them trivially easy to access, and shove them out in front of the most vulnerable victims in every corner of media & culture.
Why did we do that?
Why did we do that?
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Seems like, overnight, someone (who?!) made the decision that the US is going to embrace the most corrosive & addictive forms of gambling, and make them trivially easy to access, and shove them out in front of the most vulnerable victims in every corner of media & culture.
Why did we do that?
Why did we do that?
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If you believe ICE would heed any sort of restrictions on use of its funding, I've got a complete Epstein file to sell you. MAGA doesn't follow laws, including ones it passes. The ONLY option is for 41 Senate Dems to show 1/1000th the courage of Minnesotans and block cloture vote for funding.
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
If you believe ICE would heed any sort of restrictions on use of its funding, I've got a complete Epstein file to sell you. MAGA doesn't follow laws, including ones it passes. The ONLY option is for 41 Senate Dems to show 1/1000th the courage of Minnesotans and block cloture vote for funding.
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Minneapolis unions call for General Strike on Jan 23rd against ICE
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 Minneapolis Unions Call for General Strike - Largest Ohio ArcelorMittal Plant Workers on Strike - UPMC Altoona Nurses Win Violence Protection Measures Following Attack
ATU Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28 are supporting the call for a general strike and organizers expect the list to grow in...
paydayreport.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Minneapolis unions call for General Strike on Jan 23rd against ICE
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
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And Kavanaughs name was associated with every horrific ICE interaction after that www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
December 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And Kavanaughs name was associated with every horrific ICE interaction after that www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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FIFA: Federation Issuing Fascist Awards
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
FIFA: Federation Issuing Fascist Awards
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THIS
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
THIS
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Volume up. Brace yourself. Spread far and wide.
You can walk away. Before the shame follows you home. #StopICE
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Volume up. Brace yourself. Spread far and wide.
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Making racism and white supremacy “mainstream” American values @nhannahjones.bsky.social on the revealing veneration of Charlie Kirk. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Making racism and white supremacy “mainstream” American values @nhannahjones.bsky.social on the revealing veneration of Charlie Kirk. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...