Jonathan Stegall
@jonathanstegall.bsky.social
User experience designer. Faith-rooted organizer and abolitionist. Love design, theology, justice, grace. Enjoy coffee, beer, goth, metal. He/him. Live in Minneapolis.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
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Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.
February 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.
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this is one of those cases where I think no, even rhetorically, you don’t go there. you draw a bright red line and when someone talks about denaturalization you laugh in their face and say “what are you taking about, we don’t do that in America” instead of dunking on their side’s immigrants
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
this is one of those cases where I think no, even rhetorically, you don’t go there. you draw a bright red line and when someone talks about denaturalization you laugh in their face and say “what are you taking about, we don’t do that in America” instead of dunking on their side’s immigrants
you've probably seen this before, @colocharachel.bsky.social , but in case you haven't I think you'll like it.
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
you've probably seen this before, @colocharachel.bsky.social , but in case you haven't I think you'll like it.
To be fair it always feels timely, it's just that you can see it embodied in an unusual way right now.
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
To be fair it always feels timely, it's just that you can see it embodied in an unusual way right now.
Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
New Converge album today. 🤘🏻
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
New Converge album today. 🤘🏻
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Happy Friday, weeping warriors.
(There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors.)
(There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors.)
but we will have to make it, we who want an end to suffering
February 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Happy Friday, weeping warriors.
(There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors.)
(There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors.)
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“Mass pseudo-culture…is a device invented by monopoly capital to facilitate dictatorship over a mystified, docile, debased humanity, whose impulse of real violence must be redirected into imaginary channels.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/pseudo-culture
Pseudo-culture
Trust your own eyes.
aworkinglibrary.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
“Mass pseudo-culture…is a device invented by monopoly capital to facilitate dictatorship over a mystified, docile, debased humanity, whose impulse of real violence must be redirected into imaginary channels.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/pseudo-culture
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Democrats are suggesting reforms for ICE, but the reality is: abolition is the way forward, not reform.
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This
Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Democrats are suggesting reforms for ICE, but the reality is: abolition is the way forward, not reform.
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
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LIVE NOW!
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond.
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Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond.
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Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
Join Harsha Walia, Silky Shah, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton of Death Panel for an urgent discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond, and why resistance calls…
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February 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM
LIVE NOW!
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond.
Stream here:
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond.
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A helpful read. Shutting down DHS is a lot less meaningful than it sounds but at least they didn't get more money.
No funding was passed so DHS closes down on Saturday. www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
DHS expected to shut down as immigration talks falter
Senate Democrats blocked two Republican-backed measures Thursday to keep the department open, including a short-term funding extension for two weeks as negotiations continue.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A helpful read. Shutting down DHS is a lot less meaningful than it sounds but at least they didn't get more money.
Was there a vote today? Would love to read a thing about what happened?
So proud of Minnesota! Because of all the work you’ve done and the support across the country, the US Senate has ended - for now - funding for ICE!!
We need to keep it up to ensure they stop hurting us and actually leave our communities. Not one more penny for ICE!!
We need to keep it up to ensure they stop hurting us and actually leave our communities. Not one more penny for ICE!!
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Was there a vote today? Would love to read a thing about what happened?
It was indeed so good!
February 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
It was indeed so good!
My family is having some health things on top of *gestures broadly* and on multiple grocery trips I couldn’t find the croissants my kid likes in stock and @colocharachel.bsky.social went to a different store location and brought them by and it was really lovely.
I didn’t even clean their kitchen for real. I did dishes, took out trash and recycling, put dishes away, and dry wiped surfaces.
Even an hour of care work support makes a huge difference for people who are also already doing lots of care work.
Even an hour of care work support makes a huge difference for people who are also already doing lots of care work.
@colocharachel.bsky.social came over and cleaned my kitchen a few weeks ago and I cannot overstate how good it was for my sanity. Care work matters!
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
My family is having some health things on top of *gestures broadly* and on multiple grocery trips I couldn’t find the croissants my kid likes in stock and @colocharachel.bsky.social went to a different store location and brought them by and it was really lovely.
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NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back' - UNICORN RIOT
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota pe...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
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I think a significant fraction of the theological rationale for abolition is precisely: Christians cannot accept there are discardable people.
I think on top of the visible trauma and rebuilding, this is a large risk if we are in fact entering into a new phase. Much of ICE’s activity has been jail related for its whole existence and it is built on the idea that there are discardable people nobody has to see.
I’m really worried that this just means no one will care anymore, if ICE is picking up already-criminalized neighbors
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I think a significant fraction of the theological rationale for abolition is precisely: Christians cannot accept there are discardable people.
Asking "has Andrea written a piece about this thing" is not a bad way to start approaching reform proposals 😂
lol part of my actual job description is something like “stop bad ideas” 😜
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Asking "has Andrea written a piece about this thing" is not a bad way to start approaching reform proposals 😂
Among other things, this is another one of those Andrea Ritchie articles to keep around whenever people bring up useless reforms.
February 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Among other things, this is another one of those Andrea Ritchie articles to keep around whenever people bring up useless reforms.
"Instead of searching for quick fixes, we would be better served by careful assessment of what got us here, and of how we collectively build the will and power to fight our way out."
Today in @thenation.com, originally entitled No Quick Fixes for Fascism
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This
Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.
www.thenation.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"Instead of searching for quick fixes, we would be better served by careful assessment of what got us here, and of how we collectively build the will and power to fight our way out."
One thing I think would be good for folks who've been in movement for a while is to figure out what kind of political education opportunities our city needs if (and of course, we'll believe it when we see it) it does in fact move into a new phase, and how to make those opportunities possible.
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One thing I think would be good for folks who've been in movement for a while is to figure out what kind of political education opportunities our city needs if (and of course, we'll believe it when we see it) it does in fact move into a new phase, and how to make those opportunities possible.
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A really good statement about today.
It affirms every caveat about how Homan can't be believed, how vigilance must be maintained, and how the work continues... while also having the tone of a movement that is winning. The appearance of victory can be demobilizing; this is a call to keep showing up.
It affirms every caveat about how Homan can't be believed, how vigilance must be maintained, and how the work continues... while also having the tone of a movement that is winning. The appearance of victory can be demobilizing; this is a call to keep showing up.
I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that “Operation Metro Surge” will end soon. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
A really good statement about today.
It affirms every caveat about how Homan can't be believed, how vigilance must be maintained, and how the work continues... while also having the tone of a movement that is winning. The appearance of victory can be demobilizing; this is a call to keep showing up.
It affirms every caveat about how Homan can't be believed, how vigilance must be maintained, and how the work continues... while also having the tone of a movement that is winning. The appearance of victory can be demobilizing; this is a call to keep showing up.
I think on top of the visible trauma and rebuilding, this is a large risk if we are in fact entering into a new phase. Much of ICE’s activity has been jail related for its whole existence and it is built on the idea that there are discardable people nobody has to see.
I’m really worried that this just means no one will care anymore, if ICE is picking up already-criminalized neighbors
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I think on top of the visible trauma and rebuilding, this is a large risk if we are in fact entering into a new phase. Much of ICE’s activity has been jail related for its whole existence and it is built on the idea that there are discardable people nobody has to see.
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I’m really worried that this just means no one will care anymore, if ICE is picking up already-criminalized neighbors
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I’m really worried that this just means no one will care anymore, if ICE is picking up already-criminalized neighbors
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Commentators seem to be missing the main point of what Homan is saying -- he says that AG Ellison and Walz agreed with him that "County jails may notify ice of the release date of an inmate just as long as they don’t hold them past the release date."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Commentators seem to be missing the main point of what Homan is saying -- he says that AG Ellison and Walz agreed with him that "County jails may notify ice of the release date of an inmate just as long as they don’t hold them past the release date."