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“… on a commercial flight to a Texas family detention facility…”
Which commercial airlines at MSP are flying kids to detention facilities for ICE? Delta’s the only one with non-stop flights to San Antonio, the airport nearest Dilley, TX.
Which commercial airlines at MSP are flying kids to detention facilities for ICE? Delta’s the only one with non-stop flights to San Antonio, the airport nearest Dilley, TX.
Lawyers say ICE's practices of quickly moving detained children out of state makes it impossible to know who's taken and to get them access to legal counsel. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 AM
“… on a commercial flight to a Texas family detention facility…”
Which commercial airlines at MSP are flying kids to detention facilities for ICE? Delta’s the only one with non-stop flights to San Antonio, the airport nearest Dilley, TX.
Which commercial airlines at MSP are flying kids to detention facilities for ICE? Delta’s the only one with non-stop flights to San Antonio, the airport nearest Dilley, TX.
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Every donation link, every GoFundMe for rent support etc., is—in reality—a fundraiser to make sure parasitic landlords with no moral compass can keep extracting wealth from vulnerable people.
We have to do it, and it’s great we are. But, it doesn’t change the fact it’s immoral and deeply fucked up.
We have to do it, and it’s great we are. But, it doesn’t change the fact it’s immoral and deeply fucked up.
Volunteer groups have raised thousands of dollars so that families in Minneapolis who are out of work due to fear of being harassed or abducted by ICE can make rent.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Every donation link, every GoFundMe for rent support etc., is—in reality—a fundraiser to make sure parasitic landlords with no moral compass can keep extracting wealth from vulnerable people.
We have to do it, and it’s great we are. But, it doesn’t change the fact it’s immoral and deeply fucked up.
We have to do it, and it’s great we are. But, it doesn’t change the fact it’s immoral and deeply fucked up.
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Volunteer groups have raised thousands of dollars so that families in Minneapolis who are out of work due to fear of being harassed or abducted by ICE can make rent.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Volunteer groups have raised thousands of dollars so that families in Minneapolis who are out of work due to fear of being harassed or abducted by ICE can make rent.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
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Today is February 1st. Community is organizing mutual aid as thousands of families are struggling to pay rent. As a housing navigator, youth worker, and MPRB Commissioner, I am calling on Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium.
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Today is February 1st. Community is organizing mutual aid as thousands of families are struggling to pay rent. As a housing navigator, youth worker, and MPRB Commissioner, I am calling on Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium.
In the judicial decision ordering Liam released that everyone was circulating, the part that struck me most was the judge saying he didn't know what might ultimately happen to them because our immigration system is so weird and fucked up. The immigration judge said that.
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 AM
In the judicial decision ordering Liam released that everyone was circulating, the part that struck me most was the judge saying he didn't know what might ultimately happen to them because our immigration system is so weird and fucked up. The immigration judge said that.
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And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
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open borders now
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 AM
open borders now
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Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
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The fact that the three ICE/CBP agents involved in the two Minnesota shootings have nearly 40 years of combined experience should be the nail in the coffin of any "training" rhetoric
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The fact that the three ICE/CBP agents involved in the two Minnesota shootings have nearly 40 years of combined experience should be the nail in the coffin of any "training" rhetoric
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THIS! We’re talking about Liam because he was in the news and we know enough to be able to talk about him, but we also hope to use his story to help raise awareness of all 3800+ kids who have been detained by ICE during this presidential administration. They all deserve love, care, and liberty.
I think important to state for the record that Liam Ramos is a kiddo who is both a person and representative of every other kiddo who is at risk/detained no matter how old they are or how cute or small or "innocent" bc like some kids get into trouble. I got into trouble. we stand up for them all
February 2, 2026 at 4:22 AM
THIS! We’re talking about Liam because he was in the news and we know enough to be able to talk about him, but we also hope to use his story to help raise awareness of all 3800+ kids who have been detained by ICE during this presidential administration. They all deserve love, care, and liberty.
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The federal occupation of Minneapolis has devastated our small businesses. Particularly, our immigrant-owned businesses.
That’s why I’m working with my colleagues to bring forward a $5 million “Small Business Resiliency Fund” for small businesses impacted by “immigration enforcement”. 1/
That’s why I’m working with my colleagues to bring forward a $5 million “Small Business Resiliency Fund” for small businesses impacted by “immigration enforcement”. 1/
February 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The federal occupation of Minneapolis has devastated our small businesses. Particularly, our immigrant-owned businesses.
That’s why I’m working with my colleagues to bring forward a $5 million “Small Business Resiliency Fund” for small businesses impacted by “immigration enforcement”. 1/
That’s why I’m working with my colleagues to bring forward a $5 million “Small Business Resiliency Fund” for small businesses impacted by “immigration enforcement”. 1/
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Keith, just want you to know that if Tim Walz ever gets off his ass and helps people I'll do this shit for free.
Some of the most fun I've had was the law school summer I worked at the AG's Office. I spent a few weeks on the moratorium enforcement team. We'd call terrible landlords, let them complain about tenants/the government/whatever, then obliquely threaten to prosecute them if they kept trying to evict
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Keith, just want you to know that if Tim Walz ever gets off his ass and helps people I'll do this shit for free.
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We extremely know how to do this. Governor Walz instituted an eviction moratorium in 2020 which withstood repeated legal challenges in state and federal court. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, write some new predicate findings, and we're good to go.
This is what Dems never seem to get. A massive immigration operation is complicated but it hasn’t stopped republicans even once. An eviction moratorium is NOWHERE NEAR AS COMPLICATED. Just fucking do it!
Someone told me the other day an eviction moratorium is complicated and I was like … I guess I don’t care. Because this (below) is the alternative.
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
We extremely know how to do this. Governor Walz instituted an eviction moratorium in 2020 which withstood repeated legal challenges in state and federal court. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, write some new predicate findings, and we're good to go.
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Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:
Thanks to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for setting up the Illinois Accountability Commission to document the abuses of Trump and Stephen Miller's invasions of cities. And thanks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social for this detailed testimony about CBP's history and culture: drive.google.com/file/d/1o4z6...
IAC-Statement.Graff.Jan312026.pdf
drive.google.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:
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The brilliant and lovely @queeringtherapist.bsky.social has kicked off birthday fundraising! In honor of her big 6-4, I’ve donated $64 to this Twin Cities housing campaign today. Can you match or outdo me?
Venmo: @GRACIE-MCCLURE-1
Remember, sharing is always free! How many families can we help?
Venmo: @GRACIE-MCCLURE-1
Remember, sharing is always free! How many families can we help?
February 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The brilliant and lovely @queeringtherapist.bsky.social has kicked off birthday fundraising! In honor of her big 6-4, I’ve donated $64 to this Twin Cities housing campaign today. Can you match or outdo me?
Venmo: @GRACIE-MCCLURE-1
Remember, sharing is always free! How many families can we help?
Venmo: @GRACIE-MCCLURE-1
Remember, sharing is always free! How many families can we help?
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ICE agents tried to quietly get Mexican food in Minneapolis, local neighbors and protesters found out and shamed then out of the neighborhood!
February 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
ICE agents tried to quietly get Mexican food in Minneapolis, local neighbors and protesters found out and shamed then out of the neighborhood!
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This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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More great video from yesterday’s unity ride in Minneapolis, from Recovery Bike Shop.
This one has a clip of our city council president, @elliottpayne.org , corking an intersection to keep other riders safe.
Minneapolis is a special place.
🚲 ❤️
This one has a clip of our city council president, @elliottpayne.org , corking an intersection to keep other riders safe.
Minneapolis is a special place.
🚲 ❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
More great video from yesterday’s unity ride in Minneapolis, from Recovery Bike Shop.
This one has a clip of our city council president, @elliottpayne.org , corking an intersection to keep other riders safe.
Minneapolis is a special place.
🚲 ❤️
This one has a clip of our city council president, @elliottpayne.org , corking an intersection to keep other riders safe.
Minneapolis is a special place.
🚲 ❤️
"for much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States"
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"for much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States"
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Turn off your biometric unlocks, folks.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Turn off your biometric unlocks, folks.
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as we reckon with a culture and a politics that subordinates and abuses children, we should look everywhere we can for examples of public institutions that respect the autonomy and dignity of children, and fight like hell to protect them.
February 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
as we reckon with a culture and a politics that subordinates and abuses children, we should look everywhere we can for examples of public institutions that respect the autonomy and dignity of children, and fight like hell to protect them.
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beating my drum again:
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
February 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
beating my drum again:
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
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People are gonna say this is too much to hope for in a country that still hasn't given reparations for slavery but i swear to god we cannot stop screaming until all of these families receive reparations and fast-tracked citizenship if they want it.
February 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
People are gonna say this is too much to hope for in a country that still hasn't given reparations for slavery but i swear to god we cannot stop screaming until all of these families receive reparations and fast-tracked citizenship if they want it.
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Rent is due today. Throw a couple bucks in if you're able. Venmo: renthelpmpls
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Rent is due today. Throw a couple bucks in if you're able. Venmo: renthelpmpls