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Ron A.
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A lawyer, for better and worse. Committed progressive.
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councilorgreen.bsky.social
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 1:23 AM
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musicologyduck.bsky.social
I’m sorry but it’s funny every single time
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ronangerer.bsky.social
He doesn’t know what it is
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Q: Gov. Walz recently likened the conflict on the ground to Ft. Sumter, implying that this is the beginning of civil war. Do you feel there's a civil war brewing in Minneapolis?

TRUMP: Does he know what Ft. Sumter was or do you think somebody wrote it out for him? I was elected on law and order
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
This one-star review of Melania is a five-star piece of writing if you ask me:
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review
Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chatea...
www.the-independent.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Trump didn't want to answer ABC News' Karen Travers' question about his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, so he calls her a "loud person" who works for "fake news" while fuming that ABC is "truly one of the worst."

"Let somebody else have a chance," he says before moving onto another reporter.
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
ronangerer.bsky.social
HE DOESNT HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS. I FEEL LIKE IM TAKING CRAZY PILLS?!?!?

(Not mad at the poster, irate at the fucking imbecilic POTUS and his enablers)
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d
Trump says he will decertify all aircraft’s made in Canada. He also imposes a 50% tariff on Canadian aircrafts if this isn’t rectified
Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets, one of the greatest, most technologically advanced airplanes ever made, we are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada, until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have been many years ago. Further, Canada is effectively prohibiting the sale of Gulfstream products in Canada through this very same certification process. If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 AM
ronangerer.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."

And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d
Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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jamellebouie.net
rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Federal action in the streets of Minneapolis goes well beyond immigration. It is a test of the government’s power to use violence against its own citizens ..”

@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
January 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
ronangerer.bsky.social
Are we 5?
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey gave a historic speech that mapped out the future for a Democratic Party that rejected its Dixiecrat/segregationist elements and embraced the anti-fascist ideal of fundamental human equality. youtu.be/8nwIdIUVFm4?...
Hubert Humphrey 1948 Civil Rights Speech
YouTube video by AmericanSpeeches
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Coates is always worth reading.

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For years, a certain kind of liberal has either minimized such culture war rhetoric coming from the other side, or urged political actors of all stripes to ignore this, in favor of "material" and "kitchen table" issues—as though the state regarding one's life as "garbage" has no tangible consequence, as if the terms of a fight can be determined by the person getting punched. But Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact-the culture war is an actual war (text highlighted up to this point by me, for emphasis). ICE, the Myrmidons of The Homeland, enjoys an $85 billion budget, a sum "larger than the annual military budget of every country in the world except the United States and China," reports Caitlin Dickerson in The Atlantic. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement-just one component of the Department of Homeland Security-is getting more money than any other law-enforcement agency in America.
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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“What’s that money for?” a reporter asked, and the president completely ignored it. trib.al/gXra3f6

Is the membership fee for a chunk of real estate in Jared Kushner’s “New Gaza” plan? Or is it going to Trump’s pocket via some offshore bank account based in Qatar? We may never know.
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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jacobtlevy.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... by Jonathan Rauch
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.

Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction

It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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earlymodjustice.bsky.social
The headlines in this article in the Economist (UK) are great—better than almost any newspaper in the US
The Economist → Weekly edition World in brief United States United States | Violence without consequence Another horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis What happens when armed men are given impunity
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.

DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.

That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Re: In Re: United States of America No. 26-1135 Dear Chief Judge Colloton, I apologize for addressing this letter to you, but, for reasons I will describe, I do not have any other option. I am working from home today, as the program that my mentally disabled adult son attends each day is closed because of the extreme cold At 11:34 am, I received an email regarding Case No. 26-1135, entitled "In re: United States of America." The order in its entirety read: The motion of the United States to seal is granted. The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is invited to file a response, at his discretion, to the petition for writ of mandamus. Any response is due by 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 23. This is the first that I have heard of any petition for a writ of mandamus. The United States did not have the courtesy to tell me that they would be filing such a petition, nor did the United States serve the petition on me. I am unable to access any documents in Case No. 26-1135 because, at the request of the United States, the case is sealed-apparently even from me. So I have been given about two-and-one-half hours to respond to a mandamus petition that I have not read and cannot read. Apparently I am supposed to guess what the petition is about and guess what the mandamus petition says and then respond. I will do so. The Honorable Steven M. Colloton January 23, 2026 Page 2 On the evening of Tuesday, January 20, the United States presented an application for eight arrest warrants to Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko in connection with the disruption of a religious service at Cities Church on Sunday, January 18. Judge Micko was the magistrate judge who was on duty at the time. Judge Micko found there was probable cause to issue warrants with respect to three of the suspects but not with respect to the other five. Minutes after Judge Micko signed three arrest warrants, the U.S. Attorney notified me that his office wanted a district judge to review Judge Micko's decision -either by hearing an appeal of that decision or by considering the application de novo. The first thing I did is ask our Clerk's Office to randomly assign a district judge to consider the government's request. I was the judge who was randomly assigned. It is important to emphasize that what the U.S. Attorney requested is unheard of in our district or, as best as I can tell, any other district in the Eighth Circuit. I have surveyed all of our judges — some of whom have been judges in our District for over 40 years —and no one can remember the government asking a district judge to review a magistrate judge's denial of an arrest warrant. I have also surveyed the chief judges of all of the districts in the Eighth Circuit. I have heard back from almost all of them, and all of those responding have said that, to their knowledge, no district judge has ever reviewed the decision of a magistrate judge to deny an arrest warrant. The reason why this never happens is likely that, if the government does not like the magistrate judge's decision, it can either improve the affidavit and present it again to the same magistrate judge or it can present its case to a grand jury and seek an indictment. On Wednesday, January 21, I informed the U.S. Attorney that because he was asking me to do something that was unprecedented, and because m…
January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
ronangerer.bsky.social
Respect
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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billchilds.bsky.social
“Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.”
BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis
A Bring Me The News reporter was near the scene, and recorded multiple gunshots.
bringmethenews.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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hannahposts.bsky.social
After they'd murdered a man in the street, while firing on protesters, "It's like Call of Duty! So cool, huh?"
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM