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He is a 5-year-old asylum seeker who entered the country legally with his dad. "Liam...is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He comes into class every day and just brightens the room,” his teacher says. Older sibling came home from middle school to find his dad and little brother gone
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.

"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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THEY USED A FIVE YEAR OLD AS BAIT
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
LISTEN TO HER
One of the reasons it’s a problem that Democrats keep ceding ground to transphobes is that it actually just helps conservatives get more votes by not contesting any of the transphobic shit that conservatives are using as a gateway message
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.

It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.

This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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That's the Constitution.
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.

I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Anyway. As a nation, we are all on this bus.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Every Russian and Russian-inspired disinfo op was tested on small communities first - we saw this is Black & Hispanic-facing social media in the last 3 presidential elections and in every rural media market
Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned
To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Well this is helpful.
THREAD.

A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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yeahhhhh i probably will be more willing to fork over the extra money for amtrak next time
Me pitching a train ad campaign
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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♥️ 🇺🇸“This is ridiculous. A waste of money, a waste of time. All these men out here- for what? They’re just doing it for money… they’ll regret it some day. If they have any empathy at all.”
January 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
@theferocity.bsky.social I just joined the Vibe Check Patreon because someone had to say it about Amanda Gorman. 🍿
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.

PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-

Venmo @powwowgrounds

www.powwowgrounds.com
Pow Wow Grounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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BREAKING:

We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing

People have had seizures. They passed out.

“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen

Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished

www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Here is the full linocut triptych I created from Audre Lorde’s words in “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” and “A Litany for Survival.” I encourage you to look up the speech and poem, and read them in their entirety.

ICE Out for Good
Abolish ICE
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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Dawg how is it January 8
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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ICE has murdered THIRTY TWO PEOPLE in detention centers. Four in the last week.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
MSN
www.msn.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Here's the thing: today sucks. Yesterday sucked. Tomorrow is going to suck. They think that if they do this for another little while, everyone will calm down and get used to it. And the problem for them is, this country has no chill whatsoever. They've already lost; they just don't know yet.
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers have shot two people in Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The shooting took place at 2:18 pm on Southeast Main street, but the victims, one male and one female, were found at 146th and East Burnside minutes later.
Police: Two East Portlanders Reportedly Shot by Federal Agents
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers have shot two people in Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The shooting took place at 2:18 pm on Southeast Main street, but the victims, o...
www.portlandmercury.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.
Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in U.S. immigration crackdown
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year. The...
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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There are no short cuts. I'm sorry. There is only long term, consistent, and disciplined organizing.
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM