Susan Strasser

@sustras.bsky.social

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Historian of American consumer culture. Hiker. Knitter. Redhead. Aunt.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 22h

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Nandita Sharma, Jonathan A. Eisen , and 22 more Elizabeth Sharrow, Nandita Sharma, Jonathan A. Eisen, Brendan Nyhan, Richard Betts, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, John McLaren, Bryan D. Jones, Martin Tomko, Trevon D. Logan, Jane Suiter, Emily Grubert, Aaron Sojourner, Lesley Bartlett, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael D. McDonald, Iryna Dronova, Ann Bartow, Susan Strasser, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Monisha Bajaj, Kristina McElheran

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 2d

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.

Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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aslynn ain’t mad at you @audhd-psychnp.com · 2d

The kids are alright

Hopefully Jeanne Shaheen & Maggie Hassan (Ayotte and everyone else)

Hopefully they’re paying attention

Concord High students rally against ICE - Concord Monitor

Over 100 Concord High School students protest against increased ICE presence and deaths in the US. Students demand change and give voice to the voiceless.

www.concordmonitor.com

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 3d

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Artist’s Street Signs in Philadelphia Warn of Fascism Ahead

The guerrilla imitations of common road signage use a distinctive brand of Philly humor to alert residents of ICE threats and looming authoritarianism.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

The regime thought it could intimidate Americans into submission, but We the People are standing up for our rights and each other.

Join the next ICE watch training and get the tools you need to exercise your rights as federal agents terrorize our communities: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Nicholas A. Christakis, Jamie Morgan , and 6 more Joanna Bryson, Nicholas A. Christakis, Jamie Morgan, Hilde Van den Bulck, Janet Murray, Rebecca Tushnet, Susan Strasser, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dunlap

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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How to Film ICE

Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

www.wired.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 5d

I've spent the past month in awe of Minneapolis residents' courage, so I interviewed a few of them about how we might recreate that here in Philadelphia.

What Philadelphia Can Learn From Minneapolis’s ICE Resistance

“The main thing here is that we are just relentless in supporting our neighbors,” one Minneapolis resident said. “That's it. We don’t care where they came from originally.”

www.phillymag.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5d

TODAY: The Senate is expected to hold its first procedural vote on the DHS funding bill — and it can’t pass without Democratic votes.

We need to flood the Senate with calls demanding Democrats hold the line and vote NO on giving more money to the regime’s death squads.

Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 6d

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6d

Hearing folks are bummed they missed the Eyes on ICE training - but good news, it's all recorded and public! We'll be holding more live trainings soon, but if you aren't one of 200,000 who already watched it, find it here: www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...

Eyes on ICE: Document and Record

YouTube video by No Kings

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Reposted by Julia Lynch, Michael D. McDonald, Susan Strasser , and 3 more Julia Lynch, Michael D. McDonald, Susan Strasser, Ryan K. Brook, Klaus Oschema, Daxton R. Stewart

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

Wow.

The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell, Mary Feeney, Kevin Carey , and 10 more Margaret Mitchell, Mary Feeney, Kevin Carey, Michael Kevane, Aaron Sojourner, Michael D. McDonald, Michael J. Hicks, Ann Bartow, Susan Strasser, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Colin Woodard, David Darmofal

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7d

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

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David Rankin @asteroiddave.bsky.social · 8d

As a gun owner and someone who routinely carries, this is accurate. Bottom line is, they didn't even know he was armed until they tackled him, he didn't touch the gun, they then disarmed him and murdered him.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Michael D. McDonald, Susan Strasser , and 2 more Steve Peers, Michael D. McDonald, Susan Strasser, David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj

Keyah 🦬 @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 8d

ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.

Statement from Standing Rock:

STATEMENT REGARDING DETENTION OF STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE MEMBER IN MINNESOTA

JANUARY 24, 2026

I was notified today, January 24, 2026, that a Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member has been detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state of Minnesota. Tribal leadership is actively working to locate the individual, gather accurate information, and coordinate with the appropriate authorities to secure their release.

At this time, details surrounding the detention remain limited. I urge the public to refrain from spreading unverified information while this matter is being reviewed.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to advocate for the protection of our citizen's rights and will provide updates as appropriate.

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Julie Patton Lawson @srfrjulie.bsky.social · 8d

Hi, @capitalweather.bsky.social! Will the sun be bright enough on Tuesday to provide radiant melting? Like if we’ve exposed pavement, the sun might dry it even in the sub freezing temps?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9d

Exercising our constitutional right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. This call will give you the tools to exercise your rights in a moment when federal agents are terrorizing our communities and using excessive force: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Susan Strasser @sustras.bsky.social · 9d

@raskin.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov It isn't easy for me to watch myself reposting Bill Kristol, but here we are. He's right: MAKE THE GOP CONGRESS BREAK WITH TRUMP OR OWN IT ALL. Despite snow and ice.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 9d

Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.

Reposted by David Brady, Sanford F. Schram, Scott A. Imberman , and 6 more David Brady, Sanford F. Schram, Scott A. Imberman, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Federico Finchelstein, Susan Strasser, Kate Jackson, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Kristina McElheran

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 9d

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 9d

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not an art thief @famousartthief.bsky.social · 9d

i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.

a face that says well, on we go

fred shuttlesworth looking over the wreckage of his bombed house

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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Adam Rothman aced his cognitive test @adamrothman.bsky.social · 9d

Here's what's happening in one camp.
apnews.com/article/texa...

Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota

Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9d

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

AOC: If you can keep people divided, then you can continue to loot the economy.

They are they are trying to distract from the fact that prices have exploded, that people's health insurance is being stripped, $1 trillion out of health care to fund this violence.