Thomas Leeper
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This is Minneapolis's first homicide of 2026.
We will win because our mission is defined by love.
Love of family. Love of friends. Love of neighbors. Love of freedom.
Minnesota Forever.
Love of family. Love of friends. Love of neighbors. Love of freedom.
Minnesota Forever.
January 23, 2026 at 1:48 AM
We will win because our mission is defined by love.
Love of family. Love of friends. Love of neighbors. Love of freedom.
Minnesota Forever.
Love of family. Love of friends. Love of neighbors. Love of freedom.
Minnesota Forever.
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We asked Minnesotans to tell us what January 2026 has been like. Here is what 33 of them had to say.
Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket
A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota
racketmn.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
We asked Minnesotans to tell us what January 2026 has been like. Here is what 33 of them had to say.
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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According to rapid response ICE appears to be hounding a local elementary school with agents as the VP speaks in defense of ICE. Observers and parents organizing to get kids out safe
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
According to rapid response ICE appears to be hounding a local elementary school with agents as the VP speaks in defense of ICE. Observers and parents organizing to get kids out safe
Schools are closed. Business all over the state are closed. The demands are simple and humane.
Minnesotans are united like never before.
This is an historically unprecedented day of action against our unjust occupation by violent federal forces.
Abolish ICE. Minnesota Forever.
Minnesotans are united like never before.
This is an historically unprecedented day of action against our unjust occupation by violent federal forces.
Abolish ICE. Minnesota Forever.
A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
It includes:
-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders
And more. 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Schools are closed. Business all over the state are closed. The demands are simple and humane.
Minnesotans are united like never before.
This is an historically unprecedented day of action against our unjust occupation by violent federal forces.
Abolish ICE. Minnesota Forever.
Minnesotans are united like never before.
This is an historically unprecedented day of action against our unjust occupation by violent federal forces.
Abolish ICE. Minnesota Forever.
Just saw someone in an inflatable duck suit doing ICE watch at a daycare.
They can take our civil liberties and undermine public safety, but they can't take our joy.
Minneapolis Forever.
They can take our civil liberties and undermine public safety, but they can't take our joy.
Minneapolis Forever.
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Just saw someone in an inflatable duck suit doing ICE watch at a daycare.
They can take our civil liberties and undermine public safety, but they can't take our joy.
Minneapolis Forever.
They can take our civil liberties and undermine public safety, but they can't take our joy.
Minneapolis Forever.
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The DHS explanation for today's Mueller Park gas attack is that someone spit on an agent at the gas station. The park is blocks away from the gas station. And somehow the most photographed people in the city have no visual evidence of the instigation.
youtu.be/GkwnTT2yUZo?...
youtu.be/GkwnTT2yUZo?...
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The DHS explanation for today's Mueller Park gas attack is that someone spit on an agent at the gas station. The park is blocks away from the gas station. And somehow the most photographed people in the city have no visual evidence of the instigation.
youtu.be/GkwnTT2yUZo?...
youtu.be/GkwnTT2yUZo?...
In our depraved country, children like five year old Liam represent themselves in immigration court, tasked with defending themselves against deportation.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:32 AM
In our depraved country, children like five year old Liam represent themselves in immigration court, tasked with defending themselves against deportation.
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
gofund.me
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Hug your kids tonight, folks.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Hug your kids tonight, folks.
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Breaking WaPo:
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report deeming an ICE detainee’s death in Texas a homicide comes the same day that a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Breaking WaPo:
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
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He's throwing that chemical weapon at Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
He's throwing that chemical weapon at Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez.
ICE put five year old Liam Ross in a prison camp.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute their enablers.
Revive constitutional order.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute their enablers.
Revive constitutional order.
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE put five year old Liam Ross in a prison camp.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute their enablers.
Revive constitutional order.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute their enablers.
Revive constitutional order.
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Terrorizing our kids is not going to make our communities safer. ICE needs to end this surge in Minnesota – and I refuse to vote to send more funding to DHS and ICE when they continue to trample on the rights of Minnesotans and make our communities less safe.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Terrorizing our kids is not going to make our communities safer. ICE needs to end this surge in Minnesota – and I refuse to vote to send more funding to DHS and ICE when they continue to trample on the rights of Minnesotans and make our communities less safe.
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Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
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Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
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guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
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ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
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Thank you, Sen. Klobuchar! 🫡
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Thank you, Sen. Klobuchar! 🫡
Abolish ICE. Impeach Brett Kavanaugh.
(Content warning: ICE violence)
At around 1:40 this afternoon, I witnessed federal agents with ICE and CBP arresting a US citizen after hitting her car from behind, and then kneeling on the head of a legal observer in the snow, preventing breathing and bloodying their face.
At around 1:40 this afternoon, I witnessed federal agents with ICE and CBP arresting a US citizen after hitting her car from behind, and then kneeling on the head of a legal observer in the snow, preventing breathing and bloodying their face.
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Abolish ICE. Impeach Brett Kavanaugh.
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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"Both attorneys said the only eyewitness who stated that objects were used to assault the immigration officer is the involved officer."
2 men arrested in north Minneapolis ICE shooting to be released
A federal judge ordered the release of two men arrested after an immigration officer shot one of them in north Minneapolis.
sahanjournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"Both attorneys said the only eyewitness who stated that objects were used to assault the immigration officer is the involved officer."
How's that TRO going?
Abolish ICE
Abolish ICE
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
How's that TRO going?
Abolish ICE
Abolish ICE
Mayor Frey dropping F bombs and tolerating gas bombs
Just your friendly reminder that the Minneapolis City Council voted on resolution opposing the use of these weapons in December.
Mayor Frey did not sign it and it was not unanimously adopted by the council. Hold politicians accountable.
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Mayor Frey did not sign it and it was not unanimously adopted by the council. Hold politicians accountable.
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Met...
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Mayor Frey dropping F bombs and tolerating gas bombs