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· Nov 20
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
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This is another reason why it’s more apt to say ICE is a return to pre civil rights policing, not a departure from policing itself. Post 60s the cops learned that PR was perhaps the most important part of preserving impunity. Now ICE is fucking up the bag.
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is another reason why it’s more apt to say ICE is a return to pre civil rights policing, not a departure from policing itself. Post 60s the cops learned that PR was perhaps the most important part of preserving impunity. Now ICE is fucking up the bag.
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Read closely any of these anonymous critiques from DHS officials and you will notice it all boils down to frustration with the PR “strategy.” Matches with critiques of training and transparency. This is why you always need to ask, is the concern with the presentation or mission?
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Read closely any of these anonymous critiques from DHS officials and you will notice it all boils down to frustration with the PR “strategy.” Matches with critiques of training and transparency. This is why you always need to ask, is the concern with the presentation or mission?
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I've asked BOP how many of their tactical guys are inMN as well as whether they have any comment on how or why their officer is standing outside this hotel with a bloody hand and mouth. This was their response.
(They declined to comment and referred me to ICE.)
(They declined to comment and referred me to ICE.)
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I've asked BOP how many of their tactical guys are inMN as well as whether they have any comment on how or why their officer is standing outside this hotel with a bloody hand and mouth. This was their response.
(They declined to comment and referred me to ICE.)
(They declined to comment and referred me to ICE.)
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I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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For the uninitiated, Perry is a Chicago-based lawyer who has worked closely with the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge and has a long history of racist and misogynistic shit posting
January 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For the uninitiated, Perry is a Chicago-based lawyer who has worked closely with the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge and has a long history of racist and misogynistic shit posting
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Just as in the aftermath of the Renee Good shooting a couple of weeks ago, a lot of people on here (and elsewhere) are sharing baseless claims about the identity of one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti over the weekend.
Please don't do this, it makes a terrible situation worse
Please don't do this, it makes a terrible situation worse
January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Just as in the aftermath of the Renee Good shooting a couple of weeks ago, a lot of people on here (and elsewhere) are sharing baseless claims about the identity of one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti over the weekend.
Please don't do this, it makes a terrible situation worse
Please don't do this, it makes a terrible situation worse
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Carter: If this is not stopped, right here, right now, I don't think anyone who is seriously looking at this can have much faith in how our republic is going to go in the future.
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Carter: If this is not stopped, right here, right now, I don't think anyone who is seriously looking at this can have much faith in how our republic is going to go in the future.
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The Minnesota v. Noem hearing is beginning before Judge Katherine Menendez.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The Minnesota v. Noem hearing is beginning before Judge Katherine Menendez.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
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Minneapolis is the capital of the U.S. right now. Random middle aged aunties on the ground there are showing more physical and moral courage in one volunteer shift than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have in their entire lives combined.
literally everything i’ve seen this month makes me want to move to twin cities and build a life there
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Minneapolis is the capital of the U.S. right now. Random middle aged aunties on the ground there are showing more physical and moral courage in one volunteer shift than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have in their entire lives combined.
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CNN calling Tom Homan "well respected" and "not as hardline as Bovino" is an interesting choice. The dude took a $50,000 bribe in a fucking Cava bag and says all the same fascist shit as Bovino and Noem.
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
CNN calling Tom Homan "well respected" and "not as hardline as Bovino" is an interesting choice. The dude took a $50,000 bribe in a fucking Cava bag and says all the same fascist shit as Bovino and Noem.
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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
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Agents keep detaining Native Americans— especially if they live outside the reservation boundaries.
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Agents keep detaining Native Americans— especially if they live outside the reservation boundaries.
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
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I’m also breaking a little news here. Avelo ending its ICE flights isn’t as great as you might’ve thought. (Sorry.) They sold the planes to the company DHS hired to stand up their own deportation fleet.
5/
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January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I’m also breaking a little news here. Avelo ending its ICE flights isn’t as great as you might’ve thought. (Sorry.) They sold the planes to the company DHS hired to stand up their own deportation fleet.
5/
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January 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Beloved Minnesota, we don't want to leave you. But we have to return to Chicago for at least a few days to wrap up some reporting.
We need to purchase new safety gear and replenish funds. If you'd like to support our frontline and investigative work (we love monthly pledges!)—here's how to do that:
We need to purchase new safety gear and replenish funds. If you'd like to support our frontline and investigative work (we love monthly pledges!)—here's how to do that:
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No one outside of the government knows when the agents who killed Silverio Villegas González went back into the field because no one outside of the government knows who they are.
The Border Patrol agent in Chicago who shot Marimar Martinez five times “was back at work within, I think, three days of the incident in our case,” her lawyer told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marima...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marima...
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
No one outside of the government knows when the agents who killed Silverio Villegas González went back into the field because no one outside of the government knows who they are.
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Outside a Minneapolis hotel is a lone agent, swaying, baffled, with a bloody nose he may have given himself, fumbling with the pin of a smoke grenade, demanding to see the MPD (which weren't there), and trying to hold his gun between his knees.
Can't make this shit up.
Can't make this shit up.
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Outside a Minneapolis hotel is a lone agent, swaying, baffled, with a bloody nose he may have given himself, fumbling with the pin of a smoke grenade, demanding to see the MPD (which weren't there), and trying to hold his gun between his knees.
Can't make this shit up.
Can't make this shit up.
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this fed motherfucker having a full-on meltdown, yelling through his disguise in front of press
Minneapolis, MN -
After FPS agents went into the hotel, shot teargas and kinetic munitions into the crowd assembled outside he wanted to know where the PD is to the press. I asked if he has a message for the community members that wanted out. No response. None to the mayor either.
After FPS agents went into the hotel, shot teargas and kinetic munitions into the crowd assembled outside he wanted to know where the PD is to the press. I asked if he has a message for the community members that wanted out. No response. None to the mayor either.
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM
this fed motherfucker having a full-on meltdown, yelling through his disguise in front of press
There are no words left, really.
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
There are no words left, really.
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Evening all,
Thank you to everyone who followed along with my coverage of this demonstration in Chicago today.
I love this work, but as an indie journo, for the moment, I'm pretty reliant on community support to do it.
Your support helps me to keep on reporting.
Thank you to everyone who followed along with my coverage of this demonstration in Chicago today.
I love this work, but as an indie journo, for the moment, I'm pretty reliant on community support to do it.
Your support helps me to keep on reporting.
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Evening all,
Thank you to everyone who followed along with my coverage of this demonstration in Chicago today.
I love this work, but as an indie journo, for the moment, I'm pretty reliant on community support to do it.
Your support helps me to keep on reporting.
Thank you to everyone who followed along with my coverage of this demonstration in Chicago today.
I love this work, but as an indie journo, for the moment, I'm pretty reliant on community support to do it.
Your support helps me to keep on reporting.
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We've raised a lot of money for my school community neighbors.
And I predict all of it will be depleted by the end of this week.
If you're in a position to donate, please help: paypal.me/lyndalepto
(donations are tax deductible)
3/3
And I predict all of it will be depleted by the end of this week.
If you're in a position to donate, please help: paypal.me/lyndalepto
(donations are tax deductible)
3/3
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
We've raised a lot of money for my school community neighbors.
And I predict all of it will be depleted by the end of this week.
If you're in a position to donate, please help: paypal.me/lyndalepto
(donations are tax deductible)
3/3
And I predict all of it will be depleted by the end of this week.
If you're in a position to donate, please help: paypal.me/lyndalepto
(donations are tax deductible)
3/3
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I'm so glad there's more attention on the violence, trauma and lives lost due to this federal occupation.
AND we also need more attention on the less visible but INTENSE impact on our neighbors who haven't been able to leave home for weeks, are hungry, scared & at risk of eviction.
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AND we also need more attention on the less visible but INTENSE impact on our neighbors who haven't been able to leave home for weeks, are hungry, scared & at risk of eviction.
2/3
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I'm so glad there's more attention on the violence, trauma and lives lost due to this federal occupation.
AND we also need more attention on the less visible but INTENSE impact on our neighbors who haven't been able to leave home for weeks, are hungry, scared & at risk of eviction.
2/3
AND we also need more attention on the less visible but INTENSE impact on our neighbors who haven't been able to leave home for weeks, are hungry, scared & at risk of eviction.
2/3
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A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
National Guard trucks pulling into parking lot across from the Whipple building tonight. J
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 AM
National Guard trucks pulling into parking lot across from the Whipple building tonight. J
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The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"