Will Bunch
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National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
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Amid outrage over the invasion of Minneapolis by masked goons, is the secret to melting ICE economic pressure against its collaborators?
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do more | Will Bunch
The success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic roadmap for stopping Trump's abuses
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January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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💰Money Quote [no pun intended😺]
"The bottom line has not changed since MLK’s time. The color that matters most to corporate America is the color of money."
"The bottom line has not changed since MLK’s time. The color that matters most to corporate America is the color of money."
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
💰Money Quote [no pun intended😺]
"The bottom line has not changed since MLK’s time. The color that matters most to corporate America is the color of money."
"The bottom line has not changed since MLK’s time. The color that matters most to corporate America is the color of money."
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🚨BREAKING: SWARM of ICE/DHS agents rush in to push and arrest Minneapolis protesters while firing pepper balls. "They're arresting someone on the ground here, some pepper pellets were fired." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
🚨BREAKING: SWARM of ICE/DHS agents rush in to push and arrest Minneapolis protesters while firing pepper balls. "They're arresting someone on the ground here, some pepper pellets were fired." LIVE NOW ⬇️
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The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
This isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
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I agree that economic pressure is our best weapon. The question I have is what is the best form? Some are calling for a general strike but I don't see that as effective as one or two targeted boycotts that can be effective and warn other businesses of what could come to them.
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I agree that economic pressure is our best weapon. The question I have is what is the best form? Some are calling for a general strike but I don't see that as effective as one or two targeted boycotts that can be effective and warn other businesses of what could come to them.
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FYI - you can tell your editors that this is the article that finally made me subscribe. I grew up in Bucks county w Inquirer, but have lived in DC 40+ years & subscribed to Post pre-Bezos. When I cancelled Post I told myself I was going to subscribe to the Inquirer & I've finally done it!
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
FYI - you can tell your editors that this is the article that finally made me subscribe. I grew up in Bucks county w Inquirer, but have lived in DC 40+ years & subscribed to Post pre-Bezos. When I cancelled Post I told myself I was going to subscribe to the Inquirer & I've finally done it!
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January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do more | Will Bunch
The success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic roadmap for stopping Trump's abuses
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January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Amid outrage over the invasion of Minneapolis by masked goons, is the secret to melting ICE economic pressure against its collaborators?
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do more | Will Bunch
The success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic roadmap for stopping Trump's abuses
www.inquirer.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
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Home Depot and Lowe's both scan car license plates in their parking lots then hand them over to 🧊... i would assume Walmart does too frankly. avoid them and look for other options.
Amid outrage over the invasion of Minneapolis by masked goons, is the secret to melting ICE economic pressure against its collaborators?
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do more | Will Bunch
The success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic roadmap for stopping Trump's abuses
www.inquirer.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Home Depot and Lowe's both scan car license plates in their parking lots then hand them over to 🧊... i would assume Walmart does too frankly. avoid them and look for other options.
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Our $$$ pressure on ICE's corporate collaborators (🤮) WORKS 👇
Amid outrage over the invasion of Minneapolis by masked goons, is the secret to melting ICE economic pressure against its collaborators?
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do more | Will Bunch
The success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic roadmap for stopping Trump's abuses
www.inquirer.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Our $$$ pressure on ICE's corporate collaborators (🤮) WORKS 👇
Amid outrage over the invasion of Minneapolis by masked goons, is the secret to melting ICE economic pressure against its collaborators?
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do more | Will Bunch
The success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic roadmap for stopping Trump's abuses
www.inquirer.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Amid outrage over the invasion of Minneapolis by masked goons, is the secret to melting ICE economic pressure against its collaborators?
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
I looked at whether successful campaigns against Avelo, Spotify and others can save an America where money talks. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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Gift link: My latest for @kansascity.com on Josh Hawley, Venezuela, and how he always chickens out. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
Can Sen. Josh Hawley be taken seriously after so much flip-flopping? | Opinion
The senator reveals a pattern of retreating back to the GOP and President Trump, which questions his independence as a Missouri Republican. | Opinion
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January 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Gift link: My latest for @kansascity.com on Josh Hawley, Venezuela, and how he always chickens out. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
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My @bostonglobe.com colleague @yabraham.bsky.social calls a thing a thing: the anti-Somali government siege on Minneapolis is rooted in bigotry against two groups the president loves to attack most: Black folks and Muslims. This is white nationalism in action. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/m...
‘When I came here, it was beautiful’: The cost of Trump attacks on the Somali community - The Boston Globe
Somali immigrants put their faith in what this country stood for. The president is destroying it.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My @bostonglobe.com colleague @yabraham.bsky.social calls a thing a thing: the anti-Somali government siege on Minneapolis is rooted in bigotry against two groups the president loves to attack most: Black folks and Muslims. This is white nationalism in action. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/m...
A generation of well-educated journalists (my generation...sigh) believes it derives great moral power from amplifying the views of people who are nothing like them
It's a cowardly dodge to avoid the hard work of actual morality
It's a cowardly dodge to avoid the hard work of actual morality
come on man
how is this real
why are we getting quotes from random people at a small-town bar called Ye Olde Pickle Factory
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
how is this real
why are we getting quotes from random people at a small-town bar called Ye Olde Pickle Factory
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A generation of well-educated journalists (my generation...sigh) believes it derives great moral power from amplifying the views of people who are nothing like them
It's a cowardly dodge to avoid the hard work of actual morality
It's a cowardly dodge to avoid the hard work of actual morality
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You can't "significantly reform" fascism
Hakeem Jeffries: "Clearly, significant reform needs to take place as it relates to the manner in which ICE is conducting itself. ICE is using taxpayer dollars to brutalize American citizens and to unnecessarily and viciously target law-abiding immigrant families and communities."
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 AM
You can't "significantly reform" fascism
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How close is this to a real version of civil war at this point? Blanche is the second most powerful person in the United States Justice Department and he's shitposting on social media threatening a governor and mayor with terrorism charges.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche calls what is happening in Minneapolis an “insurrection” and threatens to go after Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey over their “terrorism.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
How close is this to a real version of civil war at this point? Blanche is the second most powerful person in the United States Justice Department and he's shitposting on social media threatening a governor and mayor with terrorism charges.
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A couple of days ago, Wrecktangle Pizza in Minnesota raised $83k to donate food and other essentials to immigrants and other people trapped in their homes.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A couple of days ago, Wrecktangle Pizza in Minnesota raised $83k to donate food and other essentials to immigrants and other people trapped in their homes.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
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They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.
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This is where it is going. This is what Stephen Miller is pushing to Trump. The only reason it has not happened yet is that the violence is obviously coming from state actors. There is no insurrection to control. But we are one incident away from Trump sending in the military.
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This is where it is going. This is what Stephen Miller is pushing to Trump. The only reason it has not happened yet is that the violence is obviously coming from state actors. There is no insurrection to control. But we are one incident away from Trump sending in the military.
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This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
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Sure. Trump 1st term put severe sanctions on Venezuela. Millions fled due to extreme poverty and starvation.
Many fled to the US.
Now we are punishing/using the very people that we put in harms way to justify this assault.
Light the fire/bring the hose.
Many fled to the US.
Now we are punishing/using the very people that we put in harms way to justify this assault.
Light the fire/bring the hose.
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Sure. Trump 1st term put severe sanctions on Venezuela. Millions fled due to extreme poverty and starvation.
Many fled to the US.
Now we are punishing/using the very people that we put in harms way to justify this assault.
Light the fire/bring the hose.
Many fled to the US.
Now we are punishing/using the very people that we put in harms way to justify this assault.
Light the fire/bring the hose.
You can't "significantly reform" fascism
Hakeem Jeffries: "Clearly, significant reform needs to take place as it relates to the manner in which ICE is conducting itself. ICE is using taxpayer dollars to brutalize American citizens and to unnecessarily and viciously target law-abiding immigrant families and communities."
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 AM
You can't "significantly reform" fascism