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“Jack-booted government thugs" … "Masked, massively armed mobs of screaming, swearing agents invading the homes of innocents.”
A description of the current Homeland Security reign of terror? Nope. This was the National Rifle Association's rhetoric in 1995. 1/5🧵
A description of the current Homeland Security reign of terror? Nope. This was the National Rifle Association's rhetoric in 1995. 1/5🧵
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
“Jack-booted government thugs" … "Masked, massively armed mobs of screaming, swearing agents invading the homes of innocents.”
A description of the current Homeland Security reign of terror? Nope. This was the National Rifle Association's rhetoric in 1995. 1/5🧵
A description of the current Homeland Security reign of terror? Nope. This was the National Rifle Association's rhetoric in 1995. 1/5🧵
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“Be not afraid.”
January 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
“Be not afraid.”
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ICE and CBP are costumed as soldiers and acting like soldiers, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
They’re being sent into blue cities to menace and overawe civilian spaces as though they are enemy territory, conquered rather than governed.
They’re being sent into blue cities to menace and overawe civilian spaces as though they are enemy territory, conquered rather than governed.
Don’t Be So Literal About What Counts as a Military Occupation
I want to return to a topic I’ve alluded to in several...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
ICE and CBP are costumed as soldiers and acting like soldiers, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
They’re being sent into blue cities to menace and overawe civilian spaces as though they are enemy territory, conquered rather than governed.
They’re being sent into blue cities to menace and overawe civilian spaces as though they are enemy territory, conquered rather than governed.
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This is sending marauding battalions through civilian cities, treating them like conquered territories
“People are getting kidnapped where they work. People are getting taken away when they're cleaning snow out of their cars. My son's school, 25 people, only r people showed up yesterday. People are afraid to do their groceries. People are afraid to go to work.
“We are not safe. We are under attack”
“We are not safe. We are under attack”
There is a longer version of the video of a kidnapping of this kid - there really is no other word for it - here. As he is being shoved into the DHS vehicle he breaks down. At about the 2 minute mark you hear a DHS agent say "wow - fucking child" sarcastically.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This is sending marauding battalions through civilian cities, treating them like conquered territories
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My Stop the Presses newsletter calls for more aggressive action by the media to be "radically truthful" and defeat the liars:
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
How to build a radically truthful news outlet
The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.
www.stopthepresses.news
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My Stop the Presses newsletter calls for more aggressive action by the media to be "radically truthful" and defeat the liars:
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
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This is what they call making our streets safer.
ICE is now ramming civilian cars through red lights in Minnesota. — they are tax payer agitators ‼️
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This is what they call making our streets safer.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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Unless you want to to send money to foreign money launderers in which case you can just use the Trump family crypto enterprise and a few anonymous wallets and mixers so that Bessent can track you. (As the UAE did when they transfered money to CZ)
Bessent: "For individuals who want to wire money out of the country, they're gonna have to tick a box whether they are or are not on public assistance. Then we're going to start pushing over the coming days and weeks that if you're on public assistance, you cannot wire money out of the country."
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Unless you want to to send money to foreign money launderers in which case you can just use the Trump family crypto enterprise and a few anonymous wallets and mixers so that Bessent can track you. (As the UAE did when they transfered money to CZ)
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Just evil performative cruelty all the way down.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just evil performative cruelty all the way down.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. Wow.
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. Wow.
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Force is required to deal with this. Telling people to remain peaceful isn't adequate.
To de-escalate, Governor Walz should mobilize the Minnesota Army National Guard to keep federal agents away from residents. A leader who stands by while these attacks take place is no leader at all.
To de-escalate, Governor Walz should mobilize the Minnesota Army National Guard to keep federal agents away from residents. A leader who stands by while these attacks take place is no leader at all.
On 1/11/26, (ICE) and (CBP) in St. Paul, Minnesota, broke the window of an activist at a gas station. They then forcibly removed him from his car and abducted him while simultaneously firing pepper balls at other community members.
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Force is required to deal with this. Telling people to remain peaceful isn't adequate.
To de-escalate, Governor Walz should mobilize the Minnesota Army National Guard to keep federal agents away from residents. A leader who stands by while these attacks take place is no leader at all.
To de-escalate, Governor Walz should mobilize the Minnesota Army National Guard to keep federal agents away from residents. A leader who stands by while these attacks take place is no leader at all.
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Renovations? That’s what they are going after Powell for? TRUMP TORE DOWN HALF THE WHITE HOUSE
“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on ongoing renovations of the Fed’s headquarters”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Renovations? That’s what they are going after Powell for? TRUMP TORE DOWN HALF THE WHITE HOUSE
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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One of the things I am proudest of in Minneapolis.
I brag about them to anyone who will listen. I fucking love Brass Solidarity. They bring us courage and joy and will.
I brag about them to anyone who will listen. I fucking love Brass Solidarity. They bring us courage and joy and will.
they want you to think minneapolis is dangerous. more of brass solidarity band performing today at powderhorn park at the anti ICE protest after their agent killed renee good. the band is made up of community members around george floyd square and they bring joy to every action they appear at
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
One of the things I am proudest of in Minneapolis.
I brag about them to anyone who will listen. I fucking love Brass Solidarity. They bring us courage and joy and will.
I brag about them to anyone who will listen. I fucking love Brass Solidarity. They bring us courage and joy and will.
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Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
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This is Minneapolis:
Our mayor says people are being abducted so quickly and from the middle of the street that their cars (not in park) roll away after, posing a threat to anyone nearby.
Our mayor says people are being abducted so quickly and from the middle of the street that their cars (not in park) roll away after, posing a threat to anyone nearby.
Mayor Frey describes incident where federal agents snatched someone out of their car on 3rd Ave: "They left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park. So you've got this vehicle that's rolling down the street with nobody in it."
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Our mayor says people are being abducted so quickly and from the middle of the street that their cars (not in park) roll away after, posing a threat to anyone nearby.
Our mayor says people are being abducted so quickly and from the middle of the street that their cars (not in park) roll away after, posing a threat to anyone nearby.
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Lying about the election in order to lie about a murder.
COLLINS: Minnesota officials say the FBI isn't sharing evidence with them. Do you believe the FBI should do that?
TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.
TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Lying about the election in order to lie about a murder.
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It's never been about safety. It's about punishing blue cities and states, cementing authoritarian control, and enshrining white supremacy.
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It's never been about safety. It's about punishing blue cities and states, cementing authoritarian control, and enshrining white supremacy.
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an american city is fully under siege by an occupying army that is supposedly an arm of its own government
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
an american city is fully under siege by an occupying army that is supposedly an arm of its own government
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
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This is one of the most blatant moves towards competitive authoritarianism that we have seen so far. This unit will obviously only “investigate” opposition politicians, to shove them down the same road as Tim Walz.
That’s how we could end up with unfair elections.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
That’s how we could end up with unfair elections.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Vance rolls out new assistant attorney general to root out ‘fraud’ nationwide
Whoever fills the new Justice Department position will initially focus on Minnesota, but will ultimately have a nationwide mandate.
www.politico.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is one of the most blatant moves towards competitive authoritarianism that we have seen so far. This unit will obviously only “investigate” opposition politicians, to shove them down the same road as Tim Walz.
That’s how we could end up with unfair elections.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
That’s how we could end up with unfair elections.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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To recap: we’ve now seen two ICE goons point their guns at unarmed protesters heads— at protests about them shooting a woman in the head.
These guys are so out of control.
These guys are so out of control.
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
To recap: we’ve now seen two ICE goons point their guns at unarmed protesters heads— at protests about them shooting a woman in the head.
These guys are so out of control.
These guys are so out of control.
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While it may seem from the outside that state investigators could proceed on their own, legal experts say being shut out of the federal investigation creates nearly insurmountable obstacles to winning a conviction on state charges:
The Cover-up of the Fatal ICE Shooting Is Already Underway
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January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
While it may seem from the outside that state investigators could proceed on their own, legal experts say being shut out of the federal investigation creates nearly insurmountable obstacles to winning a conviction on state charges:
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Renee Nicole Good should be alive.
Silverio Villegas González should be alive.
Marimar Martinez should never have been shot.
These are real people, real families, and real harm caused by reckless ICE operations fueled by Trump’s cruel immigration policies.
Silverio Villegas González should be alive.
Marimar Martinez should never have been shot.
These are real people, real families, and real harm caused by reckless ICE operations fueled by Trump’s cruel immigration policies.
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Renee Nicole Good should be alive.
Silverio Villegas González should be alive.
Marimar Martinez should never have been shot.
These are real people, real families, and real harm caused by reckless ICE operations fueled by Trump’s cruel immigration policies.
Silverio Villegas González should be alive.
Marimar Martinez should never have been shot.
These are real people, real families, and real harm caused by reckless ICE operations fueled by Trump’s cruel immigration policies.