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WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city. www.wired.com/story/how-ic...
‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis
WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.
www.wired.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:07 AM
WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city. www.wired.com/story/how-ic...
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Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says demolition in East Jerusalem is 'blatant breach of international law' https://aje.news/awxano
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says demolition in East Jerusalem is 'blatant breach of international law' https://aje.news/awxano
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The city has failed to claim state money for indigent defense, deepening a staffing crisis that undermines representation for low-income defendants, a new report says.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
NYC Left Millions in Public Defense Funds Untapped
The city has failed to claim state money for indigent defense, deepening a staffing crisis that undermines representation for low-income defendants, a new report says.
www.thecity.nyc
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The city has failed to claim state money for indigent defense, deepening a staffing crisis that undermines representation for low-income defendants, a new report says.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
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Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Some of the most generative grounded rigorous & inspired conversations I've had since Nov 2024 have been w/ people who've been reading #PracticingNewWorlds together - from @prisonculture.bsky.social's class to @davidkaib.bsky.social & @upendmovement.org's book clubs...1/3 bit.ly/PracticingNewWorlds
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Some of the most generative grounded rigorous & inspired conversations I've had since Nov 2024 have been w/ people who've been reading #PracticingNewWorlds together - from @prisonculture.bsky.social's class to @davidkaib.bsky.social & @upendmovement.org's book clubs...1/3 bit.ly/PracticingNewWorlds
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hypothetical legal question, are you allowed to enter a verdict of "this didn't happen but it would be funny if it did"
Potential jurors in the Greg Bovino murder-for-hire trial have arrived in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow.
Jury selection is about to get underway in earnest.
Jury selection is about to get underway in earnest.
They weeded two or three candidates out with the questionnaires.
Sounds like the rest will be brought to the courtroom shortly.
Sounds like the rest will be brought to the courtroom shortly.
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
hypothetical legal question, are you allowed to enter a verdict of "this didn't happen but it would be funny if it did"
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An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.
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"It is not mainline liberalism that has lost adherents; it’s everyone else. Across the world the center-right has disappeared, virtually overnight."
Legacy media missing this point has been so important in how they've covered politics in the past decade -- to the far-right's advantage.
Legacy media missing this point has been so important in how they've covered politics in the past decade -- to the far-right's advantage.
this isn't a 'post-liberal' world - the ideology displaced by fascism was conservatism
my latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
my latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
"It is not mainline liberalism that has lost adherents; it’s everyone else. Across the world the center-right has disappeared, virtually overnight."
Legacy media missing this point has been so important in how they've covered politics in the past decade -- to the far-right's advantage.
Legacy media missing this point has been so important in how they've covered politics in the past decade -- to the far-right's advantage.
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Trump really is trying to destroy America. He has ginned up this idea that there are Red states and Blue states, instead of the United States. I think (and hope) that we will outlast him. One year down, three to go.
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Trump really is trying to destroy America. He has ginned up this idea that there are Red states and Blue states, instead of the United States. I think (and hope) that we will outlast him. One year down, three to go.
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The high in St. Paul today was 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The high in St. Paul today was 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
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recorded this last week
Why Congress Needs to Treat ICE Like the Ku Klux Klan
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
recorded this last week
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Minnesota hotels are closing because of safety concerns and workers at other hotels are scared to go to work. Here's a union fund for affected members.
The union has a hardship fund for local members struggling due to the ICE occupation
UNITE HERE Local #17 Hardship Fund | Working Partnerships
Help Working Partnerships meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Minnesota hotels are closing because of safety concerns and workers at other hotels are scared to go to work. Here's a union fund for affected members.
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Vicious Nazis.
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Vicious Nazis.
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“We are curtailing your first amendment rights while Nazis literally murder you in the streets to protect you“
the Democrats
the Democrats
Minneapolis 01/18/26- Anti ICE protestors gather in 10 degree weather outside the Whipple building. Barricades have been added overnight, which the sheriffs dept say is for protesters safety.
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“We are curtailing your first amendment rights while Nazis literally murder you in the streets to protect you“
the Democrats
the Democrats
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The fact that Denmark’s small military says it is ready to defend Greenland hasn’t deterred U.S. imperial ambitions.
Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland
Trump says Greenland is defended by dog sleds (true). But under royal decree, Denmark’s small military presence must put up a fight if attacked.
interc.pt
January 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The fact that Denmark’s small military says it is ready to defend Greenland hasn’t deterred U.S. imperial ambitions.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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I hate to burst everyone's bubble but if you think that CBS News losing ratings or prestige matters to David Ellison, you're mistaken. Murdoch ran the NY Post for 45 years without turning a profit. They want these media companies to pump propaganda, not to get ratings or make money.
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I hate to burst everyone's bubble but if you think that CBS News losing ratings or prestige matters to David Ellison, you're mistaken. Murdoch ran the NY Post for 45 years without turning a profit. They want these media companies to pump propaganda, not to get ratings or make money.
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Another data point indicating that Polymarket is not a “prediction market” but a public persuasion operation—here it spreads disinformation about Minnesota and DHS signals boosts the disinformation:
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Another data point indicating that Polymarket is not a “prediction market” but a public persuasion operation—here it spreads disinformation about Minnesota and DHS signals boosts the disinformation:
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The best videos of ICE agents eating shit in the brutal Minneapolis winter
The Best Videos of ICE Busting Their Asses in the Brutal Minneapolis Winter
Watch out for that ice, you fascist clowns.
gizmodo.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The best videos of ICE agents eating shit in the brutal Minneapolis winter
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New: After Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent, right-wingers attacked and mocked her sexuality, motherhood, and politics. Other protesters are being told to "learn" from her death. @parkermolloy.com reports on this aggressive smear campaign: www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good
After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it.
www.wired.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
New: After Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent, right-wingers attacked and mocked her sexuality, motherhood, and politics. Other protesters are being told to "learn" from her death. @parkermolloy.com reports on this aggressive smear campaign: www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
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Guards may have choked a man to death inside an ICE tent encampment on the Mexican border. Had three children, been in the U.S. for 30 years. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @douglasmac.bsky.social
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Guards may have choked a man to death inside an ICE tent encampment on the Mexican border. Had three children, been in the U.S. for 30 years. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @douglasmac.bsky.social
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Once again, it's important to understand that while the scale and intensity of the violence is new, this is law enforcement logic with a long precedent, especially when it comes to "unrest." Anyone in the area where "unrest" happens, for any reason, deserves what they get, by this logic.
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Once again, it's important to understand that while the scale and intensity of the violence is new, this is law enforcement logic with a long precedent, especially when it comes to "unrest." Anyone in the area where "unrest" happens, for any reason, deserves what they get, by this logic.
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Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
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The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors