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A lifelong friend who lives in St. Paul shared this advice. It’s a good piece of reading as we contemplate what’s coming to Georgia as DHS plans to turn massive warehouses into concentration camps just outside of Atlanta. www.closertotheedge.net/p/this-is-no...
THIS IS NOT A PROTEST STORY. THIS IS A CIVIC DEFENSE MANUAL.
Minnesota did not wake up one morning and decide to be brave.
www.closertotheedge.net
February 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
A lifelong friend who lives in St. Paul shared this advice. It’s a good piece of reading as we contemplate what’s coming to Georgia as DHS plans to turn massive warehouses into concentration camps just outside of Atlanta. www.closertotheedge.net/p/this-is-no...
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Just discovered yet another severe harm ICE is causing: huge cutbacks at our hospitals, because patients won't come in, because ICE hangs out inside the building or by the doors and abducts people. Crushing our medical system alongside our schools and our businesses.
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Just discovered yet another severe harm ICE is causing: huge cutbacks at our hospitals, because patients won't come in, because ICE hangs out inside the building or by the doors and abducts people. Crushing our medical system alongside our schools and our businesses.
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Drones still flying above at night.
February 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Drones still flying above at night.
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Sociologist Nicole Bedera explains how observing ICE is a 'de-escalation' tactic
YouTube video by MPR News
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February 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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This proposal deserves serious study
February 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This proposal deserves serious study
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This is why the are already dropping the felony charges against the 22 folks arrested last week. They don't have the goods and no one to do the work to prosecute.
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Trump administration is “overwhelmed” with immigration cases.
ICE chief counsel in Minnesota retires amid growing number of immigration cases | CNN Politics
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Tru...
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This is why the are already dropping the felony charges against the 22 folks arrested last week. They don't have the goods and no one to do the work to prosecute.
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This is like something out of a horror movie, my god
We are in a small community outside Minneapolis and a child arrived to an empty house on Friday. No parents, ice kidnapped them and just leave children to wander alone after school
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is like something out of a horror movie, my god
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Lawyers representing MN children detained by ICE say what they're seeing here is a 'conveyer belt' of ICE detentions that is moving people, including kids, out of MN beyond the reach of legal counsel. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Lawyers representing MN children detained by ICE say what they're seeing here is a 'conveyer belt' of ICE detentions that is moving people, including kids, out of MN beyond the reach of legal counsel. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
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The federal government is stealing our neighbors and then slandering them, telling us our neighbors are dangerous criminals. They hate our neighbors because our neighbors aren't white and they want to cleanse the country of them, and then the monsters don't even have the guts to be honest about it.
Worst of the worst: "Pena Jimenez, a Mexican citizen who lives in Lakeville, came to the U.S. in 2000, owns a tile installation business and has no criminal record, according to his petition." Flown out of the country, against a judge's order.
www.startribune.com/judge-orders...
www.startribune.com/judge-orders...
Despite judge’s order, ICE sent an immigrant to Mexico instead of back to Minnesota
The government says the undocumented immigrant voluntarily left the U.S. His attorney is seeking a contempt of court finding as the federal courts remain overwhelmed by immigration cases.
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The federal government is stealing our neighbors and then slandering them, telling us our neighbors are dangerous criminals. They hate our neighbors because our neighbors aren't white and they want to cleanse the country of them, and then the monsters don't even have the guts to be honest about it.
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OH PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
February 6, 2026 at 1:55 PM
OH PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
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That’s it, exactly. ICE is trying to figure out how to make us scared. They tried following us home, didn’t work. Tried threatening us with arrest, didn’t work. Tried arresting us, didn’t work. Tried tear-gassing us, didn’t work. People just keep not being afraid of them and following them around.
DHS went into this quagmire with a blank playbook and in the subsequent weeks they’ve done nothing but flail around waiting for people to be afraid of them. Or, in other words:
any federal agencies born after 2001 can’t cook. all they know is wear mask, drive badly, make martyrs, do racism and lie
any federal agencies born after 2001 can’t cook. all they know is wear mask, drive badly, make martyrs, do racism and lie
One ICE guy stopped in the middle of a road in the middle of a block and turned on his lights, and it was thrilling to watch a whole fleet of commuters pull up one by one, parking at the top and bottom of the block, ahead, behind, covering all the exits, a kind of police standoff in reverse
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
That’s it, exactly. ICE is trying to figure out how to make us scared. They tried following us home, didn’t work. Tried threatening us with arrest, didn’t work. Tried arresting us, didn’t work. Tried tear-gassing us, didn’t work. People just keep not being afraid of them and following them around.
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Stellantis said the massive write-off is the result of a costly reset away from its electrification plans enacted by its previous leadership.
Chrysler Parent Stellantis’ Shares Fall 25% As It Takes $26.5 Billion Write Off Amid EV Retreat
Stellantis said the massive write-off is the result of a costly reset away from its electrification plans enacted by its previous leadership.
www.forbes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Stellantis said the massive write-off is the result of a costly reset away from its electrification plans enacted by its previous leadership.
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“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
www.stevevladeck.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
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Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "transgender" over time, by party
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "transgender" over time, by party
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
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Therein lies the problem. ICE is terrorizing Los Angeles, and local police are choosing not to enforce the law banning masked federal agents.
This is how trust collapses.
This is how trust collapses.
February 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Therein lies the problem. ICE is terrorizing Los Angeles, and local police are choosing not to enforce the law banning masked federal agents.
This is how trust collapses.
This is how trust collapses.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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You are allowed to peacefully protest against the government. The government cannot really impose any serious burden on you for being one of hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting against it. But you can impose a serious burden on yourself, and fellow protesters, by worrying too much.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
You are allowed to peacefully protest against the government. The government cannot really impose any serious burden on you for being one of hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting against it. But you can impose a serious burden on yourself, and fellow protesters, by worrying too much.
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Murderers of Alex Jeffery Pertti:
Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez
Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Murderers of Alex Jeffery Pertti:
Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez
Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez
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The agents who killed Alex Pretti are now identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4"), is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation, then shot Pretti's prone body, is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires - 8 and 12 years service. 1/
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The agents who killed Alex Pretti are now identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4"), is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation, then shot Pretti's prone body, is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires - 8 and 12 years service. 1/