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I said this a few months ago, and I'll say it again:
Part of our job as citizens is to make ICE as uncomfortable and frustrated as possible. Not just non-cooperation but actively looking for any way to increase their anxiety.
Make life as difficult as possible for them.
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Part of our job as citizens is to make ICE as uncomfortable and frustrated as possible. Not just non-cooperation but actively looking for any way to increase their anxiety.
Make life as difficult as possible for them.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I said this a few months ago, and I'll say it again:
Part of our job as citizens is to make ICE as uncomfortable and frustrated as possible. Not just non-cooperation but actively looking for any way to increase their anxiety.
Make life as difficult as possible for them.
(thread)
Part of our job as citizens is to make ICE as uncomfortable and frustrated as possible. Not just non-cooperation but actively looking for any way to increase their anxiety.
Make life as difficult as possible for them.
(thread)
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A teacher starting the day with a whistle. Two people taken by ICE, one with the car door window smashed in even though the door was open. A postal worker's dark new work realities. An empty restaurant but booming delivery. Just some of what we heard from Minneapolis 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 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
A teacher starting the day with a whistle. Two people taken by ICE, one with the car door window smashed in even though the door was open. A postal worker's dark new work realities. An empty restaurant but booming delivery. Just some of what we heard from Minneapolis www.wired.com/story/how-ic...
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Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
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i watched them divvy up a bunch of groceries while a family cried nearby. they took the father and their month's worth of groceries
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM
i watched them divvy up a bunch of groceries while a family cried nearby. they took the father and their month's worth of groceries
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
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"We have seen empires fall and civilizations crumble. But we’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in full public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025."
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"We have seen empires fall and civilizations crumble. But we’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in full public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025."
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Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes — those are among the inaugural members of the US president’s rival to the UN, which he is expected to unveil at Davos. ft.trib.al/acCThWH
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes — those are among the inaugural members of the US president’s rival to the UN, which he is expected to unveil at Davos. ft.trib.al/acCThWH
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I think all the European leaders should start calling him Donald in public, since he is so disrespectful that he calls them all by their first names.
He doesn't deserve to be referred to or addressed as "Mr. President" when he can't show the same respect to his peers.
He doesn't deserve to be referred to or addressed as "Mr. President" when he can't show the same respect to his peers.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I think all the European leaders should start calling him Donald in public, since he is so disrespectful that he calls them all by their first names.
He doesn't deserve to be referred to or addressed as "Mr. President" when he can't show the same respect to his peers.
He doesn't deserve to be referred to or addressed as "Mr. President" when he can't show the same respect to his peers.
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At least Trump got Viktor Orban.
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
At least Trump got Viktor Orban.
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I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it.
Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)
Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it.
Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)
Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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A thing that might not be clear from the outside is that while everyone here is engaged in this fight, ICE’s use of dystopian technology means that you essentially have to pick a lane between observing ICE and doing mutual aid. They are tracking observers’ cars, and taking pictures of their faces.
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
A thing that might not be clear from the outside is that while everyone here is engaged in this fight, ICE’s use of dystopian technology means that you essentially have to pick a lane between observing ICE and doing mutual aid. They are tracking observers’ cars, and taking pictures of their faces.
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With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States. www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States. www.wired.com/story/donald...
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🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration is moving forward with the creation of a new anti-fraud division that Vice President JD Vance said would be, “run out of the White House” in a break with longstanding nonpartisan norms at the Department of Justice (DOJ). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ congressional notice contradicts Vance on new anti-fraud division reporting directly to White House
Vance claimed having a DOJ official report directly to him was “actually constitutionally legitimate."
www.democracydocket.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:43 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration is moving forward with the creation of a new anti-fraud division that Vice President JD Vance said would be, “run out of the White House” in a break with longstanding nonpartisan norms at the Department of Justice (DOJ). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..."
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
gofund.me
January 22, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..."
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
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Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
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My son is this age and I just keep looking at this photograph, unable to form a sentence that's not just a howl of rage
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 AM
My son is this age and I just keep looking at this photograph, unable to form a sentence that's not just a howl of rage
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Sellers: You all gave Obama hell because wore a brown suit. But yet and still this man comes on stage in front of the world and he rambles and he misspeaks… he could have said that we solved the war between wakanda and namor. Republicans would have been like I'm glad we stopped that African country.
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Sellers: You all gave Obama hell because wore a brown suit. But yet and still this man comes on stage in front of the world and he rambles and he misspeaks… he could have said that we solved the war between wakanda and namor. Republicans would have been like I'm glad we stopped that African country.
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me every single day
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
me every single day
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Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
Violence only helps Trump & may provide him an excuse to further trample our rights by invoking the Insurrection Act.
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
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This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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I still think every single person who worked for ICE should have to spend the rest of their life on a registry.
They should have to inform their neighbors when they move to a new place.
They should have to inform their neighbors when they move to a new place.
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I still think every single person who worked for ICE should have to spend the rest of their life on a registry.
They should have to inform their neighbors when they move to a new place.
They should have to inform their neighbors when they move to a new place.
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There’s no point during the detention of a five-year-old that any person with a functioning moral center would not step back to reassess the situation and their place in it. That nobody involved did proves they lack the common interiority required to successfully coexist in ordered society.
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 AM
There’s no point during the detention of a five-year-old that any person with a functioning moral center would not step back to reassess the situation and their place in it. That nobody involved did proves they lack the common interiority required to successfully coexist in ordered society.