Mary Chmielewicz
@mchmielewicz.bsky.social
cat mom, home chef, retired project manager, GenXer, liberal. Girls just want to have fun(damental) rights!
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana, 1905
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana, 1905
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BREAKING Minn. Latest Killing: Feds claim person they killed had a gun. Even if true, that's not a crime. Indeed, this administration said repeatedly its 2d A protected activity. Agents would have to KNOW he had a gun and fear IMMINENT harm from it - that is yet to be established by any evidence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
BREAKING Minn. Latest Killing: Feds claim person they killed had a gun. Even if true, that's not a crime. Indeed, this administration said repeatedly its 2d A protected activity. Agents would have to KNOW he had a gun and fear IMMINENT harm from it - that is yet to be established by any evidence.
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The detention of witnesses and seizure of their phones is an extraordinary violation of every fucking Amendment you can name:
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Why are witnesses in federal detention?
The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The detention of witnesses and seizure of their phones is an extraordinary violation of every fucking Amendment you can name:
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There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
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Yes, this is what happened.
Nearly half a dozen agents wrestling one individual to the ground and then one of them just starts shooting in the dog pile, steps back and unloads on the guy on the street.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Yes, this is what happened.
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I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
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Masked federal agents in Minnesota just shot and killed another person.
We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now.
Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings.
We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now.
Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Masked federal agents in Minnesota just shot and killed another person.
We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now.
Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings.
We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now.
Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings.
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
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Note that literally nothing DHS says can be taken as true.
It's far more likely that they fucked up and shot the guy and now they're lying, than it is that he was armed.
And if he was armed, that's legal in Minneapolis.
It's far more likely that they fucked up and shot the guy and now they're lying, than it is that he was armed.
And if he was armed, that's legal in Minneapolis.
Early DHS spin (via Fox News) is that the person shot repeatedly by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis was armed -- note that open carrying firearms is legal with a permit and notably, they are not (yet at least) claiming that the person fired or even brandished a gun, just had one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Note that literally nothing DHS says can be taken as true.
It's far more likely that they fucked up and shot the guy and now they're lying, than it is that he was armed.
And if he was armed, that's legal in Minneapolis.
It's far more likely that they fucked up and shot the guy and now they're lying, than it is that he was armed.
And if he was armed, that's legal in Minneapolis.
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When you watch the horrifying video of ICE agents murdering another human in Minneapolis at point-blank range, remember that these violent, untrained thugs have been empowered by a sadistic criminal who occupies our White House. This cannot go on.
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
When you watch the horrifying video of ICE agents murdering another human in Minneapolis at point-blank range, remember that these violent, untrained thugs have been empowered by a sadistic criminal who occupies our White House. This cannot go on.
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They’re fighting for their city but they’re also fighting for all of us
We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
They’re fighting for their city but they’re also fighting for all of us
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cannot stress enough that there is less than zero reason to believe the word of anyone who works at DHS or in the Trump administration on this stuff. they lie like they breathe
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
cannot stress enough that there is less than zero reason to believe the word of anyone who works at DHS or in the Trump administration on this stuff. they lie like they breathe
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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DOJ missed the legal deadline to release the Epstein files
Millions of pages remain hidden
@democracydefendersfund.org filed FOIA requests, brought suit, and is seeking court-ordered compliance
I break it down in my latest Publisher’s Note on @contrariannews.org 👇 -TN
Millions of pages remain hidden
@democracydefendersfund.org filed FOIA requests, brought suit, and is seeking court-ordered compliance
I break it down in my latest Publisher’s Note on @contrariannews.org 👇 -TN
We Caught DOJ Trying to Hide More of the Epstein Files
Publisher's Roundup 51
contrarian.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
DOJ missed the legal deadline to release the Epstein files
Millions of pages remain hidden
@democracydefendersfund.org filed FOIA requests, brought suit, and is seeking court-ordered compliance
I break it down in my latest Publisher’s Note on @contrariannews.org 👇 -TN
Millions of pages remain hidden
@democracydefendersfund.org filed FOIA requests, brought suit, and is seeking court-ordered compliance
I break it down in my latest Publisher’s Note on @contrariannews.org 👇 -TN
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Any decent human being who is an ICE agent should resign immediately. Any decent cop who sees ICE should be prepared to protect their community from ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Any decent human being who is an ICE agent should resign immediately. Any decent cop who sees ICE should be prepared to protect their community from ICE.
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The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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Trials for every ICE member.
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trials for every ICE member.
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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How the fuck are any newsmedia still publishing ICE statements as if they are in any way possibly in good faith.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
How the fuck are any newsmedia still publishing ICE statements as if they are in any way possibly in good faith.
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
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Sooner or later the media is going to have to accept they are actively trying to tear the country apart, to start a war.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Sooner or later the media is going to have to accept they are actively trying to tear the country apart, to start a war.
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It’s posts like this that make Canada and other countries want to do deals with China and leave the United States all alone. This is the language of an abusive ex.
January 24, 2026 at 2:54 PM
It’s posts like this that make Canada and other countries want to do deals with China and leave the United States all alone. This is the language of an abusive ex.
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I just responded to the scene at 26th and Nicollet shortly after the observer was shot. They teargassed and/or pepper sprayed Jana Shortal of KARE11 at the scene and she was being treated when I walked up. ICE have a fancy camera they are using to scan the faces of the crowd.
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I just responded to the scene at 26th and Nicollet shortly after the observer was shot. They teargassed and/or pepper sprayed Jana Shortal of KARE11 at the scene and she was being treated when I walked up. ICE have a fancy camera they are using to scan the faces of the crowd.
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest