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A federal court order temporarily restricting ICE's lawless rampage would be reassuring if they didn't have a history of failing to comply with court orders.
www.fox9.com/news/judge-i...
www.fox9.com/news/judge-i...
Judge issues restraining order banning ICE retaliation against peaceful protesters
A temporary restraining order has been granted that will ban federal agents from retaliating against, arresting, detaining or using chemical irritants against people engaging in peaceful protest.
www.fox9.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 AM
A federal court order temporarily restricting ICE's lawless rampage would be reassuring if they didn't have a history of failing to comply with court orders.
www.fox9.com/news/judge-i...
www.fox9.com/news/judge-i...
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I find it relatively heartening, though, how they came in with “We can kill you at our whim” and have been forced to pivot to “Our widdle agents are so scared :( they’re bleeding internally :( this is just self-defense”
Like say what you will about the Gestapo but they didn’t whine like this
Like say what you will about the Gestapo but they didn’t whine like this
As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I find it relatively heartening, though, how they came in with “We can kill you at our whim” and have been forced to pivot to “Our widdle agents are so scared :( they’re bleeding internally :( this is just self-defense”
Like say what you will about the Gestapo but they didn’t whine like this
Like say what you will about the Gestapo but they didn’t whine like this
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people are always like oh minnesotans are kind, minnesotans are so well organized
but the best thing is that we are also goofy little guys
but the best thing is that we are also goofy little guys
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM
people are always like oh minnesotans are kind, minnesotans are so well organized
but the best thing is that we are also goofy little guys
but the best thing is that we are also goofy little guys
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What we are experiencing is 25x of the Midway Blitz.
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
What we are experiencing is 25x of the Midway Blitz.
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Yeah people don’t understand how insane the surge here is. The insane videos you see are examples of stuff happening dozens or hundreds of times daily. (Although, again, there are signs they are departing for outstate after being roundly rejected by the community).
January 17, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Yeah people don’t understand how insane the surge here is. The insane videos you see are examples of stuff happening dozens or hundreds of times daily. (Although, again, there are signs they are departing for outstate after being roundly rejected by the community).
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An excellent piece.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
An excellent piece.
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The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
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This is what I keep telling people who aren't from the Twin Cities. Much of the roots of the organized opposition they see now came out of the many days following George Floyd's murder where residents built connections with one another and patrolled their own streets because the MPD were AWOL.
I appreciate my neighbors so much. Physically too out of sorts for the community meeting today, but several are going and will report back to the group chat we formed 5 1/2 years ago to rotate shifts sitting outside with fire extinguishers.
Weird time to be alive, really.
Weird time to be alive, really.
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is what I keep telling people who aren't from the Twin Cities. Much of the roots of the organized opposition they see now came out of the many days following George Floyd's murder where residents built connections with one another and patrolled their own streets because the MPD were AWOL.
"the surge in Chicago involved only about 300 agents." The difference in scale is wild.
Story from the two women detained by ice on Central this week is horrifying and happening every day across the Cities. Also statement from our beloved @elliottpayne.org
Imagine what they’re doing to our more vulnerable neighbors. Sickening.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Imagine what they’re doing to our more vulnerable neighbors. Sickening.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"the surge in Chicago involved only about 300 agents." The difference in scale is wild.
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Story from the two women detained by ice on Central this week is horrifying and happening every day across the Cities. Also statement from our beloved @elliottpayne.org
Imagine what they’re doing to our more vulnerable neighbors. Sickening.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Imagine what they’re doing to our more vulnerable neighbors. Sickening.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Story from the two women detained by ice on Central this week is horrifying and happening every day across the Cities. Also statement from our beloved @elliottpayne.org
Imagine what they’re doing to our more vulnerable neighbors. Sickening.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Imagine what they’re doing to our more vulnerable neighbors. Sickening.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Homeland Security insists that ICE operations are targeting criminals. MPR News examined the agency's "worst of the worst" lists and found most of the people there had been immediately transferred to ICE custody at the end of time served in Minnesota prisons. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Some criminals ICE takes credit for arresting were already in Minnesota prisons
Several of the 13 “worst of the worst” criminals that the Department of Homeland Security said were arrested in Minnesota through its immigration enforcement operation were actually handed over to ICE...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Homeland Security insists that ICE operations are targeting criminals. MPR News examined the agency's "worst of the worst" lists and found most of the people there had been immediately transferred to ICE custody at the end of time served in Minnesota prisons. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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If you want to know why MSP and the state is in full us vs the world mode on top of defending our neighbors, here is our local news giving the head cosplayer a 15 minute uninterrupted infomercial for the second time in a week.
We are the calvary we are waiting for.
We are the calvary we are waiting for.
WCCO is having greg bovino on again
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
If you want to know why MSP and the state is in full us vs the world mode on top of defending our neighbors, here is our local news giving the head cosplayer a 15 minute uninterrupted infomercial for the second time in a week.
We are the calvary we are waiting for.
We are the calvary we are waiting for.
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The mad biker of uptown actually reached out to me and I think they’re fairly alarmed at complete disregard for their own safety the situation brought out in them. A true hero
There's all the other observers and then there's
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The mad biker of uptown actually reached out to me and I think they’re fairly alarmed at complete disregard for their own safety the situation brought out in them. A true hero
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Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
Is everyone in MN a hero?
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
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I went on a ride along with Will today because I was trying to understand how a mobile patrol works. If you've ever fantasized about being either Spider-Man or Ned Leeds I would recommend going to Defend612 to volunteer. (Spider-Man: patrol. Ned Leeds: dispatch/notetaking/plate checks.)
I don’t want to jinx anything, but ICE presence in South Minneapolis has been MASSIVELY down the last two days, and also far less militarized. Very few masks and uniforms, and efforts to disguise their vehicles. Community watch has been suffocating them, I think.
January 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I went on a ride along with Will today because I was trying to understand how a mobile patrol works. If you've ever fantasized about being either Spider-Man or Ned Leeds I would recommend going to Defend612 to volunteer. (Spider-Man: patrol. Ned Leeds: dispatch/notetaking/plate checks.)
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One of my great joys in life is how woke the Dog Rates guy turned out to be.
youtu.be/lOUfrdP5Vmk?...
youtu.be/lOUfrdP5Vmk?...
The Murder of Renee Nicole Good
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
One of my great joys in life is how woke the Dog Rates guy turned out to be.
youtu.be/lOUfrdP5Vmk?...
youtu.be/lOUfrdP5Vmk?...
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Here is what this neighborhood looked like Wednesday night.
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Here is what this neighborhood looked like Wednesday night.
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Restaurants and stores across MN are closing because staff are being taken and customers are scared to show up.
Last time this happened, it was COVID. This time it's human viruses.
Both times Trump was the President.
Last time this happened, it was COVID. This time it's human viruses.
Both times Trump was the President.
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Restaurants and stores across MN are closing because staff are being taken and customers are scared to show up.
Last time this happened, it was COVID. This time it's human viruses.
Both times Trump was the President.
Last time this happened, it was COVID. This time it's human viruses.
Both times Trump was the President.
Ghoulish.
City of Minneapolis CPED director appears in a video acknowledging the roving federal paramilitary smash-&-grab kidnapping squads, while asking folks to leave the safety of their homes to buy stuff every now and then.
youtu.be/AIyi-XE7318?...
youtu.be/AIyi-XE7318?...
Minneapolis is open for business
There’s a lot going on in Minneapolis, and many people are feeling uncertainty. Through it all, our city remains open and resilient. We support our neighbors, our local businesses and the community…
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Ghoulish.
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City of Minneapolis CPED director appears in a video acknowledging the roving federal paramilitary smash-&-grab kidnapping squads, while asking folks to leave the safety of their homes to buy stuff every now and then.
youtu.be/AIyi-XE7318?...
youtu.be/AIyi-XE7318?...
Minneapolis is open for business
There’s a lot going on in Minneapolis, and many people are feeling uncertainty. Through it all, our city remains open and resilient. We support our neighbors, our local businesses and the community…
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
City of Minneapolis CPED director appears in a video acknowledging the roving federal paramilitary smash-&-grab kidnapping squads, while asking folks to leave the safety of their homes to buy stuff every now and then.
youtu.be/AIyi-XE7318?...
youtu.be/AIyi-XE7318?...
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Yeah it’s well-documented ICE is doing this by now. I honestly had been waiting for them to try it with me. It’s illegal and they have to know they’re being filmed, but they feel like they have total impunity.
They’re doing this to other observers too. Have seen different vids.
The ICE guy I was tailing decided to show me he knows where I live. You can’t really see in the video, but as he drove past my place he reached out the window and pointed at my apartment. Real tough guy
January 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Yeah it’s well-documented ICE is doing this by now. I honestly had been waiting for them to try it with me. It’s illegal and they have to know they’re being filmed, but they feel like they have total impunity.
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They’re doing this to other observers too. Have seen different vids.
The ICE guy I was tailing decided to show me he knows where I live. You can’t really see in the video, but as he drove past my place he reached out the window and pointed at my apartment. Real tough guy
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
They’re doing this to other observers too. Have seen different vids.
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Last week I asked BOP officials if they had sent tactical teams to Minneapolis. They denied it (left).
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Last week I asked BOP officials if they had sent tactical teams to Minneapolis. They denied it (left).
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
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Lots of potential pullquotes here, but I think this piece works best as a whole - a powerful, infuriating overview to share with out-of-town relatives or friends who are wondering "just how bad it is in Minneapolis."
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, observers say federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citizens and noncitizens alike. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Lots of potential pullquotes here, but I think this piece works best as a whole - a powerful, infuriating overview to share with out-of-town relatives or friends who are wondering "just how bad it is in Minneapolis."
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AG Keith Ellison on Trump's "paid protesters" accusations: "It's just a lie. I think you could put it in the category of Haitians in Ohio eating pets ... people are outside because they're upset. They're outside because their neighbors are being hauled off."
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
AG Keith Ellison on Trump's "paid protesters" accusations: "It's just a lie. I think you could put it in the category of Haitians in Ohio eating pets ... people are outside because they're upset. They're outside because their neighbors are being hauled off."