Matt Browner Hamlin
@mattbh.com
Director of Strategy, Systems & Insights for Greenpeace International // Arsenal fan & creator of the Arsenal+ & #Arsenal on BlueSky feeds
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
smh a lack of training
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As someone who these dipshits would call a “paid protestor” (in that I work at an organizing institution), the level at which what’s happened in the region has been truly grassroots and organic is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. NONE of this is driven by any organization.
When a TV guest goes the predictable route of claiming they're "paid protestors," hosts must immediately ask if they have any proof.
When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it.
No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.
When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it.
No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.
"You're seeing a lot of paid protesters" -- Rep. Mike Haridopolos's attempt to defend ICE's tactics in Minneapolis during a CNN panel discussion this morning did not go well. Bad used car salesman vibes.
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
As someone who these dipshits would call a “paid protestor” (in that I work at an organizing institution), the level at which what’s happened in the region has been truly grassroots and organic is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. NONE of this is driven by any organization.
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My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
MAGA world owes it to themselves to rewatch Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
MAGA world owes it to themselves to rewatch Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica
smh a lack of training
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
smh a lack of training
Trump: The kidnappings, terrorism & shooting of civilians will continue until the Insurrection Act is used
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump: The kidnappings, terrorism & shooting of civilians will continue until the Insurrection Act is used
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2/ "Another way you can help: Witness.
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You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities. So carry your phone with you at all times.
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Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans ... to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities. So carry your phone with you at all times.
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Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans ... to bank evidence for future prosecution."
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
2/ "Another way you can help: Witness.
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You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities. So carry your phone with you at all times.
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Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans ... to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities. So carry your phone with you at all times.
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Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans ... to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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WHY are news stations reading DHS statements out loud as if they have ANY credibility at all? They literally murdered a woman in cold blood LAST WEEK and are still lying about what happened, even though we can see what happened. That any credibility would be given to their statement is insane
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
WHY are news stations reading DHS statements out loud as if they have ANY credibility at all? They literally murdered a woman in cold blood LAST WEEK and are still lying about what happened, even though we can see what happened. That any credibility would be given to their statement is insane
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
This is not helpful for my “smh a lack of training” bit
A single federal agent with a long gun just walked through the crowd, slipped on the ice on his way under the police tape.
Dropped his loaded clip.
Dropped his loaded clip.
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 AM
This is not helpful for my “smh a lack of training” bit
smh a lack of training
From 1/14/2026
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
smh a lack of training
The data pod was great @giantgooner.bsky.social @arsenalvisionpodcast.com - especially this animation of Gyokores’ radar pre & post injury
Looney Tunes. Gossamer shrink
YouTube video by Nekomimi genie
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The data pod was great @giantgooner.bsky.social @arsenalvisionpodcast.com - especially this animation of Gyokores’ radar pre & post injury
smh a lack of training
The amount of ICE agents slipping on actual ice is out of control lmao. They really sent motherfuckers into Minnesota in the middle of winter who don't know how to run in snow let alone on ice. It's having an effect that makes people less afraid, like someone straight up jumps on this ICE loser lmao
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
smh a lack of training
Viktor Gyokores with an assist.
a cartoon character with the words what a time to be alive below him
Alt: a cartoon character with the words what a time to be alive below him
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Viktor Gyokores with an assist.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: when you say it holds thirty liters, surely you don't fill it with water?
CARL MARX: was ist das 'nylon shell'?
LUIGI MANGIONE: that snaps over the top, see how it fits a 16" laptop?
ME: please put the peak design bag away this isn't what i wanted to discuss
CARL MARX: was ist das 'nylon shell'?
LUIGI MANGIONE: that snaps over the top, see how it fits a 16" laptop?
ME: please put the peak design bag away this isn't what i wanted to discuss
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: when you say it holds thirty liters, surely you don't fill it with water?
CARL MARX: was ist das 'nylon shell'?
LUIGI MANGIONE: that snaps over the top, see how it fits a 16" laptop?
ME: please put the peak design bag away this isn't what i wanted to discuss
CARL MARX: was ist das 'nylon shell'?
LUIGI MANGIONE: that snaps over the top, see how it fits a 16" laptop?
ME: please put the peak design bag away this isn't what i wanted to discuss
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Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.
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My 3 year old is reading Foucault and asked me, tears in his eyes, "why is power in society only reified through force and surveillance?"
I told him to read more Fanon
I told him to read more Fanon
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
My 3 year old is reading Foucault and asked me, tears in his eyes, "why is power in society only reified through force and surveillance?"
I told him to read more Fanon
I told him to read more Fanon
smh a lack of training
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
smh a lack of training
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I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Think of how many teachers we could give better salaries with this money
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Think of how many teachers we could give better salaries with this money
Striving so hard to Don Draper https://youtu.be/2VpgEHsPc7I?si=CRJ3OHvvylq4NoKf
New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Striving so hard to Don Draper https://youtu.be/2VpgEHsPc7I?si=CRJ3OHvvylq4NoKf
Not per Third Way & other radical centrists, who no elected Dem should be listening to at all
Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Not per Third Way & other radical centrists, who no elected Dem should be listening to at all
smh a lack of training
“She also claimed that the officers did not immediately call paramedics after he was struck, and instead pressed his face into a pool of blood.
‘The other officers were mocking him, saying, You’re going to lose your eye,' she said her nephew told her.” people.com/protester-21...
‘The other officers were mocking him, saying, You’re going to lose your eye,' she said her nephew told her.” people.com/protester-21...
Anti-ICE Protester, 21, Permanently Blinded by Federal Agent Who Shot Him with Non-Lethal Bullet at Close Range, Aunt Says
A protester demonstrating against ICE in Santa Ana, Calif., was struck with a non-lethal round fired at close range by an agent, leaving him permanently blinded in one eye.
people.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
smh a lack of training
smh a lack of training
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
smh a lack of training