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"Aliya Rahman is an autistic woman who was pulled from her car by ICE in Minneapolis because, as the government goons tell it, she didn’t 'just follow instructions'....Video shows...she can be heard clearly stating: ‘I am autistic and have a brain injury … It takes me a second to understand.'"
"Just like the first woman in a lab […] meant representation for future women in science, an autistic Barbie where there had been no autistic dolls before can mean a lot to Barbie-interested autistic people." @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the latest TPGA newsletter:
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...
Autistic Barbie met with joy, controversy
Do all autistic people interested in Barbie look like this doll or wear headphones or use an AAC device? No. But it is an important social statement on a global stage.
buttondown.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"Aliya Rahman is an autistic woman who was pulled from her car by ICE in Minneapolis because, as the government goons tell it, she didn’t 'just follow instructions'....Video shows...she can be heard clearly stating: ‘I am autistic and have a brain injury … It takes me a second to understand.'"
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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This is a great example of state officials stepping up to ensure compliance with the law, if the feds won’t do it. Maine secy of state @shennabellows.bsky.social finding a way of restricting ICE illegal conduct wgme.com/news/local/m...
Maine pauses undercover license plate requests amid ICE concerns
According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Maine plates will not be used for "lawless purposes."
wgme.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is a great example of state officials stepping up to ensure compliance with the law, if the feds won’t do it. Maine secy of state @shennabellows.bsky.social finding a way of restricting ICE illegal conduct wgme.com/news/local/m...
This is horrific. By the state incarcerating them, they are assuming in loco parentis, and we are all horrified any time a caregiver forces someone into isolation. I hope justice is speedy for them and that these dear children receive the care they need to overcome this avoidable trauma.
Disgusting report on incarcerated children and youth kept in conditions including extended solitary confinement; housing without toilets and other basic sanitation; limited access to food, water, and sunlight; and deprivation of educational opportunities.
Lawsuit Claims Solitary Confinement Harms Youth in NY Lockups| The Imprint
A lawsuit alleges some youth in New York detention centers are held in solitary confinement for long periods of time in abusive conditions.
imprintnews.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
This is horrific. By the state incarcerating them, they are assuming in loco parentis, and we are all horrified any time a caregiver forces someone into isolation. I hope justice is speedy for them and that these dear children receive the care they need to overcome this avoidable trauma.
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Outrage over a protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul Sunday -- which attorney general Pam Bondi says will be "met with the full force of federal law" -- recalls even MORE disruptive church protests led by angry steelworkers in PGH in 1984. (Thread)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/u...
Trump officials investigate protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service, targeting ICE official | CNN
A Sunday morning church service in the Twin Cities interrupted by anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters is the latest flash point in escalating tensions between the Trump administration ...
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Outrage over a protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul Sunday -- which attorney general Pam Bondi says will be "met with the full force of federal law" -- recalls even MORE disruptive church protests led by angry steelworkers in PGH in 1984. (Thread)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/u...
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Can we get to $15,000 by tomorrow? The Black Zine Fair will be great and we need $$ - gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Can we get to $15,000 by tomorrow? The Black Zine Fair will be great and we need $$ - gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
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Abolish ICE tshirts are here, all 700 of them, printed by union screen printers at Commonwealth Press. They’ll be shipping out this week or you can pick yours up at the studio, along with free posters printed by local artist Fio Avocado. These represent $3500 raised for @nilc.org!
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Abolish ICE tshirts are here, all 700 of them, printed by union screen printers at Commonwealth Press. They’ll be shipping out this week or you can pick yours up at the studio, along with free posters printed by local artist Fio Avocado. These represent $3500 raised for @nilc.org!
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Very grateful for her contributions to a profound technology spanning many uses.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Very grateful for her contributions to a profound technology spanning many uses.
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A very good read, to be clear. I recommend it to anyone in a place ICE will surge in, which of course could be anywhere. crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/r...
Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
The rapid response networks people organized to defend their communities against federal agents seeking to kidnap, brutalize, and terrorize them have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with...
crimethinc.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 PM
A very good read, to be clear. I recommend it to anyone in a place ICE will surge in, which of course could be anywhere. crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/r...
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And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
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The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor
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Yes, letters can be a lifeline for people in ICE detention! Join a #DignityNotDetention Hybrid Letter Writing Night on Tuesday, January 27th at 6:30pm!
The #DignityNotDetention Inside/Outside Working Group hosts gatherings each month to write letters to folks in detention, so they know they're not forgotten and we are fighting for them!
Next one Jan 27, 6:30-8:30pm ET, in-person + online. Spanish-speaking writers needed!
bit.ly/JanLetterWri...
Next one Jan 27, 6:30-8:30pm ET, in-person + online. Spanish-speaking writers needed!
bit.ly/JanLetterWri...
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Yes, letters can be a lifeline for people in ICE detention! Join a #DignityNotDetention Hybrid Letter Writing Night on Tuesday, January 27th at 6:30pm!
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"[T]he pathogen is ICE and racism."
"[M]ore than 300 Mainers have now been trained by community groups to help verify reports of enforcement activity" for ICE watch hotline.
"[L]ocal organizers have been preparing for this for months."
#Maine #USA #Protest #MutualAid #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[M]ore than 300 Mainers have now been trained by community groups to help verify reports of enforcement activity" for ICE watch hotline.
"[L]ocal organizers have been preparing for this for months."
#Maine #USA #Protest #MutualAid #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Maine organizers have long been preparing for ICE to arrive
There is a solidarity fund to cover legal representation for people who are detained, volunteers who watch over students and their families during school drop off and pick up, networks to bring food and other necessities to people afraid to leave their homes, industry-specific workplace trainings for employers and employees on their rights if federal agents arrive, and protests.
mainemorningstar.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"[T]he pathogen is ICE and racism."
"[M]ore than 300 Mainers have now been trained by community groups to help verify reports of enforcement activity" for ICE watch hotline.
"[L]ocal organizers have been preparing for this for months."
#Maine #USA #Protest #MutualAid #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[M]ore than 300 Mainers have now been trained by community groups to help verify reports of enforcement activity" for ICE watch hotline.
"[L]ocal organizers have been preparing for this for months."
#Maine #USA #Protest #MutualAid #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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This is arguably a blueprint for how Black people should engage with the current moment if you ask me. We should allow our survival to inspire community, art, and intellectual thought that expands what opportunity is for us even amidst the chaos. #blacksky
Just finished this right after having read @hofrench.bsky.social's Second Emancipation, and it convinced me that the African & African diaspora anti-colonial thinkers of the 1940-1975 period constituted one of the great intellectual movements in the history of humankind.
Second Enlightenment level.
Second Enlightenment level.
We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This is arguably a blueprint for how Black people should engage with the current moment if you ask me. We should allow our survival to inspire community, art, and intellectual thought that expands what opportunity is for us even amidst the chaos. #blacksky
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
Many of my most favorite things share one trait: they’re easily underestimated.
Minneapolis may take the stereotypes on the chin, but that doesn’t mean they’re willing to conform to them.
Minneapolis may take the stereotypes on the chin, but that doesn’t mean they’re willing to conform to them.
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Many of my most favorite things share one trait: they’re easily underestimated.
Minneapolis may take the stereotypes on the chin, but that doesn’t mean they’re willing to conform to them.
Minneapolis may take the stereotypes on the chin, but that doesn’t mean they’re willing to conform to them.
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this is why i fucking hate the pittsburgh scanner account y'all. they post context-less scanner bits like this, which is literally "what people tell dispatch" and "what the cops say to each other" and people take it as goddamn gospel truth.
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
this is why i fucking hate the pittsburgh scanner account y'all. they post context-less scanner bits like this, which is literally "what people tell dispatch" and "what the cops say to each other" and people take it as goddamn gospel truth.
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There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
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if you’d like to help, pls donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund to help with rapid response www.mainesolidarity.org
Maine Solidarity Fund
www.mainesolidarity.org
January 18, 2026 at 12:32 AM
if you’d like to help, pls donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund to help with rapid response www.mainesolidarity.org
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Abolitionists called them Vigilance Committees.
As part of the Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance, “Mamas of Cedar” patrol the neighborhood, educate residents of their rights and provide food for those who need it.
How ‘Mamas of Cedar’ are keeping watch for ICE in Minneapolis
Known as the “Mamas of Cedar,” local mothers mobilize to protect neighbors, share resources, and monitor ICE presence in Minneapolis.
sahanjournal.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Abolitionists called them Vigilance Committees.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
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Becoming a member of a union has been one of the more radicalizing experiences of my adult life because what do you mean the majority of Americans raw dog capitalist employment?
Support union efforts to protect there members here:
Support union efforts to protect there members here:
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
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Support Impacted Union Families! | Working Partnerships
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January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Becoming a member of a union has been one of the more radicalizing experiences of my adult life because what do you mean the majority of Americans raw dog capitalist employment?
Support union efforts to protect there members here:
Support union efforts to protect there members here:
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Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
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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 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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.
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"We're protesting fascists even when it's cold as hell; they had about 17 police officers show up—not to protect us from the Nazis 30 feet away but to put out our fires," -ICE protester tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social as police put out their fire in -9 degree wind chill. LIVE NOW⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"We're protesting fascists even when it's cold as hell; they had about 17 police officers show up—not to protect us from the Nazis 30 feet away but to put out our fires," -ICE protester tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social as police put out their fire in -9 degree wind chill. LIVE NOW⬇️