Alex Nicole, MPH ☃️
@alexnicole.bsky.social
Cincinatian | Dane mom | Posts about sociopolitical issues, housing, public health | Opinions my own
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Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25
January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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All we’re saying to America, is “be true to what you said on paper.”
January 26, 2026 at 12:35 AM
All we’re saying to America, is “be true to what you said on paper.”
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These are, of course, absolutely bare minimums.
January 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
These are, of course, absolutely bare minimums.
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We can actually predict polar vortex events now by monitoring Ted Cruz flight patterns
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 23, 2026 at 12:38 AM
We can actually predict polar vortex events now by monitoring Ted Cruz flight patterns
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By the way this is the crime that they executed him for. They abhor being watched and they think if you do anything they dislike you must be crushed under their boot.
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
By the way this is the crime that they executed him for. They abhor being watched and they think if you do anything they dislike you must be crushed under their boot.
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Evil. No other word for it
Bovino: "When you choose to use your five-year-old child as a shield to evade law enforcement, that is a choice that someone makes…"
January 25, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Evil. No other word for it
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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ICE movements are tracked block by block, with observers following or intercepting both known ICE vehicles and suspicious vehicles. Any alert of on-foot activity will produce 50 to 100 observers within minutes. Main issue is that the network is so dense that false alarms cause massive commotion.
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
ICE movements are tracked block by block, with observers following or intercepting both known ICE vehicles and suspicious vehicles. Any alert of on-foot activity will produce 50 to 100 observers within minutes. Main issue is that the network is so dense that false alarms cause massive commotion.
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The city is fully mobilized against the invaders.
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The city is fully mobilized against the invaders.
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We have ~15 separate radio dispatches, one for each neighborhood, and dozens more for the suburbs/Saint Paul. Each dispatch/monitoring channel contains somewhere between 500 and 2000 people. At any given time there are probably a dozen mobile patrols and 100 on-foot observers in each neighborhood.
Does Minneapolis have a radio dispatch set up for the people who are following ICE? That's brilliant.
alright here you go
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
We have ~15 separate radio dispatches, one for each neighborhood, and dozens more for the suburbs/Saint Paul. Each dispatch/monitoring channel contains somewhere between 500 and 2000 people. At any given time there are probably a dozen mobile patrols and 100 on-foot observers in each neighborhood.
Okay ebike friends. Two questions. What ebikes do you recommend for city commuting/cargo? And do you know of any trailers/pull-behinds that would fit a Great Dane? The biggest I can find has a 110lb weight capacity, but I need 150lb capacity.
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Okay ebike friends. Two questions. What ebikes do you recommend for city commuting/cargo? And do you know of any trailers/pull-behinds that would fit a Great Dane? The biggest I can find has a 110lb weight capacity, but I need 150lb capacity.
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There’s also been dozens of construction raids in Alabama where there isn’t the community support to document them.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
This is at least the third incident I'm aware of where immigration agents attacked workers on a private residential construction site. Here is one I covered in October, in Chicago. bsky.app/profile/cram...
In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There’s also been dozens of construction raids in Alabama where there isn’t the community support to document them.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
But two ICE officials said they’re targeting construction sites there.
And DOJ just said in our case that construction sites are “open fields” that don’t require warrants to enter.
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Now we’re explaining that deflation is bad huh
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Now we’re explaining that deflation is bad huh
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Families too frightened to shop for groceries. In America.
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
In the shadow of ICE, a St. Paul neighborhood store steps in to feed its community
While federal agents patrol the Twin Cities, a Mexican grocer in St. Paul is filling a gap for families too frightened to shop.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Families too frightened to shop for groceries. In America.
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
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A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
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I don't want to be a "I'm not surprised" guy but covid made it clear that a substantial part of the population wants the freedom to do whatever they want even if it kills them and/or others
strangers are fighting to the death in my menchies over this pretty innocuous take and slinging devastating counterarguments like “what if I had to run away from a murderer” and “I like speeding”
one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I don't want to be a "I'm not surprised" guy but covid made it clear that a substantial part of the population wants the freedom to do whatever they want even if it kills them and/or others
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Do not do this.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Do not do this.
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Protesters are showing up in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Hands Off! protest!
April 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Protesters are showing up in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Hands Off! protest!
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What a moment.
April 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What a moment.
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The Justice Department’s latest filings make it abundantly clear that it is creating a black site for migrants in El Salvador that’s worse than Gitmo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Justice Department’s latest filings make it abundantly clear that it is creating a black site for migrants in El Salvador that’s worse than Gitmo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Statement from Lambda Legal Senior Attorney & HIV Project Director Jose Abrigo (@gojoseabrigo.bsky.social) on today’s massive cuts to our federal HIV infrastructure ⬇️
April 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Statement from Lambda Legal Senior Attorney & HIV Project Director Jose Abrigo (@gojoseabrigo.bsky.social) on today’s massive cuts to our federal HIV infrastructure ⬇️
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A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
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April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
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Booker did all he or any Dem can do which is make a lot of noise. And now they need to sit on their hands and not vote with Republicans on anything.
April 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Booker did all he or any Dem can do which is make a lot of noise. And now they need to sit on their hands and not vote with Republicans on anything.
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM