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Mercado Central, a cooperative of small Central American businesses in Minneapolis, is still raising money to try to save itself from closure. It’s an institution and makes this community much richer.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
Donate to Help Save Mercado Central from Closure, organized by Cooperativa Mercado Central
Mercado Central, a cooperative founded by latino entrepeneurs
with… Cooperativa Mercado Central needs your support for Help Save Mercado Central from Closure
www.gofundme.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Mercado Central, a cooperative of small Central American businesses in Minneapolis, is still raising money to try to save itself from closure. It’s an institution and makes this community much richer.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)
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We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.
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We rewatched the halftime show and the closing is so powerful. Bad Bunny’s final messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We rewatched the halftime show and the closing is so powerful. Bad Bunny’s final messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
“Together, we are America.”
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This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
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The proposed new VA-10 basically looks like the old VA-10 from last decade
Back then it was part of GOP gerrymander
Now it is part of Dem gerrymander
Shows shifting coalitions in Virginia
Although Dems probably will be able to hold it rest of the decade
h/t @statenavigate.org
Back then it was part of GOP gerrymander
Now it is part of Dem gerrymander
Shows shifting coalitions in Virginia
Although Dems probably will be able to hold it rest of the decade
h/t @statenavigate.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The proposed new VA-10 basically looks like the old VA-10 from last decade
Back then it was part of GOP gerrymander
Now it is part of Dem gerrymander
Shows shifting coalitions in Virginia
Although Dems probably will be able to hold it rest of the decade
h/t @statenavigate.org
Back then it was part of GOP gerrymander
Now it is part of Dem gerrymander
Shows shifting coalitions in Virginia
Although Dems probably will be able to hold it rest of the decade
h/t @statenavigate.org
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This is real, and it’s located near Tesla’s flagship London store in Tottenham.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This is real, and it’s located near Tesla’s flagship London store in Tottenham.
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Looks like the deaf student protester in LA arrested by DHS has broken into the mainstream news circuit. (Good.) Here are some more stories about the intersection of disability and ICE, aka, eugenics.
Updates on the intersection of ICE-related violence and disability, February 2026. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/02/03/i...
ICE and Disability (February) - Disability Rights Watch
Good news: Black Deaf Minnesota man Ike Muringai, who was taken by ICE last month, has been released from custody and is home with his fiancee. Anthony Paredes, a Latino and Chicano deaf high schooler...
www.disability-rights-watch.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Looks like the deaf student protester in LA arrested by DHS has broken into the mainstream news circuit. (Good.) Here are some more stories about the intersection of disability and ICE, aka, eugenics.
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger distanced state law enforcement agencies from federal immigration operations, ordering the end of partnership agreements and condemning federal operations in other states as undermining public confidence.
Spanberger takes further steps to remove Virginia from ICE operations
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Wednesday ordered state law enforcement agencies to dissolve any partnership agreements with federal immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger distanced state law enforcement agencies from federal immigration operations, ordering the end of partnership agreements and condemning federal operations in other states as undermining public confidence.
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
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If the plan was just to put WaPo to work for Bezos's other business interests, I'm pretty sure they could have done that in a less shambolic fashion. So while Bezos's attempts to cozy up to the regime are for sure part of the problem, don't discount his hubris, myopia, and petulance.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
If the plan was just to put WaPo to work for Bezos's other business interests, I'm pretty sure they could have done that in a less shambolic fashion. So while Bezos's attempts to cozy up to the regime are for sure part of the problem, don't discount his hubris, myopia, and petulance.
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The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
n.pr
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj
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Corporate consolidations and the gutting of newsrooms filled with talented and diligent reporters are partially why random propagandists like Nick Shirley are able to seize attention and power and position themselves as "journalists."
Solidarity with everyone at the Washington Post today.
Solidarity with everyone at the Washington Post today.
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Corporate consolidations and the gutting of newsrooms filled with talented and diligent reporters are partially why random propagandists like Nick Shirley are able to seize attention and power and position themselves as "journalists."
Solidarity with everyone at the Washington Post today.
Solidarity with everyone at the Washington Post today.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James said today that her office is starting a new effort to deploy trained staff to monitor and document federal immigration enforcement operations. The initiative, known as the Legal Observation Project, will track reports of major enforcement activity
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
New York Attorney General Letitia James said today that her office is starting a new effort to deploy trained staff to monitor and document federal immigration enforcement operations. The initiative, known as the Legal Observation Project, will track reports of major enforcement activity
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The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning. n.pr/3ZhlKvr
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images
The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning.
n.pr
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning. n.pr/3ZhlKvr
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"No comment."
Deputy AG Todd Blanche responds to questions about journalist Don Lemon's arrest.
www.ms.now/news/don-lem...
Deputy AG Todd Blanche responds to questions about journalist Don Lemon's arrest.
www.ms.now/news/don-lem...
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"No comment."
Deputy AG Todd Blanche responds to questions about journalist Don Lemon's arrest.
www.ms.now/news/don-lem...
Deputy AG Todd Blanche responds to questions about journalist Don Lemon's arrest.
www.ms.now/news/don-lem...
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
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Lest we forget:
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Lest we forget:
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
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After all this is over, we need to pass a law that makes social media posts from official agency accounts like this subject to perjury, equivalently to testimony before Congress. It is too destructive to the country to let them keep lying and lying and lying without any possible legal remedy.
January 24, 2026 at 6:54 PM
After all this is over, we need to pass a law that makes social media posts from official agency accounts like this subject to perjury, equivalently to testimony before Congress. It is too destructive to the country to let them keep lying and lying and lying without any possible legal remedy.