@brianthebald.bsky.social
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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First they came for the immigrants, and the freakiest people you know threw the fuck down because it was never going to end with immigrants.
for @autostraddle.bsky.social, i wrote about how minnesota's queer-owned businesses (and queer folks in general) are standing up to ICE and defending their communities:
How Minnesota’s Queer-Owned Businesses Are Leading the Fight Against ICE
As the federal occupation continues, community members are committing themselves to standing up to the feds while supporting the state’s immigrant communities in any way possible.
www.autostraddle.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
First they came for the immigrants, and the freakiest people you know threw the fuck down because it was never going to end with immigrants.
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
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I know the social media hive mind and international press can only sustain attention on one thing for so long, but the federal assault on Minneapolis is just as vicious as two weeks ago when I was tripping over feature writers.
The spotlight helps us, and the resistance needs to grab it back.
The spotlight helps us, and the resistance needs to grab it back.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I know the social media hive mind and international press can only sustain attention on one thing for so long, but the federal assault on Minneapolis is just as vicious as two weeks ago when I was tripping over feature writers.
The spotlight helps us, and the resistance needs to grab it back.
The spotlight helps us, and the resistance needs to grab it back.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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We understand why non-profit organizations cannot engage in the sort of effective tactics that autonomous grassroots networks can.
But it is deeply irresponsible for them to try to prevent others from taking action to protect their neighbors—and worse still to frame this as concern for community.
But it is deeply irresponsible for them to try to prevent others from taking action to protect their neighbors—and worse still to frame this as concern for community.
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
We understand why non-profit organizations cannot engage in the sort of effective tactics that autonomous grassroots networks can.
But it is deeply irresponsible for them to try to prevent others from taking action to protect their neighbors—and worse still to frame this as concern for community.
But it is deeply irresponsible for them to try to prevent others from taking action to protect their neighbors—and worse still to frame this as concern for community.
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There are so many beautiful ways to say "fuck ICE."
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
There are so many beautiful ways to say "fuck ICE."
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How to address Spotify revealing your identity:
- Change your Spotify display name
- Remove your Spotify profile picture
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you share
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you receive
www.youtube.com/shorts/6Pqsa...
- Change your Spotify display name
- Remove your Spotify profile picture
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you share
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you receive
www.youtube.com/shorts/6Pqsa...
spotify is doxxing
YouTube video by EclipsedVO
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
How to address Spotify revealing your identity:
- Change your Spotify display name
- Remove your Spotify profile picture
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you share
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you receive
www.youtube.com/shorts/6Pqsa...
- Change your Spotify display name
- Remove your Spotify profile picture
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you share
- Remove ?si=aaaaaa at the end of links you receive
www.youtube.com/shorts/6Pqsa...
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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EFF is hosting a town hall online about ICE and CBP on Feb 5. Check it out. www.eff.org/event/town-h...
EFF Town Hall: ICE, CBP, and Digital Rights
You see it. We see it. ICE and CBP are out of control. Many people are exercising their right to say it's unacceptable. But what are the limitations around recording immigration agents? Is it true tha...
www.eff.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
EFF is hosting a town hall online about ICE and CBP on Feb 5. Check it out. www.eff.org/event/town-h...
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Some nonprofit organizations have been trying to suppress the rapid response tactics that have emerged from LA, Chicago, and the Twin Cities.
ICE is kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people, ruining their lives. This is not a situation in which non-profits should be suppressing effective tactics.
ICE is kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people, ruining their lives. This is not a situation in which non-profits should be suppressing effective tactics.
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Some nonprofit organizations have been trying to suppress the rapid response tactics that have emerged from LA, Chicago, and the Twin Cities.
ICE is kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people, ruining their lives. This is not a situation in which non-profits should be suppressing effective tactics.
ICE is kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people, ruining their lives. This is not a situation in which non-profits should be suppressing effective tactics.
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No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
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It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
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New Security News for Activists newsletter is out: New Activist Checklist and Big Tech’s Non-State Censorship secureactivism.org/new-activist...
New Activist Checklist and Big Tech's Non-State Censorship - The Institute for Secure Activism
This newsletter is a free publication by the Institute for Secure Activism (ISA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting personal security for civil rights, human rights, and social...
secureactivism.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
New Security News for Activists newsletter is out: New Activist Checklist and Big Tech’s Non-State Censorship secureactivism.org/new-activist...
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🌱🌱🌱🌱 New checklist: ICE Watch Digital security. For anyone working to hold ICE accountable through filming, foot patrols, adopt-a-corner, or rapid response.
→ activistchecklist.org/ice
Designed with a lot of feedback from folks on the frontlines (Minneapolis and elsewhere).
→ activistchecklist.org/ice
Designed with a lot of feedback from folks on the frontlines (Minneapolis and elsewhere).
ICE Watch Digital Security | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
Digital security checklist for anyone doing ICE watch, rapid response foot patrols, or accompaniment
activistchecklist.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
🌱🌱🌱🌱 New checklist: ICE Watch Digital security. For anyone working to hold ICE accountable through filming, foot patrols, adopt-a-corner, or rapid response.
→ activistchecklist.org/ice
Designed with a lot of feedback from folks on the frontlines (Minneapolis and elsewhere).
→ activistchecklist.org/ice
Designed with a lot of feedback from folks on the frontlines (Minneapolis and elsewhere).
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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Anne Frank likely died in a typhus epidemic that spread through the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
History rhymes, it rhymes
Close the camps, set fire to the prisons
History rhymes, it rhymes
Close the camps, set fire to the prisons
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Anne Frank likely died in a typhus epidemic that spread through the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
History rhymes, it rhymes
Close the camps, set fire to the prisons
History rhymes, it rhymes
Close the camps, set fire to the prisons
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ICE agents tried to quietly get Mexican food in Minneapolis, local neighbors and protesters found out and shamed then out of the neighborhood!
February 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
ICE agents tried to quietly get Mexican food in Minneapolis, local neighbors and protesters found out and shamed then out of the neighborhood!
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HOW IT WORKS: Community defenders stop an out of state vehicle at the filter blockade, run the plate through a database, and confirm whether the vehicle is affiliated with abductors before letting it through.
February 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
HOW IT WORKS: Community defenders stop an out of state vehicle at the filter blockade, run the plate through a database, and confirm whether the vehicle is affiliated with abductors before letting it through.
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Giant man-child provokes everyone and then cries when they fight back. Typical middle school bully behavior. Good job PDX for finally sending this blowhard packing.
Portland MAGA provocateur Tommy Allen went down to shout slurs & taunt the anti-ICE labor protest. It did not go well for him.
A FAFO in four parts.
A FAFO in four parts.
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Giant man-child provokes everyone and then cries when they fight back. Typical middle school bully behavior. Good job PDX for finally sending this blowhard packing.
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ICE will soon bring more terror and lawlessness into the DC Metro area. Our Rapid Response networks need your help to buy secure comms gear, cameras, first aid/trauma kits, and training. Donate now at secureactivism.org/donate/
Image by Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Image by Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
ICE will soon bring more terror and lawlessness into the DC Metro area. Our Rapid Response networks need your help to buy secure comms gear, cameras, first aid/trauma kits, and training. Donate now at secureactivism.org/donate/
Image by Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Image by Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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It really is worth understanding what an escalation this is by the feds to be teargassing the big family friendly march
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It really is worth understanding what an escalation this is by the feds to be teargassing the big family friendly march
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I have never seen an order like this in my entire life
In a scathing order, a judge orders the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.
“Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED.”
“Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED.”
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I have never seen an order like this in my entire life
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Breaking: Days after declaring, "I'm not going to live in fear" in a now-viral video, Army veteran Ian Austin was arrested by federal agents on Friday. Austin was part of a group, including journalist Don Lemon, that interrupted a St. Paul church service.
Federal agents just arrested an Army veteran—after he protested ICE outside a church
Ian Austin was part of the group that interrupted a St. Paul church service.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Breaking: Days after declaring, "I'm not going to live in fear" in a now-viral video, Army veteran Ian Austin was arrested by federal agents on Friday. Austin was part of a group, including journalist Don Lemon, that interrupted a St. Paul church service.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.