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Jennifer Vroom
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Longtime history teacher. Lapsed glass artist. Reader of all things not fantasy/spiritual. I'll travel anywhere. Learning Arabic. Seahawks, Mariners. She/her.
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The government can't be allowed to kill people without cause and say it was, um, terrorism later.

It happened to the Venezuelan fisherman.
It happened to Renee Good.
It happened to Alex Pretti.
It is a lie.

www.axios.com/2026/01/25/t...
Trump officials stick "terrorist" label on Americans killed by DHS
Minneapolis shooting victim committed "act of domestic terrorism," Noem says
www.axios.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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2005: New Pope is elected, Seahawks win 13 games, go to Superbowl

2013: New Pope is elected, Seahawks win 13 games, go to Superbowl

2026: New Pope is elected, Seahawks win 14 games, go to Superbowl
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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Nigerians: Well represented at the SuperBowl.

Seahawks
🇳🇬Boye Mafe
🇳🇬Jackson Smith-Njigba
🇳🇬Uchena Nwosu
🇳🇬Nick Emanwori
🇳🇬Olu Oluwatimi

Patriots
🇳🇬Mike Onwenu
🇳🇬Thomas Odukoya

Silly thing: there was a long stretch in the 80s and 90s when NFL coaches avoided Nigerian athletes for talking back.🤷🏿‍♂️
January 26, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.

Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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The stained glass community says fuck ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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seems like a widespread problem
January 26, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Residents having a musical festival outside of a hotel where ICE goons are staying

St. Paul, Minnesota
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Can’t help but notice a lot of social media reports of Tik Tok censoring anti-ICE content in its first weekend under Trump-directed US management, and no mainstream news coverage thus far.
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc

(GFM in next post)

www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Two and half minutes. That’s all the time the CBS Evening News thought today’s events in Minneapolis were worth. Not even time to tell viewers what Alex Pretti did for a living.

The winter storm got 8 minutes.

NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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Paris Hilton spoke on Capitol Hill “endorsing the DEFIANCE Act, which is spearheaded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of Congress.”

“When I was 19 years old, a private, intimate video of me was shared w/the world w/out my consent. Ppl called it a scandal. It wasn't. It was abuse.”
Paris Hilton Opens Up About Nude Video Leaking When She Was 19: 'People Called It a Scandal. It Wasn't. It Was Abuse'
Paris Hilton spoke about the 2004 leak of her sex tape on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Jan. 22 while endorsing the DEFIANCE Act alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The bill would allow victims of AI...
people.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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Ryan Coogler’s "Sinners" shattered box office records—and the myth that audiences don’t care about original stories.

Our story from 2025: wrd.cm/3YVSQ3W
'Sinners' Proves Audiences Crave Sex, Vampires—and Fresh Ideas
Ryan Coogler’s horror movie has shattered box office records—and the myth that audiences don’t care about original stories.
wrd.cm
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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And bc it’s Minneapolis, the library has snacks and coffee set out for people coming in for a break. Which is a lot of people.
January 23, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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Okay sorry one more shot:
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Ironic isn’t it? Had an ICE thug been hurt at the very same location 5 minutes earlier, Alex would have dropped everything to save his life.

But 5 minutes later….
January 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Literally EVERYTHING else aside:

Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.

Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.

This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM