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Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
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has anybody gotten confirmation yet from Mike Johnson that he hasn't seen the post?
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
has anybody gotten confirmation yet from Mike Johnson that he hasn't seen the post?
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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Is anyone in the US paying attention to Tusk?
PM Tusk on Epstein: it is very likely that this was a planned operation by the Russian KGB.
More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Is anyone in the US paying attention to Tusk?
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Things in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office are not good!
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Things in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office are not good!
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YEESH. Brutal. But very well-written.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
YEESH. Brutal. But very well-written.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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Chemical weapons could kill me, so I have to use a military-grade mask, more than most folks need. This is an excellent guide to your options.
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“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Chemical weapons could kill me, so I have to use a military-grade mask, more than most folks need. This is an excellent guide to your options.
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Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Justice sensitivity isn't a defect; it’s a moral compass set to high resolution in a world that runs on blur.
The challenge isn't caring less. It’s learning how to care without being consumed, and without being punished for seeing clearly. 5/5
The challenge isn't caring less. It’s learning how to care without being consumed, and without being punished for seeing clearly. 5/5
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Justice sensitivity isn't a defect; it’s a moral compass set to high resolution in a world that runs on blur.
The challenge isn't caring less. It’s learning how to care without being consumed, and without being punished for seeing clearly. 5/5
The challenge isn't caring less. It’s learning how to care without being consumed, and without being punished for seeing clearly. 5/5
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But over time, that sensitivity becomes more precise. We start asking:
Does this actually reduce harm?
Who is being excused?
You might end up feeling "politically homeless" too critical for one side, too uncompromising for another. You're no longer blinded by "the cause." 4/5
Does this actually reduce harm?
Who is being excused?
You might end up feeling "politically homeless" too critical for one side, too uncompromising for another. You're no longer blinded by "the cause." 4/5
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM
But over time, that sensitivity becomes more precise. We start asking:
Does this actually reduce harm?
Who is being excused?
You might end up feeling "politically homeless" too critical for one side, too uncompromising for another. You're no longer blinded by "the cause." 4/5
Does this actually reduce harm?
Who is being excused?
You might end up feeling "politically homeless" too critical for one side, too uncompromising for another. You're no longer blinded by "the cause." 4/5
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This is why activist spaces, especially on the far left are full of autistic people.
We are the people who cannot quietly accept injustice, who want systems to make sense, and who actually take stated values seriously. We don't just "join" a cause; we inhabit it. 3/5
We are the people who cannot quietly accept injustice, who want systems to make sense, and who actually take stated values seriously. We don't just "join" a cause; we inhabit it. 3/5
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is why activist spaces, especially on the far left are full of autistic people.
We are the people who cannot quietly accept injustice, who want systems to make sense, and who actually take stated values seriously. We don't just "join" a cause; we inhabit it. 3/5
We are the people who cannot quietly accept injustice, who want systems to make sense, and who actually take stated values seriously. We don't just "join" a cause; we inhabit it. 3/5
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This sensitivity often pulls us toward political extremes. Not because we are "extreme," but because extremes promise clarity:
Right vs. Wrong
Truth vs. Lies
Oppressor vs. Oppressed
Clear frameworks feel safer than a world of spin and "acceptable" harm. 2/5
Right vs. Wrong
Truth vs. Lies
Oppressor vs. Oppressed
Clear frameworks feel safer than a world of spin and "acceptable" harm. 2/5
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This sensitivity often pulls us toward political extremes. Not because we are "extreme," but because extremes promise clarity:
Right vs. Wrong
Truth vs. Lies
Oppressor vs. Oppressed
Clear frameworks feel safer than a world of spin and "acceptable" harm. 2/5
Right vs. Wrong
Truth vs. Lies
Oppressor vs. Oppressed
Clear frameworks feel safer than a world of spin and "acceptable" harm. 2/5
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Autism and social justice: it’s deeply misunderstood. Many autistic people experience "justice sensitivity."
Unfairness isn’t theoretical, it’s visceral. Hypocrisy isn’t a flaw, it’s intolerable. Abuse of power lodges in the body. It’s a nervous system that cannot ignore cruelty. 1/5
Unfairness isn’t theoretical, it’s visceral. Hypocrisy isn’t a flaw, it’s intolerable. Abuse of power lodges in the body. It’s a nervous system that cannot ignore cruelty. 1/5
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Autism and social justice: it’s deeply misunderstood. Many autistic people experience "justice sensitivity."
Unfairness isn’t theoretical, it’s visceral. Hypocrisy isn’t a flaw, it’s intolerable. Abuse of power lodges in the body. It’s a nervous system that cannot ignore cruelty. 1/5
Unfairness isn’t theoretical, it’s visceral. Hypocrisy isn’t a flaw, it’s intolerable. Abuse of power lodges in the body. It’s a nervous system that cannot ignore cruelty. 1/5
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Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
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This makes me think of that 1990 interview Trump did with Playboy where he admitted that when it came to Tiananmen Square, he was rooting for the tanks.
January 25, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This makes me think of that 1990 interview Trump did with Playboy where he admitted that when it came to Tiananmen Square, he was rooting for the tanks.
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This lawless administration is now operating under the “what are you gonna do about it” doctrine. A John Roberts creation.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This lawless administration is now operating under the “what are you gonna do about it” doctrine. A John Roberts creation.
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All I know is when this is over, y'all better not treat Trump like a fancy dignified president emeritus or something. Dubya is watching everybody else take the fall for ICE in retirement with a whitewashed public image over all his crimes.
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
All I know is when this is over, y'all better not treat Trump like a fancy dignified president emeritus or something. Dubya is watching everybody else take the fall for ICE in retirement with a whitewashed public image over all his crimes.
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Before joining the Veterans Administration, Alex Pretti did medical research to help treat cancer. His work is published in medical journals.
January 25, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Before joining the Veterans Administration, Alex Pretti did medical research to help treat cancer. His work is published in medical journals.
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The United States government is disarming and executing people. Are there any foreign leaders that can help us?
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The United States government is disarming and executing people. Are there any foreign leaders that can help us?
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.