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Liam McMahon
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Civic Engagement Director at @isaiahmn.org and @faithinmn.org. Still fighting for someone I don't know. He/Him.
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🔊 “This is our country too. We work here. We raise our children here. We serve here. We build here. We belong here.”

Imam Salah Mohamed is in D.C. with a delegation of Minnesotans delivering a clear message to Congress: not one more cent for ICE.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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rodger.bsky.social
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
Instagram post from Jessie Diggins, showing her carrying the American flag and smiling: I want to make sure you know who I'm racing for when I get to the start line at the Olympics. I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty and respect for others. I do not stand for hate or violence or discrimination. I get to decide who I'm racing for every single day, and how I want to live up to my values. For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors and meeting people with love - every single step is for you. YOU are the ones who make me proud to carry the flag, and I hope I can bring you joy over these next few weeks.
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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kathleenclark.bsky.social
I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release

He describes an American gulag
CASE 0:26-cv-00749-NEB-DLM Doc. 67 Filed 02/03/26 Page 7 of 8 33. At the time of my release, I had been detained by ICE for about 19 days. In those days, ICE never told me why they detained me. They didn't tell me that a judge had ordered my release just five days into my detention. I only knew about the release order through my attorney. 34. My father was deported to Guatemala by ICE after he was detained with me. So was my cousin. They were deported on January 23rd. 35. Right now, I am happy that I have been released. I am grateful I have my family and an attorney. Other people are not so lucky. I am trying to adjust to my life now but am still dealing with the emotional trauma of being detained. When I think of my time in detention, I think of so many ways I could have died there: the way my car was stopped in the middle of the road, the diseases I could have caught at the Whipple, the driver who was falling asleep at the wheel driving us from El Paso to New Mexico, and exposure to COVID multiple times. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: February 2, 2026 /s/_0_ Source: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230969/gov.uscourts.mnd.230969.67.0_1.pdf
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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kathleenclark.bsky.social
‘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.’
… 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 … 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
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
lmcmahon.bsky.social
"If we take the percentage of Minnesota voters who reported that either themselves or a loved one participated in the Jan. 23 call for ​“no work, no school, no shopping” by not going to work... and apply it to the total population of those voters, we get just almost 300,000 people."
sarahlazare.bsky.social Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 11d
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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isaiahmn.org
🚨🎯 BREAKING: Target calls cops on singing Minnesotans, but allows ICE agents who bully, assault, and abduct customers & employees to roam their parking lots & aisles.

📣 Minnesotans are standing up at Target stores across the state today. #ICEOutNow

🔗 Learn more at www.iceoutnowmn.com/
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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faithinmn.org
🔊 The federal government is arresting Minnesotans simply for bearing witness to their atrocities.

So this morning, over a thousand of us marched to the Whipple Federal Detention Center to say:

If you want to punish some of us, you’ll have to punish all of us.

#ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutNow
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
lmcmahon.bsky.social
Minnesota is so beautiful
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 17d
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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ottergoose.net
As one of Minnesota's spreadsheet dads, myself and other friends of @mn50501.bsky.social have been tracking ICE flights at MSP.

We haven't had more than one flight in a day since Jan 15. Today's had 33 people board, 8 yesterday.

An unacceptable situation, but it is trending down, thankfully.
January 26, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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I want every person who has been flown out on Signature Airlines in shackles and being detained in Houston returned to us here in Minnesota. We should bring them home. The 100 people with refugee status they want to denaturalize, Liam, all of them. Bring them home.
January 26, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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frankhudson.bsky.social
And Minneapolis' Phillips neighborhood is named for Wendell Phillips, a fervent abolitionist. He was once asked why he couldn't turn down the heat in his rhetoric: why are do you always have to be so firery? Phillips' reply: "Yes, I'm on fire--becuase I have mountains of ice to melt!"
Mountains of Ice
When you listen to the song you can hear below you might doubt me – but it is not a topical song written about recent events. It was written by Parlando alternative voice Dave Moore in 2014. Dave’s…
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January 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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isaiahmn.org
🕯️ SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA

Tonight • 7:00 PM CT

Step outside and light a candle — on our street corners, with our neighbors, for our communities & Alex.

Together we call for #ICEOutNow.

🔁 SHARE WIDELY!
SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS. WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX. ICE OUT NOW SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)
January 24, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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faithinmn.org
🕯️ SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA

Tonight • 7:00 PM CT

Step outside and light a candle — on our street corners, with our neighbors, for our communities & Alex.

Together we call for #ICEOutNow.

🔁 SHARE WIDELY!
SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS. WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX. ICE OUT NOW SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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faithinmn.org
🚨✈️ BREAKING: In -20° weather, over 100 clergy and faith leaders were arrested at MSP Airport as they gathered in peaceful, prayerful resistance to demand airlines stand with Minnesotans and say #ICEOutOfMN.

#DeICEFlights #ICEOutForGood #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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startribune.com
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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isaiahmn.org
🔁 SHARE WIDELY: This Friday, Jan 23, Minnesotans are taking unified action.

✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.

We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.

🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!

#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA A DAY OF TRUTH & FREEDOM NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. MARCH DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AT 2:00PM JANUARY 23
January 18, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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isaiahmn.org
🚨 On Friday, January 23, MN stands together.

🛑 No Work. No School. No Shopping.
📍 March in Downtown Mpls at 2PM

We demand:
➡️ #ICEOutOfMN now
➡️ The officer who killed #ReneeGood must be held legally accountable
➡️ No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming budget

Join us!
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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isaiahmn.org
🔊 MN clergy got Target CEO Brian Cornell on the phone.

Target’s motto: “Expect more. Pay less.”

More like expect the bare minimum and get… hung up on? 🤔

We’re not leaving Target HQ until we get a meeting with Brian Cornell.

#ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #ReneeGood
January 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
Aware that he only had a few months left to live the great Mike Davis gave one of his final interviews to the Guardian in 202.

"You’ve been organizing for social change your whole life. How do you deal with a future that feels so bleak?" Lois Beckett asked.
"For someone my age who was in the civil rights movement, and in other struggles of the 1960s, I’ve seen miracles happen," the revolutionary and historian responded. "I’ve seen ordinary people do the most heroic things. When you’ve had the privilege of knowing so many great fighters and resisters, you can’t lay down the sword, even if things seem objectively hopeless." "I’ve always been influenced by the poems Brecht wrote in the late 30s, during the second world war, after everything had been incinerated, all the dreams and values of an entire generation destroyed, and Brecht said, well, it’s a new dark ages … how do people resist in the dark ages?" "What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight."
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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isaiahmn.org
🚨 BREAKING: Over 100 clergy at Target HQ in Downtown Minneapolis demanding justice #ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #ReneeGood

🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”

🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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wedge.live
An end to the male loneliness epidemic? Previously aimless and disaffected young men and boys are finding companionship by driving around together to tail the goon squads and warn their neighbors.
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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tisserand.bsky.social
In Minneapolis
A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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sharonk.bsky.social
it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
"Sir! This is a warning!" the agent yelled as he punched the man's vehicle window. "Stop f—king following us! You are impeding operations! This is the United States federal government!" "I live over here," the driver explained. "I got to get to my house." "This is your warning!" the officer exclaimed. "I serve the Lord; go to church," the resident replied. "I will arrest you!" the officer threatened. "Don't make a bad decision," another agent warned. "I serve the Lord," the driver repeated. "Not a draft-dodging coward." "Let these people go to church," the driver added. "Let these people serve the Lord and worship." "You're not going to like the outcome of this, sir," the first officer said. "I guarantee that... Did you not learn from what just happened [when Renee Good was killed]?" "Learn what?" the driver asked. "I serve the Lord, not a draft-dodging coward. I can't believe you'd take orders from a draft dodger."
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM