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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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January 22, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Here’s how every Democrat should be talking, for the dunderheads who keep saying “but they can’t doooooo anything”
Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Here’s how every Democrat should be talking, for the dunderheads who keep saying “but they can’t doooooo anything”
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Chillingly, the whistleblower says that ICE trainers were directed (no paper trail?) to train all of ICE's new recruits that these administrative warrants authorize breaking into peoples' homes, even though DHS's own training materials still make clear that's illegal!
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Chillingly, the whistleblower says that ICE trainers were directed (no paper trail?) to train all of ICE's new recruits that these administrative warrants authorize breaking into peoples' homes, even though DHS's own training materials still make clear that's illegal!
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Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
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Secret police keep their identities secret, and they operate by secret procedures that override ordinary law.
This is a secret police force.
This is a secret police force.
memo announcing new policy shown only to select DHS officials, shared with some employees who were then told to read it and return it and not to take notes.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Secret police keep their identities secret, and they operate by secret procedures that override ordinary law.
This is a secret police force.
This is a secret police force.
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If you have a Dem rep, call them.
If you've called them before, do it again.
They may be limited in what they can do, but it's still not a good reason for a failure in leadership and the ability to stand together as a party.
If you've called them before, do it again.
They may be limited in what they can do, but it's still not a good reason for a failure in leadership and the ability to stand together as a party.
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
If you have a Dem rep, call them.
If you've called them before, do it again.
They may be limited in what they can do, but it's still not a good reason for a failure in leadership and the ability to stand together as a party.
If you've called them before, do it again.
They may be limited in what they can do, but it's still not a good reason for a failure in leadership and the ability to stand together as a party.
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
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Hey, while we're waiting, dash off a quick voice or email to your reps, telling them that giving DHS $10 billion more to terrorize US cities ain't it, and that if they won't draw a line at deporting US citizens, they need to stop down and let someone else lead.
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Hey, while we're waiting, dash off a quick voice or email to your reps, telling them that giving DHS $10 billion more to terrorize US cities ain't it, and that if they won't draw a line at deporting US citizens, they need to stop down and let someone else lead.
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Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
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"Suspicion of political differences"
Ma'am he's the REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF FUCKING ICE.
Come on, now.
Ma'am he's the REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF FUCKING ICE.
Come on, now.
Minnesota's Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth made a Facebook post critical of an anti-ICE protest at a church, and got ratioed by her own daughter in the comments www.facebook.com/LisaforMN/po...
January 21, 2026 at 12:47 AM
"Suspicion of political differences"
Ma'am he's the REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF FUCKING ICE.
Come on, now.
Ma'am he's the REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF FUCKING ICE.
Come on, now.
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Archbishop Broglio is, to put it extremely mildly, not generally viewed as one of the more liberal of the American bishops.
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Archbishop Broglio is, to put it extremely mildly, not generally viewed as one of the more liberal of the American bishops.
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Abolish ICE. Destroy their weapons and melt down their equipment. Deny their agents, employees, and bosses all government employment for all time. Remove the agency entirely from the budget and give the money to public libraries and free health care.
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Abolish ICE. Destroy their weapons and melt down their equipment. Deny their agents, employees, and bosses all government employment for all time. Remove the agency entirely from the budget and give the money to public libraries and free health care.
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This is my regular reminded that if your clothes are full of tear gas and/or pepper spray, air them for a day if at all possible and then wash them twice ON COLD.
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This is my regular reminded that if your clothes are full of tear gas and/or pepper spray, air them for a day if at all possible and then wash them twice ON COLD.
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Trump is taking the first step towards arresting the Mayor of Minneapolis and the Governor of Minnesota, one day after threatening to send the US military here. I don't know how to sound the alarm any louder.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor - The Washington Post
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Trump is taking the first step towards arresting the Mayor of Minneapolis and the Governor of Minnesota, one day after threatening to send the US military here. I don't know how to sound the alarm any louder.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This is big. Big big.
The AFL-CIO has now endorsed the Minnesota Jan 23 ICE Out day of no work, no school, no shopping.
They aren't *saying* a one-day general strike in Minnesota, but, yeah.
They aren't *saying* a one-day general strike in Minnesota, but, yeah.
January 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
This is big. Big big.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
I HAVE A UNION!!!
After a successful election, staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are officially unionized. The new union will represent workers across 50 departments, including curators, librarians, conservators, visitor experience, and archivists.
Met Museum Workers Are Officially Unionized
The new union will represent staff across 50 departments of the Manhattan institution.
hyperallergic.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I HAVE A UNION!!!
The last several times I went through passport control reentering the US it took 90-100 minutes and there were tons of people. Today there was literally no one else except my 5pm flight and it took 3 minutes. I don't know if that was luck with arrival time or a sign of fewer people coming here.
January 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The last several times I went through passport control reentering the US it took 90-100 minutes and there were tons of people. Today there was literally no one else except my 5pm flight and it took 3 minutes. I don't know if that was luck with arrival time or a sign of fewer people coming here.
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Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop"
Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
I'm a bit relieved to find out that this was a larger thing and not just my phone having issues while in France. I was mildly freaking out last night because my phone was crucial for my job today. I hoped that the issue would resolve overnight and it did!
A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.
Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls
A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.
wrd.cm
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I'm a bit relieved to find out that this was a larger thing and not just my phone having issues while in France. I was mildly freaking out last night because my phone was crucial for my job today. I hoped that the issue would resolve overnight and it did!
Would I like the complementary champagne with my lunch? Yes, but I've been awake since 4:30am and need to be alert for work 😣
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Would I like the complementary champagne with my lunch? Yes, but I've been awake since 4:30am and need to be alert for work 😣
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The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.