Mark Brigham
@markbrigham.bsky.social
In another life, I researched contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Current interests include #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy #EnvironmentalProtection #EnvironmentalJustice #Nature #Birding #BirdPhotography #cycling #hiking #canoeing #sustainability #democracy
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I need to hear from the folks in the 60/70s and protesting Vietnam (and everything else)...did shit feel as corrupt, unjust, overwhelming, and impossible to overcome as they do now? Not inviting you to compare, more how you felt in the moment, not knowing what you know now
January 24, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I need to hear from the folks in the 60/70s and protesting Vietnam (and everything else)...did shit feel as corrupt, unjust, overwhelming, and impossible to overcome as they do now? Not inviting you to compare, more how you felt in the moment, not knowing what you know now
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Children should spend their days learning at school, playing on the playground, and just being kids.
No child belongs in ICE detention.
No child belongs in ICE detention.
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Children should spend their days learning at school, playing on the playground, and just being kids.
No child belongs in ICE detention.
No child belongs in ICE detention.
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FBI supervisory agent Tracee Mergen in Minneapolis resigned after FBI leadership in DC pressured her to discontinue an investigation into ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot & killed Renee Good. An investigation following an agent-involved shooting death is commonplace. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:52 AM
FBI supervisory agent Tracee Mergen in Minneapolis resigned after FBI leadership in DC pressured her to discontinue an investigation into ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot & killed Renee Good. An investigation following an agent-involved shooting death is commonplace. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
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Wow. DOJ asked a judge for a warrant to investigate Renee Good after she'd been murdered. A judge denied it. www.ms.now/news/doj-sou...
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Wow. DOJ asked a judge for a warrant to investigate Renee Good after she'd been murdered. A judge denied it. www.ms.now/news/doj-sou...
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ICE is terrorizing schoolchildren in the Twin Cities again today
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
ICE is terrorizing schoolchildren in the Twin Cities again today
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Commentary. They hit St. Cloud, too: "When militarized agents storm our cities, forcefully enter our homes without judicial warrants and deploy chemical irritants against peaceful families, they violate this shared Abrahamic duty to offer sanctuary."
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/20/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/20/i...
ICE terrorized a mall in St. Cloud, too • Minnesota Reformer
The ‘operation’ was chaotic. On their way out, they recklessly sped vehicles through the crowd of bystanders.
minnesotareformer.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Commentary. They hit St. Cloud, too: "When militarized agents storm our cities, forcefully enter our homes without judicial warrants and deploy chemical irritants against peaceful families, they violate this shared Abrahamic duty to offer sanctuary."
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/20/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/20/i...
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
Man Detained In Minnesota Dies In ICE Custody—Gov. Walz Demands Probe
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
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This is a US citizen! It is zero degrees outside.
Thao was taken by federal agents from his St. Paul home in frigid cold only wearing boxers and Crocs.
St. Paul mayor Her ‘livid’ after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold
www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...
Thao was taken by federal agents from his St. Paul home in frigid cold only wearing boxers and Crocs.
St. Paul mayor Her ‘livid’ after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold
www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...
St. Paul mayor Kaohly Her ‘livid’ after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold
ChongLy Scott Thao was taken by federal agents from his St. Paul home in the frigid cold only wearing boxers and Crocs.
www.startribune.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 AM
This is a US citizen! It is zero degrees outside.
Thao was taken by federal agents from his St. Paul home in frigid cold only wearing boxers and Crocs.
St. Paul mayor Her ‘livid’ after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold
www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...
Thao was taken by federal agents from his St. Paul home in frigid cold only wearing boxers and Crocs.
St. Paul mayor Her ‘livid’ after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold
www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...
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I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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This is the story of trying to be a good and moral mom in the city of Minneapolis... just like Renee Good and Melissa Hortman, and how you do it full of uncertainty, in between loads of laundry and grocery runs and kids generally thinking you’re reckless or a coward;
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
A Letter From a Minneapolis Mom
What happens when you love that your kid wants to fight for her community, but you’re also desperate to keep her safe?
newrepublic.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This is the story of trying to be a good and moral mom in the city of Minneapolis... just like Renee Good and Melissa Hortman, and how you do it full of uncertainty, in between loads of laundry and grocery runs and kids generally thinking you’re reckless or a coward;
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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Democrats in Congress seek to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/14/r...
Democrats in Congress seek to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem • Minnesota Reformer
“We are being terrorized by Homeland Security and ICE,” Rep. Angie Craig said.
minnesotareformer.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Democrats in Congress seek to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/14/r...
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For every ICE arrest that draws a crowd with cameras and whistles, there are an untold number happening quietly when no one is watching.
These are the arrests you’re not seeing • Minnesota Reformer
A man shelters alone under the heaters of a south Minneapolis bus stop on a cold January morning, the hood of a grey sweatshirt pulled over his thick dark hair. He unzips his black outer coat and look...
minnesotareformer.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
For every ICE arrest that draws a crowd with cameras and whistles, there are an untold number happening quietly when no one is watching.
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Trump: "We're gonna be great for Venezuela, great for our country. We're taking in millions and millions of barrels of oil."
January 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Trump: "We're gonna be great for Venezuela, great for our country. We're taking in millions and millions of barrels of oil."
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Well-trained law enforcement would de-escalate. Their first instinct should NOT be “shoot first and ask questions later.”
January 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Well-trained law enforcement would de-escalate. Their first instinct should NOT be “shoot first and ask questions later.”
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BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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lake and Lyndale, one of Minneapolis' busiest intersections. just tear-gassing the neighborhood because no one can stop them. ICE are monsters. the people who did this to us are monsters. I will never forgive or forget.
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 AM
lake and Lyndale, one of Minneapolis' busiest intersections. just tear-gassing the neighborhood because no one can stop them. ICE are monsters. the people who did this to us are monsters. I will never forgive or forget.
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ICE shut down the oldest Mexican restaurant in my hometown of Forest Lake, Minnesota -- a city that voted overwhelmingly for Trump (and Pete Hegseth's hometown too)
Feel safer yet?
Feel safer yet?
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
ICE shut down the oldest Mexican restaurant in my hometown of Forest Lake, Minnesota -- a city that voted overwhelmingly for Trump (and Pete Hegseth's hometown too)
Feel safer yet?
Feel safer yet?
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