Rev. Monica McDowell
@monicamcdowell.com
A writing, Reiki Reverend. I heal by day and write by night. Books, classes, and appointments at https://www.monicamcdowell.com. She/Her/Rev
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Same energy.
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Same energy.
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I’m relieved Wilmer has been released but the fact is there are countless others who have been brutally and needlessly detained by DHS whose stories we don’t know.
I won’t abide by a government that can inflict this kind of terror on American citizens and peaceful residents with impunity.
I won’t abide by a government that can inflict this kind of terror on American citizens and peaceful residents with impunity.
WA man, mauled by dog during arrest, released from ICE custody
Wilmer Toledo-Martinez was released, his lawyer said. Earlier, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray said the way he was mauled should "shock the conscience."
www.seattletimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I’m relieved Wilmer has been released but the fact is there are countless others who have been brutally and needlessly detained by DHS whose stories we don’t know.
I won’t abide by a government that can inflict this kind of terror on American citizens and peaceful residents with impunity.
I won’t abide by a government that can inflict this kind of terror on American citizens and peaceful residents with impunity.
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Pam Bondi showed up before the Judiciary Committee with a burn book that had a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched.
The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. This is beyond unacceptable.
https://bit.ly/4aMQuuC
The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. This is beyond unacceptable.
https://bit.ly/4aMQuuC
February 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Pam Bondi showed up before the Judiciary Committee with a burn book that had a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched.
The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. This is beyond unacceptable.
https://bit.ly/4aMQuuC
The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. This is beyond unacceptable.
https://bit.ly/4aMQuuC
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The U.S. government and Europe provided illegal thermal weapons to Israel that *evaporated* nearly 3,000 Palestinians according to an Al Jazeera investigation. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The U.S. government and Europe provided illegal thermal weapons to Israel that *evaporated* nearly 3,000 Palestinians according to an Al Jazeera investigation. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
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there has been a repeated and calculated effort to not only go after Black activists and journalists but also to go to extreme lengths to try to rob them of their dignity and create racialized propaganda. this is vile, vicious stuff and it needs to be called out directly
Civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong's latest brief reveals the backstory of her arrest in a footnote. Feds refused to let her self-surrender, taped her arrest at a hotel, and broke a promise not to post it on social media, she says.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
there has been a repeated and calculated effort to not only go after Black activists and journalists but also to go to extreme lengths to try to rob them of their dignity and create racialized propaganda. this is vile, vicious stuff and it needs to be called out directly
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They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
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Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
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"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
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February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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👀 Looks like the husband of the woman ICE abducted called his lawyer, lawyer called the cops, then the police chief went and got her & took her home
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
![Screenshot from the quote skeeted article reading as follows:
The husband told MPR News that after his wife was taken into custody, he called his attorney, and soon after, he got a call from St. Peter Chief of Police Matt Grochow, whom he said he has known for years.
“I was talking to him, kind of venting some of my frustrations,” the man said, adding that he urged the chief to have his officers just be more visible during the federal enforcement actions. “If [local police] were present and they could see you, I promise you their behavior more than likely, or hopefully, would, you know, be appropriate and law abiding.”
The husband says he talked to the chief for a while and “we had a good conversation.”
“He asked me, ‘what was your wife's name’? I told him my wife's name. He said, ‘was she picked up in a bronco?’ And I said, ‘I'm not sure, but it was an SUV, dark colored. I'd have to look at my video.’ He goes, ‘I think I got her. I'll call you back’.”
The husband said a few minutes later, the chief called again, “and said, I got her or I'm bringing her home.”
“I was just so relieved that she got released and was able to come home,” he said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/bafkreigyienimomaibubdhiar3ijsvfacklpw2tqbnjnbphxenb5yvegk4@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
👀 Looks like the husband of the woman ICE abducted called his lawyer, lawyer called the cops, then the police chief went and got her & took her home
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
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According to Grok, although the sender to Epstein (the one in China replying) is redacted and officially unidentified, Jes Staley is the leading name speculated upon based on matching circumstantial evidence from prior Epstein disclosures.
January 31, 2026 at 4:24 PM
According to Grok, although the sender to Epstein (the one in China replying) is redacted and officially unidentified, Jes Staley is the leading name speculated upon based on matching circumstantial evidence from prior Epstein disclosures.
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She’s right. Arresting journalists and killing civilians who document state violence is textbook fascism. Period.
The government arresting journalists and killing civilians who record them is TEXTBOOK FASCISM.
January 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
She’s right. Arresting journalists and killing civilians who document state violence is textbook fascism. Period.
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Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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It's completely insane to me that it's even up for debate among senators that Kristi Noem should resign. Every lawmaker and newspaper editorial board in the country should be calling for her resignation. She has entirely failed in this role. She is incompetent. She is a disaster.
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM
It's completely insane to me that it's even up for debate among senators that Kristi Noem should resign. Every lawmaker and newspaper editorial board in the country should be calling for her resignation. She has entirely failed in this role. She is incompetent. She is a disaster.
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Stephen Miller & Sec. Noem have cost innocent people their lives and trampled the rights of thousands more w/ warrantless home invasions and racial profiling.
Both must resign.
DHS exists to make us more secure. But right now it's doing the opposite. www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/01.27.26...
Both must resign.
DHS exists to make us more secure. But right now it's doing the opposite. www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/01.27.26...
Statement | January 27, 2026
Democracy Defenders Fund issues the following statement in response to recent actions by the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration enforcement agencies.
www.democracydefendersfund.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Stephen Miller & Sec. Noem have cost innocent people their lives and trampled the rights of thousands more w/ warrantless home invasions and racial profiling.
Both must resign.
DHS exists to make us more secure. But right now it's doing the opposite. www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/01.27.26...
Both must resign.
DHS exists to make us more secure. But right now it's doing the opposite. www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/01.27.26...
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Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
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I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
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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 12:22 AM
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
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Damn proud of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Damn proud of Minnesota.
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ICE is a terror organization and must be dismantled, abolished and its members prosecuted. Full stop.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ICE is a terror organization and must be dismantled, abolished and its members prosecuted. Full stop.
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Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
trib.al
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.