MPM
@mpmesq.bsky.social
Lawyer. Feminist. Mom.
Thoughts and opinions my own. Posts are not legal advice.
Thoughts and opinions my own. Posts are not legal advice.
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When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM
When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
Ohio State’s continued affiliation with Wexner is wholly fucking unacceptable.
Rep. Ro Khanna just read on the House floor the names of the six 'wealthy, powerful men' whose names were originally redacted in the Epstein files:
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
www.politico.com/live-updates...
House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files
Rep. Ro Khanna read out the names of the six individuals on the House floor, where they will now be entered into the Congressional Record.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Ohio State’s continued affiliation with Wexner is wholly fucking unacceptable.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
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The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
![To:
Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Sent:
Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM
Subject:
Re: florida visit?
good typing!
oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
i am tied up until aug
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM,
wrote:
You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months.
I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job.
think
What are you doing next week?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kpgkv4xcyduvylimyapgcj7/bafkreifsvmmha2afgveksvxc5czx4rwpan2e37riayppfadft5sfr43vxm@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
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Says one detainee’s lawyer: “We shouldn’t need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put someone’s life in danger. ... [I’ve had to pick up clients] who were left on the side of the road with no coat, no phone, no wallet, no hat ... and it’s zero degrees outside.”
6/7
6/7
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Says one detainee’s lawyer: “We shouldn’t need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put someone’s life in danger. ... [I’ve had to pick up clients] who were left on the side of the road with no coat, no phone, no wallet, no hat ... and it’s zero degrees outside.”
6/7
6/7
Heroes.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Heroes.
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Naah, I want them on trial.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Naah, I want them on trial.
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This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
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this is exactly right. "popularism" in practice amounts to an abdication of political leadership!
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 AM
this is exactly right. "popularism" in practice amounts to an abdication of political leadership!
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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like this is absurd, get over yourselves
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
like this is absurd, get over yourselves
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Minneapolis is 2.6mil people.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
February 2, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Minneapolis is 2.6mil people.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
We are in the “shooting protestors and arresting journalists but still using passive voice in social media posts“ stage of the slide into authoritarianism, for anyone keeping track.
(To Sen Ossoff’s media staffers and legislative aids, the word you’re looking for is “impeached.”)
(To Sen Ossoff’s media staffers and legislative aids, the word you’re looking for is “impeached.”)
February 1, 2026 at 10:55 PM
We are in the “shooting protestors and arresting journalists but still using passive voice in social media posts“ stage of the slide into authoritarianism, for anyone keeping track.
(To Sen Ossoff’s media staffers and legislative aids, the word you’re looking for is “impeached.”)
(To Sen Ossoff’s media staffers and legislative aids, the word you’re looking for is “impeached.”)
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
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February 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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S.O. kept telling immigration agents that he could show them his ID if they simply asked for it — they ignored him.
“My ID was in my left pocket the entire time, and they would not let me present it.”
We’ll see the Trump administration in court.
“My ID was in my left pocket the entire time, and they would not let me present it.”
We’ll see the Trump administration in court.
January 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
S.O. kept telling immigration agents that he could show them his ID if they simply asked for it — they ignored him.
“My ID was in my left pocket the entire time, and they would not let me present it.”
We’ll see the Trump administration in court.
“My ID was in my left pocket the entire time, and they would not let me present it.”
We’ll see the Trump administration in court.