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katmabu.bsky.social
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of repression. This case isn’t isolated. It’s part of a broader effort to silence dissent and erode democracy.

But despite the administration’s best efforts, we’re going to win.
Clipping from Chicago Tribune article, with photo of Kat and her lawyer. Copy reads: Chicago Tribune (logo) Attorneys for 'Broadview Six' protesters cite killings in Minneapolis in asking for evidence to be public Abughazaleh's attorney, Josh Herman, has blasted the indictment as a politically motivated farce that attempts to turn "a protest into a criminal conspiracy." On Wednesday, Herman told the judge he would likely be filing a motion to dismiss the conspiracy count on First Amendment grounds, saying the "basics for any conspiracy" allegation were missing from the indictment. "Where does it begin? When does it end? That is a concern," Herman said, noting that if the government's theory were true, then anyone outside the Broadview facility that day could be part of the conspiracy. After court, Herman told reporters in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse that having the case hanging over her head while running a campaign has been a "tremendous weight" for Abughazaleh, and that if they don't succeed in getting it dismissed they'll ask for a quick trial date. "I think collectively we want to bring this case to trial sooner because of everything that is happening in this country right now with the DHS," Herman said. "We think what this case would ultimately do is expose one more overreach." Clipping of Sun Times article, showing Kat at her arraignment in front of court house. Copy reads: "CHICAGO SUN*TIMES 'Broadview Six' conspiracy case involving congressional candidate could go to trial in spring The trial is unlikely to happen until after the March 17 primary, when Kat Abughazaleh is seeking the Democratic nomination in Illinois' 9th District. She is one of six protesters charged in the case tied to Operation Midway Blitz. By Jon Seidel | Jan 28, 2026, 2:09pm CST Photo: Congressional candidate and social media influencer Kat Abughazaleh after her arraignment on a federal conspiracy charge at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. | Arthur Maiorella/For the Sun-Times Clipping of Sun Times article, that reads: Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five fellow Broadview demonstrators could face trial this spring on a federal conspiracy_charge tied to Operation Midway Blitz that continues to raise questions about protesters' First Amendment rights. Attorneys in the case sought a trial date Wednesday during a status hearing before U.S. District Judge April Perry. They did so less than a week after a separate case tied to the feds' aggressive immigration campaign ended with a high-profile jury. acquittal. However, defense attorneys have signaled that a key issue at trial could be the agent's "decision and motivation to drive his vehicle into a crowd of more than 50 individuals who were peacefully protesting the documented atrocities occurring inside the Broadview facility." They've noted that no other protester has faced criminal charges for such conduct. They say progressive politics and criticism of the Trump administration "are the only ties that bind" the six defendants.
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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ziibiing.com
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.

people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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noslracs.bsky.social
This is Minneapolis.

Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.

This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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massivelyop.bsky.social
"Walking into launch day 1900+ VIPs strong will feel good": Indie MMORPG Project Gorgon is set to launch early this afternoon
#ProjectGorgon #MMORPG
Indie MMORPG Project Gorgon is set to launch early this afternoon
massivelyop.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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havoc147.bsky.social
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Tony Dokoupil, removes glasses, thinks deeply: was the nom nom monster ever real?

Tony Dokoupil’s mother: no honey that was what we used to say before we tickled you to make you laugh

Tony Dokoupil, becoming emotional: so I’ve…just been living in fear
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”

Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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jamellebouie.net
it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
ayoub.bsky.social elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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chatham58.bsky.social
JUST 1 MORE THING: If we’re to accept this idea that a person having a firearm at a law enforcement encounter is per se evidence of a person’s intent to “inflict maximum harm,” doesn’t it then follow that law enforcement can’t constitutionally bring firearms themselves, per multiple Amendments?
a man in a suit and tie is smoking a cigarette while sitting at a table .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smoking a cigarette while sitting at a table .
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January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Don't fall for the hype! Bovino was reassigned and that's significant but the broader mission is far from over
kenklippenstein.bsky.social Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show." Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us." Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms. Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room. "I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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davis.social
a quick doodle about two frogs
Doodle of two frogs sitting in a pot of boiling water. One says, “is it getting hot in here?” And the other is yelling, “stop overreacting!”
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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samitsarkar.bsky.social
“‘How hard I get when I think about abolishing ICE,’ one post reads, accompanied by a photo to demonstrate.”
miasato.bsky.social Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 2d
I talked to one of the r/MassiveCock posters who decided to bring anti-ICE conversations to the subreddit.

"... Nothing in life should feel ‘normal’ when these sorts of things are happening in our country. Even porn and sex," he said.

Gift link (obviously): tinyurl.com/mr3nua5k
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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minnmax.com
Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

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January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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atrupar.com
Leavitt throws Bovino under the bus: "Mr Bovino is a wonderful man and he's a great professional. He is very much going to continue CBP throughout and across the country. Mr Homan will be the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis"
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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gregolear.bsky.social
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
ICE / DHS employees: I know there’s way more alarm internally than is public. Text me via signal at 202-510-1268. I’ll protect your anonymity
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
pkollar.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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thejackofkingfield.bsky.social
Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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surlybikes.bsky.social
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti was a customer of ACF. A member of our local cycling community. An integral community member serving as a nurse at our local VA hospital. Murdered while standing up to bullies in his city. Then falsely smeared in the media as an agitator with an agenda. Do not believe the lies. He could be any one of us standing against evil, but evil cannot get us all if we stand against it!
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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lookitup.baby
I just want people outside of Minneapolis to watch this and imagine listening to that noise over you literally all the time
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 4d
laying candles at a vigil for alex pettri in loring park after he was shot by ICE today in minneapolis under the noisy state patrol helicopter that has been a constant presence
January 25, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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faineg.bsky.social
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

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jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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badideas.bsky.social
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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anniekp.bsky.social
Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Why are they sending witnesses to Whipple?

WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?
mattmfm.bsky.social Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 4d
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM