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Greg Bovino and his CBP thugs may be leaving Minneapolis but this doesn’t end here. ICE continues to terrorize our communities. From Maine to Minneapolis. It’s still no funding for DHS. ICE out of ALL our cities. Hold these officers to account.
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Greg Bovino and his CBP thugs may be leaving Minneapolis but this doesn’t end here. ICE continues to terrorize our communities. From Maine to Minneapolis. It’s still no funding for DHS. ICE out of ALL our cities. Hold these officers to account.
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ICE is a threat to public safety.
Killing U.S. citizens. Kidnapping Americans. Ignoring the Constitution.
That’s not law enforcement — that’s weaponization and abuse of power.
And the cruelty starts at the top.
Killing U.S. citizens. Kidnapping Americans. Ignoring the Constitution.
That’s not law enforcement — that’s weaponization and abuse of power.
And the cruelty starts at the top.
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
ICE is a threat to public safety.
Killing U.S. citizens. Kidnapping Americans. Ignoring the Constitution.
That’s not law enforcement — that’s weaponization and abuse of power.
And the cruelty starts at the top.
Killing U.S. citizens. Kidnapping Americans. Ignoring the Constitution.
That’s not law enforcement — that’s weaponization and abuse of power.
And the cruelty starts at the top.
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Kristi Noem needs to go. President Trump needs to end these ICE operations. And Congress needs to hold them accountable.
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Kristi Noem needs to go. President Trump needs to end these ICE operations. And Congress needs to hold them accountable.
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Lots of response to our coverage last night of the successful protest campaign to get Avelo Airlines to end its contract with ICE and stop flying deportation flights for the Trump Administration. Here's more on that:
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
Here’s How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE
ICE is not invulnerable. The Avelo Airlines win proves what happens when we refuse inevitability and fight together.
truthout.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Lots of response to our coverage last night of the successful protest campaign to get Avelo Airlines to end its contract with ICE and stop flying deportation flights for the Trump Administration. Here's more on that:
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
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Our democracy is rigged for the billionaire class.
If you want to know why your wages are shitty and health care is too expensive and your kids’ school is falling apart - that’s why.
If you want to know why your wages are shitty and health care is too expensive and your kids’ school is falling apart - that’s why.
SCOOP: Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell.
The stunning gift is the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big in the 2026 midterms.
The stunning gift is the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big in the 2026 midterms.
Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race
It's the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big for Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
www.axios.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Our democracy is rigged for the billionaire class.
If you want to know why your wages are shitty and health care is too expensive and your kids’ school is falling apart - that’s why.
If you want to know why your wages are shitty and health care is too expensive and your kids’ school is falling apart - that’s why.
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Another death in an ICE detention facility. A growing, unsurprising, tragic epidemic.
Man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under federal agency's custody in Texas
A 36-year-old man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died while under the custody of federal law enforcement in Texas on Wednesday, according to the agency.
www.cbsnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Another death in an ICE detention facility. A growing, unsurprising, tragic epidemic.
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🚨NEWS: Trump just quietly deployed his regulators to try to help GOP donors block states from reducing credit card interest rates, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.
Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.
Trump’s Playing Both Sides Of The Credit Card Fight
Trump claims he wants to lower credit card interest rates. His regulators are doing the opposite.
www.levernews.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🚨NEWS: Trump just quietly deployed his regulators to try to help GOP donors block states from reducing credit card interest rates, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.
Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.
Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.
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Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
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American Conversations: Representative Jason Crow
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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Today, our nation commemorates the 97th birthday of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For me, Dr. King is not just a giant of history; he is a living moral compass whose words and witness shaped my family, my community, and my own calling to public service.
For me, Dr. King is not just a giant of history; he is a living moral compass whose words and witness shaped my family, my community, and my own calling to public service.
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Today, our nation commemorates the 97th birthday of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For me, Dr. King is not just a giant of history; he is a living moral compass whose words and witness shaped my family, my community, and my own calling to public service.
For me, Dr. King is not just a giant of history; he is a living moral compass whose words and witness shaped my family, my community, and my own calling to public service.
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BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and CBP challenging federal agents’ unconstitutional and illegal stops and arrests of people in Minnesota.
We'll see the Trump administration in court.
We'll see the Trump administration in court.
January 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and CBP challenging federal agents’ unconstitutional and illegal stops and arrests of people in Minnesota.
We'll see the Trump administration in court.
We'll see the Trump administration in court.
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Trump keeps yelling “insurrection” in Minnesota like he forgot January 6 — the one he actually incited.
Terrorizing communities and calling in troops isn’t law and order. It’s authoritarianism.
Terrorizing communities and calling in troops isn’t law and order. It’s authoritarianism.
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Trump keeps yelling “insurrection” in Minnesota like he forgot January 6 — the one he actually incited.
Terrorizing communities and calling in troops isn’t law and order. It’s authoritarianism.
Terrorizing communities and calling in troops isn’t law and order. It’s authoritarianism.
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TODAY: We’re teaming up with @aclu.org, @moveon.org, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, and more friends for a call-in day to drive as many calls to Congress as possible.
Join us to demand our elected officials use the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill to get ICE Out For Good.
Join us to demand our elected officials use the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill to get ICE Out For Good.
The regime shot Renee Nicole Good and then labeled her a domestic terrorist.
But they didn’t do it because they’re strong — they did it because they’re weak and scared.
Congress must answer the people’s call to get ICE Out For Good: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena... #ICEOutForGood
But they didn’t do it because they’re strong — they did it because they’re weak and scared.
Congress must answer the people’s call to get ICE Out For Good: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena... #ICEOutForGood
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
TODAY: We’re teaming up with @aclu.org, @moveon.org, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, and more friends for a call-in day to drive as many calls to Congress as possible.
Join us to demand our elected officials use the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill to get ICE Out For Good.
Join us to demand our elected officials use the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill to get ICE Out For Good.
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ICE is out of control. Congress cannot keep bankrolling ICE's abuses.
ICE is out of control.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE is out of control. Congress cannot keep bankrolling ICE's abuses.
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Still can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'
X’s Grok AI tool is being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children. This is unacceptable. @wyden.senate.gov, @markey.senate.gov, and I are demanding that Apple and Google remove X and Grok from their app stores until Elon Musk addresses these heinous violations.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Still can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'
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Trump wants you to feel fearful and powerless.
The only antidote is activism.
The only antidote is activism.
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Trump wants you to feel fearful and powerless.
The only antidote is activism.
The only antidote is activism.
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have tried to silence me for speaking out.
Today, I’m fighting back because this isn’t just about me. This is about the rights of all retired veterans and all Americans, and I’m not going to let this Administration take those away.
Today, I’m fighting back because this isn’t just about me. This is about the rights of all retired veterans and all Americans, and I’m not going to let this Administration take those away.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have tried to silence me for speaking out.
Today, I’m fighting back because this isn’t just about me. This is about the rights of all retired veterans and all Americans, and I’m not going to let this Administration take those away.
Today, I’m fighting back because this isn’t just about me. This is about the rights of all retired veterans and all Americans, and I’m not going to let this Administration take those away.
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Good news: Your organizing has grounded “ICE Air.”
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Good news: Your organizing has grounded “ICE Air.”
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Good point
How bad are the Epstein files that the US government is willing to invade the whole world?
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Good point
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It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
People are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
People are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
People are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
People are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
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Protests have taken place nationwide following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7. Tens of thousands took to the street in Minneapolis on Saturday, while other rallies and protests were held in multiple other cities.
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Protests have taken place nationwide following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7. Tens of thousands took to the street in Minneapolis on Saturday, while other rallies and protests were held in multiple other cities.
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
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"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law.
The fatal shooting of Renée Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a Minneapolis street here, has brought new attention to ICE monitoring.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...