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ICE needs to be ripped down to the studs. We need to start over and hold this Administration accountable for this mess.
Nothing has changed. Minnesota is still suffering and sending in a new guy to run ICE won’t change that – but Congress can.
Nothing has changed. Minnesota is still suffering and sending in a new guy to run ICE won’t change that – but Congress can.
"We need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over," Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. "In the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution."
Opinion | Senator Tina Smith: I Won’t Vote to Fund ICE Until It Gets Out of My State
Minnesotans have stood up for common decency and our founding principles.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
ICE needs to be ripped down to the studs. We need to start over and hold this Administration accountable for this mess.
Nothing has changed. Minnesota is still suffering and sending in a new guy to run ICE won’t change that – but Congress can.
Nothing has changed. Minnesota is still suffering and sending in a new guy to run ICE won’t change that – but Congress can.
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ICE was established in March2003.
It's been a failure.
Abolish ICE.
It's been a failure.
Abolish ICE.
January 31, 2026 at 12:09 AM
ICE was established in March2003.
It's been a failure.
Abolish ICE.
It's been a failure.
Abolish ICE.
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]
ICE releases Chicago-area mother after seven months. It failed to provide evidence justifying her detention.
While Marina Lopez was in ICE detention for seven months, parishioners in her church stepped up to help care for her family.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]
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Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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People do not understand why government surveillance is so bad and privacy is so important
The problem isn't that you did nothing illegal, they can use the legal things you do, but don't want everyone to know against you
They can leverage the things that you think are private, but they learn
The problem isn't that you did nothing illegal, they can use the legal things you do, but don't want everyone to know against you
They can leverage the things that you think are private, but they learn
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
People do not understand why government surveillance is so bad and privacy is so important
The problem isn't that you did nothing illegal, they can use the legal things you do, but don't want everyone to know against you
They can leverage the things that you think are private, but they learn
The problem isn't that you did nothing illegal, they can use the legal things you do, but don't want everyone to know against you
They can leverage the things that you think are private, but they learn
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We are now in a full-blown constitutional crisis.
That’s why following the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I sent three separate letters demanding the dismissal of all charges, a congressional hearing, and a DOJ Inspector General investigation.
That’s why following the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I sent three separate letters demanding the dismissal of all charges, a congressional hearing, and a DOJ Inspector General investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 AM
We are now in a full-blown constitutional crisis.
That’s why following the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I sent three separate letters demanding the dismissal of all charges, a congressional hearing, and a DOJ Inspector General investigation.
That’s why following the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I sent three separate letters demanding the dismissal of all charges, a congressional hearing, and a DOJ Inspector General investigation.
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A Minneapolis friend of mine was telling me how the misogynistic and racist underpinning of this organization are wholly on display in every interaction. Quote: “Watching how many of these agents will talk back to/berate women, but be completely silent when faced by men, has been very telling.”
Everyone should understand what’s on display in Minneapolis: A bunch of insecure, frightened man-babies modeling the absolute worst version of masculinity, facing off against people displaying genuine courage.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-t...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-t...
The Tiny, Terrified Men of the Trump Administration
Disaffected young men uncertain about their masculinity should pay close attention.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A Minneapolis friend of mine was telling me how the misogynistic and racist underpinning of this organization are wholly on display in every interaction. Quote: “Watching how many of these agents will talk back to/berate women, but be completely silent when faced by men, has been very telling.”
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Everyone should understand what’s on display in Minneapolis: A bunch of insecure, frightened man-babies modeling the absolute worst version of masculinity, facing off against people displaying genuine courage.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-t...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-t...
The Tiny, Terrified Men of the Trump Administration
Disaffected young men uncertain about their masculinity should pay close attention.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Everyone should understand what’s on display in Minneapolis: A bunch of insecure, frightened man-babies modeling the absolute worst version of masculinity, facing off against people displaying genuine courage.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-t...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-t...
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And, for those who like dog whistles (sorry Megyn Kelly), we're quickly reaching the "better in an orphanage than with some queers" part of the fascism.
January 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM
And, for those who like dog whistles (sorry Megyn Kelly), we're quickly reaching the "better in an orphanage than with some queers" part of the fascism.
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You’ll notice that any other time they bring up the concept of children’s rights is to mock it
Heritage Foundation, Focus on the Family, FRC and a host of other groups just launched a broadside campaign against marriage equality, saying that Obergefell is, wait for it ... "harmful to children."
Greater Than Campaign
YouTube video by Them Before Us
youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:59 PM
You’ll notice that any other time they bring up the concept of children’s rights is to mock it
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The Softening™️
January 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The Softening™️
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Great lineup at @prospect.org today. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social writes about the Border Patrol exporting its brutal tactics to the interior. Violence and impunity are baked into the agency's culture.
prospect.org/2026/01/30/b...
prospect.org/2026/01/30/b...
The Border Patrol’s Legacy of Violence - The American Prospect
To understand the brutality in Minneapolis, look to the agency that has a history of fomenting it.
prospect.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Great lineup at @prospect.org today. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social writes about the Border Patrol exporting its brutal tactics to the interior. Violence and impunity are baked into the agency's culture.
prospect.org/2026/01/30/b...
prospect.org/2026/01/30/b...
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This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
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there's some reporting that Trump has changed tone. but the bottom line isnot much has changed on the ground. and without real deescalation by ICE, there's no real change. and that means ICE is going to murder more people. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ice-is-goi...
ICE Is Going To Murder More People
The situation hasn’t changed; outcomes won’t change either.
www.everythingishorrible.net
January 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
there's some reporting that Trump has changed tone. but the bottom line isnot much has changed on the ground. and without real deescalation by ICE, there's no real change. and that means ICE is going to murder more people. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ice-is-goi...
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their awareness that they won't get targeted for DOJ while the DOJ describes standing outside and blowing whistles as domestic terrorism is surely something
NEW @ms.now: Pardoned by Trump, anti-abortion activists plan a nationwide revival of mass blockades at clinics & pharmacies that dispense abortion pills — in part, bc they know this DOJ won't prosecute them.
"This is our window," Randall Terry told me.
I caught up w/ him & others in DC last week:
"This is our window," Randall Terry told me.
I caught up w/ him & others in DC last week:
‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests
A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 6:40 PM
their awareness that they won't get targeted for DOJ while the DOJ describes standing outside and blowing whistles as domestic terrorism is surely something
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“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
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2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe.
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
Fixing the $12 Billion Lie
How Mayor Mamdani Plans to Fix NYC's Existential Budget Crisis—And Why It Affects Every Single American Nationwide
www.qasimrashid.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe.
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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This is a tipping point.
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
January 29, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is a tipping point.
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
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It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened
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‼️This famous photo from the Minnesota Tribune on Jan. 21 is from this incident, involving at least three of the same agents from Alex Pretti's killing.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
‼️This famous photo from the Minnesota Tribune on Jan. 21 is from this incident, involving at least three of the same agents from Alex Pretti's killing.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
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“In 2029 we will rebuild the East Wing as it was, where it was, and pay for it with seized assets from Trump, his family, his companies and organizations, and all companies involved in the illegal demolition of public property.”
“.. the hearing suggests the real possibility that Trump will be unable to construct anything in the East Wing’s place, leaving just an empty site ..
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
“In 2029 we will rebuild the East Wing as it was, where it was, and pay for it with seized assets from Trump, his family, his companies and organizations, and all companies involved in the illegal demolition of public property.”
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This judge says:
- refugees must be released in the next 5 days
- Returned to Minnesota. Not released onto the streets of Texas, which is what's been happening.
- ICE must alert the refugees' lawyers so they aren't released into dangerous cold without someone to meet them
- refugees must be released in the next 5 days
- Returned to Minnesota. Not released onto the streets of Texas, which is what's been happening.
- ICE must alert the refugees' lawyers so they aren't released into dangerous cold without someone to meet them
REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 28, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This judge says:
- refugees must be released in the next 5 days
- Returned to Minnesota. Not released onto the streets of Texas, which is what's been happening.
- ICE must alert the refugees' lawyers so they aren't released into dangerous cold without someone to meet them
- refugees must be released in the next 5 days
- Returned to Minnesota. Not released onto the streets of Texas, which is what's been happening.
- ICE must alert the refugees' lawyers so they aren't released into dangerous cold without someone to meet them