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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
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am I "falling for the bait" or am I "having a proportionate and reasonable reaction to a racially motivated pogrom being carried out against my neighbors" can someone please help me figure that out
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
am I "falling for the bait" or am I "having a proportionate and reasonable reaction to a racially motivated pogrom being carried out against my neighbors" can someone please help me figure that out
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🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
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After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
Enrique Tarrio, exlíder de los Proud Boys, dice que se ha convertido en agente de ICE
Tarrio, quien recibió un indulto de Trump por su participación en el asalto al Capitolio en 2021, fue detenido un mes después de su liberación por un cargo de agresión en Washington D.C.
www.telemundo.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 AM
After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
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Tear gas and smoke filling north and northeast Minneapolis tonight on is a perfectly clear winter night in the city.
Keep your windows closed.
Keep your windows closed.
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Tear gas and smoke filling north and northeast Minneapolis tonight on is a perfectly clear winter night in the city.
Keep your windows closed.
Keep your windows closed.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
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Your periodic reminder that @amyklobuchar.com voted for this absolute ghoul to lead the USDA.
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Your periodic reminder that @amyklobuchar.com voted for this absolute ghoul to lead the USDA.
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
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It’s time to face facts.
We’re already in the Second American Civil War and we’ve been in it for years now. Continuing to pretend otherwise is only going to lead to more death and suffering.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-war-is...
We’re already in the Second American Civil War and we’ve been in it for years now. Continuing to pretend otherwise is only going to lead to more death and suffering.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-war-is...
The War is Already Here: Glimpses From the Second Civil War
All the hand-wringing and forecasting needs to end. We are smack-dab in the middle of the Second American Civil War
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It’s time to face facts.
We’re already in the Second American Civil War and we’ve been in it for years now. Continuing to pretend otherwise is only going to lead to more death and suffering.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-war-is...
We’re already in the Second American Civil War and we’ve been in it for years now. Continuing to pretend otherwise is only going to lead to more death and suffering.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-war-is...
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i want everyone to know how directly connected our calls to abolish the police are to this moment in minneapolis. The mayor cannot and would not order police to arrest ICE bc they would refuse and it would betray he actually has no control over them and they operate with complete impunity.
January 13, 2026 at 1:26 AM
i want everyone to know how directly connected our calls to abolish the police are to this moment in minneapolis. The mayor cannot and would not order police to arrest ICE bc they would refuse and it would betray he actually has no control over them and they operate with complete impunity.
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There is currently a violent civil conflict happening in Minneapolis. Every discussion of electoralism relies on the unstated premise that this civil conflict will evaporate, which is not at all obvious to me.
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
There is currently a violent civil conflict happening in Minneapolis. Every discussion of electoralism relies on the unstated premise that this civil conflict will evaporate, which is not at all obvious to me.
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ICE is using an array of tools and programs to track people's social media activity and location. But 404 Media journalist Joseph Cox told Minnesota Now host Nina Moini that there's a "solid and robust" way to help combat even more surveillance: turning off your phone's location services.
How ICE uses phone and internet data to identify and track people
ICE recently purchased two programs called Tangles and Webloc, which are used to track the cell phone activity of entire neighborhoods and monitor people over social media and through internet data, a...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
ICE is using an array of tools and programs to track people's social media activity and location. But 404 Media journalist Joseph Cox told Minnesota Now host Nina Moini that there's a "solid and robust" way to help combat even more surveillance: turning off your phone's location services.
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For those calling on MPD to start arresting ice agents for their illegal activities… my husband watched as ice pulled into the 2nd precinct and an MPD in uniform got into the back seat.
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
For those calling on MPD to start arresting ice agents for their illegal activities… my husband watched as ice pulled into the 2nd precinct and an MPD in uniform got into the back seat.
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
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Locals! If you go out to eat tonight, Wrecktangle Pizza will donate a pizza to a family hiding from ICE.
From Wrecktangle Pizza 1/11/26: “TODAY ONLY, SUNDAY 1/11, email [email protected] a photo of your receipt fm ANY MINNESOTA RESTAURANT w/ the subject line “RECEIPT” & we’ll donate an additional meal on your behalf [to a family in hiding due to ICE].” Win/win: support restaurants & families.
January 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Locals! If you go out to eat tonight, Wrecktangle Pizza will donate a pizza to a family hiding from ICE.
New year, new boards
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
New year, new boards
“What they do is not just against the legal law, but the moral law.”
Cops can’t be trusted,and words don’t count for much, but this is quite a contrast to the silence and complicity from the Hennepin County Sheriff.
Cops can’t be trusted,and words don’t count for much, but this is quite a contrast to the silence and complicity from the Hennepin County Sheriff.
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“What they do is not just against the legal law, but the moral law.”
Cops can’t be trusted,and words don’t count for much, but this is quite a contrast to the silence and complicity from the Hennepin County Sheriff.
Cops can’t be trusted,and words don’t count for much, but this is quite a contrast to the silence and complicity from the Hennepin County Sheriff.
“The whistles, the car honks, the hurriedly captured smartphone videos: These are acts of faith in shared reality, in community, and in due process. They believe that these things — eroded as they are — are worth fighting for.”
Consensus reality has been under assault by Trumpism and by tech for years now. But it's important to underline that people are still putting their lives on the line because they believe it matters. www.theverge.com/policy/85905...
People are fighting for the truth in Minneapolis
Ordinary civilians aren’t playing along with Trump
www.theverge.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“The whistles, the car honks, the hurriedly captured smartphone videos: These are acts of faith in shared reality, in community, and in due process. They believe that these things — eroded as they are — are worth fighting for.”
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Klobuchar voted for the Secretary of Agriculture.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Klobuchar voted for the Secretary of Agriculture.
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There have been nine ICE shootings. There will be more. I think it may be time to consider these actions in the historical context of the Central American death squads supported by previous iterations of U.S. imperialism. And ICE's hostile incursion into "blue" cities as a form of imperialism, too.
January 8, 2026 at 9:38 PM
There have been nine ICE shootings. There will be more. I think it may be time to consider these actions in the historical context of the Central American death squads supported by previous iterations of U.S. imperialism. And ICE's hostile incursion into "blue" cities as a form of imperialism, too.
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Just a reminder that LAST time Mpls was the center of a reckoning around police violence, we ended shoveling more money to police and less to social services. Minneapolis still feels the wounds of the last time, with an even richer police force.
This is what we need to guard against, yet again.
This is what we need to guard against, yet again.
January 8, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Just a reminder that LAST time Mpls was the center of a reckoning around police violence, we ended shoveling more money to police and less to social services. Minneapolis still feels the wounds of the last time, with an even richer police force.
This is what we need to guard against, yet again.
This is what we need to guard against, yet again.
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in case you don’t speak Anglican, this means “if you work for ICE you are going to hell” which is both based and theologically sound
"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
in case you don’t speak Anglican, this means “if you work for ICE you are going to hell” which is both based and theologically sound
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Hi Angie! This you?
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Hi Angie! This you?
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Context: Dave Titus was the head of the SPPD union in 2017 and handed Melvin Carter his first election on a silver platter with a racist attack ad so egregious that his endorsed candidate at the time rightly condemned it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Context: Dave Titus was the head of the SPPD union in 2017 and handed Melvin Carter his first election on a silver platter with a racist attack ad so egregious that his endorsed candidate at the time rightly condemned it.