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I do media & politics in Minnesota.
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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That is a LOT of ICE raids in Burnsville that I have not been hearing about...
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Rachel Maddow: The people, by and large, stand in opposition to Trump — his approval ratings have fallen through the floor & then down into the basement & then through the basement floor into the bedrock — He is just despised as a political leader in this country in almost unprecedented terms
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Senate Dems are going to fully fund ICE if they agree to more body cameras.

And that, boys and girls, is why the republic is crumbling.

We do NOT need more video of ICE atrocities! We have plenty.

We need to STOP the atrocities, PERIOD!

Defund ICE or go to hell.

That is all.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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"Surrender"?

So you admit it, you're an invading army?
January 19, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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His family says he's a U.S. citizen & DHS agents violated multiple laws here.

It's hard for me to look at without imagining Trump and gang having a similar experience someday during their lawful arrests.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.

(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Americans' economic and political pains mainly stem from unprecedented concentration of our wealth, a few dozen mega-billionaires control 12%.

They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Imagine being in such a cult you have to defend shooting unarmed mothers in the face and invading fucking GREENLAND to start a war with Europe.

Embarrassing! No one likes you!
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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ICE are doing a little PR photoshoot at Cities Church on Summit if you want to go make fun of them
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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The official message of the U.S. government to ICE is if you kill an American citizen while trying to deport brown people, not only will we cover it up but we will try to jail their spouse instead.

We all died during COVID and this is hell.
January 19, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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In case the algorithm hasn’t delivered this to you yet, Donald Trump wrote a truly insane message to the Norwegian, Prime Minister, and here it is. The entire Republican Party is still lockstep with this guy.
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Trump invites Putin to oversee "board of peace" with him sounds like an Onion headline. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’
Putin shows no signs of ending Ukraine war and claim adds weight to accusation Trump favours Russian president
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Two community members stand on the street corner of Central Ave and 18th St, watching over a local business in 5° temps with a wind chill of -15°. They are patrolling the area, keeping an eye out for ICE activity, doing what they can to protect their immigrant neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Now more than ever, we're a two timing, back stabbing, and disloyal nation without integrity.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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I’m not sure people outside the Twin Cites realize the prevalence and the fear ICE is causing in Twin Cities. They are dining undercover pretending to be couples at restaurants, they are going to businesses and checking the license plates of cars to find employees. Every public place is compromised.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.
January 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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BRENNAN: You said 'occupying force.' Don't you think that's a bit much?

FREY: When you have 3,000 ICE agents and CBP come to your city, when you've got this supposed threat of 1,500 military coming to your city, that's very much what it feels like
January 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Incentives for abuse
“Though ICE has never come close to meeting that daily goal, officers are rewarded for making arrests, even if the immigrants they take in are later released.” - Wall Street Journal with a good overview of ICE crimes. www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
The Standoff That Has Turned Minnesota Into a Tinderbox
ICE agents with arrest quotas are colliding with angry Minneapolis residents, a compact city and a relatively small proportion of immigrants in the country illegally.
www.wsj.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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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.
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."

www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM