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minakimes.bsky.social
Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game

www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick. "I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day." Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.
January 19, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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thegaychingy.bsky.social
URGENT AID REQUEST

A sublet is being held for me(!) but i dont yet have funds to cover rent for it + my storage unit (still applying for jobs)

if folks could help & share, it’d go a long way to keeping me housed thru winter! There is an immediate goal (by Saturday) and overall goal (before Feb)💚
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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alexpagliuca.bsky.social
It’s also meant to create an a priori suspicion of solidarity. If I were to travel to Minneapolis, to try to lend whatever aid I could, I’d be an “outside agitator” instead of someone trying to render aid to people whose interests align with mine.
letsgomathias.bsky.social Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 18h
"outside agitators" accusation always an effort to delegitimize organic, grassroots community self-defense, a way of convincing you things aren't that bad, that people's grievances aren't valid, & that this militant resistance taking shape — perhaps inspiring something in you — isn't even *real*
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.

ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
In the last 18 days alone:

- Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this)
- Two men died of cardiac-related issues
- One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard
- One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)
palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 20h
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.

My story:

www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Three migrants held there have died since December 2025.
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
TEXT: Out on patrol with two friends this morning and I kept seeing the beautiful web being woven in Minnesota right now. Not with new materials but woven with wisdom into what was already here. I could feel this net with my hands, this connection as we passed that group of three on the corner of Cedar and Lake, this connection as we listened to someone doing dispatch while their kid yelled in the room behind them. I thought of this today stopping by a locally beloved Mexican restaurant to grab some food for the family and having the owner step up with tears in his eyes and reflect on how much they feel cared for and then the security guard stepped over and asserted that this is what we do, we care for our own. He said, tell people we have them, we've got them and we will keep them safe. All of the worst stories you read are true and there are more of them than what shows up on social media, but there is also this, everything I am writing here in the same morning, driving over to northeast and a junior high has just done a walk out, they are lining a major road in their "are those pants they look like pajamas" clothes and all are holding signs and I am on the phone with someone and I burst into tears when I pass them. This is a net and I remember this very old fishing net someone showed me years ago, guiding my fingers to feel where the net had been repaired over and over again, like scars in the fibers that strengthen rather than break. ICE is sharp, knives that cut with small knicks and sometimes great full arm thrusts that shove and tear through this connected set of scars and fresh material and there are wounds and this is violence and some of you beloveds are being stopped on the road because of how you are read and I am not being stopped and none of this is ever ok and still, I feel the pull and tug of the net that is larger than anything I have experienced TEXT: before. Is there anyone in these cities not showing up in some way? I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anyone have words other than how can I show up? There is a net and it has always been here, it is always here, it's just that sometimes it's hard to see and all that is happening in Minneapolis is that some of the confusion is fading and what is visible is the link and weave and stumble and steady between us. May we keep repairing it as it frays, from those outside and from the rising tension we hold within and may this net grow with wisdom and may bodies tired of holding themselves up alone someday feel like they can relax into the steady certainty of something much bigger than the size of their skin.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.

My story:

www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Three migrants held there have died since December 2025.
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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unraveledpress.com
Three years today. The cops are already killing protesters—it's not a line we haven't crossed, it's a thing already happening—but lots of people never heard about or paid attention to this one. So it goes
January 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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mattkeliher.bsky.social
Finding out
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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unicornriot.bsky.social
New: Jake Lang's Campaign of Terror

The far-right influencer and J6 convict Jake Lang has been on a rampage across the country, sparking violent encounters through racist and islamophobic rallies.

Tomorrow, he's leading a rally in Minneapolis.

unicornriot.ninja/2026/jake-la...
Jake Lang’s Campaign of Terror - UNICORN RIOT
“The violent left, everybody!” The man shouted into his phone, which he had out recording the whole time. He was trying hard to mimic the candor and mannerisms of the president.
unicornriot.ninja
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
From a Minnesotan: a hearty HELL NO to this. This man is a professional political consultant in DC raising $$ for a political party. There are endless better places to donate to actually help people here suffering and fighting against this nazi invasion. Here’s a start:
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
if I see you dooming on the timeline you have to donate to the Minneapolis strike fund
olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."

workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...
Support Impacted Union Families! | Working Partnerships
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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diplomatofnight.com
Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.
seva.bsky.social Seva @seva.bsky.social · 2d
my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...
A Long History of Betrayal
Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.
foreignpolicy.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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tusk81.bsky.social
Mom Rosa “recalled receiving phone calls from a concerned neighbor, whom she said had seen the girl wandering the streets looking for her father.”

"She told me she'd seen my daughter, walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?’”
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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colindickey.com
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.

They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN
Help us respond to urgent community needs
www.givemn.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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kendrawrites.com
Notice the "clashes" framing

They never frame ICE/Law enforcement as attacking.
January 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
last night, government agents, undercover of the authority of the president, launched chemical attacks against American protestors. I got nothing more pithy than “fuck this,” but fuck this. power to the people.
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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dburbach.bsky.social
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.

If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4d
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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jeremymessersmith.bsky.social
Want to help folks being terrorized by ICE in Minnesota? Well look at this google doc someone made. Lots of GoFundMe's that haven't met their goals yet. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from people I know or I am connected with. I cannot vouch for all the in...
docs.google.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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melbuer.bsky.social
The reports coming out of Minnesota of the brutality of ICE terror are harrowing. What's clear to me, however, is that the people are rising up to resist this violence head on. Resistance is everywhere. We may be on our own, but we are not alone.

"Every time a whistle blows, they don’t win."
Blessed are the whistle blowers
Resistance to the ongoing brutality is everywhere. One need only step outside to find it.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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sarahlazare.bsky.social
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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merryrobin.bsky.social
The cold is killing us… 🥶💔
The cold is killing us… 🥶💔
The cold is killing us… 🥶💔
Heavy rain, no warmth, bodies shiver, hearts exhausted.
We need 100 euros for a tent and warm clothes for my family.
Please share and donate, even a little
gofund.me/78aa2a366
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@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
Mohammed, a Palestinian young man, standing outside of a tent during a winter day. He looks cold and his clothes are not adequate for the weather. Mohammed standing with his baby girls, the youngest in his arms, and the oldest standing next to him under his protective arm.
January 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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glopan.bsky.social
Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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wrigleyfield.bsky.social
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM