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4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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He's looting the U.S. Treasury, people. Most crooked dictators find covert ways to get rich. Trump intends to simply order his government to transfer money into his bank account.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
He's looting the U.S. Treasury, people. Most crooked dictators find covert ways to get rich. Trump intends to simply order his government to transfer money into his bank account.
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Usually dictators are more subtle about looting the treasury, because gross corruption is often a part of what gets them overthrown.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Usually dictators are more subtle about looting the treasury, because gross corruption is often a part of what gets them overthrown.
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing."
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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The US government has tried and failed to get a magistrate judge to sign off on an arrest warrant for Lemon. And then to get a more senior judge to grant it.
Seems like they’ve now found a way to get it done – arresting a hugely high profile journalist for reporting is a real threshold.
Seems like they’ve now found a way to get it done – arresting a hugely high profile journalist for reporting is a real threshold.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The US government has tried and failed to get a magistrate judge to sign off on an arrest warrant for Lemon. And then to get a more senior judge to grant it.
Seems like they’ve now found a way to get it done – arresting a hugely high profile journalist for reporting is a real threshold.
Seems like they’ve now found a way to get it done – arresting a hugely high profile journalist for reporting is a real threshold.
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Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
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New in PN: The protection racket regime
"While the administration blamed Pretti for his own murder, Bondi went full protection racket. All Minnesota has to do for payment is agree to her thuggish demands that have literally nothing to do with Trump's supposed justification for occupying the state."
"While the administration blamed Pretti for his own murder, Bondi went full protection racket. All Minnesota has to do for payment is agree to her thuggish demands that have literally nothing to do with Trump's supposed justification for occupying the state."
The protection racket regime
Bondi's letter puts the quiet part on paper.
www.publicnotice.co
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
New in PN: The protection racket regime
"While the administration blamed Pretti for his own murder, Bondi went full protection racket. All Minnesota has to do for payment is agree to her thuggish demands that have literally nothing to do with Trump's supposed justification for occupying the state."
"While the administration blamed Pretti for his own murder, Bondi went full protection racket. All Minnesota has to do for payment is agree to her thuggish demands that have literally nothing to do with Trump's supposed justification for occupying the state."
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Dhillon is Asst AG for Civil Rights.
January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Dhillon is Asst AG for Civil Rights.
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"The children’s mother called the school early Thursday to tell them she’d been detained and asked school leaders to bring the kids to her at the Whipple Federal Building ... because there were no family members ... to care for them.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"The children’s mother called the school early Thursday to tell them she’d been detained and asked school leaders to bring the kids to her at the Whipple Federal Building ... because there were no family members ... to care for them.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
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Like clockwork- Sean Feucht is heading to Minneapolis next week. Re-using the “Riots to Revival” event title he used in Minneapolis in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd.
Bad news all round- this is the last thing MN needs right now’s
Bad news all round- this is the last thing MN needs right now’s
January 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Like clockwork- Sean Feucht is heading to Minneapolis next week. Re-using the “Riots to Revival” event title he used in Minneapolis in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd.
Bad news all round- this is the last thing MN needs right now’s
Bad news all round- this is the last thing MN needs right now’s
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Florida launches statewide book burning, with Intro to Sociology textbook as kindling. Their state education system is a farce, a system for destroying knowledge and ideas in order to prevent critical thinking.
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Florida launches statewide book burning, with Intro to Sociology textbook as kindling. Their state education system is a farce, a system for destroying knowledge and ideas in order to prevent critical thinking.
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Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.
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Isn't Tom Homan that bagful of cash guy?
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Isn't Tom Homan that bagful of cash guy?
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Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
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if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
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But the group identity formation that is structuring the ICE units reinforces this: A group of strangers parachuted into unfamiliar environments, sent out on violent adrenaline-rush missions and confronted by hostile popular resistance.
All of this creates a hardened us-them boundary.
All of this creates a hardened us-them boundary.
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
But the group identity formation that is structuring the ICE units reinforces this: A group of strangers parachuted into unfamiliar environments, sent out on violent adrenaline-rush missions and confronted by hostile popular resistance.
All of this creates a hardened us-them boundary.
All of this creates a hardened us-them boundary.
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The targeted recruitment of right-wing militarists with no vetting or training creates a paramilitary force unequipped to respond to popular resistance with anything but the use of uncontrolled violence.
It is visibly obvious from all the videos we've seen so far that they are out of their depth.
It is visibly obvious from all the videos we've seen so far that they are out of their depth.
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The targeted recruitment of right-wing militarists with no vetting or training creates a paramilitary force unequipped to respond to popular resistance with anything but the use of uncontrolled violence.
It is visibly obvious from all the videos we've seen so far that they are out of their depth.
It is visibly obvious from all the videos we've seen so far that they are out of their depth.
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Another way to think of ICE right now is as the institutionalization of the Kyle Rittenhouse model of vigilantism under the state's authority.
Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Another way to think of ICE right now is as the institutionalization of the Kyle Rittenhouse model of vigilantism under the state's authority.
Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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No one will say “That’s not true, that’s false, you’re lying.” They’ll say “There are competing perspectives.” Thus they are given the power to invent reality.
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
No one will say “That’s not true, that’s false, you’re lying.” They’ll say “There are competing perspectives.” Thus they are given the power to invent reality.
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“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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This article is free and completely insane, even by current standards of sanity.
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
This article is free and completely insane, even by current standards of sanity.