A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
there is a certain kind of political observer who is so hyper cynical as to basically be gullible
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 AM
there is a certain kind of political observer who is so hyper cynical as to basically be gullible
You don’t need press credentials to be a legal observer
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
You don’t need press credentials to be a legal observer
🚨ICE agent repeatedly mocks female observer as a man & hits her w/ car door
ICE: Are you a man?
Observer: Wow, is that a question?
ICE: SIR, I need you to move
Observer: Why are you calling a woman a man?
Agent opens car door, hits woman, drives away giving middle finger ⬇️
ICE: Are you a man?
Observer: Wow, is that a question?
ICE: SIR, I need you to move
Observer: Why are you calling a woman a man?
Agent opens car door, hits woman, drives away giving middle finger ⬇️
February 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
🚨ICE agent repeatedly mocks female observer as a man & hits her w/ car door
ICE: Are you a man?
Observer: Wow, is that a question?
ICE: SIR, I need you to move
Observer: Why are you calling a woman a man?
Agent opens car door, hits woman, drives away giving middle finger ⬇️
ICE: Are you a man?
Observer: Wow, is that a question?
ICE: SIR, I need you to move
Observer: Why are you calling a woman a man?
Agent opens car door, hits woman, drives away giving middle finger ⬇️
isn't Bari Weiss's wife in the Epstein files? not exactly an unbiased observer...
February 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
isn't Bari Weiss's wife in the Epstein files? not exactly an unbiased observer...
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
They are still being observed arresting an observer.
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
They are still being observed arresting an observer.
extremely funny to call a civil rights attorney a fake legal observer
February 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
extremely funny to call a civil rights attorney a fake legal observer
An important point: The American people are not ambivalent. They may think they want a shooting war in MSP but they are not prepared for the level of backlash if they murder another observer.
it's grim, but the reality is that Trump wants more innocent people to die here in the Twin Cities and the GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress are either ambivalent about more lives being taken or outright support it
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
An important point: The American people are not ambivalent. They may think they want a shooting war in MSP but they are not prepared for the level of backlash if they murder another observer.
I am literally there as an observer. As an observer, they tell you to film everything. I was doing my job
February 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I am literally there as an observer. As an observer, they tell you to film everything. I was doing my job
He was a real one.
Not just an observer, but a fighter.
RIP.
Not just an observer, but a fighter.
RIP.
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
He was a real one.
Not just an observer, but a fighter.
RIP.
Not just an observer, but a fighter.
RIP.
Hey Ryan! as a reporter I’m sure you care about accuracy here. I was removed for one specific reason - because I brought press on ridealongs, on the condition that no other observer be revealed. This was common practice and my local network actually set up a ridealong for me with the Atlantic.
Will Stancil getting thrown out of the ICE signal chat for being annoying (and apparently not following the rules?) was always the way this was destined to end
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Hey Ryan! as a reporter I’m sure you care about accuracy here. I was removed for one specific reason - because I brought press on ridealongs, on the condition that no other observer be revealed. This was common practice and my local network actually set up a ridealong for me with the Atlantic.
Even more importantly, though, that is the job OF THE PROTESTERS.
It is absolutely 1000% not the job of the legal observer, anyone who has ever taken a legal observer training would know that.
If someone in a green hat did that at a protest, people would GO OFF. Rightly.
It is absolutely 1000% not the job of the legal observer, anyone who has ever taken a legal observer training would know that.
If someone in a green hat did that at a protest, people would GO OFF. Rightly.
February 3, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Even more importantly, though, that is the job OF THE PROTESTERS.
It is absolutely 1000% not the job of the legal observer, anyone who has ever taken a legal observer training would know that.
If someone in a green hat did that at a protest, people would GO OFF. Rightly.
It is absolutely 1000% not the job of the legal observer, anyone who has ever taken a legal observer training would know that.
If someone in a green hat did that at a protest, people would GO OFF. Rightly.
Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
What does a pro-ICE observer do? Happily agree to delete video files?
Friends in Buffalo are reporting that pro-ice observers are following around anti-ice observers who are following ice. It’s like a terrible game of snake.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 AM
What does a pro-ICE observer do? Happily agree to delete video files?
As always, the answer to "what should I do if I'm worried about Rs loudly announcing their aspirations to try & ratfuck elections?" is go volunteer to be a poll worker or an elections observer. That is, if you actually want to so something beyond just wallowing in despair & untreated anxiety online
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
As always, the answer to "what should I do if I'm worried about Rs loudly announcing their aspirations to try & ratfuck elections?" is go volunteer to be a poll worker or an elections observer. That is, if you actually want to so something beyond just wallowing in despair & untreated anxiety online
I don’t argue with dipshits. The entire POINT of observing is that my time is expendable. We wasted time of 4 vehicles for 1.5-2hrs. There were more than 20 other observer elsewhere in St. Paul. If they are concerned with us, they aren’t fucking w our neighbors
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I don’t argue with dipshits. The entire POINT of observing is that my time is expendable. We wasted time of 4 vehicles for 1.5-2hrs. There were more than 20 other observer elsewhere in St. Paul. If they are concerned with us, they aren’t fucking w our neighbors
🚨"Hands on your face! Get the f*ck back!" ICE agents scream as they pull loaded gun on Minneapolis observer. When our reporter asked why they were arresting the observers, ICE claimed activists were "threatening" them with...hand gun gestures.
FULL VIDEO ⬇️
FULL VIDEO ⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
🚨"Hands on your face! Get the f*ck back!" ICE agents scream as they pull loaded gun on Minneapolis observer. When our reporter asked why they were arresting the observers, ICE claimed activists were "threatening" them with...hand gun gestures.
FULL VIDEO ⬇️
FULL VIDEO ⬇️
I should not have to say this but if you are a legal observer your job is not to go snitch on any and all illegal things.
Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach.
It is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach.
It is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I should not have to say this but if you are a legal observer your job is not to go snitch on any and all illegal things.
Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach.
It is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach.
It is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
A "Free Ed Higgins" emergency protest is being held at the Whipple Federal Building this evening after organizer & legal observer Ed Higgins reportedly had his vehicle side swiped in Colombia Heights by federal agents who then arrested him and took him to the Whipple Building.
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
A "Free Ed Higgins" emergency protest is being held at the Whipple Federal Building this evening after organizer & legal observer Ed Higgins reportedly had his vehicle side swiped in Colombia Heights by federal agents who then arrested him and took him to the Whipple Building.
(/s) But he's a LEGAL OBSERVER (under fascism) that means he has to FILM ACTIONS WHICH ARE ILLEGAL (under fascism) because you FIGHT FASCISM by GETTING PEOPLE ARRESTED (for resisting fascism)
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 AM
(/s) But he's a LEGAL OBSERVER (under fascism) that means he has to FILM ACTIONS WHICH ARE ILLEGAL (under fascism) because you FIGHT FASCISM by GETTING PEOPLE ARRESTED (for resisting fascism)
The administration routinely calls ordinary Minnesotans terrorists and says observer video is doxxing. You just handed them a pass, Chuck.
Remove Chuck Schumer now. Every second he spends talking about—and compromising on—masks is unbearable.
Remove Chuck Schumer now. Every second he spends talking about—and compromising on—masks is unbearable.
Chuck Schumer says ICE should be allowed to wear masks in "unusual circumstances—you know, some guy's picture was put up by a terrorist group or something."
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The administration routinely calls ordinary Minnesotans terrorists and says observer video is doxxing. You just handed them a pass, Chuck.
Remove Chuck Schumer now. Every second he spends talking about—and compromising on—masks is unbearable.
Remove Chuck Schumer now. Every second he spends talking about—and compromising on—masks is unbearable.