This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding. Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

Anyway this is the shit that they call "unskilled labor" but it is actually really fucking hard to be able to anticipate needs and meet them before they come up.

I’m a huge soccer fan. I was so excited for the World Cup—for years. But, there is no way to host a World Cup in the midst of consolidating fascism and threatening imperialist expansion. Canada and Mexico can pick up the extra games. The U.S. can’t be part of it.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Defaming a dead man, just because.

Brilliant column by @willbunch.bsky.social “I don’t know what lies ahead…before the positive moral force that finally awoke in Minneapolis can fully reclaim America. It’s tough to think about right now. But what’s clear is this: The time for choosing is today. Which side are you on?”

Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

Mansfield, MA today. Icy temps and snow did not stop us. STOP ICE MURDERS #indivisiblemansfieldandbeyond

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

All to please a wannabe king who is demented and thrives on violence.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Why Minneapolis? Because Kamala/Walz actually won the election. Why California? Because Kamala/Walz beat his orange ass. Why Chicago? Obama. Why Maine? The governor defied his unlawful orders. Any questions?

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border. Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE). Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.

It’s crucial that networks with Sunday morning shows not let Republicans lie about what happened today. Interrupt them, cut their mics, cut away. It’s reckless and inaccurate to let them spin a murder. The video is clear. I don’t expect this to happen, but the journalistic imperative is clear.

THERE IS NO “APPEAR TO” - the videos directly contradict federal statements. WTAF @nytimes.com you are a JOKE. Stop bothsides-ing fascism and public executions. Mr. Pretti’s blood is on your hands too.

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

The game plan: Subpoena her, drag her before Congress, make her repeat her venal lies under penalty of perjury

Democratic leadership has millions of people behind them who want to be a part of making this stop. If they wanted it to stop more than they want to placate centrist voters, they’d make it stop, and if they stopped it, they’d get re-elected. Bipartisanship is a pipe dream. Galvanize or be complicit.

I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity. They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.

MAGAs are already defending ICE fascists by saying the man they killed today had a gun. 1. MN is an open carry state 2. The same MAGA bootlickers who claim we need unlimited guns to "prevent government tyranny" are the first ones to scream "OH MY GOD HE HAD A GUN" when tyrannical govt kills someone

No. Insurrection Act then Martial Law

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

remember when erick erickson was haha’ing about tossing his opponents out of helicopters?

NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html

We are waiting, @kim.senate.gov. Commit to "no" today. Please.

It’s remarkable how quickly the “everyone shall be armed” Second Amendment Republicans use the fact that a beaten, defenseless man lying on the ground was (maybe) armed as justification for federal agents to execute him.

As they twist themselves into knots to try and justify the murder of a 37 year old white male American gun owner, what normally passes for the pinnacle of humanity as far as the Right is concerned, I expect that their dominate narrative will be "he was a race traitor".

THIS CANNOT BE SAID ENOUGH!!

The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.

Yes it is correct @adamkinzinger.substack.com. Your former party effectively killed the 2A today.

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

The news out of Minnesota is heartbreaking—another execution in cold blood! If this is how protesters are treated, what is happening to the people who are being detained and shipped away? Also, whatever and WHO is in #EpsteinFiles must be radioactive if executions are needed as distraction.

Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law

So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like: 1) They were beating a struggling man with batons 2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back 3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away 4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

ICE is what happens when they take off the hoods and sheets and put on SWAT gear and rifles.

Thank you @gregsargent.bsky.social This is an excellent analysis of Vance’s role in making ICE violence and arrests appear reasonable and legal, when they are neither.

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

@democrats.senate.gov ANY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO VOTES TO GIVE THIS VIOLENT SECRET POLICE FORCE A FUCKING DIME SHOULD NOT BE ELECTED EVER AGAIN. NOT ONE OF YOU, MURDERING PEOPLE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

The presence of ICE agents in Minnesota is not about illegal immigration. There are 130,000 undocumented immigrants in Minnesota and 3.7 million combined in Texas and Florida. It is about fear and intimidation from Trump. It is an attempt to distract from the Epstein Files and a bad economy.

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

To repeat: It is highly improbable that I would agree with Bill Kristol. I agree with him 100%. ICE has become the gestapo. They need to go. Just saw a Minneapolis protestor yelling at ICE, near shooting site, "We will not forgive you." Correct.

I am furious at the gaslighting. Republicans caused healthcare premiums to skyrocket and now say it's unfixable. A three-year ACA extension proves that a lie. It is fixable. They just lack the will. #RepublicanHealthcareDisaster