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Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social defunding ICE cannot be about polling for its impact on the midterms. It has to be about doing the right thing. Do not fund the government.

Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer

Dem leadership apparently still calculating votes on the ICE issue, as if there really are multiple options. This is a right/wrong issue, not a polling question.

I’m done with politicians and pundits on cable news telling us some version of, ICE would be fine if they just followed the rules and procedures. THEY’RE FOLLOWING ORDERS‼️ I just dropped a piece on why “defund ICE” misses the point. Hear me out… open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

So that's the plan. Must be something similar about Greenland

Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities This is exactly the opposite. Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.

Once protest is labeled “insurrection,” the next step is labeling dissenters as enemies. That’s the slope we’re on. The Insurrection Act was meant for genuine emergencies—not for a president eager to silence anyone who refuses to fall in line.

Yikes. Seems like this should be big news

"We have come here to oppress you. If you protest we will oppress you more or even kill you," is what ICE seems to be saying. Money and power turning a blind eye bc Trump told them he needs this to stay in control.

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

Markey: ICE has become the criminals they say they are supposed to be catching

Excellent instructional video pass it on

This is pretty bad all right but unfortunately also seems accurate with respect to where we are. The violence has started.

cannot stress enough that they are abducting legal observers left and right and people are hearing about this happening to other people and still immediately going “alright where can i go to help now”

Classic!

They failed to convince us of their lies about Renee Good so now they are lying about the entire state of Minnesota, instead. Trump even claims he won the state in all three elections, although he didn't. And ICE was caught 10 years ago stepping in front of cars to justify shooting the occupants.

Whoa‼️ This article from 2014: US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them. And remember, Jonathan Ross was a firearms trainer, a veteran, and spent over a decade working for DHS.

I believe this to be true, but it's no less dangerous if so

Jasmine crying talking about the murder of Renee Good and their only concern is that she dropped the f bomb WTF 🤬🤬 youtube.com/shorts/_XbgH...

Our own government prepped us to defend against fascism, which according to their description of it nearly 80 years ago, has finally taken over the U.S. I'm glad we held it off for so long but I really prefer democracy.

In reponse to my post about not letting them get away with their lies, I had overwhelming support. I only had to block 3 post parroting the administration. Some noted it's nothing new which is true but we have to draw the line somewhere.

They are continuing to lie about Renee Good today, doubling down in fact. These people are either paid to lie or politically motivated. Also ICE is still terrorizing Minneapolis. Our own government is attacking us with lies and thugs. We can't let them get away with it.

Unbelievable. We can't let them get away with this stuff. It needs to be the end of Trump. Epstein files could do it also. Sheer desperation to hang onto power and money.

In which HCR clearly describes exactly why Trump is determined to lie about Renee Good (i.e. she's in the same demographic as his supporters) and overall reveals how desperate Trump is to avoid losing power.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

Some good news today!

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

January 7, 2026

Please don't let them get away with the lies about the shooting in Minneapolis. They will just do it again if they do.

Very true, they are not standing on the founding documents of America.

Where the hell are America’s leaders? Too many people with formal authority are intimidated by Trump or sucking up to him. That leaves you and me and everyone else without official power to resist his tyranny. robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-...

I really don't think we can wait for the midterms. That's not a strategy.

Consistently among the best summaries of current events in historical perspective.

We are facing the fundamental test again, as Lincoln articulated at Gettysburg. Will government by the people, for the people, continue to exist. Ironically, even the rich do better when everyone does better.

Trump supporters endorse whatever he does because they like him. They would never support what Trump does if anyone else did it.

Spot on. We have sold out our founding principles and our citizens to the highest bidder. Not the way it is supposed to work in America.

This hurts it's so on target

Chris Cornell's vocals on this, including the line about trading lives for oil as if the whole world were blind. GOP has replaced our principles with oligarchy. Very sad day. youtu.be/5vR1-PyXHfI?...

Yep

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

And Thiel and Musk who also want the rare earth minerals that Venezuela possesses. Musk needs cobalt for batteries for his cars and Thiel needs cobalt for his Palantir drone weaponry. Musk and Thiel were also found in the Epstein Files alongside Trump. Wealthy pedophile ring getting richer from war.

This is the saddest day of my life. With the exception of the Kennedy and King assassinations. When it became clear the Republican Party sold our principles to the Putin model of oligarchy.

Peace President. Very peaceful. Just ask Syria. Or Yemen. Or Somalia. Or Venezuela. Actually don’t, they’re busy.