The Fight Against Federal Overeach—or “FAFO” for short—will be particularly focused on states undergoing an influx of federal agents. trib.al/InsEQaM “No agency and no officer is above the law."

Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.

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.

Why did DEA agents arrest independent journalist Georgia Fort?

Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.

At least 3,800 kids, including 20 infants, have been detained since Donald Trump returned to office.

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

If you're looking for inspiration in a fraught moment, this is a great place to start

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

So, incredibly, the White House has chosen to escalate in blue Minnesota and retreat in Maine to protect a vulnerable GOP Senator. It's confirmation that Trump-Vance-Miller view ICE as a partisan govt-backed militia to attack blue America while propping up their regime. 1/

I kept seeing this and I couldn't get it out of my head so I wrote about how social media is a workplace now and people with social media presence for their businesses and nonprofits can no longer stay silent: newrepublic.com/article/2058...

The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

If you haven't contacted your Senators, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

We are at an inflection point. Americans are fighting back peacefully-thousands in Minnesota last week & millions across the country last fall. AFT members will stand up again for No Kings on March 28. Our communities are hurting & people deserve a gov’t that listens www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi, one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000.

“I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” she said of Mr. Trump.

If Trump is worried about his PR, look no further...

Great read, great contextualization. Big opening here for Ds to establish a new narrative about what/who ICE represents--and it's not the American people.

Let's be specific about what's happening. Republicans are threatening to shut down the government to protect ICE's ability to deport citizens and arrest people without warrants. Every American should know that's what's happening.

Senate Democrats must demand reforms like federal agents taking the masks off and getting warrants. Those are common sense reforms all Americans should be able to get behind.

Hard to overstate the scale of the sea change in Fox’s coverage from Saturday, when they were lined up saying that Pretti deserved his fate and the feds did nothing wrong.

This is a sign of potentially important cracks in the Republican party. One of the announced candidates for the R nomination for Governor in Minnesota announces that he cannot support the party's assault on the state, and withdraws from party and race.

Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."

A state government is having to file an emergency lawsuit to be able to ensure that the federal government is not actively obstructing justice.

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.

ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA -- our latest on the murder of Alex Pretti and the actions we should take right now:

This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace. And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street.

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2056...

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

World leaders are now admitting, some even embracing, that Trump/MAGA have scrambled the world order. It's simply true. Here we are

Quit testing, enlist The People

Saw some reports that Dems are polling abolish ICE in their districts, but getting a snapshot now isn't going to be that informative. Better idea: this is clearly an emergency, let's treat it like that. Dem (and hell, R) congresspeople should be having emergency town halls to discuss it.

Fun chat here with Dan—cliff notes for learnings from Way to Win's final 2025 Research Summary culled from 10 different studies: chartingthewayforward.substack.com/p/towards-st...

People outside of MN have to understand how the violence Trump/ICE are unleashing there affects them. AOC is connecting the dots: you lost your health care so Trump could stand up an armed occupation of a major American city.

We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

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This hopecore is actually very well supported by the data in our big report!

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The Democrats need to...to build a party brand that answers voters’ real concerns and differentiates them from Republicans. That doesn’t mean behaving like a weather vane, turning in whichever direction the political winds blow. It means having the courage and strength to make your own weather." 7/

3 big problems hurt Ds in 2024: unhappiness about inflation and economic inequality; the far-right's massive media advantage; and the lack of alignment between party leaders and movement energy around Gaza and issues of racial and economic justice 4/

The @waytowinus.bsky.social report relies on extensive polling and focus group work with Democratic "defectors" -- Biden 2020 voters who had either voted for Trump or the much larger group who had sat out 2024 because they weren't convinced that either candidate really was for them. 2/

The Democratic "defectors" weren't looking for moderation -- they needed convincing that the party really was focused on their concerns and would fight for them with an economy defined by massive inequality 3/

New research from @waytowinus.bsky.social counters the Beltway narrative that Democrats need to tack right and throw progressive constituencies under the bus to win elections. @monicapotts.bsky.social @newrepublic.com 1/ newrepublic.com/article/2042...

A thread about our capstone report summarizing our deep research throughout 2025. If you are tired of moralizing about "moderation" & being told to check your values at the door of politics, THIS IS FOR YOU. Voters are looking for *fighters* & real relief from a rigged system. It's not ideological

The best kind of breaking news from @the-downballot.com Georgia Democrats flip conservative seat in yet another upset That's 25 pickups for Democrats nationwide this year—and zero for Republicans www.the-downballot.com/p/breaking-g...