"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." -- Benjamin Franklin, born #OTD 1706

ICE arrested someone at gunpoint today right outside of where I went to college in St. Paul. It's crazy how many incidents there are like this in the Twin Cities every day that you can monitor on Ice Out.

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a woman was surrounded by agents and unable to produce her ID quickly enough. She was physically seized and taken away.

ALERT: My office has received reports of heavy ICE presence near 12th & Maple in DTLA in the Fashion District. Agents are actively walking the area. If you have info report to: LA Rapid Response Network: (888) 624-4752

ICE is now running operations border to border, hurting the Ag sector and business in the Red Districts. The dumbass mngop did this to themselves. www.startribune.com/with-ice-sur...

I hope this letter finds you, sir, I hope you have the time. Between the rallies and the ruin, to read this little rhyme. I'm writing from the heart of what you say you came to save, a land of quiet desperation, a half-empty, open grave. youtu.be/W2YVdEAHMAY?...

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And when you look out from your tower, at the smoke and at the fire, are you proud of your creation, does it feed your soul's desire? youtu.be/W2YVdEAHMAY?...

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

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By law, members can visit ICE detention sites at any time. Not under this terror regime. "Reps. Angie Craig & Kelly Morrison, who represent suburban Twin Cities congressional districts, were also present & denied access after they were initially let in." 🧾 is.gd/7Ou7T8 📺 bsky.app/profile/prem...

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To my Republican colleagues, the Vice President is spitting in your face and openly flouting your constitutional authority. Time to decide if you came here to be a Member of Congress or a cheerleader for whatever Trump wants.

"Believe me, if Donald Trump is president again at some point or another, that ugliness will touch all of our lives." - Michelle Obama - The penalty... • for resisting arrest • for trafficking drugs • for civil disobedience • for disobeying law enforcement ...is not death! Thread 1/4🧵

Mar-a-Lago face is just a golf course that used to be wetlands.

The only “liberation” Venezuela is going to see is that of them from the profits of their own natural resource.

MPR news on the Minneapolis incident

This is the video.

Another important reality is that Greenland holds major potential for future peat accumulation and carbon sequestration. Where will the bogs of tomorrow be? Not Canada. Not Siberia. But definitely Greenland.

Never forget. 🇺🇸

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We stand corrected on the matter of nougat. Read the new issue’s letters here, with further contributions on why the city of Tacoma smells, who's responsible for splitting the Labour Party and what exactly Gramsci wrote. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

On May 2, 2025 the U.S. Secretary of Commerce was quoted that; “the new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids”. I’m just wondering, where exactly that went. A reason for charging extra taxes (tariffs) was because there was supposed to be some kind of job boom.

Trump and the Republican Party have managed to accomplish what Al Qaeda failed to do on 9/11.

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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A lifetime fraudster & convicted felon is a Law & Order POTUS The most openly corrupt POTUS in history will end government corruption Man who can’t grasp Intro to Econ vocab will save the economy POTUS who alienates allies & bombs Iran is a peace POTUS The POTUS w/ no deals is a master dealmaker

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Taxpayer-data security at risk, former IRS officials warn, as roughly half of agency Ieadership departs - Bloomberg Law

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

I know it’s been asked before, but how does one avoid despair when the clouds of darkness are gathering so during these times?

Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.

Trump is claiming the powers of a tyrant. Not an exaggeration, not a joke. Literally what his administration has argued in court. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

It will be interesting to see the next quarter’s numbers. iPhone sales are about to surge…watch!

Thom Tillis casting the deciding vote to confirm Hegseth, and his shameful silence yesterday, should be a major issue in the 2026 NC Senate race.

You can control where your dollars go and who you associate and do business with. Paul Weiss has decided to bend the knee and be a complicit partner to this authoritarian Trump regime. Fine. Shame them, mock them, abandon them. Invest in the law firms who stand up for democracy and rule of law.

"Until this weekend..." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Postcards Of Protest March 15

🇺🇸New American Tourism Ad: Come to America, don’t forget to pay your tariffs, and if you stay our fascist regime will detain you in one of our beautiful ICE centers where you will be separated from your family and cut off from the world. Plus, we made the PRESTIGIOUS, Global Human Rights Watch list.🤬

music.apple here’s my new music playlist for today. Looks pretty interesting, any thoughts?.com/us/playlist/new-music-mix/pl.pm-20e9f373919da080fbe22be5ba3f638d

RFK Jr. says Texas doctors had seen “very, very good results,” he claimed, by treating measles cases with a steroid, budesonide; an antibiotic called clarithromycin; and cod liver oil, which he said had high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D. Source NY Times RFK JR. is going to get people killed.