A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer. “I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...

UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.

How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad. In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with: "Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated." www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

DHS is shutting down. Why? Because Democrats took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and ICE is lawless and out of control. We cannot fund an agency that is murdering our citizens, tear gassing school zones, and disappearing legal immigrants.

I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that “Operation Metro Surge” will end soon. 1/

The ‘abolish ICE’ door is cracked open and every one of us needs to push and keep pushing. “Liam’s father, Adrian Conejo Arias, said the family was in hiding. He cited a bomb threat at his son’s former elementary school and ICE agents patrolling the Columbia Heights home they no longer live in.”

Huge thanks to @spaceforpeace.bsky.social for sharing our CfP! We’re truly humbled by the many wonderful abstracts we’re receiving and can’t wait to engage in the inspiring conversations the symposium will spark. 💌 Still 3 days left to apply in case you haven't done so! ⬇️

Yesterday night, Minneapolis Minnesota, “Hit the road ICE” by Brass Solidarity. The band joined the people who were leaving the Alex Pretti memorial.

Literally under siege www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

My defense of the traffic calming checkpoints in South Minneapolis. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Car crashes are never just "accidents." When it comes to ICE's driving in particular, their sense of impunity and the specter of random violence is, in fact, central to their terror campaign.

Genuinely horrifying. Everything Israel has done since October 7 has shown they treat Palestinians as sub-human. The parallels to 1930s Germany are both ironic and devastating.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis

“To all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are,” Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said. “Quit your sh*tty-ass job. Quit that sh*tty job you have.” Happy #SuperBowl Sunday.

On This Day in History: Feb. 10, 1967 The 25th Amendment is ratified, spelling out what happens when a president dies, resigns, is removed, or is unable to serve, and how a vacant vice presidency gets filled. I do love anniversaries...

There’s a sentiment among some locals that eyes on Minnesota are waning. The situation has NOT changed here. Local resistance is tired, but of course never giving up. Please stay plugged into the news of the Minneapolis ICE occupation and donate where able. We need endurance in this moment.

NEW from CEPR's Peter Hart: On FMLA's 33rd anniversary, gaps are stark: 44% of workers can't access unpaid leave, 73% lack paid leave, and 95% of lowest-wage workers have nothing. The US is one of only 6 countries w/o national paid leave. A national program is long overdue.: https://bit.ly/4kjMIMp

Gun Owners of America is lobbying Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which would require a majority of Americans to show a passport to register to vote. But GOA opposes any law that requires showing a drivers license to buy a gun. These are not serious people.

An estimated 135 million viewers in the United States watched Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show. What they saw was a stunning redefinition of what it means to be an American, writes Greg Grandin. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In all the years I’ve taught the federalism section of an introduction to American politics course, the examples of—and indeed the conceptual definition of—“federal overreach” neither included nor contemplated an attack on a state’s economy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

part of an incredible thread describing all sorts of easter eggs

For those who don't recognize it, that's the Target symbol. National day of action coming up to get Target to take a stand against ICE on Wednesday - join! actionnetwork.org/event_campai... (sorry I don't know the details of this action or have the photo credit)

9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra from Colombia was detained on her way to Disney World. She told me when I met her that what was supposed to be a 10-day dream vacation to the park’s Halloween celebration turned into a 100+ day nightmare at Dilley. 6/

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens. - Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide -There's worms & mold in food -300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows www.propublica.org/article/life...

Did you catch that he was carrying the light blue version of the Puerto Rican flag? So many fantastic easter eggs in the show.

If you haven't watched the whole thing yet, give yourself this treat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Fu...

New Book! "All Geographers Should be Feminist Geographers: Creating Care-full Academic Spaces" now available from UGA Press. Excited to talk about the book with folks, so please consider if this topic and ideas are well-suited to department seminars, class visits, or other conversational spaces.

We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology. Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.

In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings. Sweden’s Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.

The Winter Games is a great place to start international protests for a call to boycott the L.A Olympics/World Cup. Billions in contracts are at stake. Start messing with the money things change. Demonstrating once the games open will be too late. The money will have been made. They won't care.

CFP due Feb 15 for conference: (De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship 27-28 August 2026 in Turku Finland or online. sites.utu.fi/whisol/news/...

One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport. One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions. Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people. www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

Measles, Covid and tuberculosis at South Texas camps, yet ICE is flying more migrant captives there at this very moment.

“After baby Amalia had been hospitalized for 10 days, ICE thought this baby should be returned to Dilley, where she was denied access to the medicines that the hospital doctors told her she needed."

WHERE TO GIVE: St. Paul and Minneapolis Chambers of Commerce have joined economic development partners to launch WeLoveTC.com, a listing of orgs collecting donations for small business grants+similar relief efforts. Step 1: I'm buying a burrito... www.twincities.com/2026/02/04/h...

These fucking monsters. "...his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance."

I just called this place and asked how to donate, they are @leostowingmn on Venmo

Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.

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.

TWIN CITIES Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action. No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group. Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest." acatusa.com

Weren’t these the same people who wanted everyone fired who said anything disparaging about Charlie Kirk?

ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.

Anyone else seeing towns and cities passing anti-ICE resolutions? Symbolic, of course, but unanimous vote by the Selectboard in my town of 10,000 (where ICE has back office ops), Williston, VT. We need to map these! vtdigger.org/2026/01/21/w...

The quote below is from survivor Chic Canfora. This is a great long read.

I know that they will always do the cruelest thing and the most racist thing, but the extent to which these particular fuckers will also do the stupidest thing. Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this. Fuck them.