buddy in minneapolis sent this to the group chat

When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."

While I’m sure there are instances of MPD (illegally) cooperating with ICE, they have basically not interfered at all with observers, and it’s rare enough that if we realize a suspicious vehicle is local police we just ignore it.

The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.

A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece: In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere. And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.

“Renee’s life and death now stand within the lineage of Christian witness… to see where people are oppressed, and to be present with them not merely in thoughts and prayers but with the presence and solidarity of our whole bodies.” Amen.

Solidarity with the people of Minnesota bravely standing up for their vulnerable neighbors against some of the stupidest fascism the world has ever seen.

A week ago I think I knew maybe 3 parents at my kid’s preschool, and now I know almost all of them, and have steeled myself to give my life for their kids and their teachers if I need to.

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

you can do it too. they genuinely cannot really operate when the entire city is against them like this

⚡️ Japan has delivered a fleet of military-grade Toyota off-road vehicles to Ukraine.

Will Stancil is writing ad copy the Honda execs can just use. He's doing your job. Remember when Toyota got tagged for selling ISIS a bunch of pickup trucks? This is the opposite of that. He's handing you money, Honda. Fit is Fit to Fight ICE

Reset the blasphemy counter. Westminster Shorter Catechism Q/A 54: What is required in the third commandment? The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works.

now is the time of will stancil

Danes are on the right course here

Gold vs SPX, past 5 years

Someone get this case in front of Gorsuch immediately

This feels the minimum response.

A little courage is good to see.

I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch. It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵

I need BlueSky to never change

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

I'm FOR the independence of the Fed. I'm AGAINST the attack of Jerome Powell. I HOPE business reacts strongly. But it would be nice if business types, now bestirred, also condemned ICE's attacks on immigrants and Americans--not just Trump's attack on the Fed.

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

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Sentiment check: r/wallstreetbets is absolutely libbing out, indistinguishable from Bsky.

Analysis | Joe Biden would not have invaded NATO allies, cut off child welfare, or sent armed forces to kill Americans. But he would have given very few press conferences and spoken in a halting voice. The voters got it right.

The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.

Every elected Republican in Congress should be repeatedly asked how many Americans they are willing to sacrifice in a war with Denmark and multiple NATO countries so America’s most special spoiled child can try to seize Greenland.

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

EU ready to basically hit big tech is not a trivial thing

when it’s 20° out and you’re blowing your whistle for all you’re worth and trying to document the license plates of the three vehicles assigned to abduct one terrified person while six large, armed, masked agents throw him on the ground and six others point chemical weapons at you, it changes you

As these thugs increasingly feel the pressure, they keep trying to say “stop following us.” But why don’t more people say “I’m just driving down the road. How am I supposed to know you are ICE? YOU’RE IN AN UNMARKED SUV. JUST ANOTHER CAR ON THE ROAD.” They can’t have it both ways, trying to hide

Again, a striking thing here: Renee Good was reportedly an observer monitoring ICE’s movement when she was killed by an ICE agent. Some may have assumed that would’ve discouraged other folks from doing the same… …But apparently not!

A march that drew thousands in Minneapolis has ended. Protesters called for justice for Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. They also demanded ICE leave the city. 📸: Alex Kormann and Elizabeth Flores

AOC excoriated Vance here. Let’s see how the American public responds to Vance's “we believe young mothers should be shot in the street” political slogan. After this week, that line will forever and always be JD's rallying cry.

Last night, Donald Trump appeared to release confidential details of the BLS's upcoming December 2025 jobs report on social media. These are inputs that absolutely could have affect markets and impacted trading behavior... which is precisely why they're so closely guarded and NEVER leaked.

Average monthly job growth since April (Liberation Day): USA: ==========+12k Canada: ======================+22k.

The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the early pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 145k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out

US #Jobsreport Dec '25: Softness 🟠Payrolls +50k 🟠Private +37k 🔻Gds -21k 🟠Services +58k 🟠Gov +13k 🔶Diffusion 51% 🚨Revisions Oct/Nov: -76k 🚨3-mo average: -22k 🔶2025 total: +584k (vs 2.0mn in '24) 🔻Hours -0.3% 🔽#Unemployment 4.4% (-0.1pt) 🔽Part rate 62.4% 📉Wages ✅+0.3% m/m ✅3.8% y/y

I keep emphasizing this point because I am worried that some US citizens who are doing rapid response may have the false belief that it is illegal for ICE/Border Patrol to arrest them, and out of this incorrect belief respond in ways that make it *more likely* they get arrested or brutalized.

checking in on elon musk, the guy who absolutely did not give a nazi salute last year

One way to tell if you’re “The Baddies” is if you’re the guy in helmet and body armor firing tear gas at high school students AT THEIR OWN SCHOOL. CBP and ICE are a terrible mix of aggro and poorly trained, supercharged by feeling totally unaccountable.

“We will invade your city without permission, we will taunt you, we will kidnap and harass citizens, we will smash our way into schools and shoot tear gas at students, and if you stop to film us and we don’t like it, we will shoot you three times in the face.” Tyranny

A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms