It's day 80 of the ICE occupation of MSP. Many of our neighbors have been in hiding for 11 weeks. We have 9 days to raise March 1 rent for those families. Please dig in and give as you can - many rent relief fund are in desperate need of $$ StandWithMinnesota.com

There are definitely precedents for these sorts of actions by state governments, but they’re generally not precedents we’ve tended to think positively about. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs. By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social

(waves tiny American flag) 🗽

If you’re familiar with the history, you begin to notice that the fascist “crises” which allegedly justify lawless violence & repression are 1) always the same & 2) manufactured by those in power to promote the plunder & coercion of radicalized working people. 72 years ago like it was yesterday.

Thread. Elite accountability is hard, but not impossible. This is the most acute form--criminal wrongdoing. There are other processes for policy or governing debacles (congressional oversight, a thing we used to do; political costs, ditto). Not fast or easy, but processes that need revitalizing.

We are living in an Orwell novel www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

The family of 2 detainees was too scared to approach ICE HQ, so Haven Watch volunteers greeted them instead.

From last week, one cost of the occupation minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/10/t...

Asking on behalf of a student: what is the best/any scholarship to read *in English* on the constitutional debates, and generally the legislative work of the Convention, in France in 1792? 🗃️

Another kill shot from the photos editor. Bravo!

Confirmed ICE deportation flight coming to MSP, Wed Feb 18, estimated arrival: 12:45 PM Shackled deportees will board the plane at Signature Aviation's facility between Terminal 1 & 2. Observe from Terminal 1 parking ramp - gold 7 is best. Track: adsb.lol?icao=a5ac43

Stop what you're doing. The answer to the question about modern American protest music has been answered (by an Irish band). And it's a banger. U2. ❤️🎶 "What you can’t kill can't die America will rise Against the people of the lie I love you more Than hate loves war." youtu.be/Y3ziTSYyook?...

"ICE has blamed Castañeda Mondragón for his own injuries, saying he attempted to flee while handcuffed and “fell and hit his head against a concrete wall.” But hospital staff who treated the ma (said) such a fall could not plausibly account for the man's brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory."

I think a key difference between Manchin and Sinema/Fetterman is that Manchin didn't betray anyone or lie in his campaigns. He ran as a far right Democrat who attacked D identity, and he that's who he was. he sucked, but he didn't lie to his voters; he was what they wanted. 1

Love the #ICEout energy here www.twincities.com/2026/02/17/i...

It’s day 78 of the ICE occupation of MSP. We’re still providing mutual aid, fundraising to pay March rent, and in the streets. This is our home. And we’ll be here, standing shoulder to shoulder with our neighbors and building community. ICE OUT EVERYWHERE

Local #journalism continues to document the horrors of the occupation in #Minnesota @frederickmelo.bsky.social gift link www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...

Love the #ICEout energy here www.twincities.com/2026/02/17/i...

Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision. After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

Terrible people are governing us

had 480k views when I wrote a Techdirt post about it this morning

Confirmed ICE deportation flight coming to MSP, Tue Feb 17, estimated arrival: 12:20 PM Shackled deportees will board the plane at Signature Aviation's facility between Terminal 1 & 2. Observe from Terminal 1 parking ramp - gold 7 is best. Track: adsb.lol?icao=a8b479

Local #journalism continues to document the horrors of the occupation in #Minnesota @frederickmelo.bsky.social gift link www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...

New York Times erroneously described a second-ring suburb of Minneapolis as a small town last week. The effect's of the federal assault on immigrants is being felt in #Minnesota small towns, though. Read local #journalism @minnesotareformer.com minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/n...

#Resistance sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

Word on the ground in Minneapolis is… No. ICE is not leaving. There are reports of dozens of vehicles leaving the headquarters. People are still being taken. The community is under occupation. Spread the word.

It’s day 76 of the ICE occupation of MSP. ICE is still here - we still have vastly more agents on the ground than we did in late November. And those agents are still kidnapping our neighbors and terrorizing neighborhoods. Stay vigilant, and let’s pay rent for March 1 for everyone who needs it.

Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”? We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy. Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵

In Minnesota, we are all too familiar with false spring. You think maybe winter’s finally over...until the cold snaps back, sometimes even harder. That’s what this moment feels like. You may hear that ICE is “leaving", but they’re shifting, spreading out. Don’t mistake a brief thaw for safety.

The only way to defeat this regime is to destroy the bases of their power. That means reforming or abolishing: SCOTUS, the Senate, the Electoral College, state gerrymanders (both for the federal House *&* for state legislatures), restrictive voting procedures, & oligarchical campaign finance & more

Confirmed ICE deportation flight coming to MSP, Sat Feb 14, estimated arrival: 12:25 PM Shackled deportees will board the plane at Signature Aviation's facility between Terminal 1 & 2. Observe from Terminal 1 parking ramp - gold 7 is best. Track: adsb.lol?icao=a8b479

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

It’s day 74 of the ICE occupation of MSP. We know it’s not over yet. Despite the promise of an end to the surge, what we see on the ground is ICE continuing to abduct our neighbors and terrorize our community. Stay vigilant, and keep your whistles, phones, and rapid response networks ready.

We need more mainstream outlets and politicians willing to call this what it is: sadistic racists empowered by the government to torment brown children for fun

Department of Homeland Security Blanket

The NYC Flour Riot occurred otd in 1837 when a mob split from a Loco Foco rally over the prices of "Bread, Meat, Rent, And Fuel" and attacked flour warehouses for price gouging. Here is a note with a vignette of flour barrels and wheat from the Flour City Bank, Rochester, NY, April 1. 1856. (1/2)

Literal atrocities being carried out in our names every single day Abolish DHS, raze it from top to bottom, blacklist its architects and leaders, embrace the broadest reparative vision possible

I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked

If you're in St. Paul, let's pack the 6th floor courtroom at 316 North Robert St. to stand with unjustly charged protestors and journalists. We recommend arriving by 12:30pm. Court will begin at 1pm in Courtroom 6B. Defend the First Amendment!

A fish rots from the head down, or so I've been told

It’s day 73 of the ICE occupation of MSP. We know that the vigilance, whistles, phones, and community care that thousands of us have practiced over the last 11 weeks are what have led to the ICE retreat announced this morning. But it’s not over yet. ICE OUT has never meant the end of the surge.

This is a 3,600-word piece airing every bit of dirt Noem's detractors have aired in the last year, presumably to try to get her (and Corey) ousted. 2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Does the arrival of shiny new vehicles seem like an indicator of de-mobilization?

Occupation was brutal, lawless, a massive waste of resources—plus it blew up the US attorneys office, the mechanism by which you hold fraudsters accountable. So you can bet we'll memory hole that MN Republicans cheered it on, so they can quickly return to being fraud warriors.

This is what the U.S. government is doing with your taxpayer dollars. Inhumane.

Truly stomach-turning shit, like, their depravity knows no limitations. These children need to be freed, and their captors need to face consequences

ICE detentions across Minnesota are leaving families without income and struggling to cover rent and legal bills. Many are turning to community aid for help. Written by @ncsscibelli.bsky.social