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Time to put the feet up. I shall leave you with this from George Carlin

I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.

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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

As we await Senate action on the remaining spending bills, remember that Susan Collins could make a difference by stripping out DHS from the rest of the government funding bills. But she won't because she is just as MAGA as the rest of them.

A judge should not have to ever make an order like this. The order itself speaks volumes about the corruption of the federal government under King Trump's regime. They have removed their agent from the state with his firearm & they may have deleted the video on victim's phone.

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The sound you hear is the administration preparing to throw Miller under the bus. Will he get fired? Doubt it. But he will likely have less influence going forward, and that’s good for everyone.

All these Republicans slowly backtracking on ICE were the ones who went all in Trump and Stephen Miller's agenda. We won't forget. We also won't forget the Democrats who were complicit.

George Carlin - www.azquotes.com/quote/900399

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

You’re watching the administration lose control of the narrative in real time. The more they show their supporters that they don’t give a shit about their gun rights, the worse it gets. I’ve seen over a dozen right-wing commentators call out the propaganda. That’s progress.

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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway

Minnesota's Secretary of State has denied bribe for hire Pam Bondi's extortion request for the state’s voter rolls. So proud of Minnesota. Never bow to fascists.

Kash Patel today: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want." Really?

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Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.

‼️ A genocide is taking place in Ukraine right now,committed by Russia This is barely being discussed or covered in the Western press I know that many Ukrainians living abroad follow me.I’m calling on international organizations&the Ukrainian diaspora to organize demonstrations in support of Ukraine

To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.

🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

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“Shot dead” is passive. “murdered” names the actor. Words matter, especially when the state is pulling the trigger.

Hugo Lowell told MSNOW that the Trump administration expects that the murder of Alex Pretti will "blow over and go away." They believe that Americans will forget about it in a week or so.

A US lawyer reveals the sounds coming out of the regime’s concentration camps, where women and children have been kidnapped to, their health and safety status largely unknown. You can hear them begging for help. #3E #GoodvsEvil

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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

They owe her, and all of us, an apology.

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here > "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

The lying never stops in this administration.

New heating points opened in Troieshchyna, Kyiv They have phone chargers and beds According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, beds are mainly for people needing help in emergencies or for medical reasons Main purpose – warm up, charge devices, have hot tea, and get psychological support ❤️🙏

BREAKING: Tim Walz: “Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody’s going to write that story about Minnesota.”

There is no turning back the regime has to go. #3E #GoodvsEvil

Gov. Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the street, or the side of a nurse for a VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government?"

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

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Tim Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the streets, or the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness - the side of a mother whose last words were 'I'm not mad at you.'"

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Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"