“better training” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

ICE agent: "We're gonna come back for your whole family, okay?"

I think it is important that Greg Bovino, personally, is prosecuted for what he has done and continues to do in service of all of this

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.

I wrote about the very stupid idea that ICE can be “reformed” or “retrained.” This was written before ICE demonstrated how correct I am by swarming and executing another Minnesotan. newrepublic.com/post/205582/...

Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.

holy crap youtube.com/shorts/hyqtA...

On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings. Get them out of there.

January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year 2 of them were committed by ICE agents.

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.

Pay CLOSE attention to the wording in any DHS statements. DHS will say "armed suspect" DHS will say "approached officers with a gun" These are copaganda phrases to make it SOUND like the victim was holding or brandishing the weapon. He was not.

So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like: 1) They were beating a struggling man with batons 2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back 3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away 4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back

To repeat: Abolish ICE.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

ICE has detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis, despite a judge ordering the baby’s release.

you all ever notice how things are just unraveling around us at a faster pace than ever (climate, democracy, etc) and we’re just supposed to ignore it and clock in every day like nothings happening? i’ve yet to hear a colleague mention anything wrong, ever. shits wild

This month, ICE... - killed an unarmed American mom - admitted to adding people filming them to a database - had its budget fully re-authorized by Congress

Over 100 priests have been arrested in Minneapolis for protesting ICE. They gathered to demand airlines to cease contracting deportation flights to DHS.

News cycles move fast, but it’s sometimes worth slowing down to reckon with what this government is doing. In service of its racial project, it is willing to beat, kill, and subordinate anyone it deems a threat. This is a violent white nationalist project.

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

“It would be akin to a tobacco company saying ‘we just make the cigarettes, we’re not responsible for the damage once you light up,’” said Brendan DeMelle, executive director of DeSmog, a nonprofit investigative outlet focused on climate change.

ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.

Somebody this stupid shouldn’t be president. Maybe some of those scientists that he fired or defunded can explain Arctic amplification to him.

"Two Iranian men, who are gay, told their lawyer Bekah Wolf with AIC that they were set to be deported on the Sunday flight. Homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death in Iran, which executed two gay men in 2022 and is considered one of the world’s most repressive countries for LGBT people"

"The Deportation Labor Shock" www.econlib.org/econlog/the-...

jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.

"Bloomberg Law identified 41 incidents where law enforcement used The Wrap on someone who died. Officers and jail guards failed to follow the manufacturer’s instructions in 32 of the 41 deaths." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

They use these on ICE flights, too.

This is on Jeffries and Democratic house leadership. People are being murdered. Small children are being snatched. Am aware that with only Massie breaking GOP ranks it passes regardless. But on grounds of history and morality alone, you whip these seven weasels for a unanimous caucus.

Know what makes this depraved? While these Israeli athletes were using sport to process their "stress feelings," their state was literally obliterating sport infrastructure and murdering and deliberately maiming athletes in Gaza. They are still trying to raze sporting grounds during a 'ceasefire.'

we're told we can't afford healthcare or food stamps, but sure, let's build this 🙄

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

🚩🚩🚩 They wanted, and tried, to arrest a journalist. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This IS my lane. Jack Balkin states that fights over "constitutional memory" are disputes about history & how these memories are marshaled in constitutional arguments. Ex: what + how we remember about migration also affects support for current policies & government in immigration. See pinned post.

A harrowing read. Have to admire the courage of those who protest and speak out. A Massacre in Mashhad www.newyorker.com/news/as-told...

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

We’ve been in WHO since 1948.

FWIW: Golden is retiring. The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running. The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents. Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez. If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.

Infinitely better journalism than is being done at CNN, CBS, Reuters, and everybody else.

As I said before, do your civic duty: answer that jury summons. You may end up dealing a big fat L to the feds

Hello from Portland Maine, where 88 of about 550 kids were absent from my youngest’s middle school yesterday, hiding from ICE.

Remember when Pelosi kneecapped Jessica Cisneros because she wanted to keep Cuellar because I do