I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The Trump administration is going after voter rolls in multiple states. This is a prelude to major bad stuff coming.

The agents who beat and then killed Alex Pretti after they took his gun - they were wearing body cams. That did not stop them. Unmasking them might. Not every time. But it might stop some of them. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The Trump administration is painting Border Czar Tom Homan as a less extreme and more professional alternative to the leadership of the recently removed Border Patrol head, Greg Bovino, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. But his record tells a much different story.

Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

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The judge said the Trump administration has failed to comply with “dozens” of court orders restricting immigrants from being detained.

Today in Oligarchy. (One in a series.)

Kristi Noem must resign. And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.

Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"

swapping Bovino for Homan isn’t a new approach. it’s putting an architect of Trump’s intentionally-cruel family separation policy in charge.

This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan

They all need to be fired. And prosecuted.

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U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina. n.pr/4qPQWhq

It’s time for Chuck Grassley to retire.

"Don't worry, I've got you" ‘For Alex’ Alex Jeffrey Pretti 1988 - 2026 rest in peace sir..🕊️ Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram)...😢

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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

It's completely insane to me that it's even up for debate among senators that Kristi Noem should resign. Every lawmaker and newspaper editorial board in the country should be calling for her resignation. She has entirely failed in this role. She is incompetent. She is a disaster.

Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

Earlier today I warned Democracy Docket members not to confuse Trump’s tactical pause as a change of heart. Here is just some of what I wrote. Join now to access all its premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

A US federal judge has temporarily stopped the deportation of a five-year-old boy from Minnesota and his father, following widespread backlash over their arrest by immigration authorities.

Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out

Outrage is growing in Italy over the deployment ICE agents to assist US security operations at the Winter Olympics next month. https://cnn.it/3NJAMre

This is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms. "The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t." Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff: newrepublic.com/article/2057...

BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.

The man remains hospitalized as his wife questions why ICE was pursuing him.

Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez has been a hero throughout, advocating, witnessing, speaking up, getting assaulted by ICE thugs, but still never failing to help the people he represents. Bravo @jchavezmpls.bsky.social

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

Since September, ICE has shot people 9 times across 5 states. At least 5 people are dead, including 2 Americans in Minneapolis. But when we say ‘abolish ICE,’ we’re called radical. Meanwhile Trump has gutted USAID, the CFPB, the DOE, & more—without anyone calling THAT extreme. Abolish ICE.

Ellison: "The Bondi letter reveals what this is all about. This is not about fraud and it's not even about immigration, and it's certainly not about law enforcement. It's about handing over documents of the state of Minnesota, private information, including voting information, to the federal govt."

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years. These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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“The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.” Andrea Pitzer

The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*

“Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back.” — President Bill Clinton, 1/25/26

Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.

Two statements that are compatible. a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy. b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.

Two U.S. citizens have been killed by ICE agents under extremely questionable circumstances. No investigation, no accountability. All part of the President's attempt to confiscate voter rolls. Believe your eyes and ears and stand up and speak out against what we know is wrong.

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

Protests held across U.S. after fatal shooting of anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti. “Large protests spread across US cities on Saturday – including Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, [Los Angeles], Boston, [Washington, D.C.] and Providence, Rhode Island..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"