This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

“Liam’s older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing”

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon. Video by Ben Luhmann.

Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.

In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing. At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!

This is the Trump administration trashing the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in pursuit of its mass deportation agenda. Worse, a footnote to this memo suggest they won't even rule out authorizing home invasions with no judicial warrant for people not even ordered removed!

If you’re on the ground, it is absolutely unmistakable what they’re doing. Bovino has gone to multiple gas stations, with a massive convoy, gotten out of the car, and strolled into the street and posed for ten minutes at a time. No gas, no food, no bathroom. Just over and over in sequence.

"One of the two whistleblowers was allowed to view the memo only in the presence of a supervisor and then had to give it back. That person was not allowed to take notes." Hell of a story, via Rebecca Santana / @apnews.com 2/ apnews.com/article/ice-...

The AP just uncovered a whistleblower memo that says the ICE has authorized agents "to forcibly enter into ..homes without a judicial warrant." And ICE told agents not to distribute these instructions, but to verbally pass them along. Link to the memo ⤵️ www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... 1/

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

North Carolina's Republican-led State Board of Elections decided yesterday to disregard state law and override a bipartisan decision made by Wilson County’s Board of Elections. #ncpol #ncga Statement from House Democratic Leader Robert Reives: nchdleader.medium.com/gop-ncsbe-fl...

While Trump makes empty promises about credit card rates, he's all but destroyed the agency that protects consumers from credit card companies, banks, and scammers. #ncpol #cfpb #economy https://www.wunc.org/2026-01-21/1-year-into-trumps-second-term-a-consumer-watchdog-agency-is-hanging-by-a-thread

Get ready NC. #ncpol

I have another #journorequest -- I'm writing about nail art as a type of feminine resistance but I need an expert on the sociology of femininity and political resistance... any recommendations on experts or academic I could speak to?

you can thank nicole for bringing you iconic photos of the resistance, including this exceptional action shot of will stancil: bsky.app/profile/cing...

and finally, a shoutout to my partner Nicole Neri, who has been with me every step of the way, capturing photos that bring these stories to life. DMs always open to tips/feedback/etc. please reach out and say hi!

hey, y'all. my name is madi and i'm a reporter for the minnesota reformer. i cover the trump administration's impact on minnesotans, which means i've been out on the streets covering ICE in the twin cities. let me walk you through how we got here:

Its happening!

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant” www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/b...

Here's a more accurate headline Trump continues Greenland obsession, says he will force Denmark to negotiate a takeover.

Bovino caravan rolling around to gas stations with their camera crews while he stands outside for photos waiting for crowds to gather to film the scene of people honking and blowing whistles.

Life in Minnesota is terrifying right now, but every day I feel amazed by watching us wake up and go fuck with these absolute losers. Minnesota is going to annoy the regime to death and upon the graves of the fascists we'll erect a statue to Barb the librarian who ran dispatch.

ICE just abducted a man in his car here in Southwest Blaine, after he’d just dropped off his child at Westwood Intermediate & Middle School. Fellow North Metro folks, please be safe and alert.

Please work with neighbors to create a plan and, if you have capacity, it would be great to have more observers. Jason Chavez 2/

Dear neighbor, We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/

Also Andy Ogles (TN-5). He’s dark money backed (Koch Bros, Lee Beaman) & pro-Russia.

Meanwhile, U.S. Members of Congress appeared alongside George Simion, leader of Romania’s far-right AUR—a figure widely criticized for pro-Russian rhetoric and positions—while cutting a Greenland-shaped cake decorated with a U.S. flag.

Yup. The Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court don't truly reflect the will of the American people, but to anyone abroad, the simple fact is that all of these entities are totally fine with shattering our European allegiances to steal Greenland just for the heck of it. They're right to be pissed.

President Trump says he decided to levy a 39% tariff on Swiss exports because Helene Budliger Artieda, director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, “just rubbed me the wrong way.”

And mind you, I am *not* saying Greenland isn't an important thing. But when the president of the United States is riffing extensively on multiple dangerous and inflammatory tracks, you can't fully ignore one of them.

Perhaps Trump going full eugenics for a second straight day will cause the media to realize they need to make it a headline.

If only we could find the people responsible for this !!!

Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.

Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy." (He means Greenland.)

For instance: "Canada lives by the benefit of the United States. Remember that, Mark, when you make your statements."

If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.

World-historical batshitness: "We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength & force where we would be frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that. Now everyone's saying 'oh good.' …I won't use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland."

#ncpol What is up with Rep. Greg Murphy’s “not voting” record lately?

Honestly if Denmark/E.U./NATO offered to give him a symbolic gold crown and scepter as honorary King of Greenland in lieu of selling it he would accept in a heartbeat and we could just end this insanity

Trump presenting a twisted, chauvinistic history of WW2 at Davos. Suggesting US fought for Europe and Denmark out of altruism. Conveniently forgets Pearl Harbour and Soviet competition. Suggests that Denmark can’t have Greenland because they surrendered to the Nazis.

Ok, "that's our territory" -- this is as bad as Europe feared.

European VC funding rose 9% YoY to hit $58B in 2025, below North America's 46% YoY rise; AI led with $17.5B, followed by biotech's $13.4B and hardware's $10.8B (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Recommend using the CBC link below and not that of the National Post, an American-owned right-wing rag in Canada. Right-wingers of the National Post and elsewhere want to defund the CBC, Canada superb public broadcaster. youtu.be/MoDQBbbnv7o

Also, the fact that this isn’t a leading headline on either NYTimes or WaPo is rather astonishing. Our closest ally is saying the international rules based order, such as it was, is over. The days of propping up American hegemony, are over. Our allies are choosing to reimagine the future without us.

After taking the first step to impeach Kristi Noem in December, I am leading 71 of my colleagues demanding the House Committee on Judiciary start the investigation hearings into her impeachable offenses.

Excited to see the data I crunched for @climateconnections.bsky.social was used in a Washington Post story on the same topic. It's jut wild that as data centers burn up more and more energy, their bills don't go up. But ours do. Key graphic below. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."

gimme those aurora pics, folks. i'm in an aurora desert down here

Yes. There's a lesson. Draw some f'ing lines, American institutions, or be vanquished by the Huns! Not even joking!