Trying to push your way into the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis is a choice.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

It’s not over until ICE and, frankly, DHS, doesn’t exist at all anymore. They shouldn’t be anywhere doing any of this shit. It isn’t just about Minnesota, or Minneapolis. This is about all of us and all of this. Also, yeah, they are lying.

Winter Carnival Vulcans showing what shitbags they are. Again.

Do you realize how awful and incompetent you have to be to make MPD look good? Jesus.

"Listen, we have killed and terrorized a LOT of Minnesotans in our time, so we speak from a place of authority when we say -- y'all are fucking outta control"

my god she is horrible

The NRA never believed in gun rights. They were always a cover for the KKK and the racists. Where has everyone been living, under rocks?

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

UnAmerican. And a threat.

Paraphrasing Walz: I asked you [Minnesotans] for peace and you gave me peace... and the federal government shot you anyway. So stay peaceful while I do nothing to stop you from getting shot. Keep recording while getting shot. I know it's a risk; it's one I'm willing for you to take.

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

This morning I found out that one of my friends is a delusional dude who thinks all the awful talking points about ICE=good and Somalis/Walz=bad and I’m silly for wanting ICE gone. So bye-bye “friend.” I’m just so tired. And I know that this little complaint of mine is not all that big a deal.

Our mayor and governor had weeks to plan for “what happens when they kill someone else” and whatever they’re doing now is that plan. And i gotta tell ya, im not impressed.

Murderers. Don't watch if you don't want to see an actual murder, but also, everyone should see what they are doing.

"I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it: a lack of empathy ... A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man." - Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army Psychologist writing about interviewing Nazis during the Nuremburg Trials

Folks in one of my Signal chats saying @first-avenue.com is opening The Depot as a warming shelter this afternoon too for those headed downtown.

Me and me cousin, one Arthur McBride, One morning went walking along Lake Street's side Now mark well what followed in that wintertide As the cold Friday morning was dawning

You guys, I get that reporters have to be like this, but let’s be honest. It is clear. They knew Moua wasn’t there. They are lying. They went there because they wanted to grab and harass anyone who isn’t white and they knew that Thao lived there. That was good enough for them. They don’t care.

I wasn't sure what to expect from a group of Democratic state AGs, but I definitely was not expecting a long monologue about Ruby Ridge and the Boston Massacre www.theverge.com/policy/86588...

The executive director of a food pantry reports ICE tailing volunteers and showing up at her house www.kare11.com/article/news...

Tom Emmer takes the last donut. Tom Emmer doesn’t shovel his neighbor’s walk. Tom Emmer doesn’t like Nut Goodies. Tom Emmer eats WI cheese. Tom Emmer hates Prince & Dylan. Tom Emmer turns his wheels away from the skid. Tom Emmer doesn’t have a Halloween blizzard story. Tom Emmer says casserole.

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.

“It”

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."

I’m starting to think we’ve about reached every item on the Declaration of Independence. Again.

This is actually torture

Minneapolis 2026, Warsaw 1943

I don't want to hear a single thing from you except what you're doing to stop Nazi child snatchers from terrorizing our community.

What do you call it? The kakistocrats

I’d call this insane if I had not already become convinced that the establishment Democrats are just as traitorous as the Republicans. I’m no longer surprised by them. I’m just furious that so many people don’t see what is happening.

“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)

On the one hand, I’m glad he said something. It’s not much, but it’s something. In the other hand, Jesus fucking Christ you absolute asshole do you not like it when people racially profile you and treat you like shit omg let me get this tiny violin over here I found with my microscope… ffs

Not just detention centers, but also DHS mobile units as they drive around. So, everywhere basically.

45% of employers post fake listings, per Forbes.

Transporting cash while Somali

"Surrender"? So you admit it, you're an invading army?

Dear Mr. Trump, McDonald's forgot to give me my french fries. Therefore we’re taking Hawaii. Thank you for your attention to this matter, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

The absolute accuracy of this.

What the fucking fuck is this shit

This, people

Thread Non-violent protest is NOT peaceful protest. Politicians and the media use these words interchangeably to our detriment. And most folks don't hear the difference. Here's what I mean:

Russian asset in the White House.

One thing I truly hope people will remember from all this is that the media so frequently doesn't represent what is really happening. They strategically photograph, they choose the wrong words, they use framing that misleads for one reason or another... for EVERY STORY. Stories all over the world.

National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3