more Americans have got to internalize that November 2024 was the last point at which we were gonna get out of this disaster without Americans being (at least) *inconvenienced*. every choice those fighting fascism make during terrifying times like these will have downsides. that is *how it is*.

Thread. (BTW @americanbar.org: are you going to disbar Bondi, who has clearly violated her oath of office AND the Epstein files law?)

Love how the president of the United States, who historically couldn’t manipulate the stock market, is tanking our economy and whatever retirement funds millions of us have. As always, thank you John Roberts and Mitch McConnell.

Your tax dollars are paying to hold almost 100,000 people w NO due process under inhumane conditions, including denial of medical care.

How big is Greenland? Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.

Oh hey, @scotushistory.bsky.social: Be sure to include this news video in your accounting of Kavanaugh stops.

The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold. As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.

@peoplemag.bsky.social doing the journalism that @washingtonpost.com doesn't. people.com/nj-girl-foun...

General strike.

MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.

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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model. ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.

These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.

There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.

Yo, @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social

Awww, it's just freedom . . . brought to you by the people who love love love children--well, when they're not allowing them to get shot in school, hitting them w tear gas in their car, poking out their eyes, or trafficking them. @houserepublicans.bsky.social know all about that "freedom"!

I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.

It’s worth remembering that Youngkin was endorsed by Serious People™️ as the better, more reasonable alternative to Trump. This is how Virginia Democrats are reacting to the damage of the “reasonable” GOP.

what the fuck

The only lawless behavior I see in this video is ICE harassing and threatening people for no good reason. ICE authority is limited by federal law. They exist for immigration enforcement only. They do not have general police powers. (8 U.S.C. § 1357)

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

DELETED After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post

Oh hey, @democrats.org @democrats.senate.gov: Dude blathering on about affordability (w all the urgency of a doormat) while Americans are being terrorized in Minneapolis by the federal govt. is a PROBLEM. A HUGE problem. Get real--and get a new senate leader stat.

One of the delays may be that the files no longer exist.

When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"

Black Panthers know their rights. Do you? www.reddit.com/r/suppressed...

Government by billionaire's whim. "The businessman...was Ronald Lauder. Heir to a makeup fortune – the global cosmetics brand Estée Lauder – he had known Trump, a fellow wealthy New Yorker, for more than 60 years." BOYCOTT! CONTACT THE COMPANY! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Good stuff. robertreich.substack.com/p/mobilizing...

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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.

What happens when a president declares war against Americans.

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

They're not going far enough. "Rebrand." "Revamp." "Reform." Nope. Not far enough. Needs to be permanently disbanded because who is going to enforce these reforms and extremely onerous restrictions? They're not even letting elected officials see what's going on in these concentration camps ffs

Democracy is dying in broad daylight, @washingtonpost.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @democrats.org @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov STILL think that abolishing an agency that's harassing, abusing, kidnapping, unlawfully detaining, unlawfully entering homes, & killing ppl is UNPOPULAR?

Berlin 1938. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Great advice for the present moment too.

Amen!

Don't look away--this unlawfulness is being done in your name, with your money.

Oh hey, @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social

FYI: icelist.is

What is this "Constitution" you swore to uphold and protect, @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social?

What is this "Constitution" you speak of, @scotushistory.bsky.social?

Shades of what happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, inasmuch as he was the victim of a govt crime, then unlawfully charged for something else to cover up the first wrong committed against him.

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

To prevent WWIII, will someone please release the Epstein files?

Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school. 📸: Jerry Holt