Operation Metro Surge is hurting small business and doing long-term damage to Minnesota’s economy. It’s time for this campaign of retribution to end. www.kare11.com/article/news...

Wow is there precedent for city public schools offering broad accommodations due to ICE activity? We didn’t see these options in Chicago during operation midway blitz. Not sure what it’s looked like for schools in LA or elsewhere.

BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

A new study reveals that cancer patients diagnosed during the early COVID-19 pandemic had worse short-term survival rates than a similar group before the pandemic.

Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto

NEW: It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss charges against another defendant tied to Operation Midway Blitz. Erik Meier faced trial 3/9 for resisting a federal officer. Once the motion is granted, he will be the 16th of 32 known defendants cleared. No known convictions.

AI features always make me feel like we're assumed to be unable to process any basic info. Now it doesn't even want me to read my emails without a summary on top.

I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students. Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.

Journalism job opportunity with Borderless Magazine in Chicago 📍

UPDATE: Students at BYU are also protesting Border Patrol’s presence at a job fair on campus at their university tomorrow.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins DC push for tech accountability

FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish amid online backlash over her anti-ICE comments at GRAMMYs: “Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”

Favorite story of the day.

It's interesting how much weight people are putting on Bad Bunny's performance. It also says a lot about how a Spanish speaking artist disturbs a segment of the population. At the very least, I hope his performance brings joy and some good music even when Latine culture & people are under attack.

"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed." A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends. Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.

our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Protesters Turn to Economic Disruption to Fight ICE A nationwide shutdown, inspired by a one-day general strike in response to the killings of two US citizens in Minneapolis last month, shows the evolving tactics of groups from Minnesota to LA mobilizing against Trump’s immigration agenda.

It's a "bloodbath" at the Washington Post today, as roughly one-third of the paper's journalists were laid off from the newsroom. “We’re witnessing a murder," former Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker wrote today about the layoffs. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

NEW: The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.

My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues. I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure. ➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com Website update coming soon @postguild.bsky.social forever

Marimar Martinez goes to Washington, says she wants Trump officials to admit she's not a 'domestic terrorist' From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This is a deeply important piece. "A tool meant to make D.M.V. data sharing frictionless for law enforcement agencies also acts like a privacy Trojan horse, because agencies don’t need just cause or a warrant to look at it."

Grabbed this info sheet from the library resource desk. The library providing the political education.

Saw a free whistle box at the library. Pamphlets were in multiple languages too.

Kinda strange bad bunny’s emotional reaction to his win Sunday is now a meme. All emotions can become memes and those moments lose their original meaning.

I don’t expect people to be able to fully articulate their beliefs in one answer but this just feels like someone extremely careful to not “get in trouble” so they end up saying nothing at all. If an ice out pin is too much to speak on, don’t wear it.

In the suburbs, the mayor of West Chicago, a state rep and a state senator (running for state comptroller) joined students at West Chicago Community HS in a walk out Friday too. (Photos from Casa Michoacán DuPage on Facebook)

CPS students speaking up for immigrant communities.

I think this captures part of what I was observing in people’s moods.

Bon Iver says he is wearing a whistle at the Grammys to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis

I felt the grammys reflected the national mood. The artists all seemed a little disconcerted, some eloquent in speaking out, others silent. The host punctured the night throughout with critical points about the gov. It felt political & strange at times. The mood of an award show in tenuous times.

Bad Bunny says 'ICE out' during Grammy awards acceptance speech reut.rs/3Zwy9Mh

Took him 20 seconds to look up 🥹 emotional moment

Bad Bunny's reaction to Album of the Year

Winning AOTY and performing the Super Bowl gotta be one of the craziest weeks of all-time.

Bad Bunny wins Album of the Year: "I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams."

Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."

BAD BUNNY WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR #GRAMMYs

🏆 | LINDO AMOR! Confira a reação de Bad Bunny ao ouvir que venceu na categoria de Álbum do Ano por 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos'. O artista ficou muito emocionado e até demorou a subir no palco. #GRAMMYS #GRAMMYS2026

very interesting point in time for Spanish language music and Latine culture in the midst of our country's political state.