This one got to me. “Mr. Rogers, They’re killing us helpers now…”

We now have right-wingers demanding that the whistles that anti-ICE protesters and legal observers use in Minnesota be deemed "violent weapons" that are used by domeetic terrorists. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This is going to make hitting their hiring goals even harder—higher rates of attrition + fewer recruits, and the recruits they get will be of lower quality, which decreases overall efficiency (tho increases the risk of random acts of serious or lethal violence).

Local Minnesota Insta accounts to follow right now. Crucial that we elevate the work of local journalists and organizers and support them.

Investigation reveals Israeli campaign to flatten Gaza town of Beit Hanoon https://aje.news/87fmwj

Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

“Nobody thinks that how Trump is using law enforcement right now is appropriate or consistent with the principles of a free society.”

Americans should review the D&D Alignment Chart—it helps to understand what we're up against. LAWFUL EVIL: Mike Johnson NEUTRAL EVIL: Lindsay Graham CHAOTIC EVIL: Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, and the orc army that attacked Gondor Now tell me how elections will fix this.

I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed. When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL I was traumatized for years from reading the news story. The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.

I’ve been here on the scene all morning. Right after recording the convoy you can see in the background of the video tear gassed me.

“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”

REMINDER: RECORD EVERYTHING ICE DOES. RECORD EVERYTHING ANY GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DOES. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD. RECORD.

JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Minnesota says DHS actively interfered with efforts by police to investigate the shooting, then abandoned the scene without handing over a secure perimeter, potentially spoiling evidence. The state agrees its request “should be unnecessary,” but we are in unprecedented times.

Holy crap. This is the most damning video yet. It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face. Murder.

The children’s face painter: “I feel afraid. “Only hours have passed since they shot a man in front of me, and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. “I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. “I do know that they're not telling the truth.”

Republicans built a system in which a person who is legally carrying a gun is not considered a threat to public safety. For them to now claim that a person doing exactly that is a domestic terrorist is the height of hypocrisy. They are claiming a license to kill.

So my understanding is that if Dems in the senate block the funding bill as Schumer has promised, it will block SIX packages: 1. Defense 2. Labor-HHS-Ed 3. T-HUD 4. SFOPs 5. FSGG 6. DHS 1/

The end of American hegemony presents an opportunity for the “Tech Bros” to step in to “help” and thereby achieve the state-level power they have long craved. Thread. 1/

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

I’m here in DC, right before a historic snowstorn, for a last minute action. “ICE out for good!”

NY protesting today over shooting in MN. Anyone see Noem on CNN today. She’s lyin ofc n sayin the guy ICE killed today n protesters r domestic terrorists. MN police arrest Noem n ICE. Do your job n keep MN Americans safe! #newyork #minnesota

Minneapolis is a fucking war zone for one reason only — America's pedophile führer. With gaslighting help from Stephen Miller, Elon Musk and other far-right fascists, Trump has turned Minnesota into a Nazi hellscape — a veritable 21st century version of Hitler's Kristallnacht. 👇

US citizen. Public servant. Licensed to carry a firearm but had no weapon in hand when killed. Attacked by ICE agents with chemical munitions for no reason, then shot. The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.

It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.

TONIGHT: Organizers in Minnesota are asking you to shine a light for their state.

Remember, Tom Homan said ICE was going to keep killing people until everyone was nicer to ICE. www.techdirt.com/2026/01/12/t...

People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie

A 37-year-old man authorities believe was a U.S. citizen was shot multiple times Saturday morning by federal agents, killing him.

We cannot believe one single word from our government. Nothing they say is real.

AOC: "Early reports are that he was an ICU nurse at the Mpls VA. So we are talking about Donald Trump accusing a VA ICU as being a terrorist against the United States. A man who was treating service members to our country ... his final act on early was helping a woman pushed to the ground."

In a moment of tense conflict an inner conflict happens: at what point do we as a society have to choose between documenting/witnessing and taking action? This man pleads, “Stop taking pictures and save my life”

The federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis has spiralled out of control. Even before the killing of Renee Good, opposition in the city was growing fast

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"Boo hoo," one agent said after he and a gang of colleagues murdered 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who died trying to help a woman who was being assaulted. A sobering piece from @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/ice-execut...

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.

Subzero temps, mass arrests, and a shutdown that is still swelling the streets. Thousands across Minnesota are marching, on work stoppage, and risking arrest to say: immigrants are welcome here. From @sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

New in PN: What if we just stopped paying taxes? "Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just … didn’t?"

ICE keeps abducting babies. www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

ICE is a runaway agency, an increasingly private army of armed and masked agents who are untrained, unchecked and undermining our Constitution every day.

Cannot see the end of it.

It is -9 degrees without windchill. I have retreated to the Skyway. But the streets are full and they keep coming. There have been larger protests but I can’t think of that’s been more hazardous to bare skin.

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

If you’re looking for a silver lining to all this fascism, bookstores are back baby. And it’s not just chains. Indie bookstores are also thriving. parade.com/news/booksto...

NEW: AG Bondi tells Judge Cannon not to release Volume II of Jack Smith's final report because it's protected by deliberative process privilege (no it isn't) and because Smith wasn't appointed properly (yes he was.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...