"Now that #AbolishICE is becoming the mainstream position, will Democratic leaders and consultants finally wake up?" asks @lynntramonte.bsky.social in excellent essay building upon recent @gregsargent.bsky.social piece. tramontela.medium.com/the-politics...

"Have you ever checked out a book from a public library?" is an appropriate follow-up question.

"they used to hang out on their front porches in their neighborhoods, but how they now increasingly spend time on their back decks" medium.com/reimagining-...

Has anyone asked Mick Jagger what he thought of Rubio’s speech?

Hot damn! Can someone alert @mattyglesias.bsky.social that the popularists' plan to blame the groups and pivot to price of eggs is working? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... #nichetweet

Once again, a judge sees right through the Trump Admin’s attempt to deny Kilmar Abrego Garcia his due process rights. Make no mistake: This ruling is a win for all of our rights. apnews.com/article/abre...

Wanted to share the Workplace Justice Lab's latest piece on the story behind the story of the Minneapolis occupation through the eyes of our close partners in organizing, government and small business. conta.cc/3O8RFvL

This is going to throw off the polling data for the popularist political class…

Wow.

Hilary Clinton over at one of those Davos/Epstein class panels arguing that Democrats are better than Republicans at deportations so perfectly, ironically, and unwittingly encapsulates how we got to this moment. Democrats need wholesale leadership change. And quick.

In a nutshell, the Dem lodestar should be: "ICE is bad, and immigration is good"

My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate. Thoughts on this: newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.

Watch this exchange btwn Dems leader Hakeem Jeffries and the one and only Waj Ali to start your week. A few reforms of this *militarized federal police* aren’t going to cut it. “Jeffries threw up his arms and said “I don’t understand anything that you just said!” “I spoke English,” Ali shot back.

no surprise here

Chuck Schumer is like if you told ChatGPT to speak only in politician-speak platitudes from thirty years ago, and with the same level of self-awareness.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Tempting as it is to mock Jeffries for his obvious failure and incompetence, it's worth noting that in some way he is authentically giving voice to the Democratic Party's decades-long failure to come up with a coherent message on immigration.

This guy from New Jersey supports my theory that Bruce Springsteen himself should be leading negotiations for the Democratic Party to get ICE out of our cities.

Anyway, you can preorder a Brody King ABOLISH ICE shirt here, all proceeds go to the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee: edgemenstore.com/collections/...

this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

We must never normalize these ongoing attacks by DHS agents on the people they supposedly protect. Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings. Not one more dime for this lawlessness.

(If there was a publication called "The Postmodern Times," this is how it would cover this story)

"The head of the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in US history lied-- outright lied-- to Congress yesterday, and no one seemed to notice or care. No one that is, except a local television journalist in Colorado....."

It is incredibly difficult to find a wrong way to criticize Jeffrey Epstein, but hot damn, Fox News hosts managed to find one.

@gregsargent.bsky.social has intensely followed immigration issue for many years @cnewman.bsky.social is right that "skittishness on immigrants’ rights is the norm in Washington, D.C." That has to end Greg provides a roadmap for Democrats - who should learn from @gelliottmorris.com too

CBP is increasingly just another military branch in terms of equipment and technology, but crucially one that can easily be and routinely is deployed on U.S. soil against civilians, with a far looser oversight structure

yup

Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles

BREAKING Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing. Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says. Doc buff.ly/rccakD7

Stupendous essay from Minnesota by Professor Emmanuel Mauleón — a clear, undistorted description of reality with invaluable prescriptive insight for navigating this moment, as well-intended reform and abolition impulses collide: lpeproject.org/blog/whistli... #ICEoutofMinnesota

Don't think of an elephant. and Don't think of an ILLEGITIMATE law enforcement agency.

Every word of this is a lie. And any news organization that quotes this without saying as much is failing its audience.

Whether or not Homan is lying here about an imminent end to "the surge" etc, the truth, as Will Stancil writes, is that the people of Minnesota are winning. It is incumbent upon all of us-- particularly Democratic lawmakers in Washington DC-- to follow their lead...

This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost

PSA: Whatever you do, don't take statements from Homan (or anyone else from this administration) at face value. I'll believe they are gone when the whistles in the streets go silent.... #ICEoutoufMinnesota

First the white nationalists lost the Superbowl. Now they are losing curling too? This is what it means to lose one's country. www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...

"[Sanctuary] laws and policies cannot be simply changed by congressional fiat, and in light of DHS’s harsh enforcement tactics, and federal threats, sanctuary jurisdictions have little incentive to change their laws and policies or how they carry them out." www.justsecurity.org/131092/dhs-b...

I have to assume that, whatever form judgment day takes, at judgment day, Donald Trump, his administration, and everybody in ICE will be forced to read--out loud--these letters to the person judging their worthiness to enter whatever heaven they're trying to get into.

Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.

Matt Yglesias thinks the half-time show should have been about grocery prices.

Went to dinner in Highland Park with kids1&2. Good vibes.

"There is no justification, however, for federal agents to hide their identity from the public that pays for their weapons." #ff @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... #ICEout

Democrats need to drop the mealy mouthed s-t and come up with a legible, unified position opposing state violence and supporting immigrant rights. Props to Sen Coons for doing this, but now he needs to do it *better. And in a hurry.

I hope this happens every day for the rest of his miserable life lasvegassun.com/news/2026/fe...

Absolutely tremendous edition of @thisamericanlife.org. Act Two, "There's No Place Like Home Depot" is about the human rights violations at the Wilshire Home Depot and the incredible humans doing what they can to defend their community. www.thisamericanlife.org/880/what-is-... #ICEoutofHomeDepot

The alliance has been organizing, suing, and making equal protection history ever since Donald Trump’s odious “shithole countries” remark about Haiti, which Judge Ana Reyes noted in her own opinion.

This letter from Jeffries and Schumer should have been addressed to Stephen Miller.

Imagine witnessing what is happening in Minnesota- the people showing up, inspiring the country, pushing back on Ice - and your conclusion is “don’t say no to Trump’s goons!” Ignore Bezos. Listen to Minnesota. #IceOutofOurCommunities !!! @postguild.bsky.social @meidastouch.com