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In Minneapolis this afternoon— Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota. It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.

if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement

FOPs dont file taxes with the IRS as unions but as fraternities which allows them to be less transparent to their members.

I’m begging Democratic leaders to understand that outlining and forcefully articulating their vision for accountability now is an electoral strategy.

Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes. You support murder.

JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents. @zeteo.com

Hey Minneapolis ❄️—we're indie reporters here from Chicago. If there's anything you'd like us to know about community actions, vigils, or fed activity, please drop us a line on Signal at unraveled.66 📱

seen this post going around and like, yeah, I guess, but two things: 1) the success of a fascist national project isn't a direct factor of how many goons per capita they have on payroll 2) you gotta include the national guard and cops in that number

The federal government seceding from the union is a new one

If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.

gotta be some use for this at some point

11 days ago I scribbled some disjointed thoughts about what a year of photographing the men of ICE felt like. Most of it isn't worth sharing, but these lines here—yeah. I guess. Yeah. All I can say this afternoon is God will know what to do with them.

Do you live in a city that doesn’t get covered that much by urbanist YouTube? Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much? I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places! Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.

The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM

Poll: 58 percent oppose public funding to help build a new Bears stadium

Poll: Just 8 percent of Illinoisans think crime is most important issue, plus lots more

Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.

It was 6 days ago that I included Indivisible Chicago in a thread of folks who couldn’t say “impeach” in response to what the US is doing to Venezuela. Now they’re surprised that Durbin is voting with Republicans as if he hasn’t been doing that this whole damn time.

So, is it just me, or was that CCPSA meeting a wild affair? I was enthralled when I walked outside in the pouring rain and saw the line extend from Thalia Hall to Racine. I was incensed when I heard they turned people away. I am in love with the raucous voice of this city. We will continue to fight

There needs to be a mass reckoning against Democratic leadership. Folks are too focused on Republicans who are not going to change — meanwhile Dems repeatedly sell out the American people while feigning themselves powerless.

CDOT’s bridges team strikes again. Surely it’s a good thing that CDOT hasn’t had permanent leadership for almost half of this past term. Ya know, anybody who could shift internal culture and standards to prevent things like this from happening.

Deeply embarrassing that the Mayor’s press office account has fallen victim to Bluesky moderation’s spam filters. Probably because it’s a press office that was replying to random residents while like a day old.

This is the energy that CCPSA deserves. They have spent the past year implementing policies and practices to shut down community voice and dissent, including very strict rules around public comment. They’re supposed to represent us. Many do much more to represent the interests of CPD.

Current CCPSA President Remel Terry has systematically blocked progress on things like ending pretextual traffic stops, so people should probably expect similar here.

Democrats will continue to vote for Republican judges (like this guy, who refused to say who won the 2020 election) until Democrats are punished for voting for Republican judges

All the people claiming Jacob Frey should run for governor based on his media interviews the last two days have clearly tuned into Minnesota politics for the first time ever 🥴

They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time. Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief. Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time. Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.

Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12 ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12 ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14 Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23

Raja should be run out of office, not elected to higher office.

Raja Krishamoorthi (running for Illinois Senator) is on this list, for voting to congratulate ICE, last June. Also, from the Illinois Democratic Congressional delegation: Brad Schneider Eric Sorenson Nikki Budzinski Full list of the 75 Dems here: www.newsweek.com/75-democrats...

This asshole just voted to confirm another Trump judge appointment.

Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them. It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.

Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.

I covered the Chicago Police Department for years and it's impossible to miss the similarities to shootings here over the years. The tactical chaos. The car-as-weapon official account that doesn't match the known evidence. The immediate insistence on justification by forces representing the shooter.

note that -- like schumer last night on ms-now -- he dodges the question of cutting ICE funding.

Blue MAGA: stop yelling at Democrats, they’re not the problem The Democrats:

Waking up to sirens and texts from neighbors trying to coordinate childcare for our kids today because we still have to show up at work while our federal government makes our home so unsafe that our district cancelled school the rest of the week. This is all so wrong.

Never mind that this isn’t the definition of doxing in the first place, but you can’t dox a federal employee. If you’re a public servant, your identity isn’t “hidden.” It’s on public records. People can access those public records.

When the cop murdered Philando Castile his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter were also in the car.

Thank you, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social. I am so gutted tonight. These words help. “We feel what they would have us ignore, and we grieve the violence that their cultish followers applaud. There is power in grief, because grief draws us together in moments when our enemies would tear us apart.”

It is extreme for leaders to look at what’s happening and respond with meekness, to refuse to take action, and to sit on their hands while they put the ball in Trumps court. That is complicity. That is enablement. They are just the same.

About an hour ago, @axios.com was first to report that some Dems will be pushing their caucus to shut down DHS at minimum over the ICE shooting today

Fucking finally.

Impeach. Convict. Remove.

Democrats stop calling horrific acts by the Trump administration a distraction challenge! They’re not sending ICE into communities as a distraction! They’re sending them in to try and subjugate you through fear and violence and disappear people they hate. That is their motive.

You might be wondering, “Can states prosecute and imprison federal law enforcement officers who commit crimes?” The answer is yes. statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/featured/202...

Renee Nicole Good, the woman murdered by ICE today. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...