heaps of "I don't usually post about politics here, but Pretti and Good should still be alive". even some clever soul posting AI B2B SaaS copypasta (which does get uptake in the algorithm) along with the statement by Pretti's parents as the main image associated with it, so it doesn't downrank.

LinkedIn normies are also posting about this, and not just the usual social justice-y suspects. The business community is rattled.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

when Spock does the neck pinch, even on bad guys, he always catches them and sets them down very politely. letting this guy fully just drop, leaving Jim to try to awkwardly scramble to catch him, is Vulcan for "it is always morally right to punch Nazis"

Also where I'm at right now. Too much is riding on America getting it right after this administration collapses. It's time for a "release of energy", as New Deal attorney and legal historian J. Willard Hurst, put it. How can we make a new, more true America from this wreckage?

People did similar coverage for Renee Good and I do absolutely believe that it makes a difference. It reaches a lot of low-info voters who don’t consume much political media, and it isn’t framed as political news coverage. it’s framed, correctly, as coverage of an innocent person’s murder

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

I’d rather have open borders than this. If you’re here, you’re here. Pay your taxes, don’t hurt anyone, and welcome to the neighborhood.

they chucked the tea into the bay

as a parent I cannot imagine how absolutely fucking heartbreaking and awful it must be to have to put out a statement like this because the federal government killed your son and is telling monstrous lies about him

Every major firm you can think of has been trying to flatter and align with this administration for the last year. There should be mass boycotts, obviously.

every day my heart breaks in new and horrifying ways and every day the people of this city put it back together

I sent out 2000 whistles midweek and packed up 2750 more today. Now I'm gonna make taquitos and work on sustaining myself for another week of ABSOLUTELY FUCK THOSE GUYS

Congressman Seth Moulton just called Stephen Miller a domestic terrorist on MSNOW.

her death”?! “wake up call”?!? if you think what’s amiss is lack of “training”, then her murder didn’t wake you up at all. disqualifyingly hollow centrist rhetoric from the supposed “progressive” front runner to be Colorado’s next Governor. abolish ice is the floor. we deserve electeds who agree.

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

I think it is important that Greg Bovino, personally, is prosecuted for what he has done and continues to do in service of all of this

A nurse. A researcher. A helper.

An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting. Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Apparently there is another video of ICE murdering someone and so I will remind you, again, that you do not have to watch it in order to confirm the thing everyone already knows: ICE is a lawless group of thugs who are killing people who stand up for basic American rights.

“don’t give them what they want” they are manufacturing their justifications post-hoc. they are already doing what they want. you are not responsible for the actions of your oppressor. you are only responsible for keeping your neighbors safe and that will always be seen as defiance

Hey, does anyone know of a document that lays out what to do if a ruler quarters large bodies of armed troops among us, protects them for any murders which they should commit on us, abdicates government by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us?

Live somewhere else and want to lecture people on the ground right now? As an alternative, may I suggest fucking off into the sun

so don't get too comfortable. #art

in trying to understand what makes ICE and CBP so dangerous right now, it is tempting to imagine some new lack of training or experience or professionalism—and not grapple with the truth that a white nationalist movement has put more power and force behind their existing mission

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I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color. All. People. Of. Color.

There's a reason protests are also called demonstrations. Because they are how we show who we are, what we believe, and why we act. When orchestrated well, they allow us to take our rightful moral high ground - making it more difficult for the enemy to succeed in attack.

a smart evil person would have thrown that ICE agent under the bus so fast it made us dizzy, just absolutely One Bad Appled him across the country to soothe the anxious white folks. instead they got on TV and pointed to a video of him not getting run over and said "omg look at him getting run over"

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

My latest: How Renee Good's murder and paramilitary assaults on US cities reflect longstanding right-wing race war fantasies and Stephen Miller's fixation with a novel about white genocide. I also talk about the stories we tell and live in opposition to these narratives and share a must-reads list.

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

It's really important to note that ICE is absolutely in Texas right now. They have the cooperation of local cops and state troopers, as well as the cooperation of state and local governments. Texans are being terrorized by law enforcement every single day. And we are also resisting hard.

ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.

"Parent's rights" one of the most insidious ideas out there, parents don't have rights they have responsibilities. Children are people not property.

me, an Albertan separatist: time to form an alliance with the very reliable people at the Trump administration, who definitely won't abandon me when the wind shifts a little!

The media has to stop using 'crackdown' to describe what ICE and CBP are doing in Minneapolis. 'Crackdown' implies a response to wrongdoing. There is no wrongdoing. People are just existing.

imagine if the press gave all the anti-trump/gop protests we've seen for the last year 1/1000000000th the over-coverage they gave to astroturf tea party protests from 2009-11?

given the fact that the evangelicals have seized the public face of Christianity in this country and risen it to power on a platform of just hurting everyone who makes them feel weird... this is something to behold. it feels like their death grip is cracking.

just to make that clear for the rest of the world, that's -9 degrees *fahrenheit.* -23 degrees *celsius*.

I got a Texas rebel alliance tattoo with a bunch of buddies back in 2016 after Trump was elected and I am beyond 🥹 at the Minnesota Rebel Alliance customizable designs!! minnesotarebelalliance.com

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

My kind of Torah, and tbh the Bible’s kind of Torah — Seen in Mpls/StPl via @bromleighm.bsky.social