A Texas man is facing 40 YEARS in federal prison for moving a box of “antifa” pamphlets. Daniel "Des" Sanchez Estrada wasn't even at the July 4th protest outside the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas. His wife was. www.nlg.org/alarming-cri...

legitimately the best site in the world

that is crime sir

The state of the cat's food bowl

Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!

Today in blasts from the past—a cop with political ambitions I wrote about as a newbie journalist five years ago (because she was spearheading local "groomer" panic over teachers and librarians) is now in a position to harass even more people:

Four years ago I wrote about how Kessem pulled her kids out of Catholic school during the height of the pandemic to send them to CPS. She then joined with right-wing activists focused on weakening labor unions to sue the Chicago Teacher’s Union over COVID mitigations.

Until this country reckons with police and policing, nothing will improve.

Broadview is a site of torture

“They told me it was voluntary departure, but that I didn’t have another option,” Jaime told Borderless in Spanish.” “When they’re in these detention centers, they’re often coerced,” said Kimberly Weiss, Jaime’s attorney. “They’re pushed. They’re intimidated.”

A Chicago police sergeant who has spent years attacking teachers w/ right wing bigoted hate campaigns is now retiring because she's been appointed to a DOL position in Trump's admin. People may remember Amelia Kessem for accusing NWS librarians of "indoctrinating" children during Pride month:

With protesters calling for an eviction moratorium at Minneapolis City Hall this morning (to quote the banners): “We fought ICE to keep our neighbors here”; “now we’re fighting to keep ‘em in their homes.”

Elon stans never beating any of the numerous allegations

Getting word of federal immigration agents operating in multiple areas around Chicagoland this morning. Rapid responders report agents took at least one person around 7 a.m. from Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood; agents were also seen in the suburb of Berwyn, though it's not clear if anyone was taken.

One month.

Great listen on the rent strike being organized in the Twin Cities. (Includes @taraghuveer.bsky.social saying “Minnesotans are built different.”) Rent is due on Sunday, some relevant links in thread.

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Buena Park not beating the Emphasizing That You Live In Buena Park Rather Than Uptown Because You're Racist allegations

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

the AI evangelists are not okay

Thank you @racketmn.com for publishing this piece written by a member of one of the families we’ve been supporting. I’m very grateful for your help getting her story and perspective out there. racketmn.com/because-of-i...

when I started making music I dreamed of nobody even knowing what I looked like unless they'd seen me play live. I didn't put a single picture of myself on a record for 25 years. I hold the tyranny of the visual to be a general plague and the imperative to be seen in motion lest one vanish a loss

This is also a tax on women who are judged much more harshly for their appearance.

NEW: As the Twin Cities prepares for an upcoming week of action scheduled to take place from February 25 through March 1, organizers with the group behind the initiative, “Melt the ICE,” shared some reflections & lessons on ICE resistance tactics with UR. unicornriot.ninja/2026/melt-th...

Just a reminder that every high-profile shooting by an ICE/CBP agent this past year was done by a long-time veteran who went through more extensive training, with many refresher courses over the years, and at least a couple were instructors themselves.

Cries in Chicago

Mennonites, fellow Christians, and friends across North America are holding public, nonviolent disruptive worship services at Target stores across the United States to call for Target to end its complicity with ICE. freepress.org/article/sing...

It’s looking like we may go two days in a row without an ICE Air flight out of MSP; meanwhile, in New Hampshire:

Someone braved the storm and got this pic of the Omni plane just a little while ago.

Important 🧵re hazards to immigration detainees when a blizzard interferes with DHS ICE flights, of which there are many. Not possible to run concentration camps humanely.

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[personally driving a bulldozer through an unhoused person’s worldly possessions] we must support mutual aid

One thing people fail to consider in the whole Twitter discussion are the safety concerns twitter poses to women and particularly women of color. I was facing severe harassment on twitter. It was escalating as a result of musks changes. I had to leave, even if I had been ok with supporting a nazi.

I wrote about joy and resistance and Alysa Liu and Bad Bunny. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

wanna know who made the deal that we could have a website not owned by Elon but we would be doomed to repeat the same four discourses until we bring the social media gods enough offerings of touched grass

We're seeing a drop off in newborn donations in Minneapolis. Birth workers are seeing small/early babies due to stress/food insecurity—ICE has not stopped—families still in desperate need of support. If you're able, here is a wishlist compiled by folks doing mutual aid www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

this is the Purge of online discourse. for the next 15.5 hours, all takes are legal

ICE agents grabbed a 16-year-old asylum seeker--which they aren't supposed to do They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do. Then they *lost* him. www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...

incompetence: TSA Pre will remain open. Reverse the earlier directive. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

I was quoted in this 2019 article about the risks of troves of biometric data collected by CBP from travelers. Six short years later and our data is being used against us, just like pretty much everyone warned it would be.

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues.

Allowing the least cool people in America to think they matter to real culture is one of the biggest reasons you can't trust the media. Bill Maher is pitching to like 8 people but the execs who make shows agree with him so he gets a show. Epstein Class shit.

Happy year of the fire horse, fam 🐎 It was extremely adorable to run into a follower by surprise here and get to hand them some stickers! Thank you for supporting us!

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault. LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith” In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted DOJ keeps lying and losing:

Doing things the "right" way, burning out and then realizing there is another option, coming back and winning it all with no fucks given? Yes please tell me that story forever.

Note, NYT assumes that DHS told the truth about what happened, which would be crazy because they literally Never Have when they shot someone, especially an American.