I hope that Democrats realize what’s happening in Minnesota is also a dry run for what the regime has planned for the midterms.

Pretti spent his adult life saving lives in the name of the Government that murdered and ultimately denied him care. This is heinous and evil

Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. — W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."

NEW: Another declaration you have to read! Alex Pretti was shot near the apartment of a doctor, who saw the shooting occur and rushed to provide emergency aid as he lay dying on the street. They describe what they saw: "The victim had at least three bullet holes in his back."

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

It just gets worse and worse. There is no evil they are not capable of.

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

“There are many responses to the Pretti killing to undertake from many quarters. But above all, it’s the immediate responsibility of Congress. It is now a clarion call of a generation. Congress must answer it, swiftly, fully, and fearlessly.” open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

Our Founders would be appalled. My parents who both fought the Nazis are rolling over in their graves.

This is sickening. Stop this murderous invasion. Our (my) tax dollars should NOT be used to murder my fellow citizens. Congress, stop this murderous and truly sickening insanity.

Caught directly in a lie

Protesters are seen marching in downtown Phoenix against ICE's nationwide domestic terrorism 1/23/2026

They did this to a white male veteran abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...

They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life. They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”

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-...

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

I'm not soliciting more donations because it's a lot to manage, but if you're looking to support local organizations, check out this great list: www.standwithminnesota.com

ICE abductions have been happening in Portland and Lewiston. The Maine Solidarity Fund needs donations to help with their legal defense. e.g. this Colombian man in Portland for 10 years on a work visa who got his master's in civil engineering at USM www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/22/p...

How Did The Beatles Get Involved With This? — See Also https://abovethelaw.com/2026/01/how-did-the-beatles-get-involved-with-this-see-also/

The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

Time to delete TikTok if you haven’t! They’re asking specifically for immigrant status and transgender or nonbinary status, which should make people nervous about where we are heading

It's 10 A.M. Do you know where The Epstein Files are?

Breaking WaPo: The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.

Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way. Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.

Hakeem Jeffries comes out against the bill funding ICE and DHS. This seems like quite a big deal.

A reminder how ICE treats priests.

Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.

Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.

May Minnesota's business leaders someday find the courage of our high school journalists: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

getting some of this in my mentions, and the sentiment rocks. but the best thing to do if you don’t live here is build community and networks this strong and caring wherever you are. we can have a whole country of cities with this kind of strength and care if we build them!

Jessica: The WSJ is reporting that there are incentives for ICE Agents because they need to meet that insane 3,000 people per day quota—they are getting rewarded even if they bring in people who then get released…

Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...

Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.

Turns out the real threat isn’t immigrants - it’s blue zip codes.

Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted

To the beautiful, courageous people of Minneapolis. Thank you for inspiring us and demonstrating uncommon decency as our government kills and maims ordinary citizens, destroys property, teargasses our kids, tramples the. Constitution.

FYI y'all

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

David Whamond, Toronto Star

Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair wore ‘stop the genocide’ eye black again today and got fined another $11,593 clutchpoints.com/nfl/houston-...

Call the Capitol Hill switchboard: 202-224-3121 and ask for Your Senator or Representative.

We are all Minnesotans! (Or should be).

YES! FINALLY! More, please. I know it won't stop them, but we need resistance from every single institution. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."