(n.b.: the people they have abducted are OVERWHELMINGLY not criminals, and the "criminals" they put on their big "look at all these CRIMINALS" we arrested list includes a bunch of people with speeding tickets, and even if you're a criminal you are entitled to due process.)

I will note that they have in fact arrested a couple of people who committed serious crimes. This is not a risk-free offer, but it's a risk I would personally take on with joy and zero hesitation if it got ICE the FUCK out of my state.

Things I would do to get ICE to leave my state: take in literally ANY of the "violent criminals" they have arrested during raids in my state, and allow them to live in my guest room indefinitely. Things I would not do: hand over our elections to that cheating fraud Pam Bondi.

I love my friend the Lyn Lake sign guy.

I wrote an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle about Minnesota and you can read it here. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Wow, this is horrible.

I simply don't see what having them here is going to help us, rather than run interference FOR ICE. But I'm hoping I'm wrong. I'm hoping I'm not seeing the bigger picture. Someone, please give me some hope. 3/

Will they be accompanying ICE raids and make sure no laws are broken, that warrants are in place and due process is followed? Will they keep ICE from raiding businesses and arbitrarily snatching people off the streets and from their homes because of how they look or because they are recording? 2/

I'm not being snarky here, I truly want to know. How is the National Guard going to protect us? 1/

Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."

This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.

This interview is outstanding. The constant violations of everyone’s Constitutional rights by these Federal thugs is beyond words. #iceout

Multiple officials of the US federal government are spending their day rather blatantly obstructing Minnesota law enforcement and covering up a murder.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

The DHS funding bill is effectively dead in the Senate.

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I’ve cleared my time for Feb. 3. I’ll be at the DFL precinct caucus. Find yours and be there too.

Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.

An ICU nurse does more in one day than an ICE officer does in their entire life

Alex Pretti; 37 years old; ICU nurse caring for American veterans; resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota; natural-born U.S. citizen; served his country in Minneapolis and gave his last breath for human dignity. May his sacrifice be a call to action for all Americans who believe in our shared humanity.

The correct statement from anyone with a shred of humanity is now: “No. I am not ok.”

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...

He was just observing.

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

The phrase you're looking for is Obstruction of Justice. They are taking witnesses to the ICE detention center. Witnesses.

This guy speaks for all of us in Minneapolis.

Little wins here and there will not hold us together. We need more than that. Something big. Something to give us a reason to hope. #TheExpanse

Mayor Frey's phone number is 612-673-2100. Governor Walz is 651-201-3400.

They fucking executed a guy outside of Glam Doll on 26th and Nicollet. They fucking shot him multiple times. They fucking murdered him.

Sound on:

I feel like this article is really of a piece with the story of the biracial trans woman who let noted piece of shit Jake Lang into her car because in the moment he approached, she saw a scared human being desperate for help and not a white supremacist.

ok wow

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Precinct caucuses on Tuesday, anyone? Hopefully everyone in Minnesota! This is where our power starts. The higher up the ladder you wait, the more your influence is diluted. Don't just think about it - put the caucuses on your calendar and make plans. www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...

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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

Tolkien is a great writer for dark times, not least because he understood that fighting even when you are certain you will lose is infinitely more moral than giving in to despair and doomerism.

If you are surprised that everyday non-political/non-activist Minnesotans are rising up against ICE, you have not been to Minnesota. Lived in the TC for ten years, never known people more likely help a stranger out. Not that other places are hostile. But Minnesota raises the bar.

NYT writers referring to moms outside of their schools watching for ICE as "activists" is stupid and makes their reporters look like Cletuses. Local reporters know because their friends & loved ones are out there doing the same.

If you are looking to put some good in this world to combat all the hate, consider giving what you can. I can vouch for this food shelf. Good people doing good things.

Alternate stream with better audio. www.youtube.com/live/Rqo676L...