The Broligarchs are products of unprecendented prosperity--largely in tech, largely funded by the American taxpayer via NSF grants, federal contracts, etc.--which they used to fund state capture. They bought & neutered democratic institutions (Congress, the IRS & FTC) that constrained them.

New at Tusk: The officers who killed Good and Pretti were experienced and well trained. The problem is their incentives.

Reminder: the #ICC's investigation in #Afghanistan, which has led to two arrest warrants for senior #Taliban leaders for the crime against humanity of persecution on the basis of gender, is one of the reasons the US has sanctioned the Prosecutor, both Deputies and many judges.

Is there a more vivid illustration of the collective impacts of the Trump Administration--and of the Senate's refusal to lift a finger to address the foreseeable cruelty and devastation (e.g., by voting to reject the RFK nomination)?

We know the names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. But 6 others were killed by ICE or died in their custody this year: Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Víctor Manuel Díaz, Parady La, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz, and Heber Sánchez Domínguez. They deserve justice.

Once again, we cancelled $86M in Dept of Education funding across all of America’s universities for area & foreign language studies - programs created during the Cold War expressly for national security purposes - because we were told we couldn’t afford it & it wasn’t a government priority anymore.

New explainer from me, on understanding ICE as a paramilitary force, in more than one sense of the term 👇 theconversation.com/ice-not-only...

Requiring ICE to coordinate with local law enforcement is just being like “support local!” when it comes to police abuse.

We live in truly extraordinary times. A Republican president has totally abdicated on <checks notes> free trade, NATO, & the right to keep & bear arms. The corruption & lawlessness are not the only unprecedented things.

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.” The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)

This was a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Let’s end the era where these corporations control politicians.

They're shooting poets and nurses in broad daylight, and the President's gambit is to triple down on racism.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ... "Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage. Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.

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-...

Many, many thousands of people gathered in The Commons in downtown Minneapolis to march against ICE right now.

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'" www.startribune.com/preschooler-...

From the live blog: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters www.reuters.com/world/us-app...

MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota

ICE agents pointed their weapons at a Minnesota police officer who’s an American citizen. She tried to film the encounter and they knocked her phone out of her hand. Video: @atrupar.com

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

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.

All impeachable actions. But remember in Trump's first term, people would talk about the majority of the Cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment about presidential fitness. The fact people no longer do so is not because Trump has become more fit, but because the Cabinet's first loyalty is to Trump.

The story in Minnesota is not about “clashes” or protests. What is happening here is the clearest example in my life of the government violating every basic principle America is supposedly founded upon. It is lawless, unconstitutional, and un-American.

All it would take is three patriotic Republicans. But apparently there aren’t three patriotic Republicans.

I struggle to understand why Minnesota's senators don't go nuclear and refuse unanimous consent on ALL MATTERS until the body demands answers—& withdrawal—from Minneapolis

It’s like ICE stealing that kid’s phone and selling it. No responsibility, no law, just greedy violence. But on a massive scale. As though McKremlin consultants were explaining how to do it.

Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News

I’m sure Kristin Welker and Jake Tapper will be all over this next Sunday, asking GOP politicians if they need to change their tone 🤔

Swalwell’s line should be the party’s. This isn’t a difficult edge case. They are gunning people down in the streets and tear gassing elementary schools. We shouldn’t fund state terror.

Stopping for a moment to acknowledge that it's absolutely nuts that everybody's schedule is now like "2:00 meeting, 3:00 daycare patrol, 4:00 emails." And we just...do it because what other choice is there?

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

"Don't eat gay cereal for girls. Here, put these huge balls in your mouth." is one hell of a pitch.

ICE just murdered a legal observer in Minnesota. She was driving away from the scene, not towards law enforcement, so any "self-defense" claims are bogus. This is what a police state looks like – and Secretary Noem and President Trump are responsible.

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

They should try directly saying bad actors are bad actors more

Trump is really fighting to keep his eyes open while Caine goes on and on

For some people there is literally no social problem or controversy that couldn’t be fixed if only women would sacrifice their freedom, dreams, and independence.

An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament. Feel safer?

Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974