Jay Boller

I'm glad @racketmn.com wrote this. I also think the rise of influencers and streamers has forced local journalists to step up, not only in verifying and providing context to disturbing footage, but to double down on distinctive reporting. You can't focus on anything if you're focused on everything.

Streaming the Siege: At Every Turn, ICE's MN Invasion Has Been Captured on Video - Racket As the country’s largest-ever immigration raid hits Minnesota, unprecedented packs of journalists, activists, and influencers upload scenes of the chaos.

The hypervigilant filming of ICE has amazed me over the past couple months. I spoke with independent reporters (national and local) about livestreaming Operation Metro Surge -- why it's important, and why it attracts freaks like Jake Lang.

Streaming the Siege: At Every Turn, ICE's MN Invasion Has Been Captured on Video - Racket As the country’s largest-ever immigration raid hits Minnesota, unprecedented packs of journalists, activists, and influencers upload scenes of the chaos.

“Now livestreaming has transformed the media landscape,” @unicornriot.bsky.social co-founder Niko Georgiades observes. “There's right-wing cats that've infiltrated all these places. You see 16-year-old kids with selfie sticks on TikTok. It's the content-creation game; it's the new game of media."

“This is about punishing nonviolent protests and trying to silence us,” Levy Armstrong said. “We're not gonna capitulate or bow down to Donald Trump.” Crowd is now chanting “protect the press.” @minnesotareformer.com

I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...

We felt comfortable about not getting scooped on this story I came up with last week.

@jayboller.bsky.social this is the story i teased on the racketcast lol

No reason to quit caffeine. Find a real problem. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.

NBC can send all the takedown requests it wants, nothing in the rulebook says you can’t post Olympics Spuds MacKenzie

such a pleasure to be on my favorite local podcast!! thanks for having us @jayboller.bsky.social and @racketmn.com

The Art of the Minnesota Resistance - Racket 'Our love is gonna melt ICE.'

“I was like, ‘OK, I don’t want something just mean and bleak, because there's a lot of love here,” says artist Stacey Combs. “Everything is rooted in love with us being out here protecting our neighbors and taking care of each other. Our love is gonna melt ICE.” racketmn.com/the-art-of-t...

One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.

MN ICE Watch Feb. 2-6: Daily Updates on the Federal Siege of Minnesota - Racket Another week, another mega blog of ICE-related headlines.

Here's the latest roundup of news regarding our ongoing federal occupation.

Jeff Bezos/Glen Taylor/etc. would never.

a cross stitched loon shooting lasers out of its eyes with the text “MPLS > ICE” underneath

A little-known perk of joining Racket at the highest membership tier is that you get to request a custom cross stitch by @biketrouble.bsky.social. Anyway, here’s our latest Racketeer-level subscriber’s MPLS > ICE laser loon!

100%

"Chanting “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” sure feels more righteous when thugs have overrun the streets of your city than it did in the ’90s, when that chorus was just as likely to seized by fratty malcontents looking for an excuse to collide with each other."

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello Rouse Anti-Fascist Fervor at First Ave - Racket Fists were pumped, tears were cried, and "fuck" was shouted at the anti-ICE rally we all needed.

We got the concert we needed at First Ave this afternoon.

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

The full user guide here:

The real "prize" here is an exclusive meet 'n' greet with Racket personality @usefulnoise.bsky.social, if you ask me!

Still happening, unfortunately:

racketmn.com/mn-ice-watch...

Gas Masks, Signal Chats, and a Honda Fit: Chasing ICE With Will Stancil - Racket The internet-famous civil rights lawyer/researcher spends up to 6 hours per day hounding federal immigration officers from inside his 15-year-old hatchback.

Minneapolis man @whstancil.bsky.social says all that internet bullshit is secondary to what he is doing now. He’s too busy following feds, for as many as 30 hours per week, as they try to abduct his neighbors.

MN ICE Watch Jan. 26-30: Daily Updates on the Deadly Federal Occupation of Minnesota - Racket Another week, another mega blog of ICE-related headlines.

Another week, another running list of updates on the federal invasion of Minnesota.

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.

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

Racket Is Observing the ICE Out! Protest Today: No Work, No School, No Spending... No Paywall! - Racket You won't find any new stories here as we joint hundreds of other Minnesota businesses in Friday's general-strike-ish movement. But! Today only, you can read our vast archives free of paywall interfer...

Solidarity forever.

Racket Is Observing the ICE Out! Protest Today: No Work, No School, No Spending... No Paywall! - Racket You won't find any new stories here as we joint hundreds of other Minnesota businesses in Friday's general-strike-ish movement. But! Today only, you can read our vast archives free of paywall interfer...

NO GODS NO MASTERS NO PAYWALL

LET'S GET THIS STRIKE GOING

Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota

Hi, this is what I've been working on this week.

Adam Platt, tromping from one closed store in Minneapolis to another in double-digit below zero weather on Friday, desperately trying to save capitalism, falling to his knees and crying "I just want to participate in the economy!"

Fridays Are a Tough Night for Restaurants to Close. Scores of Twin Cities Establishments Are Doing it Anyway. - Racket ‘It's worth it to stand with our community in this strike,’ says one restaurant owner of the upcoming ICE Out! statewide shutdown.

over the weekend, i was like, "maybe we should maintain a list of places that are closing for the strike." after a few days, i was like, "maybe it would be easier to maintain a list of the restaurants that *aren't* closing for the strike."