Zack R

there's a madman in the white house, he's illegally started a war, he's offered no explanation to the public other than an insane conspiracy theory that Iran somehow tried to interfere in last year's election, and the opposition leaders are releasing statements full of mixed support and concern

It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse

On January 10, 2026, while driving back to work after getting lunch with his father and cousin, a car quickly passed O., sped up, then stopped in front of him. (Id. ¶ 3.) A few men in civilian clothes stepped out of the car and asked for his identification. (Id.) The men threatened O.—if he did not get out of the car, they would force him out. (Id.) O. exited the car and was told he was under arrest. (Id.) The men handcuffed him and did not allow him to bring his phone. (Id.) O. felt like he was being kidnapped. (Id.) The men detained O., his father, and his cousin, taking them all to Whipple. (Id. ¶ 4.) At Whipple, there was “food scattered on the floor, the floor was sticky with mud, and everything stuck to your shoes.” (Id. ¶ 5.) The space was so cramped that sometimes there was no space to sit on the floor. (Id.)

The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

ahhhh one of my favorite ttrpg podcasts supporting ILCM is amazing

ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.

"i don't think leaders should lead" is an insane take

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.

It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

What I will say is that this never should have happened to begin with. End family detention. Defund and dismantle ICE.

With a few exceptions, the items in this list are already the law. Republicans are saying it’s unrealistic for Trump’s goons to follow the law.

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

Yes:

If ICE allows immigrant-prisoners to speak w/ their lawyers, they’ll learn that courts have ordered their release

But ICE wants to deport every prisoner.
ICE may be *intentionally* blocking its prisoners from speaking w/ their lawyers.

ICE wants its prisoners to feel utterly helpless & alone

Economic Terrorism

Every accusation is both a confession and a rationalization. Imaginary weaponization of government is the excuse to actual weaponize government. Imaginary election rigging is the excuse to actually rig elections.

once again: lawyers are morally responsible for their professional decisions. people get really mad about this but … you picked the job. you took the money. you own what you’ve done.

finally, the ICE reform we’ve been waiting for: no masks unless you really want to wear them

The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.

I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release

He describes an American gulag

yes the bumbling “everything sucks hold me in contempt plz” ICE attorney story is great Content but don’t ignore the actual substance behind it

the “sucky” system sucks by design. ICE is knowingly ignoring court orders & subjecting ppl to inhumane conditions to try and force them to self-deport

Rodney Taylor.

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If my caucus is any indication, Democrats in the cities currently occupied by ICE want the whole damn thing abolished actually.

Democrats don’t understand the art of the deal is starting out from a maximalist position THEN you make concessions. You don’t start by conceding half the fucking argument.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

lol i can promise you this democrat wants ice to no longer exist, my guy

If my caucus was any sort of indication, national Dems really need to wake the fuck up about what voters want them to do about ICE.

this unprecedented momentum behind a single issue sure might be a useful fulcrum to try and wrench this country back from over the brink

“Imagine if we had to follow the law”

JFC ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED. OH MY GOD.

YOU ARE BEGGING FOR THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY REQUIRED BY LAW.

GEE I WONDER HOW NATIONAL DEMS COMPLETELY LOST THE RHETORICAL BATTLE ON IMMIGRATION. IF ONLY THERE WERE ANY RECENT EXAMPLES OF THEM JUST ACCEPTING GOP FRAMING AND TALKING POINTS.

If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.

dark times ahead. but we are going to win