Mary P

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/ch...

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

@wcvb5.bsky.social I missed the footage of today’s walkout/protest against ICE. I’m assuming you’ll have it on the 11PM broadcast. In between Patriots stories, of course.

Mood in minneapolis right now

This is Alex Pretti.

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.

Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her

Average Sunday show interview:

OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats

HOST: how will you pay for it?

OFFICIAL: tariffs

HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money

OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed

HOST: thank u for ur time

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA

The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Lots of people are talking about this obit, and for very good reason! What a life! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... (gift link)

A sister's final farewell to her sister's body became an image of the courage of Iranian girls. #Iran

Damn, you'd think with Aaron Rodgers being anti-vaxx, it'd be easier to catch something from him.

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis

The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway

They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.

This NY Times video breaks down the reckless incompetence of ICE, the ICE Agent’s murder of Renee Nicole Good, the cruelty of ICE in the immediate aftermath, and the blatant lies of the Trump Administration.

Make sure everyone sees.

Split into 2 parts in order to fit on Bluesky.

Part 2:

This NY Times video breaks down the reckless incompetence of ICE, the ICE Agent’s murder of Renee Nicole Good, the cruelty of ICE in the immediate aftermath, and the blatant lies of the Trump Administration.

Make sure everyone sees.

(split into 2 parts in order to fit on bsky)

Part 1:

HuffPost has obtained a video of a physician trying to give medical care to the woman shot and killed by ICE goons today, and not being allowed to go near her. The ICE agents claim there are medics on site, but witnesses scream that there are no medics present

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

It feels like all too many people are still unaware

🗣️ STARBUCKS BARISTAS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER A MONTH

DO NOT BUY STARBUCKS

"Yeah, but my store's not striking"
"My stores non-union"

DO NOT BUY A N Y STARBUCKS PRODUCT

ALL STORES ARE A "STRIKING STORE"

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of