Dissent Makes Us Stronger

(2/2🪡) … made it punishingly difficult to execute their unconstitutional mission, and did it all without a single act of violence, all while enduring horrific brutality and inhuman provocation.“
#ICE #ICEOUT #DHS #occupation #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #MinnesotaStrong #Community

Won't You Be My Neighbor? Woke Antifa's Secret Weapon

(1/2🪡) www.firewalledmedia.com/p/wont-you-b... Brilliant article:

"Homan has declared victory, but everyone knows he’s lying. Minnesota beat the hell out of ICE—not physically, but in the court of public opinion. They thwarted many of the illicit agency’s operations, ...🧵

Oh hey! The bathrobed woman in this pic I posted a bit earlier is a journalist! @mprnews.org ROCKS.
#MinnesotaStrong

I'm all in favor of celebrating (eventually) but not like this. Local organizing efforts were grassroots and localized and tailored to specific communities, and biz leaders don't get to just swoop in and slap their sponsorship logos on the hard work *they didn't do*

We'll plan our own parties

ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

We need to stop Every Single One of these to-be concentration camps. Shame the sellers, leverage zoning, pressure local / state politicians. Whatever it takes. #ConcentrationCamps #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Unpaywalled: archive.is/JF7Pj

US Attorneys Statement 2-13-26

How fucked up do you have be ( #PamBondi ) to be called out by EIGHT Assistant US Attorneys? (2 pages, quick read)

STATEMENT OF EIGHT FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS ON THE ONGOING DAMAGE TO THE MINNESOTA OFFICE

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

#impeach #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship

From @startribune.com ’s live blog of the #ICE #Occupation,
"The city estimates 76,200 Minneapolis residents are now experiencing food insecurity because of the federal immigration operation.”

Fuck ICE, Fuck Kristi Noem, Fuck Tom Homen and Greg Bovino, Fuck the Orange Abomination.
#WeWillRemember

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Caption:
People watch as federal agents and St. Paul Police officers stand at the scene after a multiple vehicle accident involving an apparent pursuit by federal officersnear the corner of Selby and Western Aves in St. Paul on Wednesday, Feb. 11. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A crowd on a street corner are filming two ICE/DHS agents after a terrible ice-caused car wreck in St. Paul.

I love this pic from the @startribune.com #ICE #Occupation liveblog. It’s so MN.
Caption ⤵️
Everyone has a phone pointed ICE/DHS, one person is in a full coat and N95 mask, right next to her is a woman in a bathrobe and slippers. One has a hi-vis vest on.
The wreck, tho, was awful. (Leila Navidi)

My TL;DR: Neighbors, mosques, synagogues, churches, community organizations, local politicians, and the judiciary all shone against #RoadToDictatorship. State Dems were wishy-washy, Republicans were awful.

But it’s not over. #ICE is still in #MN, needs to be abolished, and Feds need consequences.

I want to call out this quotation, though:
"Our big corporations were not part of that institutional infrastructure. They were silent, and then mealy-mouthed. The days of corporate noblesse oblige are over, especially when the authoritarian demands unquestioning fealty from them.” #3M #Target & more

Minnesota 1, Trump 0 • Minnesota Reformer The sense that we’re all in it together motivates great acts of both charity and courage.

I don’t agree with everything in this opinion article, but it’s well worth a read.
#Minnesota #ICE #Occupation
minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/m...

I was coming here to say this. He is using his platform for good, and this is definitely not the first time he’s spoken out. He’s at @weratedogs here and TheDogFather on some other platforms (not here? Doesn’t look like him)

@weratedogs.com Hey Matt!
#Flock #Ring #MassSurveillance
#DontMessWithDogPeople

YouTube video by The Daily Show Mayor Jacob Frey - 435,000 Residents Pushed ICE Out of Minneapolis | The Daily Show

Mayor Jacob Frey was on @thedailyshow.com last night. First thing he did, ask the audience for a standing ovation for the residents of #Minneapolis. He gave full credit to them, not himself. I’m really torn about Frey. Some good things, some bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ7H...
#OperationMetroSurge

I’m watching the press conference Gov Tim Walz gave about that $10M small business package. It’s similar to what MN did for COVID. Except this time MN is recovering from Invasion and Damage created by our own Federal Gov’t.

Can you imagine that? Not a tornado, not a blizzard.

🍊👑’s EGO.

Screenshot from Bring Me The News: 10:03 a.m. – Walz, Varilek announce $10M small business loan program Gov. Walz and DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek announced that the state is launching a $10 million program providing partially forgivable loans to businesses impacted by ICE. The loans will range from $2,500 to $25,000, with 0% interest over three years, and applicants can apply for 50% forgiveness after one year if they can prove they've suffered substantial impact from the presence of federal agents.

From today (Feb 12th’s) @bringmethenews.bsky.social liveblog on the #ICE #Occupation in #Minnesota:
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Gov Tim Walz announces $10M small business loans.
#MinnesotaStrong

@hellogamesofficial.bsky.social A *trucking* simulator? REALLY? #Remnant
What I always wanted in my pristine, beloved comfort game. Industrial Waste. 👎

YouTube video by WeRateDogs The Very Dystopian Dog Super Bowl Ad

In case you were intrigued by that #Ring ad during the superbowl about finding lost dogs. Uh, no. Not what they’re doing. Mass surveillance, and it’s not a conspiracy theory, Matt brings receipts. Including a woman tracked down after having an abortion. #RoadtoDystopia
youtube.com/shorts/-ITnL...

YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul LIVE | Gov. Walz to discuss ICE impact on small businesses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkIq...
DEED = Dept of Employment and Economic Development.

Gov. Tim Walz is giving a press conference about the economic damage this #ICE #Occupation is doing. Matt Varilek, commissioner of DEED, just said that *truckers* are afraid to drive into MN with their loads, regardless of their legal status, because of their skin color.

last 4 digits of *phone number*. Sheesh, Allo.

I’m trying to give to the Chef Collective, Lyda. Venmo is asking for the last 4 digits of Twin Cities Vegan as an anti-scam check. Do they have a website? Duckduckgo’s search didn’t turn up anything.

A chalkboard with words in pink, neat handwriting "Pay it Foward" and info for venmo @chef-collective-1123 and cashapp $chefcollective1123 and below that, in red, "You can sit with us" and a picture of paper dolls with linked hands in a gradation from red to white with hearts in between.

I know we are all tapped out, but if you have anything to spare, the mutual aid place I volunteer at is desperate for funds to keep the lights on and folks fec. Venmo: @chef-collective-1123 or casapp: $chefcollective1123. Please share widely.

(2/2) like: "Shop local when you can; visit immigrant-owned restaurants; chat at the register.
These will be the drop sites for food and supplies."

It’s a quick read.
#WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship #occupation #minnesota

How to resist like Minneapolis Meet the block, shop the indies, and check on your people.

(1/2) I’ve seen a lot of “How to Prepare for #ICE in your community” articles. This might be my favorite. It doesn’t have the most info, but it directly links how community building -> mutual aid, 🧵
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Community members fear ICE agents are now disguising themselves in Minnesota People describing themselves as constitutional observers​ tell WCCO that in the past week, reports of ICE agents disguising themselves have flooded in from the Twin Cities Metro and rural areas of the...

Another (the original?) article about #ICE ruses:
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Includes a video from the news show. Includes another instance in NY State. This is #SecretPolice shit.
(Catching up from taking yesterday off, so things are in weird order)
#DHS #WeWillRemember #RoadToDictatorship

From X: UCLA Gymnastics account, describing a UCLA gymnast, Jordan Chiles, who got a perfect 10 on a routine to Prince’s music, in a bout against University of Minnesota. There’s a pic of the gymnasts celebrating.

The Kids are all right (well, young adults, in this case)
x.com/uclagymnasti...
#Prince #UCLA #ICEout #JordanChiles
She also, in a brief speech, said that it’s been tough in MN, and “we stand with you.” (Also on UCLA Gymnastics X page)

The latest on ICE in Minnesota Live updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota, with the latest developments and links to deeper reporting as events unfold.

Neighbors are telling each other when utilities are coming, and calling city lines to confirm utility vehicles are legit. That ties up city resources.

MPR Daily: www.mprnews.org/live-updates which points to the #ICE memo: www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/...

(2/3🪡) … or a federal, state, or local government agency, such as OSHA” because it can “impede the functions of those organizations…”
Oh, REALLY? We don’t believe you, #ICE! All utility vehicles, public or private, and now suspect. That is dangerous.