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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.

LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith”

In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted

DOJ keeps lying and losing:

Special Saturday Triad: What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.

"You now live in a country where volunteers deliver babies at home, in secret, off the books, because mothers fear that if they go to the hospital, they will be abducted by masked, armed agents of the state while giving birth. This is not a hypothetical."

Nice work. A lot of interesting tangents to follow in all the individual data.

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.

This is far from over. ICE plans to spend $38.3B for new immigrant detention centers. They will hold 92,600 detainees at a time. wapo.st/3OfarSk

Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics. [February 13, 2026]

They killed legal assistance to low-income people in our state and then gambled our money on crypto.

Go Eunice! Go Mystique! ⛸️

Minnesota churches provide critical supports as immigrants hide at home • Minnesota Reformer It’s a natural extension of churches’ spiritual worldview — backed by scripture — that compels believers to help the vulnerable.

In the Twin Cities, churches have become lifelines for their immigrant congregants. As immigrant families hide at home, their pastors and fellow church-goers bring them groceries and gather money to pay their rent. I wrote about it:

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

Contact Your MOC

The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ

Minneapolis City Council president says immigration enforcement still active in Minneapolis Five days after federal officials announced hundreds of immigration agents would be leaving Minneapolis, City Council President Elliott Payne says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is still vis...

"I think that the goal of Tom Homan switching out for Gregory Bovino is purely optics and damage control. It's not actually a change in their tactics of intimidation and indiscriminate apprehension,” said Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne.

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a view looking down on a cyclist in a red top with shadow to the side against a white quilted surface

'MOVIN' ON', mini art quilt by textile artist Nancy Messier #WomensArt #Monday

i don't see why they can't do all the track and field events at both olympics. put a coat on

Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.

Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.

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how it started: Opinion The Editorial Board The Texas gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. State Rep. Matt Morgan (R) reviews a map of proposed new congressional districts during a legislative session in Austin on Wednesday. (Sergio Flores/ Reuters) how it's going: Opinion Editorial Board Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia Voters will get a chance to reject anti-democratic gamesmanship in an April referendum.

@washingtonpost.com tell your cry-baby billionaire not to start something he can’t finish

Remember this innocent man? He buried his mother today, a Hmong war hero nurse who tended to countless American soldiers in Laos, as well as the wounded Hmong soldiers who came to their aid when their aircraft was shot down. www.twincities.com/2026/01/19/s...

I'm not sure what to make of it, but every Somali I represent in immigration court currently (8 of them) have today had their hearings cancelled and their judges reassigned. They're now all assigned to a video judge from Louisiana and scheduled for court hearing in one month. 🧵

My favorite memory of the Gasthaus. With my gf at the time. We ordered a "charcuterie" type of plate and polished it off. Then, we each got a giant mug of beer, hiked to the tree line and watched a lunar eclipse.

My kids went to a home daycare run by a Somali woman who could not have loved them more and is now a treasured family friend. I have to tell you, my reaction to these people specifically acting as though “Somali daycare” is automatically code for fraud is, like, tasting colors levels of fury.

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.

YouTube video by Public Enemy - Topic She Got Game

Link to the tune on yt youtu.be/5ihAR9xiUTk?...

Public Enemy Flips 1998’s ‘He Got Game’ Into Women’s Empowerment Anthem ‘She Got Game’ Featuring Flau’Jae Public Enemy flips their 1998 "He Got Game" into a women's empowerment "She Got Game" featuring Flau'jae.

That Flau’Jae verse,,, SHE GOT GAME and bars

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Public Enemy re-imagines classic song to honour female athletes Hip-hop group Public Enemy enlisted Olympians to help re-imagine one of its 1990s hits as a tribute to female athletes just as the Milano Cortina Winter Games get underway.

SHE GOT GAME
Yeah Booyyyeeee she’s got it,!!

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Thank you to everyone in CA including the elected officials and voters who successfully accomplished mid-decade redistricting to swiftly counter the attempted theft by Texas.

Action and tangible results are so much better than gripes and strongly worded letters.

We used records from the gassing of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood to identify some other notable members of the unit: Bryan Belen Lleras, 32, Chad B. Hickman, 50, and Oscar A. Meza, 36.

Belen, Hickman (EZ-9), and Meza (EZ-13) joined CBP in 2017, 2000, and 2008, respectively.

‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.

Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.

The cruelty is endless.

Federal agents at powderhorn park

This morning, federal agents staged at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center lot and began to throw chemical irritants at observers. They also kidnapped an observer. Our parks are meant for our children, youth, and neighbors. They should never be militarized zones meant to separate families. 1/

Flyer for Big Trouble’s show at the White Squirrel this Saturday.

Big Trouble is at the White Squirrel in Saint Paul from 6-8 pm this Saturday, January 31.

100% of the tips we get will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. www.ilcm.org

Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...

Springfield braces for 30-day targeted ICE surge starting next week as Haitian TPS ends A message sent to Springfield City School District staff obtained by the Springfield News-Sun says school officials are expecting a federal immigration enforcement operation in Springfield lasting at…

“Springfield braces for 30-day targeted ICE surge starting next week as Haitian TPS ends. DeWine office declined to verify briefing to Springfield City School District.” www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...

'Taxi' and 'cab' essentially mean the same thing, but 'cab' doesn't come from 'taxicab.'

It comes from ‘cabriolet,’ which was a type of light carriage.

‘Taxi’ comes from ‘taximeter,’ which is the device that calculates the amount of a fare based on the distance traveled.

Tom Morello and Rise Against announced "a concert of solidarity & resistance" in Minneapolis this Friday, with all proceeds benefitting Renee Good and Alex Pretti's families.

"Ain’t nobody coming to save us except us and it’s now or never," Morello writes.