If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, itβll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
08.02.2026 03:43 β π 1834 π 844 π¬ 126 π 36@archpundit.bsky.social
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If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, itβll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
08.02.2026 03:43 β π 1834 π 844 π¬ 126 π 36βI couldnβt imagine being the leader of a team where so many of the best players that are just so central to the mission decide theyβve got to walk away because they donβt want their integrity to be compromised,β he said.
07.02.2026 12:52 β π 26 π 15 π¬ 0 π 0I find that driving around by myself in a Mazda, obeying traffic rules. not hassling anyone, and being an older guy does the trick but good luck everyone.
07.02.2026 14:11 β π 85 π 5 π¬ 8 π 0Yeah, the Yaris is kind of a giveaway in my case
08.02.2026 06:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Help Wanted: Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
07.02.2026 22:50 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0People kept telling me this is exactly the old Muppet Show and they were absolutely correct. A pure joy to watch. (And I'm VERY picky about my muppet canon.)
07.02.2026 20:07 β π 811 π 114 π¬ 15 π 5From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.
From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.
message from MN
07.02.2026 06:19 β π 1097 π 435 π¬ 2 π 73May I present to you Joan Rivers interrogating Kermit about his sex life.
08.02.2026 04:53 β π 59 π 15 π¬ 2 π 0this is literally the experience of living in MN right now
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08.02.2026 04:01 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Worth noting that this response actually concedes that what Pritzker said is true.
07.02.2026 01:48 β π 9611 π 1275 π¬ 342 π 113Social media addiction doesn't affect everyone the same, but for sure it has cooked some people's judgement to the point you should question their ability to manage any position of responsibility.
08.02.2026 02:34 β π 1642 π 233 π¬ 49 π 5The movie they make about Tulsi Gabbard's infiltration of US intelligence is going to simultaneously be a haunting look at the most damaging intelligence failure in US history and a hilarious romp about the stupidest fucking people alive
08.02.2026 04:40 β π 899 π 144 π¬ 8 π 5they have just been letting people out on the street without coats late at night and they have been relying on people there to deliver them gear/bring them home and uh, what does this mean for them
08.02.2026 01:22 β π 53 π 25 π¬ 0 π 0The Cylon inspired whistles are amazing and I canβt wait to get them, and if you have ideas for some kind of fundraiser involving me and the Cylon whistles hmu. I am open to any and all ideas. By your command etc π€π
08.02.2026 02:02 β π 38 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0He should come to Chicago in a few months if he wants his mind blown again.
Same dude spread the lie that a young woman slept with her BFβs dad, citing people on the Internet
The guy at the urinal next to me was having an animated conversation on speakerphone while peeing and that's a new level of digital intrusion for me.
07.02.2026 23:31 β π 24 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0Perhaps it was a mistake to empower a cadre of people who cut their teeth in the O'Malley/Devine/Alvarez eras of this office and hope for different results
07.02.2026 17:57 β π 16 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0So, for the record, the Hennepin County Sheriff didn't seem to have a problem with the guy who allegedly drove by and pepper/bear-sprayed people without cause, but the people who were upset about that needed to be reigned in.
Got it... www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Love that Tom Homanβs public strategy is essentially if you sell your neighbors out, we wouldnβt need so many agents. How about you fuck off?
07.02.2026 15:29 β π 1314 π 187 π¬ 12 π 6175,000 since Sunday.
07.02.2026 05:56 β π 78 π 10 π¬ 3 π 0Well one of these good men was just arrested. Saw the posts, called on Signal to check in, got an open line and heard him being processed
If anybody hears where they're taking the folks they picked up (if they're not just processing there), please shout
Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club
07.02.2026 22:14 β π 2273 π 769 π¬ 55 π 16"Why are they not pulling over people riding in the back of a f*cking U-Haul? I thought that was a crime? But no, they protect them." - ICE protester responds to Proud Boy Jake Lang SHOOTING paintballs and pepper spray at protesters in a drive by as police watched.
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There is no doubt to anyone who is a serious interlocutor that ICE is actively trying to kill people.
Noem should go to The Hague.
A lot of the suburbs around Minneapolis & St. Paul are getting hit hard, including people just walking and getting snatched off the street.
They also are continuing to be extra aggressive towards observers.
Like Carrie said: NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
jesus christ
07.02.2026 19:28 β π 54 π 6 π¬ 5 π 0111 Forest Lake Public Boat Ramp, Forest Lake, MN 55025, USA Description: ICE present at the Ice Fishing Classic, out of vehicles, interacting with attendees.
scenes from my hometown of Forest Lake, Minnesota: "ICE present at the Ice Fishing Classic, out of vehicles, interacting with attendees."
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