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Lindsey Long

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Conservationist and Lake Superior mega-fan. Household of pointing dogs and cats with attitude. Wildlife veterinarian (free-ranging population medicine) = profession. Yay, kindness! She/her

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I think LLMs have uses, but "1,000 targets, including a girls elementary school we hit twice with precision munitions" is indeed representative of their state-of-the-artβ€”and likely a fundamental limitation of the technology.

Sometimes sloppiness is okay; sometimes it's 160 dead children.

05.03.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 507    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 3
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No, ICE isn’t β€˜retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.

While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started

Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

15.02.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1060    πŸ” 500    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 38
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

14.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2250    πŸ” 1080    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 111
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.

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:

08.02.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 14979    πŸ” 8424    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 311
We found at least 18 of the drugs on TrumpRx have cheaper generics available ranging from potential savings of over $600 for Tikosyn to just around $2 for Diflucan. Most of the drugs are made by Pfizer.

We found at least 18 of the drugs on TrumpRx have cheaper generics available ranging from potential savings of over $600 for Tikosyn to just around $2 for Diflucan. Most of the drugs are made by Pfizer.

So about TrumpRx: We crunched the numbers today and about half of the drugs on there have cheaper generics available already. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...

06.02.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1203    πŸ” 510    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 52
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Resources for People Detained or Worried About Being Detained This fact sheet talks about resources for people who were detained by ICE or think they might be detained.If you are worried about being detained, use this form to record information that might help y...

LawHelpMN is building out a clearinghouse of resources for people who are detained or at risk of detention by ICE. It'll be continually updated as new resources come online. Available in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali
www.lawhelpmn.org/detained

06.02.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ciji Graham’s is the seventh case ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman died after she was unable to access standard care in a state that has significantly restricted abortion.

Read her story: https://propub.li/4r4VQr4

07.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 726    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 24
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Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...

A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.

06.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2818    πŸ” 1702    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 246

I can’t overstate that nearly every good headline coming out of Minnesota has been followed up by retaliation by the Trump administrationβ€”which tends to get a lot less attention.

This is infuriating and devastating.

06.02.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 635    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s day 66 of the ICE occupation of MSP.

The news continues to trumpet the so called drawdown, while our immigrant neighbors continue to suffer at the hands of indiscriminate ICE enforcement actions.

Stay alert and in the streets- we need every whistle and witness.

06.02.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see β€œpapers,” union says - Salem Reporter A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...

4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

01.02.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6560    πŸ” 3472    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 340
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5-year-old and father detained by ICE will return to Minnesota Sunday morning 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father have boarded a flight back to Minnesota, nearly two weeks after being detained by ICE.

Huge news! They actually released Liam Ramos and his father!

Please remember that ICE is abducting more people - including children - all the time. And they will no doubt keep trying to harass and destroy this family.

Defund and abolish ICE and support immigrants!

kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

01.02.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 951    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 14

statement from jamael lundy, SD65 senate candidate, after he was arrested by federal agents for being part of the protest at a st. paul church that is led by an ICE agent

don lemon and georgia fort were arrested the same day for covering it

31.01.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

As sure as walking off with hard drives is illegal, what DOGE did with Palantir is illegal. The laws they violated have boring names like the Antideficiency Act, the Privacy Act, and Federal Acquisition Regulation.

These are laws the government used to enforce *on itself*. Not anymore.

31.01.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 408    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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β€˜I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...

β€œWe had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.

30.01.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1049    πŸ” 701    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 167
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Press conferences and social media posts have not changed conditions on the ground. Another person taken today off of Central Ave and Northeast middle school had to delay letting kids leave because of ICE presence in the area. The federal government continues to make our community less safe.

29.01.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1581    πŸ” 817    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 20

Here is a video taken just this morning of ICE pepper spraying my friend who was standing several feet away, and behind a fence, from agents attempting an abduction.

Nothing about their conduct has changed. We need to continue our observations but please do so as safely as possible.

Fuck ICE.

29.01.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12

Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked β€” fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money.

And he was still threatening to kill someone.

28.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4716    πŸ” 1828    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 54

please remember that no matter how many β€œICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.

people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

28.01.2026 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9742    πŸ” 3344    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 57

There isn’t any indication that immigration activity has changed in Minneapolis. In fact, this afternoon, federal immigration agents began staging at Holy Rosary Catholic Church located in East Phillips. This activity is disgraceful and creates an unsafe environment for our neighbors. 1/

29.01.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 529    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 16

If you want to help the Haitian community in Springfield, consider donating to the Haitian Community Help and Support Center. They are a local non-profit that helps Haitians in their city with education, economic security, legal services, and more.

haitiansupportcenter.org

28.01.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated.

After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.

28.01.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4182    πŸ” 1785    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 33

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

28.01.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10387    πŸ” 3652    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 104

These are the Haitians attacked by Vance in 2024 at the urging of Canadian neo-Nazi Geoff Martin, aka "Captive Dreamer," who he appears to follow closely.

They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.

28.01.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2141    πŸ” 515    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

28.01.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9796    πŸ” 4971    πŸ’¬ 241    πŸ“Œ 369

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

27.01.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 30804    πŸ” 10475    πŸ’¬ 635    πŸ“Œ 337

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.

Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

27.01.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6946    πŸ” 2901    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 68

Today I learned that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services created a fake appointment to entrap a Minneapolis Public Schools parent while she was with her kindergarten-aged child. I hate that this is not the first time we’ve seen these disgusting tactics.

27.01.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5