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Sowing fear of "ICE at the polls!" could do more to suppress votes than any actual ICE at the polls. Here's an explanation of the right's strategy on this, along with my recommendations for what to do instead of playing along.

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A beautiful moment today, a massive memorial bike ride for #AlexPretti passed the Public Theater during A PROTEST FOR HUMANITY: The People’s Filibuster, with artists, community leaders, families, and a very tall bike!

It’s been a week, who killed Alex Pretti?

NY❤️MN

#AbolishICE #ICEoutNOW

A ride for Alex Pretti is being organized in NYC on Saturday. Meet @ 2 PM in Foley Square, roll out @ 2:30.

Important piece on ICE horrors by @radleybalko.bsky.social in today’s @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

Giving me a protected bike lane means you don't have to deal with me in the street. I'm not going to stop biking, the protected bike lane works for all of us.

Respectfully, saying “don’t take the bait” is a version of obeying in advance - this is just tsk tsking a community for engaging in militant self-defense / counterviolence.

The right/Trump will create a pretext for Insurrection Act etc, no matter how “peaceful” the opposition is

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

yes, that is a King Of The Hill Screen

Dreams elude me like watching him face-plant into a bowl of soup, hearing the echoes of Fox News and that insufferable Megyn Kelly claiming it was a 'Progresso' conspiracy.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

TABK members were out yesterday trimming trees along the Bedford Ave protected bike lane! Citizen Pruners can legally help keep our trees in good shape :) The people care about this bike lane!! @nyc-dot.bsky.social @nycgovparks.org @nyc.streetsblog.org @chiosse.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov

I need people who don’t live in the Twin Cities to stop telling people not to join massive Signal groups right now. People are doing it. They’re going to keep doing it. Give them good advice about it.

The actually practical advice is don’t say anything to 1000 strangers you wouldn’t say in public

In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations — Minnesota Reformer As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis, her co-pilot and friend Patty O’Keefe scanned the passing vehicles with bi...

this is an unbelievably good story
(read and support local reporters)

Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

ICE snatched a NYC Council staffer following the law—going to a routine immigration appointment. This is an attack on due process, on our city, and on every immigrant here. Release them now.

Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.

Right. The point is not “it matters extra because it’s a citizen,” the point is “we either hang together or we will all hang separately.”

I just wrote a book about the effectiveness of unmasking Nazis, how antifa’s use of that tactic helped destroy multiple fascist groups

MAGA is horrified of campaigns to identify, name and shame ICE agents for a good reason

Did you know you can sing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” whenever you feel like it? It’s literally a whim away.

24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨

✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups.

❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions.

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Not just that. Due dates on documents like for Medicare, SNAP, etc. are decided based on when they're mailed out and uses the postmark date so see if they're met.

This WILL cause people to lose benefits.

Let me explain how it works.

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

Here's Every Bill That Kathy Hochul Vetoed in 2025 One hundred and forty laws that almost were.

Among the bills vetoed by Gov Hochul in the close of the year,

the "Keep police radio public act," which would have ensured that police dispatch radio remained audible to the press.

Encrypted radio communications make it much harder for the press to keep law enforcement accountable.

Social media isn't a great place for nuance or context, but despite that I want to take a moment today to talk about some of the things that made the MetroCard special in its day.

Ok I'm getting quite tired of artists having conservative reactionary takes to this news.

In this QT thread I'm going to ask artists 6 questions to consider, which I'm very willing to hear them out on and will hopefully lead to an interesting discussion.

Please do share your thoughts below 👇

Absolutely incredible R142 sign failure

The president is using this apparent family tragedy, which as far as we know had absolutely nothing to do with him, to convey the message that if his fans brutally murder his critics, they will receive his support and approval.

An ambulance glides through the midtown rush hour traffic thanks to the 6th Ave bike lane