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Greg Bovino and his CBP thugs may be leaving Minneapolis but this doesn’t end here. ICE continues to terrorize our communities. From Maine to Minneapolis. It’s still no funding for DHS. ICE out of ALL our cities. Hold these officers to account.

26.01.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3
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ICE is a threat to public safety.

Killing U.S. citizens. Kidnapping Americans. Ignoring the Constitution.

That’s not law enforcement β€” that’s weaponization and abuse of power.

And the cruelty starts at the top.

26.01.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3364    πŸ” 1052    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 41
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Kristi Noem needs to go. President Trump needs to end these ICE operations. And Congress needs to hold them accountable.

26.01.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 12
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Here’s How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE ICE is not invulnerable. The Avelo Airlines win proves what happens when we refuse inevitability and fight together.

Lots of response to our coverage last night of the successful protest campaign to get Avelo Airlines to end its contract with ICE and stop flying deportation flights for the Trump Administration. Here's more on that:

truthout.org/articles/her...

20.01.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2843    πŸ” 724    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 25

Our democracy is rigged for the billionaire class.

If you want to know why your wages are shitty and health care is too expensive and your kids’ school is falling apart - that’s why.

20.01.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 676    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 10
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Man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under federal agency's custody in Texas A 36-year-old man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died while under the custody of federal law enforcement in Texas on Wednesday, according to the agency.

Another death in an ICE detention facility. A growing, unsurprising, tragic epidemic.

20.01.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1174    πŸ” 531    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 36
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Trump’s Playing Both Sides Of The Credit Card Fight Trump claims he wants to lower credit card interest rates. His regulators are doing the opposite.

🚨NEWS: Trump just quietly deployed his regulators to try to help GOP donors block states from reducing credit card interest rates, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com.

Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.

17.01.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 495    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 15
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Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.

The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121

https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now

16.01.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3182    πŸ” 1202    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 92
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American Conversations: Representative Jason Crow YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Today with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @crow.house.gov

www.youtube.com/live/8Lvh5aJ...

16.01.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

16.01.2026 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2676    πŸ” 1138    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 40
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Today, our nation commemorates the 97th birthday of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

For me, Dr. King is not just a giant of history; he is a living moral compass whose words and witness shaped my family, my community, and my own calling to public service.

15.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and CBP challenging federal agents’ unconstitutional and illegal stops and arrests of people in Minnesota.

We'll see the Trump administration in court.

15.01.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1821    πŸ” 534    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 31

Trump keeps yelling β€œinsurrection” in Minnesota like he forgot January 6 β€” the one he actually incited.

Terrorizing communities and calling in troops isn’t law and order. It’s authoritarianism.

15.01.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2475    πŸ” 596    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 11
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Democrats seek answers on donor access tied to Trump’s White House ballroom Sen. Elizabeth Warren and colleagues are pressing the Trust for the National Mall, which is managing donations, to divulge details of the project.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

15.01.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

TODAY: We’re teaming up with @aclu.org, @moveon.org, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, and more friends for a call-in day to drive as many calls to Congress as possible.

Join us to demand our elected officials use the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill to get ICE Out For Good.

15.01.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 806    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 22
ICE is out of control.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren ICE is out of control.

ICE is out of control. Congress cannot keep bankrolling ICE's abuses.

15.01.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2038    πŸ” 468    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 27

Still can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'

12.01.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2079    πŸ” 798    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 25
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Trump wants you to feel fearful and powerless.

The only antidote is activism.

12.01.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1856    πŸ” 621    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 29
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have tried to silence me for speaking out.

Today, I’m fighting back because this isn’t just about me. This is about the rights of all retired veterans and all Americans, and I’m not going to let this Administration take those away.

12.01.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3806    πŸ” 1204    πŸ’¬ 236    πŸ“Œ 95
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Good news: Your organizing has grounded β€œICE Air.”

12.01.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1348    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 30

Good point

12.01.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 926    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 4
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It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.

It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.

People are awakening to this new reality β€” and they're speaking up.

The sleeping giant of America is roaring.

12.01.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3960    πŸ” 1222    πŸ’¬ 160    πŸ“Œ 70
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Protests have taken place nationwide following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7. Tens of thousands took to the street in Minneapolis on Saturday, while other rallies and protests were held in multiple other cities.

12.01.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.

12.01.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 15316    πŸ” 3816    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 163
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They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law. The fatal shooting of RenΓ©e Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a Minneapolis street here, has brought new attention to ICE monitoring.

"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.

'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...

This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

12.01.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12318    πŸ” 3864    πŸ’¬ 390    πŸ“Œ 144
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Make America Healthy Again now includes…

*checks notes*

…letting people die from air pollution.

12.01.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators. ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.

It's already working (with Avelo & Spotify). Keep it up! #ResistanceIsNotFutile www.thenation.com/article/acti...

12.01.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump says he might veto the House's extension of critical ACA subsidies.

Hello? 80% of the subsidies go to people in states he won.

He's shafting his own supporters to score a few political points.

12.01.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2862    πŸ” 819    πŸ’¬ 288    πŸ“Œ 49
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Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school.

πŸ“Έ: Jerry Holt

12.01.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5131    πŸ” 1269    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 126
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Citing β€˜dysfunction’ and β€˜nastiness,’ several military veterans opt not to run again for Congress At least seven lawmakers who will exit Congress in January 2027 are military veterans, five Republicans and two Democrats.

At least seven lawmakers who will exit Congress in January 2027 are military veterans, five Republicans and two Democrats.

12.01.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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