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Progressive dork. Believes in science. Atheist. Monthly donor to ACLU, Planned Parenthood, EFF, and a local cat shelter.

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Ending this operation is not enough.

We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

12.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12941    πŸ” 3283    πŸ’¬ 280    πŸ“Œ 128
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Blumenthal on administrative warrants: "This is not a warrant. It's a permission slip. It's a green light from another ICE agent to go bash down a door, smash into a home, detain and arrest someone without a judge finding probable cause."

12.02.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3481    πŸ” 1064    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 19

In news we wish happened, a federal judge ordered Mike Johnson to watch half an hour of news every weekday. When asked for comment, Johnson said he had not heard of the case.

12.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Federal judge says stupid drunk asshole Defense Secretary is wrong again and should just fucking give it up already.

thehill.com/regulation/c...

12.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quiet Minnesota suburbs turned into conflict zone by ICE crackdown Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending

The Gestapo would be super happy with ICE. Buying them beers at the local gasthaus and giving them pointers on creating mass fear.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

12.02.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines

RFK Jr. is trying to kill you.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.02.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abolish ICE.

No reform. No "additional training." The only way to end their abuse of the Constitution is to disband the whole thing, and put every one in the organization on "do not hire" status for any other law enforcement position.

11.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grand jury declines to indict Democrats asking troops to refuse illegal orders Trump, outraged by clip of six lawmakers, called them β€˜traitors’ and said behavior was β€˜punishable by death’

Grand juries are famously happy to indict anyone on even marginal evidence of wrongdoing. Failing to get an indictment is a clear message that Pirro and Trump got nothing.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

09.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 56224    πŸ” 18219    πŸ’¬ 1294    πŸ“Œ 971
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ICE Uses Disguises and Fake Plates for Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to inquiries about whether the men were federal immigration officers. As the sweeping imm...

There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state.

That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.

09.02.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8496    πŸ” 4517    πŸ’¬ 448    πŸ“Œ 250

Abolish ICE means abolish ICE.

Not reform ICE.
Not regulate ICE.
Not limit ICE.

Abolish ICE.

02.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bye Felicia

05.02.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Deputy Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. The Congressional Progressive Caucus discussed DHS funding and the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Deputy Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. The Congressional Progressive Caucus discussed DHS funding and the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Tom Homan: β€œYou’re not going to stop ICE. You’re not going to stop border patrol”

Ilhan Omar: β€œAbolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it”

04.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4376    πŸ” 960    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 63

We gotta come up with a better system than β€œeverything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

04.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 26852    πŸ” 6375    πŸ’¬ 388    πŸ“Œ 225
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For those keeping score at home:

04.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 27083    πŸ” 11717    πŸ’¬ 895    πŸ“Œ 612
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

03.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 43286    πŸ” 19388    πŸ’¬ 2405    πŸ“Œ 1622
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Trump suggests Republicans should β€˜take over’ elections to protect the party President claims idea to β€˜nationalize’ elections in 15 states ahead of midterms is to prevent rare noncitizen voting

Republican leadership knows they can't win elections in a fair contest.

So they cheat.

Pro tip 1: free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our country. Something we used to be proud of.

Pro tip 2: claiming non-citizens vote is a lie.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Break in case the government completely disregards the social contract."

02.02.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great how whenever the cops gun someone down we have to have a whole public trial about whether or not they were a bad person, when that's very much what actual trials are for.

You can be the worst person in the country and the cops still can't just shoot you. Trials are not really a minor detail.

29.01.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Abolish ICE means abolish ICE.

Not reform ICE.
Not regulate ICE.
Not limit ICE.

Abolish ICE.

02.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE is now claiming it can arrest people without a warrant.

This comes after another internal memo asserting ICE agents can forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant.

Hello? Democrats cannot let these blatantly unconstitutional actions continue. Not another penny for ICE.

02.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5024    πŸ” 1802    πŸ’¬ 266    πŸ“Œ 110

Something tells me that when the owners made this design choice, resale value was not high on their list of priorities.

31.01.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

30.01.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 29576    πŸ” 8614    πŸ’¬ 590    πŸ“Œ 470
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What Should Americans Do Now? We need a mass movement for basic decency.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
#democracy #protest #krasnov #ice #dhs #resist

28.01.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 421    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 22

ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?

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In a blistering ruling, a Bush-appointed conservative federal judge said that ICE "has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence."

Congress must not give one more cent to this rogue agency.

29.01.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4392    πŸ” 1550    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 86
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Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert a shutdown Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrict...

"Democrats say they won’t back down."

They fucking better not this time. Defund the ICE Gestapo.

#abolishICE

apnews.com/article/sena...

29.01.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

26.01.2026 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5873    πŸ” 2416    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 402
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Sen. Kelly: β€œThis is not making Americans safer. It is clearly doing the opposite thing…We can enforce our laws without federal agents killing people in the streets of American cities…Kristi Noem and…Stephen Miller, both of them should be out of jobs.”

28.01.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1537    πŸ” 389    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 14

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