@bmkowski.bsky.social
Union Teacher. Voracious reader. Movie lover. Distance walker. Mother. Also, is there a better Polis than Minneapolis?
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Friends please set your Venmo to private. Do this always, but ESPECIALLY if you’re contributing to anything right now.
January 21, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Friends please set your Venmo to private. Do this always, but ESPECIALLY if you’re contributing to anything right now.
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This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
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Weekend ICE Report (Jan 17–18)
Today marks 49 days of ICE in Minneapolis.
The information in this video comes from unpaid community volunteers who patrol our neighborhoods to document ICE activity when no one else will.
These abductions don’t always make headlines, but they happen every day.
Today marks 49 days of ICE in Minneapolis.
The information in this video comes from unpaid community volunteers who patrol our neighborhoods to document ICE activity when no one else will.
These abductions don’t always make headlines, but they happen every day.
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Weekend ICE Report (Jan 17–18)
Today marks 49 days of ICE in Minneapolis.
The information in this video comes from unpaid community volunteers who patrol our neighborhoods to document ICE activity when no one else will.
These abductions don’t always make headlines, but they happen every day.
Today marks 49 days of ICE in Minneapolis.
The information in this video comes from unpaid community volunteers who patrol our neighborhoods to document ICE activity when no one else will.
These abductions don’t always make headlines, but they happen every day.
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THE MAN THEY TOOK WRAPPED IN A BLANKET IS A U.S. CITIZEN.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
THE MAN THEY TOOK WRAPPED IN A BLANKET IS A U.S. CITIZEN.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
I am one of the folks, out in the streets, helping to document the atrocities being committed by the federal government. Do not look away.
- I don’t remember these exact words but it was quite a moment
In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I am one of the folks, out in the streets, helping to document the atrocities being committed by the federal government. Do not look away.
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Democrats should be the ultimate champions of immigration. “We won two world wars and invented the internet because immigrants get the job done.”
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Democrats should be the ultimate champions of immigration. “We won two world wars and invented the internet because immigrants get the job done.”
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
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It's not just the St. Paul Doubletree.
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
It's not just the St. Paul Doubletree.
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
I need more people outside of MN talking about this. We are living in fear here.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I need more people outside of MN talking about this. We are living in fear here.
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Administration can't contain their joy at having a church protest to exploit; I hope everyone‘s Day 2 stories are that ICE won a court verdict allowing them to enter churches, and their extrajudicial enforcement is keeping 1000s of worshippers from even attending. www.startribune.com/activists-in...
Activists interrupt Sunday church service, say pastor works for ICE
Activists, including some from Black Lives Matter Minnesota, attended the service at Cities Church in St. Paul and chanted, “Justice for Renee Good.”
www.startribune.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Administration can't contain their joy at having a church protest to exploit; I hope everyone‘s Day 2 stories are that ICE won a court verdict allowing them to enter churches, and their extrajudicial enforcement is keeping 1000s of worshippers from even attending. www.startribune.com/activists-in...
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A pastor is the acting director of an ICE field office?
CONFIRMED:
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
January 18, 2026 at 9:53 PM
A pastor is the acting director of an ICE field office?
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question for all you folks out there who believe in police reform in Minneapolis - shouldn't MPD be investigating and arresting the person who assaulted a 6 month old baby and sent him to the hospital unconscious and unable to breathe?
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
question for all you folks out there who believe in police reform in Minneapolis - shouldn't MPD be investigating and arresting the person who assaulted a 6 month old baby and sent him to the hospital unconscious and unable to breathe?
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I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.
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They took a man because he had a sign on top of this car. They didn’t like it.
Then they came back and stole his truck.
Then they came back and stole his truck.
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
They took a man because he had a sign on top of this car. They didn’t like it.
Then they came back and stole his truck.
Then they came back and stole his truck.
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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an accent is not probable cause, I know you know this but it must be said how outrageous this is
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
an accent is not probable cause, I know you know this but it must be said how outrageous this is
Great work, ICE…it’s much scarier going after criminals who are actually on the streets.
Homeland Security insists that ICE operations are targeting criminals. MPR News examined the agency's "worst of the worst" lists and found most of the people there had been immediately transferred to ICE custody at the end of time served in Minnesota prisons. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Some criminals ICE takes credit for arresting were already in Minnesota prisons
Several of the 13 “worst of the worst” criminals that the Department of Homeland Security said were arrested in Minnesota through its immigration enforcement operation were actually handed over to ICE...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Great work, ICE…it’s much scarier going after criminals who are actually on the streets.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
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Say what they are and call it what it is.
It is treason.
They are levying war on Americans.
It is treason.
They are levying war on Americans.
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Say what they are and call it what it is.
It is treason.
They are levying war on Americans.
It is treason.
They are levying war on Americans.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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Lots of people running with ICE’s claim that someone attacked them with a shovel so they were justified in shooting two people. What kind of shovel? It’s like 10 degrees outside, there hasn’t been snow in days. Why would someone just happen to have a shovel on hand after a high speed chase?
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Lots of people running with ICE’s claim that someone attacked them with a shovel so they were justified in shooting two people. What kind of shovel? It’s like 10 degrees outside, there hasn’t been snow in days. Why would someone just happen to have a shovel on hand after a high speed chase?
Come see first hand what they have done to my community. Then tell me to walk back the rhetoric to my face.
There is growing belief now among some Democratic leaders that lawmakers must ride the wave of anti-ICE backlash without getting too far out ahead of their skis and potentially making themselves more vulnerable to GOP attacks.
Dems Are Begging Their Own to Drop ‘Abolish ICE’
A new memo circulating on Capitol Hill urges Democratic lawmakers to instead embrace reforming the agency.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Come see first hand what they have done to my community. Then tell me to walk back the rhetoric to my face.
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...