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I'm imagining a new version of immigration enforcement where if you're caught without legal residency they make you a citizen. ICE is still chasing people around, it's just a different outcome.
"I'm just a tourist! I thought it was for three weeks not two I swear!"
"Sorry man, that's how it is."
"I'm just a tourist! I thought it was for three weeks not two I swear!"
"Sorry man, that's how it is."
Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I'm imagining a new version of immigration enforcement where if you're caught without legal residency they make you a citizen. ICE is still chasing people around, it's just a different outcome.
"I'm just a tourist! I thought it was for three weeks not two I swear!"
"Sorry man, that's how it is."
"I'm just a tourist! I thought it was for three weeks not two I swear!"
"Sorry man, that's how it is."
God I hope they try this in Minneapolis.
They'll need a whole separate "abuse the ICE agents until they start crying" line.
They'll need a whole separate "abuse the ICE agents until they start crying" line.
they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
God I hope they try this in Minneapolis.
They'll need a whole separate "abuse the ICE agents until they start crying" line.
They'll need a whole separate "abuse the ICE agents until they start crying" line.
Making dinner and all I could think about was how wild it is that salt is as cheap as it is. There's loads of it in the ocean, so that seems sensible, but it turns out there's just a really big cave full of it underneath Cleveland and that's where it comes from. No, I'm not high yet.
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Making dinner and all I could think about was how wild it is that salt is as cheap as it is. There's loads of it in the ocean, so that seems sensible, but it turns out there's just a really big cave full of it underneath Cleveland and that's where it comes from. No, I'm not high yet.
I love our mobile stochastic traffic calming measures. We should get them all high visibility safety vests, for their protection.
The free-roaming turkeys of Saint Paul, Minnesota:
- are enormous
- don’t know where they’re going
- have no plans or motivations
- don’t understand roads
- or anything at all, really
- are enormous
- don’t know where they’re going
- have no plans or motivations
- don’t understand roads
- or anything at all, really
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I love our mobile stochastic traffic calming measures. We should get them all high visibility safety vests, for their protection.
The number of versions of this that Tim Walz could order RIGHT NOW TODAY THIS MINUTE is staggering.
But even now his policy appears to be "we shouldn't dignify this federal occupation with a response."
But even now his policy appears to be "we shouldn't dignify this federal occupation with a response."
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The number of versions of this that Tim Walz could order RIGHT NOW TODAY THIS MINUTE is staggering.
But even now his policy appears to be "we shouldn't dignify this federal occupation with a response."
But even now his policy appears to be "we shouldn't dignify this federal occupation with a response."
A little weird to say that the tactics are generally reserved for war zones, honestly, given that they're talking about groups that have never been sent into anything remotely like a war zone, ever.
"whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones"
Oh so not on Eat Street.
Oh so not on Eat Street.
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of paramilitary tactical units—including ICE’s two Special Response Teams (SRT), CBP’s one SRT, and the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)—whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
A little weird to say that the tactics are generally reserved for war zones, honestly, given that they're talking about groups that have never been sent into anything remotely like a war zone, ever.
I just realized that ICE agents also won't know about false-spring, and are likely to get a really unpleasant surprise soon. I love that for them.
Enjoy a brief Thursday thaw. 🌡️
Then a bigger thaw looks likely next week. 🌡️🌡️
How warm will it get?
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Then a bigger thaw looks likely next week. 🌡️🌡️
How warm will it get?
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Brief Thursday thaw then a bigger thaw next week?
A westerly Pacific air flow will bring milder temperature to Minnesota.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I just realized that ICE agents also won't know about false-spring, and are likely to get a really unpleasant surprise soon. I love that for them.
ICE isn't going to actually follow court orders, and has set up their systems to make it basically impossible for them to do it without stopping operations entirely, and judges orders aren't self executing.
Let's see if Judges can bother to rise to the occasion, unlike legislators.
Let's see if Judges can bother to rise to the occasion, unlike legislators.
"I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep," (DOJ attorney) Le said. "The system sucks, this job sucks, I am trying with every breath I have to get you what I need." Via Paul Blume Fox 9
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
www.fox9.com/news/federal...
Federal attorney on ICE cases: ‘The system sucks’
A federal judge in Minnesota demanded to know why ICE is not complying with court orders and failing to immediately release immigrants who are being wrongfully detained as part of Operation Metro Surg...
www.fox9.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
ICE isn't going to actually follow court orders, and has set up their systems to make it basically impossible for them to do it without stopping operations entirely, and judges orders aren't self executing.
Let's see if Judges can bother to rise to the occasion, unlike legislators.
Let's see if Judges can bother to rise to the occasion, unlike legislators.
Why isn't someone posting a list of which precincts are fine and don't need people like me to show up to caucuses?
I really want to know which ones are that way, and that my precinct is in that list. Actually mostly just the latter part.
I really want to know which ones are that way, and that my precinct is in that list. Actually mostly just the latter part.
February 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Why isn't someone posting a list of which precincts are fine and don't need people like me to show up to caucuses?
I really want to know which ones are that way, and that my precinct is in that list. Actually mostly just the latter part.
I really want to know which ones are that way, and that my precinct is in that list. Actually mostly just the latter part.
Doryu 2-16! You were neglected before, but now your time has come!
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February 3, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Doryu 2-16! You were neglected before, but now your time has come!
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Never mind the catastrophic effects on the rule of law and the ongoing collapse of civil society, what I want to know is what the funniest outcome of all of this is likely to be.
I'm crossing my fingers for "The rest of the AUSAs quit, and it becomes functionally legal to do federal crimes in MN."
I'm crossing my fingers for "The rest of the AUSAs quit, and it becomes functionally legal to do federal crimes in MN."
If my math is right 20% of the office has now resigned, including the previous group of resignations. That’s debilitating.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office
The recent wave of departures follows the mass exodus of six veteran prosecutors last month who quit in protest of recent directives from the U.S. Department of Justice.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Never mind the catastrophic effects on the rule of law and the ongoing collapse of civil society, what I want to know is what the funniest outcome of all of this is likely to be.
I'm crossing my fingers for "The rest of the AUSAs quit, and it becomes functionally legal to do federal crimes in MN."
I'm crossing my fingers for "The rest of the AUSAs quit, and it becomes functionally legal to do federal crimes in MN."
I'm not a law-talking-guy, but it seems unusual for a judge to just say "The DHS did this because of racism" on the first page of a decision.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I'm not a law-talking-guy, but it seems unusual for a judge to just say "The DHS did this because of racism" on the first page of a decision.
Religious persecution of a peaceful community that only wanted to be left alone to do their own things, solely due to some of them, uh, violently overthrowing the government of Munich and instituting some kind of weird sex-monarchy. But those were the other ones! Not the boring ones.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Religious persecution of a peaceful community that only wanted to be left alone to do their own things, solely due to some of them, uh, violently overthrowing the government of Munich and instituting some kind of weird sex-monarchy. But those were the other ones! Not the boring ones.
The part about the upcoming nightmare in Springfield that I find most frustrating is that normally my immediate instinct would be "is there some way to just move them to Minneapolis/St Paul?" and that wouldn't make any difference right now.
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The part about the upcoming nightmare in Springfield that I find most frustrating is that normally my immediate instinct would be "is there some way to just move them to Minneapolis/St Paul?" and that wouldn't make any difference right now.
A bunch of the billionaires that got us here seem really excited about sea-steading, maybe we could just hand the ICE/BP/Whatever guys over to them and let them all work it out for themselves... ON THE WILD FREE OCEAN!
Even under a best case scenario — Dems take the WH in 2028, ICE and BP are abolished or rebuilt from scratch — we’re still going to have thousands of angry, unemployed, well-armed, MAGA loyalist former immigration cops who have been told for 3-4 years that they’re above the law.
February 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A bunch of the billionaires that got us here seem really excited about sea-steading, maybe we could just hand the ICE/BP/Whatever guys over to them and let them all work it out for themselves... ON THE WILD FREE OCEAN!
They're just doing it for the love of the shame.
ICE is apparently not getting paid and doesn't have health insurance
There is no violin small enough
"ICE officers describe going a month or more without a paycheque, struggling to secure medical cover for sick children, and watching promised bonuses quietly stall."
There is no violin small enough
"ICE officers describe going a month or more without a paycheque, struggling to secure medical cover for sick children, and watching promised bonuses quietly stall."
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
They're just doing it for the love of the shame.
They wouldn't even need to be decent people!
Renters aren't able to pay because they're trying to avoid being kidnapped and sent to camps. This isn't a case where they're going to be immediately replaced by other tenants.
Evicting people right now is a matter of principle. Horrible principles.
Renters aren't able to pay because they're trying to avoid being kidnapped and sent to camps. This isn't a case where they're going to be immediately replaced by other tenants.
Evicting people right now is a matter of principle. Horrible principles.
Volunteer groups have raised thousands of dollars so that families in Minneapolis who are out of work due to fear of being harassed or abducted by ICE can make rent.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
Put differently, a large number of landlords are so horrendously shitty they will extract wealth at any cost—moral or otherwise.
February 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
They wouldn't even need to be decent people!
Renters aren't able to pay because they're trying to avoid being kidnapped and sent to camps. This isn't a case where they're going to be immediately replaced by other tenants.
Evicting people right now is a matter of principle. Horrible principles.
Renters aren't able to pay because they're trying to avoid being kidnapped and sent to camps. This isn't a case where they're going to be immediately replaced by other tenants.
Evicting people right now is a matter of principle. Horrible principles.
CBP mostly operates along the Southern border, where there's a huge latino population, and every group has sociopathic assholes in it, so it's not weird that there are going to be a lot of latino men in it.
It's not like people are joining CBP out of moral principles or solidarity, after all.
It's not like people are joining CBP out of moral principles or solidarity, after all.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
CBP mostly operates along the Southern border, where there's a huge latino population, and every group has sociopathic assholes in it, so it's not weird that there are going to be a lot of latino men in it.
It's not like people are joining CBP out of moral principles or solidarity, after all.
It's not like people are joining CBP out of moral principles or solidarity, after all.
I don't know how much tear gas the government has in stock (I would guess "an absurd amount), but I still wonder how much longer they'll be able to use it like this.
In Minneapolis they just hurl it all over the place whenever someone yells at them, and this looks even worse.
In Minneapolis they just hurl it all over the place whenever someone yells at them, and this looks even worse.
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I don't know how much tear gas the government has in stock (I would guess "an absurd amount), but I still wonder how much longer they'll be able to use it like this.
In Minneapolis they just hurl it all over the place whenever someone yells at them, and this looks even worse.
In Minneapolis they just hurl it all over the place whenever someone yells at them, and this looks even worse.
The lack of self knowledge required to complain about "left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirmative action," when talking about a fascist coalition of white nationalists and the evangelical right, should qualify someone for involuntary commitment.
seems like the kind of piece that should contain an acknowledgement that other people saw what this guy missed but no that isn't how establishment media types roll so it's just open contempt for people who saw clearly when he did not. welcome to the party, you don't have to be a dick about it.
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The lack of self knowledge required to complain about "left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirmative action," when talking about a fascist coalition of white nationalists and the evangelical right, should qualify someone for involuntary commitment.
It's a weird thing to even ask, since we've had video of what it's like for years.
February 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It's a weird thing to even ask, since we've had video of what it's like for years.
I assumed it was a very limited time thing, but apparently the Prince library cards are back in stock now, so you can go get them if you missed it the first time around.
January 31, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I assumed it was a very limited time thing, but apparently the Prince library cards are back in stock now, so you can go get them if you missed it the first time around.
If only Minneapolis had some sort of large, announcement system that could play this during the day where they could hear it.
Some kind of system of high volume speakers spread throughout the city and controlled by a single source. (AHEM)
Some kind of system of high volume speakers spread throughout the city and controlled by a single source. (AHEM)
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If only Minneapolis had some sort of large, announcement system that could play this during the day where they could hear it.
Some kind of system of high volume speakers spread throughout the city and controlled by a single source. (AHEM)
Some kind of system of high volume speakers spread throughout the city and controlled by a single source. (AHEM)