Carl Atiya Swanson
@catiyas.bsky.social
Arts advocate, nonprofit nerd, wordsmith, consultant. Lover of live music, soccer, museums, and my kids. Hit me up at www.castconsulting.co
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Tayler Mitchell said he was pepper sprayed by Jake Lang as the Jan. 6 rioter drove by the crowd of anti-ICE protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in a U-Haul.
📸: Kim Hyatt
📸: Kim Hyatt
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Tayler Mitchell said he was pepper sprayed by Jake Lang as the Jan. 6 rioter drove by the crowd of anti-ICE protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in a U-Haul.
📸: Kim Hyatt
📸: Kim Hyatt
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I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
A few blocks from Renée Good’s vigil site, a block north of George Floyd Square. Terrorizing communities grieving and at sacred sites.
2 people were abducted by ICE this am from outside a laundromat a few blocks from today’s Renee Good vigil location at Powderhorn Park. Terrorizing another family & the community before people gather to mourn. Just terrible.
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
A few blocks from Renée Good’s vigil site, a block north of George Floyd Square. Terrorizing communities grieving and at sacred sites.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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ICE is very active right now including indiscriminately stopping people on 37th & Central. There’s also ICE vehicles active in Holland, Como, and St Anthony East neighborhoods all at the same time as of 12 PM here on Saturday.
Spend your weekend outside and help protect your neighbors.
Spend your weekend outside and help protect your neighbors.
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
ICE is very active right now including indiscriminately stopping people on 37th & Central. There’s also ICE vehicles active in Holland, Como, and St Anthony East neighborhoods all at the same time as of 12 PM here on Saturday.
Spend your weekend outside and help protect your neighbors.
Spend your weekend outside and help protect your neighbors.
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ICE is everywhere in the parts of Wisconsin close to Minneapolis. Causing economic devastation: "ICE’s presence in St. Croix County has caused immigrant-owned businesses to close — including the local Mexican grocery store, Thai and Indian restaurants."
wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/06/t...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/06/t...
Twin Cities ICE presence extends into Wisconsin • Wisconsin Examiner
ICE agents involved in the agency's surge into Minnesota have regularly crossed the border into nearby western Wisconsin communities.
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
ICE is everywhere in the parts of Wisconsin close to Minneapolis. Causing economic devastation: "ICE’s presence in St. Croix County has caused immigrant-owned businesses to close — including the local Mexican grocery store, Thai and Indian restaurants."
wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/06/t...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/06/t...
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Being Mexican, I have to admit that it hurt that many in the US did not feel horrified or angry by ICE’s actions until 2 white people were killed. Here are the names of *some* of the Latinos killed by ICE. Thousands more have suffered other atrocities. Please remember their names, too.
January 31, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Being Mexican, I have to admit that it hurt that many in the US did not feel horrified or angry by ICE’s actions until 2 white people were killed. Here are the names of *some* of the Latinos killed by ICE. Thousands more have suffered other atrocities. Please remember their names, too.
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
My recovery turns 18 today, means it’s old enough to buy cigarettes, but old enough to know not to.
My recovery turns 18 today, which makes it old enough to vote, and I’m glad it does.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. If you are suffering, reach out. Stick around, we need you here.
My recovery turns 18 today, which makes it old enough to vote, and I’m glad it does.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. If you are suffering, reach out. Stick around, we need you here.
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
My recovery turns 18 today, means it’s old enough to buy cigarettes, but old enough to know not to.
My recovery turns 18 today, which makes it old enough to vote, and I’m glad it does.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. If you are suffering, reach out. Stick around, we need you here.
My recovery turns 18 today, which makes it old enough to vote, and I’m glad it does.
If you have questions, feel free to ask. If you are suffering, reach out. Stick around, we need you here.
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
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HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
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February 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The first thing you learn is how strong you can be if you have to
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night
Words resonant with Minnesota right now.
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night
Words resonant with Minnesota right now.
"Cold at Night" by The Mountain Goats
Album: "Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan"
Time: 8:19 pm
Album: "Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan"
Time: 8:19 pm
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The first thing you learn is how strong you can be if you have to
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night
Words resonant with Minnesota right now.
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night
Words resonant with Minnesota right now.
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Only $108(!) left for tonight to pay a family’s phone bill.
They are trying to get their husband/dad/uncle back from TX and tomorrow they lose their phone AND internet as they use the hotspot.
VENMO: AndreaWaves
Subject: 🌻
They are trying to get their husband/dad/uncle back from TX and tomorrow they lose their phone AND internet as they use the hotspot.
VENMO: AndreaWaves
Subject: 🌻
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Only $108(!) left for tonight to pay a family’s phone bill.
They are trying to get their husband/dad/uncle back from TX and tomorrow they lose their phone AND internet as they use the hotspot.
VENMO: AndreaWaves
Subject: 🌻
They are trying to get their husband/dad/uncle back from TX and tomorrow they lose their phone AND internet as they use the hotspot.
VENMO: AndreaWaves
Subject: 🌻
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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In our latest article, Cory Eull reflects on how artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis.
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Read it: www.mplsart.com/written/2026...
#mplsart #iceoutmpls #minneapolis
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Read it: www.mplsart.com/written/2026...
#mplsart #iceoutmpls #minneapolis
Creative Resistance in the Eye of the Storm
| MPLSART.COM
How artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis.
www.mplsart.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
In our latest article, Cory Eull reflects on how artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis.
Forward by @catiyas.bsky.social
Read it: www.mplsart.com/written/2026...
#mplsart #iceoutmpls #minneapolis
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Read it: www.mplsart.com/written/2026...
#mplsart #iceoutmpls #minneapolis
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Worth noting as well that the knowledge and tactics taught at the trainings have, by this point, pretty deeply permeated among the broader public.
To some extent, wherever you go, most random passersby know what to do. People carry whistles with them, a big response can materialize out of nowhere.
To some extent, wherever you go, most random passersby know what to do. People carry whistles with them, a big response can materialize out of nowhere.
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Worth noting as well that the knowledge and tactics taught at the trainings have, by this point, pretty deeply permeated among the broader public.
To some extent, wherever you go, most random passersby know what to do. People carry whistles with them, a big response can materialize out of nowhere.
To some extent, wherever you go, most random passersby know what to do. People carry whistles with them, a big response can materialize out of nowhere.
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SHUT this down NOW. It’s not illegal to observe. ICE should not pull GUNS on innocent civilians. @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov
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.
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
SHUT this down NOW. It’s not illegal to observe. ICE should not pull GUNS on innocent civilians. @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov
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Worst of the worst, right?
Deputy attorney general says administration will appeal order to release 5-year-old from ICE custody
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in an interview that the Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s decision to release a 5-year-old and his father from ICE custody in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Worst of the worst, right?
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This is about Peter Attia
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is about Peter Attia