Dave
@davemn80.bsky.social
Minneapolitan anti-fascist working in local government to solve problems, waiting for the great leap forwards. Occasional posts about baseball and soccer (YNWA). I bike and I know things.
All you fascists bound to lose
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
All you fascists bound to lose
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Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Show me the most depraved undocumented immigrant, who has committed the most heinous crime, causing harm to me directly. ICE should not shoot that person. EVER. The state should NEVER execute a person, period, and certainly not without due process, certainly not in the street. This is fundamental.
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Show me the most depraved undocumented immigrant, who has committed the most heinous crime, causing harm to me directly. ICE should not shoot that person. EVER. The state should NEVER execute a person, period, and certainly not without due process, certainly not in the street. This is fundamental.
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ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
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I want you to stop and think about what kind of country we're living in when a major metropolitan paper is publishing this story. Is that the kind of country you want to live in? I sure hope not.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I want you to stop and think about what kind of country we're living in when a major metropolitan paper is publishing this story. Is that the kind of country you want to live in? I sure hope not.
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This is a good reminder today that it's going to make their jobs easier for them if many of us feel like things have "gone back to normal".
ICE is worse now than 3 months ago. And here in Chicago they’re still still kidnapping our neighbors
But choppers overhead for hours? SUV caravans driving recklessly? Most Kavanaugh stops? Tear gassing neighborhoods?
That’s mostly Border Patrol. And it’s been much quieter since CBP left in Nov
But choppers overhead for hours? SUV caravans driving recklessly? Most Kavanaugh stops? Tear gassing neighborhoods?
That’s mostly Border Patrol. And it’s been much quieter since CBP left in Nov
Bovino retreating from Minnesota per CNN's Priscilla Alvarez
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is a good reminder today that it's going to make their jobs easier for them if many of us feel like things have "gone back to normal".
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On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
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"According to a doctor who says they treated Pretti at the scene, Pretti had at least three bullet wounds in his back." abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
A minute-by-minute timeline of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents
In total, 10 shots were fired in less than five seconds, according to a forensic audio analysis of the videos conducted for ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"According to a doctor who says they treated Pretti at the scene, Pretti had at least three bullet wounds in his back." abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Eviction filings are increasing: 164 filed last Wednesday, 83 on Thursday, 165 on Friday.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Eviction filings are increasing: 164 filed last Wednesday, 83 on Thursday, 165 on Friday.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
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Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a 'cover up,' and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation." n.pr/4bjqIyW
Senate Democrats and Republicans call for investigation into killing of Alex Pretti
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a 'cover up,' and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation."
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a 'cover up,' and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation." n.pr/4bjqIyW
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When I say this agency [ICE and CBP] CAN’T be reformed this is why.
January 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
When I say this agency [ICE and CBP] CAN’T be reformed this is why.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
I have now seen present-day Minneapolis cited as similar to previous sites of sectarian violence e.g. Mogadishu, to "how civil wars start," and now to the American Revolution.
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I have now seen present-day Minneapolis cited as similar to previous sites of sectarian violence e.g. Mogadishu, to "how civil wars start," and now to the American Revolution.
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My wife has been begging me to create Book It for Grown Ups for years, so here we go! Pizza Hut Retro Style, we doin' Black History Month Book It!
Announcement!
Black Hart & Black Garnet Books are teaming up for Black History Month! All month long, if you come in and show a receipt from Black Garnet for a book you’ve purchased, you get 50% off a Heggies Pizza!
Black Hart & Black Garnet Books are teaming up for Black History Month! All month long, if you come in and show a receipt from Black Garnet for a book you’ve purchased, you get 50% off a Heggies Pizza!
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
My wife has been begging me to create Book It for Grown Ups for years, so here we go! Pizza Hut Retro Style, we doin' Black History Month Book It!
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Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
The Border Patrol Has Been a Cult of Brutality Since 1924
Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
interc.pt
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
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so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game???
ok George Soros
ok George Soros
Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game???
ok George Soros
ok George Soros
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From Pat Buchanan to "The Camp of the Saints," @gregsargent.bsky.social masterfully traces the dark ideological lineage behind Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant extremism.
The Dark Ideology Behind Stephen Miller's Immigration Crusade: Part II
He believes immigration threatens Western civilization itself, echoing the same xenophobia once directed at his own ancestors
www.theunpopulist.net
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
From Pat Buchanan to "The Camp of the Saints," @gregsargent.bsky.social masterfully traces the dark ideological lineage behind Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant extremism.
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In the past 10 days, Trump has pardoned or reduced the sentences of 10 people convicted of fraud and other white-collar crimes.
www.ft.com/content/55da...
www.ft.com/content/55da...
Donald Trump begins 2026 with a blitz of white-collar pardons
Recipients of US president’s clemency include father of a donor and a woman receiving a second reprieve
www.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In the past 10 days, Trump has pardoned or reduced the sentences of 10 people convicted of fraud and other white-collar crimes.
www.ft.com/content/55da...
www.ft.com/content/55da...
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After Saturday's tragic shooting, I wrote about why Minnesota "officially" isn't doing more to resist ICE — and why Trump's actions are so dangerous. www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
Why Minnesota Can't Do More to Stop ICE
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn't trigger something like civil war.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
After Saturday's tragic shooting, I wrote about why Minnesota "officially" isn't doing more to resist ICE — and why Trump's actions are so dangerous. www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
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This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
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Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.
She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’
Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.
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Good morning especially to the pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers who absolutely decimated this within hours.
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities?
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Good morning especially to the pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers who absolutely decimated this within hours.
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
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Agents keep detaining Native Americans— especially if they live outside the reservation boundaries.
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Agents keep detaining Native Americans— especially if they live outside the reservation boundaries.
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
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Secretary of State Steve Simon’s statement on the outrageous request from the US Attorney General www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Secretary of State Steve Simon’s statement on the outrageous request from the US Attorney General www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...