Diana Brickell
@dianabrickell.bsky.social
Middle Aged Cat Lady. Equestrian. Rocky Mountain gardener. PhD in philosophy. Occasional raver. Queer. Wonder Woman & ski instructor at Breckenridge. Only moderately superhuman.
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If you conscientiously object to this specific deployment to Minneapolis, a better option might be to simply be a nice person during the execution of your duties. Smile. Take friendly photos with Minneapolis residents. (ICE and CBP will hate this.)
In conversation, tell the people you support them.
In conversation, tell the people you support them.
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
If you conscientiously object to this specific deployment to Minneapolis, a better option might be to simply be a nice person during the execution of your duties. Smile. Take friendly photos with Minneapolis residents. (ICE and CBP will hate this.)
In conversation, tell the people you support them.
In conversation, tell the people you support them.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Good morning. What a deeply embarrassing day to be a US citizen, on so many levels.
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Good morning. What a deeply embarrassing day to be a US citizen, on so many levels.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
Post a car picture you took
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Post a car picture you took
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Abolish ICE. Destroy their weapons and melt down their equipment. Deny their agents, employees, and bosses all government employment for all time. Remove the agency entirely from the budget and give the money to public libraries and free health care.
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Abolish ICE. Destroy their weapons and melt down their equipment. Deny their agents, employees, and bosses all government employment for all time. Remove the agency entirely from the budget and give the money to public libraries and free health care.
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To those saying “nuh-uh, ICE picked Minneapolis because they WANTED the city to rise up as one against them” -
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
To those saying “nuh-uh, ICE picked Minneapolis because they WANTED the city to rise up as one against them” -
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
POLIS IS A TRUMP SYMPATHIZER WHO WILL NOT HELP PEOPLE IF DENVER IS THE NEXT MINNEAPOLIS.
Is Colorado preparing if a city here becomes the next Minneapolis? I asked Gov. Polis thrice.
www.cpr.org/2026/01/16/i...
www.cpr.org/2026/01/16/i...
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
POLIS IS A TRUMP SYMPATHIZER WHO WILL NOT HELP PEOPLE IF DENVER IS THE NEXT MINNEAPOLIS.
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Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
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We’re the bad guys now.
BREAKING: Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom:
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We’re the bad guys now.
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
Minnesotans deserve to brag (humble or not!) about resisting fascism by protecting their neighbors for the next 100 years, at least.
Folks, if you know any Minnesotan, you'll know that many of us will bring up Minnesota and Minnesota things at every possible opportunity. If we manage to ride out military occupation, we're going to be absolutely insufferable for the next 20 years. Think about what you're risking here.
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Minnesotans deserve to brag (humble or not!) about resisting fascism by protecting their neighbors for the next 100 years, at least.
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
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If you are too rude about my invasion of your state with my fake ass but definitely also heavily armed non-troop troops, I will then try to invade you with troop-troops; I am a president, somehow
January 18, 2026 at 11:45 PM
If you are too rude about my invasion of your state with my fake ass but definitely also heavily armed non-troop troops, I will then try to invade you with troop-troops; I am a president, somehow
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
“Let’s take the most uncomfortable and ugly footwear… and make it SO MUCH WORSE!” 😂😂
If Aspen were a shoe
[From the new Dsquared2 collection]
[From the new Dsquared2 collection]
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“Let’s take the most uncomfortable and ugly footwear… and make it SO MUCH WORSE!” 😂😂
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The American flag is one of the most potent symbols in politics and if you can claim it for your side you have a huge advantage.
From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The American flag is one of the most potent symbols in politics and if you can claim it for your side you have a huge advantage.
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I really miss having laws
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I really miss having laws
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
January 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts
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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.