Joe Davis
@doeyjavis.bsky.social
Politics, campaigns, psychology, sportsball, root beer floats. The Great State of Minnesota. The Lynx were robbed. I'll try and do less stream of consciousness here, but no promises.
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"A girl living in central Minnesota alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with federal agents" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents
A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A girl living in central Minnesota alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with federal agents" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
I can’t believe they just showed like 30 seconds of the luge medal in prime time? Gotta keep space for the 800th figure skater and visa ad I guess.
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I can’t believe they just showed like 30 seconds of the luge medal in prime time? Gotta keep space for the 800th figure skater and visa ad I guess.
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They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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This is not even the first time a member of ICE has been publicly caught up in a sex trafficking sting in *Bloomington* specifically.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
February 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This is not even the first time a member of ICE has been publicly caught up in a sex trafficking sting in *Bloomington* specifically.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
How are you?
Oh, just listening to Nearer My God to Thee on a loop how about you?
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Oh, just listening to Nearer My God to Thee on a loop how about you?
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February 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
How are you?
Oh, just listening to Nearer My God to Thee on a loop how about you?
🫠
Oh, just listening to Nearer My God to Thee on a loop how about you?
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There's plenty to criticize Democrats for, and I do it here all the time. But criticizing them for telling people they have to vote is so counterproductive it borders on malevolent. If in 2026, you don't get how important it is, you are as much a part of the problem as anyone you're angry at.
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
There's plenty to criticize Democrats for, and I do it here all the time. But criticizing them for telling people they have to vote is so counterproductive it borders on malevolent. If in 2026, you don't get how important it is, you are as much a part of the problem as anyone you're angry at.
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strib covering the latest abduction by federal agents at the hennepin county government center today
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Amid a sea of lawyers and legal observers, unidentified federal agents made a chaotic arrest in the atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday morning.
Live: ICE director vows to release bodycam footage; Walz says crackdown could end soon
Lawmakers grilled the heads of ICE and the Border Patrol on immigration enforcement at a House committee hearing in Washington.
www.startribune.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
strib covering the latest abduction by federal agents at the hennepin county government center today
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wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
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You mean kinda like how the #ICE agents are driving to Observers homes and pointing to them, or parking outside their child's school as an intimidation factor Ron??? You mean Cartel behaviour like that Ron?? #Minneapolis #TheOccupation
RON JOHNSON: In Central America, if you become a police chief, the drug cartels send you a DVD w/ a video of your family going to church or school...that's what ICE agents are facing
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
You mean kinda like how the #ICE agents are driving to Observers homes and pointing to them, or parking outside their child's school as an intimidation factor Ron??? You mean Cartel behaviour like that Ron?? #Minneapolis #TheOccupation
I need this in some brand’s Olympic Moments segment on NBC tonight 😅 do we have an official Olympic cheese?
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I need this in some brand’s Olympic Moments segment on NBC tonight 😅 do we have an official Olympic cheese?
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"Some residents in Northfield haven’t left their homes or apartments in a month because of fear of ICE. Volunteers help provide many of them with food and help get their children to school safely...“It’s just a complete and utter disruption of life,” Washburn said." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
As immigration crackdown spreads beyond Minneapolis, the small town of Northfield resists
Much of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is concentrated in Minneapolis and surrounding cities. But federal agents are making arrests across Minnesota and community members are banding...
www.mprnews.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"Some residents in Northfield haven’t left their homes or apartments in a month because of fear of ICE. Volunteers help provide many of them with food and help get their children to school safely...“It’s just a complete and utter disruption of life,” Washburn said." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
But like all Minnesota sports, just let the women take you to victory let's gooooo
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
But like all Minnesota sports, just let the women take you to victory let's gooooo
Make the big shot to go up 2 and then choke to give it right back with a 3? They really are Minnesotans.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Make the big shot to go up 2 and then choke to give it right back with a 3? They really are Minnesotans.
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“On the day after the raid, half the students in Wilder, where more than 70 percent of the school population is Latino, skipped class.”
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“On the day after the raid, half the students in Wilder, where more than 70 percent of the school population is Latino, skipped class.”
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
The only play I’ve seen of the Super Bowl is Drake Maye throwing the worst interception I’ve ever seen. You’ll never slander MACtion again pro football lovers.
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
The only play I’ve seen of the Super Bowl is Drake Maye throwing the worst interception I’ve ever seen. You’ll never slander MACtion again pro football lovers.
I hope these Owls are really cool
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I hope these Owls are really cool
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Chiles grabbed a microphone as fans left the stands to say, “I stand with you guys.”
Two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles honors Prince against Gophers
Two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles paid tribute to Prince in UCLA's meet against the Gophers on Saturday at Maturi Pavilion.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Chiles grabbed a microphone as fans left the stands to say, “I stand with you guys.”
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people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
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Self-Portrait, by John Kane, 1929, 📸 via @rodger.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Self-Portrait, by John Kane, 1929, 📸 via @rodger.bsky.social
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Another case of Election Day being much bluer than the EV
Martinez (D) won EV by 11, currently winning eday by 34 with 9 precincts to go
Martinez (D) won EV by 11, currently winning eday by 34 with 9 precincts to go
February 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Another case of Election Day being much bluer than the EV
Martinez (D) won EV by 11, currently winning eday by 34 with 9 precincts to go
Martinez (D) won EV by 11, currently winning eday by 34 with 9 precincts to go