Ethan Ellis
@ethanjellis.bsky.social
He/Him | UMN Public Affairs PhD Candidate | Labor Economicsy Things | Carleton ‘19 | Formerly FDIC and PC🇺🇦 | All views expressed are my own
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Everything about this is monstrous.
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Everything about this is monstrous.
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Chatted with Jenny Ifft this week about the food assistance landscape, overviewing our public and private programs and where they're going
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The Food Assistance Landscape | Charlotte Ambrozek
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February 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Chatted with Jenny Ifft this week about the food assistance landscape, overviewing our public and private programs and where they're going
open.spotify.com/episode/26lX...
open.spotify.com/episode/26lX...
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The wife of one of our master’s students was detained by ICE last month. She was released, but was so traumatized that she has left MN out of fear. He is now caring for his two daughters alone and had to bring his toddler to class yesterday. Please help him out if you can 🩵
gofund.me/6222f0e3d
gofund.me/6222f0e3d
Donate to A cry for Emergency help from an ICE victim, organized by Samson Williams
My name is Samson Williams, and I am a second-year MPP student at the Hump… Samson Williams needs your support for A cry for Emergency help from an ICE victim
gofund.me
February 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The wife of one of our master’s students was detained by ICE last month. She was released, but was so traumatized that she has left MN out of fear. He is now caring for his two daughters alone and had to bring his toddler to class yesterday. Please help him out if you can 🩵
gofund.me/6222f0e3d
gofund.me/6222f0e3d
Welp, landlord asked us to take our "Be Pretti Good" sign down.
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Welp, landlord asked us to take our "Be Pretti Good" sign down.
Sooooo, Trump is now aiming to radicalize the landlords against ICE?
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 4:34 PM
Sooooo, Trump is now aiming to radicalize the landlords against ICE?
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Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
Stares in personnel economics
Army will now tie retention bonuses to PT scores, job performance trib.al/z4y1qN0
Army will now tie retention bonuses to PT scores, job performance
The Army will now consider on-the-job performance to determine reenlistment bonuses for soldiers who choose to stay in the service.
trib.al
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Stares in personnel economics
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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death from disease in concentration camps is so widespread and so predictable that it's pretty clearly a feature, not a bug.
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
death from disease in concentration camps is so widespread and so predictable that it's pretty clearly a feature, not a bug.
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Portland City Council member
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Portland City Council member
Eat Street Crossing is offering free meals and boba to community members, and y’all I am tearing up. Local restaurants and artists are showing up for this city. Every local show has been converted into a benefit show. Give ESC all your money and go to the Braingiver EP Release/Benefit show tonight
January 31, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Eat Street Crossing is offering free meals and boba to community members, and y’all I am tearing up. Local restaurants and artists are showing up for this city. Every local show has been converted into a benefit show. Give ESC all your money and go to the Braingiver EP Release/Benefit show tonight
Eat Street Crossing is offering free meals and boba to community members, and y’all I am tearing up. Local restaurants and artists are showing up for this city. Every local show has been converted into a benefit show. Give ESC all your money and go to the Braingiver EP Release/Benefit show tonight
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Eat Street Crossing is offering free meals and boba to community members, and y’all I am tearing up. Local restaurants and artists are showing up for this city. Every local show has been converted into a benefit show. Give ESC all your money and go to the Braingiver EP Release/Benefit show tonight
I know why we’re all focused on Noem, but it feels like we should be talking a lot more about impeaching Bondi
January 30, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I know why we’re all focused on Noem, but it feels like we should be talking a lot more about impeaching Bondi
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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Social scientists and old-school Minnesotans like me fret about areas of decline in civic culture (e.g., corporate philanthropy), but we've held up pretty well in volunteering, voting, and mutual aid. And if it's 20-below and your car needs a jump, it's a pretty good place to be.
"The federal cowboys who flooded Minnesota streets actually ran headfirst into the state’s formidable civil society — a network of civically engaged people and organizations that makes this a risky place for the federal government to pick a fight with its own citizens," writes columnist Eric Roper
Roper: How Minnesota’s civic culture fueled a tough ICE resistance and took the feds by surprise
It’s not pleasant for people to go toe-to-toe with the federal government. But in this case, it’s very Minnesotan.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Social scientists and old-school Minnesotans like me fret about areas of decline in civic culture (e.g., corporate philanthropy), but we've held up pretty well in volunteering, voting, and mutual aid. And if it's 20-below and your car needs a jump, it's a pretty good place to be.
Our immigrant neighbors have never made us fear for our collective safety. ICE has.
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Our immigrant neighbors have never made us fear for our collective safety. ICE has.
New rule: these people never have to buy a drink in Minnesota again
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
New rule: these people never have to buy a drink in Minnesota again
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The Minnesota Star Tribune has identified 17 instances of federal officials violating judicial orders related to people detained in Minnesota.
Star Tribune analysis: Feds disobeying judicial orders on immigration detainees
The federal government cites a glut in cases and low staffing as reasons for violating court orders.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune has identified 17 instances of federal officials violating judicial orders related to people detained in Minnesota.
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JFC
Trump aides declared 16 DHS shootings since July justified before probes completed
The Trump administration’s rush to defend the officers and accuse the victims of attacking them has sparked widespread outrage and demands for accountability.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
JFC
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Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to Minnesota Law CommunityJanuary 25
January 25, 2026 To the Minnesota Law Community: We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, write in our individual capacities to address the federal government's ongoin...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A brief love letter to Minneapolis:
This afternoon we went to the site of Alex's murder and the vigil at Whittier Park. Along the way we experienced:
-A man walking around with tea and sabayad insisting everyone take some
This afternoon we went to the site of Alex's murder and the vigil at Whittier Park. Along the way we experienced:
-A man walking around with tea and sabayad insisting everyone take some
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 AM
A brief love letter to Minneapolis:
This afternoon we went to the site of Alex's murder and the vigil at Whittier Park. Along the way we experienced:
-A man walking around with tea and sabayad insisting everyone take some
This afternoon we went to the site of Alex's murder and the vigil at Whittier Park. Along the way we experienced:
-A man walking around with tea and sabayad insisting everyone take some
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
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This is one that stands out:
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January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Incredibly proud of my sister and her colleagues for putting their bodies on the line for what is right
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Incredibly proud of my sister and her colleagues for putting their bodies on the line for what is right