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Unreal
The amount of money the US government spent on troops in DC in 2025 ($223m) would have been enough to give the city's ~5,100 homeless residents each $43,000. Instead, federal troops destroyed their meager encampments.
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Unreal
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TOOT TOOT, MOTHERFUCKERS
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
TOOT TOOT, MOTHERFUCKERS
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one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”
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Quick iconic comic cover edit to laud Ilhan Omar.
January 28, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Quick iconic comic cover edit to laud Ilhan Omar.
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Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
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every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
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It's the end of the month. Lots of folks haven't been able to work all month because of ICE. They will be evicted in a few days. @governorwalz.mn.gov could stop this right now.
i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
It's the end of the month. Lots of folks haven't been able to work all month because of ICE. They will be evicted in a few days. @governorwalz.mn.gov could stop this right now.
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their only move is escalation and their only strategy is to try to make people afraid and every single thing they do has the opposite effect
congratulations, you're making icons out of ordinary people and turbocharging your opposition
congratulations, you're making icons out of ordinary people and turbocharging your opposition
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 9:29 PM
their only move is escalation and their only strategy is to try to make people afraid and every single thing they do has the opposite effect
congratulations, you're making icons out of ordinary people and turbocharging your opposition
congratulations, you're making icons out of ordinary people and turbocharging your opposition
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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 8:40 PM
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.
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Yes, as people here in Minneapolis keep shouting, ICE’s Minnesota siege is, among other things, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. To randomly grab a single pedestrian who probably ends up being a citizen, they need 12 guys and to tear gas a bunch of people! It’s insanely inefficient!
IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Yes, as people here in Minneapolis keep shouting, ICE’s Minnesota siege is, among other things, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. To randomly grab a single pedestrian who probably ends up being a citizen, they need 12 guys and to tear gas a bunch of people! It’s insanely inefficient!
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Obama is a highly popular ex-president who has an opportunity— indeed, a responsibility — to mobilize his fellow ex-presidents, call out injustice, and mobilize sustained resistance in defense of democracy and decency.
Instead, he's giving podcast recommendations like my parents or students might.
Instead, he's giving podcast recommendations like my parents or students might.
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Obama is a highly popular ex-president who has an opportunity— indeed, a responsibility — to mobilize his fellow ex-presidents, call out injustice, and mobilize sustained resistance in defense of democracy and decency.
Instead, he's giving podcast recommendations like my parents or students might.
Instead, he's giving podcast recommendations like my parents or students might.
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OK, here's my thought on this:
@erinmayequade.bsky.social should run for governor. (Or Steve Simon, if she REALLY doesn't want to.)
@erinmayequade.bsky.social should run for governor. (Or Steve Simon, if she REALLY doesn't want to.)
“Fully 75 percent of Democratic primary voters say Craig’s immigration record raises serious doubts.”
www.politico.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
OK, here's my thought on this:
@erinmayequade.bsky.social should run for governor. (Or Steve Simon, if she REALLY doesn't want to.)
@erinmayequade.bsky.social should run for governor. (Or Steve Simon, if she REALLY doesn't want to.)
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Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)
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I am once again begging national journalists to differentiate between “protestors” and “rapid responders” or “constitutional observers”
Not far from the Minneapolis consulate, “ICE agents entered a coffee shop that is a popular destination for protesters and threatened them, saying ‘We’re going to be back and arrest you all.,”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE agents blocked from entering Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, ministry says
Law enforcement is generally prohibited from entering consulates or embassies without permission. Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said it had filed a formal diplomatic protest.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I am once again begging national journalists to differentiate between “protestors” and “rapid responders” or “constitutional observers”
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This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
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Yesterday Bovino left and Tom Homan came to town and ICE continued as usual taking multiple people near Central Ave and throughout the suburbs. But we Minnesotans don’t get scared, we get organized and we get in the streets.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Yesterday Bovino left and Tom Homan came to town and ICE continued as usual taking multiple people near Central Ave and throughout the suburbs. But we Minnesotans don’t get scared, we get organized and we get in the streets.
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Twin Cities bumper sticker culture is back baybee
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Twin Cities bumper sticker culture is back baybee
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Changing course, they have already deployed pepper spray this morning in North Minneapolis
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Changing course, they have already deployed pepper spray this morning in North Minneapolis
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Homan’s “tone change” is actually a cookbook
January 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Homan’s “tone change” is actually a cookbook
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I know we all want heroes, but I do not understand why people keep circulating this old quote. Talk to someone in Minneapolis. Has MPD intervened? No. Has anyone been fired? Again, nope.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I know we all want heroes, but I do not understand why people keep circulating this old quote. Talk to someone in Minneapolis. Has MPD intervened? No. Has anyone been fired? Again, nope.
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Hello from Chicago where people who have very recently been In The Shit have pictures of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in their windows and I am crying at all of them
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Hello from Chicago where people who have very recently been In The Shit have pictures of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in their windows and I am crying at all of them
Photo of the year
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Photo of the year
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🌟 Ilhands Omar 🌟
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🌟 Ilhands Omar 🌟
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Here’s the deal, they captured my face standing outside of my kid’s preschool in a high-viz vest. The database is going to be so big it’ll be useless. Employers will ask why you aren’t in the database and unless you explain you were doing mutual aid, the people hiring will think you’re a bad person.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Here’s the deal, they captured my face standing outside of my kid’s preschool in a high-viz vest. The database is going to be so big it’ll be useless. Employers will ask why you aren’t in the database and unless you explain you were doing mutual aid, the people hiring will think you’re a bad person.