Graig
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This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
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Videos show dozens of incidents of immigration agents using life-threatening tactics.
In nearly 20 cases, agents appear to use neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits unless there is a threat of deadly or serious harm.
In nearly 20 cases, agents appear to use neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits unless there is a threat of deadly or serious harm.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Videos show dozens of incidents of immigration agents using life-threatening tactics.
In nearly 20 cases, agents appear to use neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits unless there is a threat of deadly or serious harm.
In nearly 20 cases, agents appear to use neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits unless there is a threat of deadly or serious harm.
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How to Catch a Fascist: The Strategies to Fight, Expose and Defeat the Radical Right
Antifa exists & a loose, decentralized group of activists has been infiltrating and disrupting white supremacist and Nazi groups for several years. This is how they did it.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-to-cat...
Antifa exists & a loose, decentralized group of activists has been infiltrating and disrupting white supremacist and Nazi groups for several years. This is how they did it.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-to-cat...
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 AM
How to Catch a Fascist: The Strategies to Fight, Expose and Defeat the Radical Right
Antifa exists & a loose, decentralized group of activists has been infiltrating and disrupting white supremacist and Nazi groups for several years. This is how they did it.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-to-cat...
Antifa exists & a loose, decentralized group of activists has been infiltrating and disrupting white supremacist and Nazi groups for several years. This is how they did it.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-to-cat...
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The “don’t take down history” crowd is awfully silent.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The “don’t take down history” crowd is awfully silent.
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🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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”ICE has conspired to break into American homes without warrants based on secret and dubious legal theories. But someone needs to be asking: can those homes afford enough groceries?” Democrats in Congress polish their message for the midterms.
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 AM
”ICE has conspired to break into American homes without warrants based on secret and dubious legal theories. But someone needs to be asking: can those homes afford enough groceries?” Democrats in Congress polish their message for the midterms.
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There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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A reminder how ICE treats priests.
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A reminder how ICE treats priests.
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"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
sahanjournal.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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Great feedback, team. Keep it up.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino said well-organized protesters in Minnseota make the ICE operation harder.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
Live: Minnesota officials subpoenaed in federal probe of state’s response to ICE surge
The federal investigation marks an escalation in tensions between federal and state officials.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Great feedback, team. Keep it up.
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Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
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Donald Trump is showing off photos of people who allegedly committed crimes that justify the occupation of all of Minneapolis.
Look at this guy who was charged with sex assault and obstructing justice.
Boy, imagine letting someone like that walk around free.
Look at this guy who was charged with sex assault and obstructing justice.
Boy, imagine letting someone like that walk around free.
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Donald Trump is showing off photos of people who allegedly committed crimes that justify the occupation of all of Minneapolis.
Look at this guy who was charged with sex assault and obstructing justice.
Boy, imagine letting someone like that walk around free.
Look at this guy who was charged with sex assault and obstructing justice.
Boy, imagine letting someone like that walk around free.
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The reason the “paid protestor” accusation is so popular is that these are people who cannot imagine doing something because it’s right, to stand up for a principle, talking to other people like that.
Rep. Byron Donalds: "These agitators -- who by the way are paid, folks. America, they are paid to do this kind of mess."
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The reason the “paid protestor” accusation is so popular is that these are people who cannot imagine doing something because it’s right, to stand up for a principle, talking to other people like that.
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The problem was not labeling Trump correctly as a fascist. The problem was not treating him as one. They still aren’t! That creates a gap where you’re warning people that things are on fire, but instead of evacuating or getting water, you’re casually sitting down with a cup of tea.
You want to know why Chuck Schumer is talking about affordability & not Trump being a fascist? It's because we already tried talking about him being a fascist *& everyone ignored us*.
A big part of why we are at where we are is that much of the world, the press, foreign leaders, a big hunk of US voters, simply refused to believe it when Democrats said Trump would be as bad as he is.
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The problem was not labeling Trump correctly as a fascist. The problem was not treating him as one. They still aren’t! That creates a gap where you’re warning people that things are on fire, but instead of evacuating or getting water, you’re casually sitting down with a cup of tea.
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At about the 35-second mark the officer says "IF YOU FUCKING MOVE I'LL FUCKING TASE YOU," followed immediately by "GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR RIGHT NOW."
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
'"YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"', has a WHOLE new meaning under #Trumpism. 🗽
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
At about the 35-second mark the officer says "IF YOU FUCKING MOVE I'LL FUCKING TASE YOU," followed immediately by "GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR RIGHT NOW."
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
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[person in Minneapolis beaten half to death and dragged off to a concentration camp]
You’re right Senator, sorry I got distracted sir! Egg prices are really -
[kicked unconscious by ICE thugs]
You’re right Senator, sorry I got distracted sir! Egg prices are really -
[kicked unconscious by ICE thugs]
Don’t let them distract you. Trump promised lower costs – we just saw the highest grocery inflation in years.
He doesn’t care about your costs.
He doesn’t care about your costs.
January 20, 2026 at 3:02 AM
[person in Minneapolis beaten half to death and dragged off to a concentration camp]
You’re right Senator, sorry I got distracted sir! Egg prices are really -
[kicked unconscious by ICE thugs]
You’re right Senator, sorry I got distracted sir! Egg prices are really -
[kicked unconscious by ICE thugs]
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The other day I bitched that people always forget LaMonica McIver in their list of politicized prosecutions.
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The other day I bitched that people always forget LaMonica McIver in their list of politicized prosecutions.
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
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Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?