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This article is complicit propaganda. It's rooted in the idea that the agents are here to perform law enforcement in good faith.
That is NOT what's happening.
By spreading this false narrative they are participating in the harm being done to our MN communities.
That is NOT what's happening.
By spreading this false narrative they are participating in the harm being done to our MN communities.
Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities
CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota
Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities
n.pr
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
This article is complicit propaganda. It's rooted in the idea that the agents are here to perform law enforcement in good faith.
That is NOT what's happening.
By spreading this false narrative they are participating in the harm being done to our MN communities.
That is NOT what's happening.
By spreading this false narrative they are participating in the harm being done to our MN communities.
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Just returned home from the anti-ICE protest in Portland today. A 100% peaceful crowd that the Portland Police Department (PPD) estimated to be "in the thousands" marched past ICE's Portland HQ.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
Thousands march to ICE facility in South Portland
A large protest took place in South Portland today from Elisabeth Caruthers Park to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
katu.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Just returned home from the anti-ICE protest in Portland today. A 100% peaceful crowd that the Portland Police Department (PPD) estimated to be "in the thousands" marched past ICE's Portland HQ.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
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Martha Wells Receives Texas Fandom’s Copperhead Award
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January 31, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Martha Wells Receives Texas Fandom’s Copperhead Award
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> With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike
Quite frankly, I think we all feel like we're plugging the dike with our fingers. Good to know there are judges in the same boat.
Quite frankly, I think we all feel like we're plugging the dike with our fingers. Good to know there are judges in the same boat.
January 31, 2026 at 11:01 PM
> With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike
Quite frankly, I think we all feel like we're plugging the dike with our fingers. Good to know there are judges in the same boat.
Quite frankly, I think we all feel like we're plugging the dike with our fingers. Good to know there are judges in the same boat.
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HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
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This
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This
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We Are The Art | Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech
YouTube video by Brandon Sanderson
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
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Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
How anyone in their audience listens to these people, the language they use, and DOESN'T RUN IMMEDIATELY from the room to take a hot shower with tons of soap is absolutely beyond my understanding.
Nick Fuentes called Alex Pretti a “race traitor” for opposing ICE.
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
After Alex Pretti’s Murder, it’s Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors
MAGA is committed to the belief that the people ICE is pursuing are inherently bad and that therefore opposing ICE is standing with criminals and rapists against the American people.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
How anyone in their audience listens to these people, the language they use, and DOESN'T RUN IMMEDIATELY from the room to take a hot shower with tons of soap is absolutely beyond my understanding.
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We carried in 1000 more anti-ICE signs late last night.
Welcome to Minnesota, Tom Homan. We hope you see these signs everywhere you go. #AbolishICE
Welcome to Minnesota, Tom Homan. We hope you see these signs everywhere you go. #AbolishICE
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
We carried in 1000 more anti-ICE signs late last night.
Welcome to Minnesota, Tom Homan. We hope you see these signs everywhere you go. #AbolishICE
Welcome to Minnesota, Tom Homan. We hope you see these signs everywhere you go. #AbolishICE
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
A friend took the list of MN businesses that had supported Friday's ICE OUT strike and turned it into a (very work in progress) website:
persistmn.info
persistmn.info
Persist-MN - Supporting Minnesota Businesses
Supporting Minnesota businesses that support humankind
persistmn.info
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
A friend took the list of MN businesses that had supported Friday's ICE OUT strike and turned it into a (very work in progress) website:
persistmn.info
persistmn.info
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On Friday and Saturday, the Twin Cities were the center of global news. A day of solidarity. A horrific murder of a good man by masked federal agents. A city that rallied with peaceful fury. And then, as of Monday, a scapegoat sent packing. A neat story all wrapped up. Reporters all fly home.
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM
On Friday and Saturday, the Twin Cities were the center of global news. A day of solidarity. A horrific murder of a good man by masked federal agents. A city that rallied with peaceful fury. And then, as of Monday, a scapegoat sent packing. A neat story all wrapped up. Reporters all fly home.
“Vance’s remarks are the antithesis to the neighborism of the Twin Cities, whose people do not share the narcissism of being capable of loving only those who are exactly like them.”
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“Vance’s remarks are the antithesis to the neighborism of the Twin Cities, whose people do not share the narcissism of being capable of loving only those who are exactly like them.”
“Unmissable for fans of Uprooted”
You have my attention.
You have my attention.
It's a weird time to be trying to release a book in the US for the first time, but I guess we all need some medieval werewolves and queer yearning amidst The Horrors? Anyway, it's only a week until THE WOLF AND HIS KING comes out in North America, and the NA edition is VERY pretty:
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Unmissable for fans of Uprooted”
You have my attention.
You have my attention.
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This is really great. Please tell him thank you. Well worth the watch, another angle on things.
A friend of mine has some thoughts for the folks back in his rural hometown that I think a lot of people could stand to hear. youtu.be/uhV55fiJwNo
A Minneapolis Explainer for the Folks Back Home
YouTube video by Derek Lee Miller
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
This is really great. Please tell him thank you. Well worth the watch, another angle on things.
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If you are outside MN or even just in the suburbs and wondering how things are in the twin cities, we are at the point where mainstream newspapers are posting info about how to identify the gas canisters deployed against civilians. That is how things are. That is the state of things.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
If you are outside MN or even just in the suburbs and wondering how things are in the twin cities, we are at the point where mainstream newspapers are posting info about how to identify the gas canisters deployed against civilians. That is how things are. That is the state of things.
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Here's what I put together after several more days on the ground there:
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Here's what I put together after several more days on the ground there:
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
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Patty O’Keefe, detained by ICE in Minneapolis, wrote about being held w/ 2 Marine Corps vets: “one of those veterans talked about how ironic & shocking it was that the first time she had a gun pointed at her it was by the very government she swore an oath to serve.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
ICE arrested me without cause. What I saw will haunt me forever. | Opinion
One ICE agent, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, 'You guys gotta stop obstructing us — that's why that lesbian b---- is dead.'
www.usatoday.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Patty O’Keefe, detained by ICE in Minneapolis, wrote about being held w/ 2 Marine Corps vets: “one of those veterans talked about how ironic & shocking it was that the first time she had a gun pointed at her it was by the very government she swore an oath to serve.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Things are rough in MN right now. Need a pick me up? Watch The HU:
youtu.be/sv29DzgiXZA?...
Then put on a coat, pull a whistle lanyard around your neck, and head outside to help and protect your neighbors in whatever way you can.
youtu.be/sv29DzgiXZA?...
Then put on a coat, pull a whistle lanyard around your neck, and head outside to help and protect your neighbors in whatever way you can.
The HU - Wolf Totem feat. Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Better Noise Music
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Things are rough in MN right now. Need a pick me up? Watch The HU:
youtu.be/sv29DzgiXZA?...
Then put on a coat, pull a whistle lanyard around your neck, and head outside to help and protect your neighbors in whatever way you can.
youtu.be/sv29DzgiXZA?...
Then put on a coat, pull a whistle lanyard around your neck, and head outside to help and protect your neighbors in whatever way you can.
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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This is our reality, and we all must act accordingly.
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is our reality, and we all must act accordingly.