Matt Young
@mattyoung.bsky.social
TV Writer/Producer: CW's KUNG FU; BLINDSPOT Working to do my part here Minneapolis
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“Federal prosecutors indicted James [Womack] in April 2023, according to court documents viewed by PEOPLE. Outside of distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, the indictment also charged him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.”
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Donald Trump Orders Prison Release of GOP Congressman's Son, Who Got 8 Years for Distributing Meth
Donald Trump granted clemency to Rep. Steve Womack's son, James Phillip Womack, on Jan. 15. James was completing an eight-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine prior to the com...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“Federal prosecutors indicted James [Womack] in April 2023, according to court documents viewed by PEOPLE. Outside of distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, the indictment also charged him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.”
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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 3:46 PM
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.
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A fun fact a lot of people don't know about me is that I studied journalism in college ~ Anyways I always encourage people to practice media literacy (ex; ask "why is this disparate pull quote so far from its context?") when reading ~ So here's a thread of some basics I learned!
January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A fun fact a lot of people don't know about me is that I studied journalism in college ~ Anyways I always encourage people to practice media literacy (ex; ask "why is this disparate pull quote so far from its context?") when reading ~ So here's a thread of some basics I learned!
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Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
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This is a selection of front pages from the UK tomorrow, just as an example of how high Greenland is on the news agenda in Europe. bsky.app/profile/mcpl...
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
This is a selection of front pages from the UK tomorrow, just as an example of how high Greenland is on the news agenda in Europe. bsky.app/profile/mcpl...
Besides the obvious eye-roll at the paid protestor shit, it genuinely makes me wonder how much this dude usually pays for an umbrella.
January 19, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Besides the obvious eye-roll at the paid protestor shit, it genuinely makes me wonder how much this dude usually pays for an umbrella.
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This, and the majority of people here who are participating in some tangible way in community defense / mutual aid are not activists or regular protestors or even particularly political. Many have gotten involved through a school, or a church, or neighbors going door-to-door.
It's remarkable.
It's remarkable.
The median Minneapolis moderate right now is like “GET THESE CRIMINAL GHOULS OUT OF OUR CITY” and working arm-in-arm with DSA. People not from here cannot comprehend the degree of factional rancor that instantly evaporated when the men with masks showed up
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
This, and the majority of people here who are participating in some tangible way in community defense / mutual aid are not activists or regular protestors or even particularly political. Many have gotten involved through a school, or a church, or neighbors going door-to-door.
It's remarkable.
It's remarkable.
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Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
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I need every interviewer to ask Republicans if they agree that the government of Norway gives out Nobel Prizes & if the US had boats in Greenland 300 years ago. B/c these aren't slips of the tongue. These are absolute delusions, & every Republican who won't call them out should OWN defending them.
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I need every interviewer to ask Republicans if they agree that the government of Norway gives out Nobel Prizes & if the US had boats in Greenland 300 years ago. B/c these aren't slips of the tongue. These are absolute delusions, & every Republican who won't call them out should OWN defending them.
"She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her."
These people are fucking monsters and if you support this occupation, you're one, too.
And remember - this is just one horrific story of so, so many that are happening here daily.
These people are fucking monsters and if you support this occupation, you're one, too.
And remember - this is just one horrific story of so, so many that are happening here daily.
Aliya Rahman told ICE she was disabled
She told them she was on her way to a doctor appt
They broke her window, cut her seatbelt & dragged her away like an animal
She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her.
She was denied access to a doctor & tossed in detention
She told them she was on her way to a doctor appt
They broke her window, cut her seatbelt & dragged her away like an animal
She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her.
She was denied access to a doctor & tossed in detention
Woman seen pulled from car speaks out: 'Lucky to be alive'
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January 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
"She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her."
These people are fucking monsters and if you support this occupation, you're one, too.
And remember - this is just one horrific story of so, so many that are happening here daily.
These people are fucking monsters and if you support this occupation, you're one, too.
And remember - this is just one horrific story of so, so many that are happening here daily.
I can think of one more thing that might be on peoples’ minds.
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
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January 19, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I can think of one more thing that might be on peoples’ minds.
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Its crazy the gradual increase of pleas we've made to ICE
Hey can you wear a name tag?
Hey do you have a warrant
Hey can you please not wear masks?
Hey can you please not murder us?
The hell with training, that organization doesn't need to exist anymore.
Hey can you wear a name tag?
Hey do you have a warrant
Hey can you please not wear masks?
Hey can you please not murder us?
The hell with training, that organization doesn't need to exist anymore.
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Its crazy the gradual increase of pleas we've made to ICE
Hey can you wear a name tag?
Hey do you have a warrant
Hey can you please not wear masks?
Hey can you please not murder us?
The hell with training, that organization doesn't need to exist anymore.
Hey can you wear a name tag?
Hey do you have a warrant
Hey can you please not wear masks?
Hey can you please not murder us?
The hell with training, that organization doesn't need to exist anymore.
We need more of this from all of our elected officials.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
We need more of this from all of our elected officials.
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ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
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I'm sorry what now?
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Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
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January 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I'm sorry what now?
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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Block instantly.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Block instantly.
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Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE kidnapping and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE kidnapping and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...
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you don’t have to do everything, and you don’t have to do anything huge or drastic or violent or dangerous, but you must do *something*
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
you don’t have to do everything, and you don’t have to do anything huge or drastic or violent or dangerous, but you must do *something*
Conflict makes the headlines and drives the algorithm, but it's crucial to know that for every noisy clip of rightfully pissed-off, vocal Minnesotans pushing back against this shit, there's a thousand quiet, community-strengthening actions happening behind the scenes to provide aid to those in need.
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Conflict makes the headlines and drives the algorithm, but it's crucial to know that for every noisy clip of rightfully pissed-off, vocal Minnesotans pushing back against this shit, there's a thousand quiet, community-strengthening actions happening behind the scenes to provide aid to those in need.
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"A Minneapolis couple said that ICE agents deployed tear gas... around them and their six children — the youngest only 6 months old — as they tried to maneuver their car out of a tense protest on Wednesday night."
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
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They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"A Minneapolis couple said that ICE agents deployed tear gas... around them and their six children — the youngest only 6 months old — as they tried to maneuver their car out of a tense protest on Wednesday night."
They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
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They were driving home from a son’s basketball game.
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