Morgan Elise J
@morganelisej.thetriibe.com
Filmmaker, Force of Nature
Co-founder of thetriibe.com.
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Hey BlueSky! I’m a filmmaker and co-founder of @thetriibe.com, a Black-owned publication based in Chicago. We’re building trust, community and civic engagement on here.
This is horrific OMG
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This is horrific OMG
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if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
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Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
An opposition party would be working to defund ICE.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
An opposition party would be working to defund ICE.
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Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability last night, recounting story after story of Chicago police assisting federal immigration agents while blasting the commission for a lack of action.
w/ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
w/ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Police accountability commission under fire: “You have state power—fucking use it.”
Chicagoans shared accounts of Chicago police helping ICE and Border Patrol agents at a public listening session they criticized as long overdue.
unraveledpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability last night, recounting story after story of Chicago police assisting federal immigration agents while blasting the commission for a lack of action.
w/ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
w/ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
The calls for local police to protect people from ICE really feel like a rejection of the Movement for Black Lives.
The demand was to defund and it still applies.
The demand was to defund and it still applies.
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The calls for local police to protect people from ICE really feel like a rejection of the Movement for Black Lives.
The demand was to defund and it still applies.
The demand was to defund and it still applies.
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here at the ccpsa “listening session” at thalia hall live tweeting here:
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
here at the ccpsa “listening session” at thalia hall live tweeting here:
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Looks like Customs and Border Protection shot two people in Portland. Reportedly still alive. More details should be coming soon.
US Border agents shoot two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland city councilors.The shooting occurred near Ea
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January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Looks like Customs and Border Protection shot two people in Portland. Reportedly still alive. More details should be coming soon.
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Many years ago, I wrote a short blog post after people were celebrating charges against Freddie Gray's killers.
In the end, all 6 were either acquitted or had their charges dropped.
www.usprisonculture.com/2015/05/01/s...
In the end, all 6 were either acquitted or had their charges dropped.
www.usprisonculture.com/2015/05/01/s...
Prison Culture » Some Thoughts On the Run…
www.usprisonculture.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Many years ago, I wrote a short blog post after people were celebrating charges against Freddie Gray's killers.
In the end, all 6 were either acquitted or had their charges dropped.
www.usprisonculture.com/2015/05/01/s...
In the end, all 6 were either acquitted or had their charges dropped.
www.usprisonculture.com/2015/05/01/s...
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.
This is so fucking sad
Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot & killed by an ICE agent, had a young son whose father died in 2023, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune
“There’s nobody else in his life,” the boy’s grandfather told the paper. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come get my grandchild.” www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
“There’s nobody else in his life,” the boy’s grandfather told the paper. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come get my grandchild.” www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This is so fucking sad
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Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
A lot of people who would not take up arms themselves against the most lethal military in the world have a lot to say about what local police should do. There is another way to defeat ICE. Please read. 👇🏾
NEW — People should know that the path to stopping ICE is not through the police.
"They can’t stop federal law enforcement from carrying out official federal biz... And if they do, then you risk a clash between state and federal, which is how stuff leads to civil war"
thetriibe.com/2025/07/qa-h...
"They can’t stop federal law enforcement from carrying out official federal biz... And if they do, then you risk a clash between state and federal, which is how stuff leads to civil war"
thetriibe.com/2025/07/qa-h...
Q&A: HOW TO STOP ICE (albeit, a couple decades late) • The TRiiBE
So many of us are grappling with the terror of ICE and the torturous detention camps being built in America at this very moment.
thetriibe.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A lot of people who would not take up arms themselves against the most lethal military in the world have a lot to say about what local police should do. There is another way to defeat ICE. Please read. 👇🏾
Who are the trusted local news folks in Minneapolis? And who are the local abolitionist organizers that we should be following on here?
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Who are the trusted local news folks in Minneapolis? And who are the local abolitionist organizers that we should be following on here?
I can’t emphasize enough that Congress has the most power to check the feds and Executive branch, in general. That is how our systems work. I want us to place our attention on the people who have the authority to stop this through legislation, defunding ICE, impeachment, 25th amendment, etc.
MPD said they turned the investigation over to the FBI. Why in the sam fuck would you do that?
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I can’t emphasize enough that Congress has the most power to check the feds and Executive branch, in general. That is how our systems work. I want us to place our attention on the people who have the authority to stop this through legislation, defunding ICE, impeachment, 25th amendment, etc.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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Berwyn Cicero Rapid Response reports just now that a significant number of federal agents have returned to Chicago this afternoon.
Widespread community alert has been issued:
Widespread community alert has been issued:
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Berwyn Cicero Rapid Response reports just now that a significant number of federal agents have returned to Chicago this afternoon.
Widespread community alert has been issued:
Widespread community alert has been issued:
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some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
January 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
Mayor Brandon Johnson posted a statement: “The illegal actions by the Trump administration have nothing to do with defending the Venezuelan people; they are solely about oil and power.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson posted a statement: “The illegal actions by the Trump administration have nothing to do with defending the Venezuelan people; they are solely about oil and power.”
This!
The big thing that gives me hope is New York is not nearly as segregated nor as entrenchedly racist as Chicago. It’s home and I love it but Chicago is tribal a mf. The race and class politics interact in Chicago that really work against Johnson. New Yorkers seem to work across race lines way easier.
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 AM
This!
This conversation is so interesting because a main advantage that Mamdani has is that he got to watch Mayor Johnson go first. If you read publications like In These Times and Hammer & Hope, Chicago organizers are actively sharing lessons learned with NYC organizers.
I think people are underestimating how much Mamdani, even more so than your average elected leftist, see it as his top priority to not be seen as a failed mayor. He is not going to be another Brandon Johnson, I’d wager
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This conversation is so interesting because a main advantage that Mamdani has is that he got to watch Mayor Johnson go first. If you read publications like In These Times and Hammer & Hope, Chicago organizers are actively sharing lessons learned with NYC organizers.
Thank y’all for showing us that people read local, indie news and that our work has value—even in a super stacked media landscape here in Chicago.
This year, The TRiiBE did critical work to uplift some of the most important stories of our time and y’all tapped into thetriibe.com over 1 million times. For our small newsroom, that’s major!
Our independent and Black-owned newsroom exists because of the love and support from our readers.
Our independent and Black-owned newsroom exists because of the love and support from our readers.
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thank y’all for showing us that people read local, indie news and that our work has value—even in a super stacked media landscape here in Chicago.
Wow. That’s more than The TRiiBE’s annual budget 😬
The nonprofit owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ paid its outgoing CEO more than $900,000 in 2024, new tax filings show, as it engaged in staff cuts and other measures to deal with declining revenue.
Ex-CEO of Chicago Public Media saw $900,000 payout in 2024, IRS filings show
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Wow. That’s more than The TRiiBE’s annual budget 😬
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NEW — “She’s one of the first introductions for me... seeing radical Black women not just take up space, but [be] the guiding factor in what politics looks like and what movement looked like."
We lost Assata Shakur in 2025.
Freedom fighters reflect on her legacy.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/assa...
We lost Assata Shakur in 2025.
Freedom fighters reflect on her legacy.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/assa...
Assata Shakur: an enduring legacy that serves as the blueprint for Black liberation • The TRiiBE
“The Black folks that are finally able to dismantle and overthrow white supremacy are going to do that on the shoulders of Assata Shakur,” Vee Morris Moore said.
thetriibe.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW — “She’s one of the first introductions for me... seeing radical Black women not just take up space, but [be] the guiding factor in what politics looks like and what movement looked like."
We lost Assata Shakur in 2025.
Freedom fighters reflect on her legacy.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/assa...
We lost Assata Shakur in 2025.
Freedom fighters reflect on her legacy.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/assa...