Nick Harper, he/him
@nharper.bsky.social
Nonprofit political law & policy attorney. Proceduralist & anxious, jealous guardian of democracy. Tweets are mine, not my employer's. Minneapolis. Idealist w/ weltschmerz. I’m on Signal. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nharpermn/
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Coping & Morale Kit
Coping & Morale Kit Do quick meditation using an app like Insight Timer or a YouTube video. Do a muscle/mindful body scan check-in and then use MuscleWiki stretches for tense areas. Use aromatherap...
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Timeline cleanse: a Coping & Morale Kit that I built for myself that others are welcome to use.
Everything on the list is free or extremely low cost. No “go to the cabin” or “get a massage” advice here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Everything on the list is free or extremely low cost. No “go to the cabin” or “get a massage” advice here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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NYT reporting that even more federal prosectors in Minneapolis are considering quitting
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
January 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
NYT reporting that even more federal prosectors in Minneapolis are considering quitting
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
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The resolution requires ICE agents to obtain a warrant and meet with the tribe's public safety director before coming onto the Red Lake reservation, and it goes on to state that an ICE agent must also be accompanied by a tribal public safety officer when on tribal land.
Red Lake Nation leaders pass resolution restricting ICE entry onto tribal lands
The Red Lake Nation tribal council has unanimously passed a resolution that restricts federal immigration agents from entering Red Lake tribal lands.
www.mprnews.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The resolution requires ICE agents to obtain a warrant and meet with the tribe's public safety director before coming onto the Red Lake reservation, and it goes on to state that an ICE agent must also be accompanied by a tribal public safety officer when on tribal land.
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One problem is that Democrats look at already passed funding as untouchable, while Republicans look at it as something to chip away at forever.
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
ICE and CBP will still be funded through the BBB during a government shutdown but FEMA, TSA, the Coast Guard and others in DHS will not be funded and about 75% of the rest of the government will shut down.
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 AM
One problem is that Democrats look at already passed funding as untouchable, while Republicans look at it as something to chip away at forever.
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
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What the hell does this mean?? Did Walz agree to help them?
"The guidance states that ICE has been getting more cooperation from state and local officials in Minnesota, and that the agency could have more opportunities to pick up immigrants released on parole or probation."
"The guidance states that ICE has been getting more cooperation from state and local officials in Minnesota, and that the agency could have more opportunities to pick up immigrants released on parole or probation."
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM
What the hell does this mean?? Did Walz agree to help them?
"The guidance states that ICE has been getting more cooperation from state and local officials in Minnesota, and that the agency could have more opportunities to pick up immigrants released on parole or probation."
"The guidance states that ICE has been getting more cooperation from state and local officials in Minnesota, and that the agency could have more opportunities to pick up immigrants released on parole or probation."
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They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
THIS THIS THIS!
"Well we already gave them the money"
OK?! And?! Take it back! You literally control the purse, that's your job!
"Well we already gave them the money"
OK?! And?! Take it back! You literally control the purse, that's your job!
Not only should Democrats refuse to fund DHS, they should try to claw back the monies already appropriated for ICE
January 29, 2026 at 3:53 AM
THIS THIS THIS!
"Well we already gave them the money"
OK?! And?! Take it back! You literally control the purse, that's your job!
"Well we already gave them the money"
OK?! And?! Take it back! You literally control the purse, that's your job!
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Minnesota's Fortune 500 company workers are coming together around a message that ICE should leave Minnesota:
stablemn.com/make-your-vo...
Businesses ought to speak out to protect workers, their families, and their communities -- ICE's presence makes us unsafe and devastates our state economy.
stablemn.com/make-your-vo...
Businesses ought to speak out to protect workers, their families, and their communities -- ICE's presence makes us unsafe and devastates our state economy.
Make Your Voice Heard - StableMN
Workers Speak Out for a Safe and Prosperous Minnesota
stablemn.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Minnesota's Fortune 500 company workers are coming together around a message that ICE should leave Minnesota:
stablemn.com/make-your-vo...
Businesses ought to speak out to protect workers, their families, and their communities -- ICE's presence makes us unsafe and devastates our state economy.
stablemn.com/make-your-vo...
Businesses ought to speak out to protect workers, their families, and their communities -- ICE's presence makes us unsafe and devastates our state economy.
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This is when pathetic becomes dangerous. The US DNI, who is supposed to be protecting the country from all sort of nasty things, is spending time fulfilling the twisted delusions of a president who can’t concede a 5-yr-old election in a state whose vote was twice audited. Now they’ll make stuff up
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 AM
This is when pathetic becomes dangerous. The US DNI, who is supposed to be protecting the country from all sort of nasty things, is spending time fulfilling the twisted delusions of a president who can’t concede a 5-yr-old election in a state whose vote was twice audited. Now they’ll make stuff up
Possibly the only sports column I will ever repost or care about, but I endorse it 100%
"Now it’s time for our rich sports owners to take the baton," writes columnist Jim Souhan.
"Shut it all down until it’s safe for every Minnesotan to drive to a sports venue without being rammed, beaten, abducted or killed."
"Shut it all down until it’s safe for every Minnesotan to drive to a sports venue without being rammed, beaten, abducted or killed."
Souhan: What good are sports in times like these?
Local owners should be making a statement. Better yet, they should be taking action.
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Possibly the only sports column I will ever repost or care about, but I endorse it 100%
I need Senate staffers to start revolting internally, because how the fuck do you think any of that is getting enforced?
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 29, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I need Senate staffers to start revolting internally, because how the fuck do you think any of that is getting enforced?
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Very in touch. Much for people.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Very in touch. Much for people.
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We are exploring exciting new frontiers in the "can a reservist be held accountable for what they do out of uniform" sub-field of civil-military relations
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 AM
We are exploring exciting new frontiers in the "can a reservist be held accountable for what they do out of uniform" sub-field of civil-military relations
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Why is Tulsi Gabbard, the top intelligence officer in the USG, with the FBI on a raid related to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The congressional intelligence committee ought to ask about this.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Why is Tulsi Gabbard, the top intelligence officer in the USG, with the FBI on a raid related to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The congressional intelligence committee ought to ask about this.
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Kyrsten Sinema wannabe fool
Things are terrible, but we need to be strategic right now.
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Kyrsten Sinema wannabe fool
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Let me help you out, man
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Let me help you out, man
Do you ever find yourself blocked by somebody you’ve never interacted with and you’re just like
a cartoon character with red hair is asking what did i do now
Alt: a cartoon character with red hair is asking what did i do now
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Do you ever find yourself blocked by somebody you’ve never interacted with and you’re just like
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An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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My Lyft driver said his friend, who works at a rental car company, said they're not renewing ICE's fleet contract tomorrow, because they have damaged every. Single. One. Of the rentals.
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
My Lyft driver said his friend, who works at a rental car company, said they're not renewing ICE's fleet contract tomorrow, because they have damaged every. Single. One. Of the rentals.