Bill Emory (he/him)
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This was happening half a block down from where I was helping a person who had also just taken a face full of pepper spray.
I will say: BORTAC escalated the conflict *immensely* when they showed up.
I will say: BORTAC escalated the conflict *immensely* when they showed up.
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
This was happening half a block down from where I was helping a person who had also just taken a face full of pepper spray.
I will say: BORTAC escalated the conflict *immensely* when they showed up.
I will say: BORTAC escalated the conflict *immensely* when they showed up.
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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There's a lot going on right now, from the federal occupation by ICE, to elections for public office up and down the ballot. But if you're the kind of person who also cares about the weird nerds who run for party office, I have an announcement - I'm running for CD5 DFL Chair.🧵
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
There's a lot going on right now, from the federal occupation by ICE, to elections for public office up and down the ballot. But if you're the kind of person who also cares about the weird nerds who run for party office, I have an announcement - I'm running for CD5 DFL Chair.🧵
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AG Ellison: "If you're not gonna do an investigation, and you won't rely on other authorities to do an investigation, it sounds like you're trying to do a coverup."
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AG Ellison: "If you're not gonna do an investigation, and you won't rely on other authorities to do an investigation, it sounds like you're trying to do a coverup."
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📣 ALSO: If you'd like to donate to a NON-POLITICAL organization to help Minneapolis/Minnesotans, this is a fantastic resource:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
📣 ALSO: If you'd like to donate to a NON-POLITICAL organization to help Minneapolis/Minnesotans, this is a fantastic resource:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
This (and the following post) are a great way national political allies can help us out in this difficult time. Thanks Charles!
🚨 Normally I'd wait until #MINNESOTA's filing deadline before promoting this page, but given the ONGOING POGROM of Minneapolis, I'm moving it up.
For now you can help:
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@dfl.org
@mplsdfl.org
Donate today! #Blue26
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For now you can help:
@mnhousedfl.bsky.social
@senatedfl.bsky.social
@dfl.org
@mplsdfl.org
Donate today! #Blue26
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Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This (and the following post) are a great way national political allies can help us out in this difficult time. Thanks Charles!
If you want your government to follow the law, if you want your government to stop lying to you, you need to be ready to join a protest movement in the streets to demand something different.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
If you want your government to follow the law, if you want your government to stop lying to you, you need to be ready to join a protest movement in the streets to demand something different.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
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I do not want to see any mealy-mouthed MLK remembrances from any Minnesota company that’s not doing shit about this ICE occupation.
January 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I do not want to see any mealy-mouthed MLK remembrances from any Minnesota company that’s not doing shit about this ICE occupation.
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I stg, if I see/hear/read another journo -or anyone - saying it’s a “crackdown on immigration” … this is not meant to be funny. Don’t soften and cover up ethnic cleansing, suppressing the free press, and attacking observers. It’s complicit. It’s dangerous.
January 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I stg, if I see/hear/read another journo -or anyone - saying it’s a “crackdown on immigration” … this is not meant to be funny. Don’t soften and cover up ethnic cleansing, suppressing the free press, and attacking observers. It’s complicit. It’s dangerous.
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Hey federal Democrats. How does a QR code and a body cam stop this?
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 3:51 PM
Hey federal Democrats. How does a QR code and a body cam stop this?
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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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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South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically for South families to support with rent and keep families together.
30.9% of the population is Black and 27.7% of the population is Latino.
gofund.me/96e23ea1a
30.9% of the population is Black and 27.7% of the population is Latino.
gofund.me/96e23ea1a
Donate to Support South High School Families, organized by R S
South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically for South families in n… R S needs your support for Support South High School Families
gofund.me
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically for South families to support with rent and keep families together.
30.9% of the population is Black and 27.7% of the population is Latino.
gofund.me/96e23ea1a
30.9% of the population is Black and 27.7% of the population is Latino.
gofund.me/96e23ea1a
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Your money could be better spent on helping families. Funding the DFL apparatus will likely send money to members who actually won’t support immigrants. Like when they stripped healthcare from immigrant adults or refused to advance Sen Fateh’s sanctuary bill.
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Your money could be better spent on helping families. Funding the DFL apparatus will likely send money to members who actually won’t support immigrants. Like when they stripped healthcare from immigrant adults or refused to advance Sen Fateh’s sanctuary bill.
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A group of 6 families are coordinating transportation, groceries, rent & utilities for 60+ Folwell families in South Minneapolis (this number grows daily). Most of the students have now shifted to e-learning. Please help our neighbors who are impacted by immigration enforcement.
gofund.me/b8514bb4b
gofund.me/b8514bb4b
Donate to Help Our Community with Food and Rent Assistance, organized by Sean S
Our community is being threatened and people are afraid. This is a hyper-local… Sean S needs your support for Help Our Community with Food and Rent Assistance
gofund.me
January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
A group of 6 families are coordinating transportation, groceries, rent & utilities for 60+ Folwell families in South Minneapolis (this number grows daily). Most of the students have now shifted to e-learning. Please help our neighbors who are impacted by immigration enforcement.
gofund.me/b8514bb4b
gofund.me/b8514bb4b
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The Powderhorn Park neighborhood has been the biggest target of immigration enforcement in Minnesota. It’s home to a large immigrant community who is now struggling to pay rent. Kidnappings are on the rise because people cannot stay home. Please help us out.
gofund.me/350c67697
gofund.me/350c67697
Donate to Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief, organized by Powderhorn Neighbors
We are a small group of Powderhorn neighbors, and we have cre… Powderhorn Neighbors needs your support for Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief
gofund.me
January 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The Powderhorn Park neighborhood has been the biggest target of immigration enforcement in Minnesota. It’s home to a large immigrant community who is now struggling to pay rent. Kidnappings are on the rise because people cannot stay home. Please help us out.
gofund.me/350c67697
gofund.me/350c67697
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Andersen Middle School is home to a large immigrant and children of immigrant population. 53.8% of the population is Latino and the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood is home to a large immigrant community.
gofund.me/a84173725
gofund.me/a84173725
Donate to Support Andersen Middle School Families, organized by Erin Trapp
Andersen Middle School Parents and Caregivers are holding a special fundraiser spec… Erin Trapp needs your support for Support Andersen Middle School Families
gofund.me
January 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Andersen Middle School is home to a large immigrant and children of immigrant population. 53.8% of the population is Latino and the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood is home to a large immigrant community.
gofund.me/a84173725
gofund.me/a84173725
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Don’t listen to this political strategist. There are literal families who are starving, people who do not have enough for rent, businesses with eviction letters, and neighbors who are hiding.
Help communities out instead and it will actually have an impact.
Help communities out instead and it will actually have an impact.
I've launched a campaign to raise money for the Democratic Party of Minnesota (@dfl.org) to help them combat ICE's lawless assault. MN Dem Chair Richard Carlbom joined me for the kickoff. Learn more, donate, and let's rally for the courageous people of Minnesota, together! 👇
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We launched a new campaign to help the courageous people of Minnesota. Learn more and join us 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Don’t listen to this political strategist. There are literal families who are starving, people who do not have enough for rent, businesses with eviction letters, and neighbors who are hiding.
Help communities out instead and it will actually have an impact.
Help communities out instead and it will actually have an impact.
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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
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“Shannon Watson is the founder & executive director of Majority in the Middle” — these ”middlers” have done nothing & are all out of ideas. Many MANY of our local institutions have safety plans that include a lot more than giving up. It‘s not arguing against the most ridiculous scenario you imagine.
The general theme of this commentary is "stop asking MN companies to ban ICE from their properties." The argument is that enforcing the ban would fall to individual low-paid employees, who would be placed in danger.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
“Shannon Watson is the founder & executive director of Majority in the Middle” — these ”middlers” have done nothing & are all out of ideas. Many MANY of our local institutions have safety plans that include a lot more than giving up. It‘s not arguing against the most ridiculous scenario you imagine.
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This is shockingly out of touch, please donate your money to the communities that are being attacked by masked federal agents.
Also, in-person precinct caucuses are a terrible idea, there are immigrant families who haven’t left their houses in weeks.
Also, in-person precinct caucuses are a terrible idea, there are immigrant families who haven’t left their houses in weeks.
So friends, I launched a campaign to raise money for the Democratic Party of Minnesota (@dfl.org) to help them combat ICE's lawless assault. MN Dem Party Chair Richard Carlbom joined me for the kickoff. Learn more, donate, and let's rally for the courageous people of Minnesota, together! 👇
We launched a new campaign to help the courageous people of Minnesota. Learn more and join us 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is shockingly out of touch, please donate your money to the communities that are being attacked by masked federal agents.
Also, in-person precinct caucuses are a terrible idea, there are immigrant families who haven’t left their houses in weeks.
Also, in-person precinct caucuses are a terrible idea, there are immigrant families who haven’t left their houses in weeks.
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Do not donate to the DFL. Donate to a GoFundMe for rent or immigration fees, donate to a food shelf — use your dollars to help the community, not the state party apparatus. The DFL isn’t gonna save us from ICE. We are all we have
So friends, I launched a campaign to raise money for the Democratic Party of Minnesota (@dfl.org) to help them combat ICE's lawless assault. MN Dem Party Chair Richard Carlbom joined me for the kickoff. Learn more, donate, and let's rally for the courageous people of Minnesota, together! 👇
We launched a new campaign to help the courageous people of Minnesota. Learn more and join us 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
January 17, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Do not donate to the DFL. Donate to a GoFundMe for rent or immigration fees, donate to a food shelf — use your dollars to help the community, not the state party apparatus. The DFL isn’t gonna save us from ICE. We are all we have
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Given the timing, we consider this to be targeted harassment as punishment for exercising our First Amendment rights.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Given the timing, we consider this to be targeted harassment as punishment for exercising our First Amendment rights.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.
We're still handing out free whistles. And we just got in hundreds of new yard signs.
Keep resisting, Minnesota. We love you.