Patrick Schmidt
@pdwschmidt.bsky.social
Political scientist @MacalesterCollege: American law, comparative and historical constitutionalism, architecture, and...just curious about everything. Moot Court coach. Rarely refuses an opportunity for a dad joke.
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Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
reut.rs
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
It was pretty special tonight to see a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings win the Super Bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 AM
It was pretty special tonight to see a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings win the Super Bowl.
I'm going to predict that the Super Bowl ratings will be way down.
It's normally my favorite evening for grocery shopping because the store is dead.
Not this year. It's hopping here! Could be a Taylor Swift effect or the absence of KC affecting interest in my Minnesota sample.
It's normally my favorite evening for grocery shopping because the store is dead.
Not this year. It's hopping here! Could be a Taylor Swift effect or the absence of KC affecting interest in my Minnesota sample.
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'm going to predict that the Super Bowl ratings will be way down.
It's normally my favorite evening for grocery shopping because the store is dead.
Not this year. It's hopping here! Could be a Taylor Swift effect or the absence of KC affecting interest in my Minnesota sample.
It's normally my favorite evening for grocery shopping because the store is dead.
Not this year. It's hopping here! Could be a Taylor Swift effect or the absence of KC affecting interest in my Minnesota sample.
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“CBS LA: Video shows immigration agents clashing with protesters in Ventura County”
This ICE-hole picked up this small woman in a hat and dress, then slammed her on the concrete. Then, when a male bystander tried to help her, they blasted him with pepper spray!
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #ICE
This ICE-hole picked up this small woman in a hat and dress, then slammed her on the concrete. Then, when a male bystander tried to help her, they blasted him with pepper spray!
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #ICE
February 7, 2026 at 3:44 AM
“CBS LA: Video shows immigration agents clashing with protesters in Ventura County”
This ICE-hole picked up this small woman in a hat and dress, then slammed her on the concrete. Then, when a male bystander tried to help her, they blasted him with pepper spray!
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #ICE
This ICE-hole picked up this small woman in a hat and dress, then slammed her on the concrete. Then, when a male bystander tried to help her, they blasted him with pepper spray!
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #ICE
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As you curse MAGA judges, also curse the Democrats who put them on the bench. archive.thinkprogress.org/amy-klobucha...
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM
As you curse MAGA judges, also curse the Democrats who put them on the bench. archive.thinkprogress.org/amy-klobucha...
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This, from today's column on Trump's racist garbage post, is a point I'd really love an answer to:
(Full column here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...)
(Full column here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...)
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This, from today's column on Trump's racist garbage post, is a point I'd really love an answer to:
(Full column here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...)
(Full column here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...)
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TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
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The US Government just argued to the US Supreme court that the US President does NOT have to faithfully execute all laws. Holy fucking shit - hear it for yourself. Justice Neil Gorsuch was floored too - a rarity
@gregdoucette.bsky.social @questauthority.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzVZ...
@gregdoucette.bsky.social @questauthority.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzVZ...
'I Didn't Ask That': Neil Gorsuch Doesn't Let Up On Attorney About President's Duty To Execute Laws
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The US Government just argued to the US Supreme court that the US President does NOT have to faithfully execute all laws. Holy fucking shit - hear it for yourself. Justice Neil Gorsuch was floored too - a rarity
@gregdoucette.bsky.social @questauthority.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzVZ...
@gregdoucette.bsky.social @questauthority.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzVZ...
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
Massive lines to get into the Democratic caucuses in MN tonight. Wow. There is so much motivation.
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Massive lines to get into the Democratic caucuses in MN tonight. Wow. There is so much motivation.
I might wish Nuremberg trials for a lot of Trump figures, but Tulsi is the best bet to actually end up with a capital sentence when this is all over.
I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.
As you read WSJ's piece on the super-secret abuse complaint about Tulsi Gabbard, remember that she tried unsuccessfully to wring counterintelligence function away from FBI last year.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I might wish Nuremberg trials for a lot of Trump figures, but Tulsi is the best bet to actually end up with a capital sentence when this is all over.
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The agents who killed Alex Pretti are now identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4"), is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation, then shot Pretti's prone body, is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires - 8 and 12 years service. 1/
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The agents who killed Alex Pretti are now identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4"), is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation, then shot Pretti's prone body, is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires - 8 and 12 years service. 1/
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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Finally. Liam and his father “boarded a plane home on Sunday after a judge ordered the government to release them.” abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-li...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Finally. Liam and his father “boarded a plane home on Sunday after a judge ordered the government to release them.” abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-li...
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Thanks to CNN airing Kayla Schultz’s video of Pretti’s killing in higher resolution we have the best face shots of the first and main shooter— and in addition to the Texas flag it’s been noted he wears on the back, he also wears a vertical Texas flag in front.
February 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Thanks to CNN airing Kayla Schultz’s video of Pretti’s killing in higher resolution we have the best face shots of the first and main shooter— and in addition to the Texas flag it’s been noted he wears on the back, he also wears a vertical Texas flag in front.
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Shit is nuts. This week I spoke to a crim. defense attorney from mpls who mostly does federal work. He said a client got arrested with 19 pounds of meth & an indictment was coming. Then the feds had to forgo the indictment because they don’t have the resources. Walking away from 19 pounds of meth!
They are running out of lawyers.
DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Shit is nuts. This week I spoke to a crim. defense attorney from mpls who mostly does federal work. He said a client got arrested with 19 pounds of meth & an indictment was coming. Then the feds had to forgo the indictment because they don’t have the resources. Walking away from 19 pounds of meth!
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Absolutely disgusting.
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Absolutely disgusting.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Here's a view of the Whipple Building, where they're taking people:
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Here's a view of the Whipple Building, where they're taking people:
In Minnesota, the arrest is the punishment.
If they arrest, they don't have the capacity to prosecute. If they prosecute, they aren't going to convince a jury. If they can't stop legal observers with the threat of a brutal arrest, they have nothing.
If they arrest, they don't have the capacity to prosecute. If they prosecute, they aren't going to convince a jury. If they can't stop legal observers with the threat of a brutal arrest, they have nothing.
Justice Department bracing for more resignations in Minnesota | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is bracing for a new wave of resignations in the Minnesota federal prosecutors’ office over recent immigration enforcement efforts in the state, sources familiar with the matter...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
In Minnesota, the arrest is the punishment.
If they arrest, they don't have the capacity to prosecute. If they prosecute, they aren't going to convince a jury. If they can't stop legal observers with the threat of a brutal arrest, they have nothing.
If they arrest, they don't have the capacity to prosecute. If they prosecute, they aren't going to convince a jury. If they can't stop legal observers with the threat of a brutal arrest, they have nothing.
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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.
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Personally I think this is too much money to give to Donald trumps poorly trained but heavily armed Militia
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Personally I think this is too much money to give to Donald trumps poorly trained but heavily armed Militia
Is it good or bad when Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen both write songs about your city in the same week?
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
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January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Is it good or bad when Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen both write songs about your city in the same week?
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Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
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In 2026, the song itself is a song of resistance
"If that sounds at all campy, you probably don’t know Gaga: she gives 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor? her tender, balladic all in the minute-long rendition, making it feel more like an undervalued entry from the Great American Songbook than a kids’ song."
"If that sounds at all campy, you probably don’t know Gaga: she gives 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor? her tender, balladic all in the minute-long rendition, making it feel more like an undervalued entry from the Great American Songbook than a kids’ song."
Lady Gaga Covers Mr. Rogers’ ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’… and Kills It
Lady Gaga's recording of Mr. Rogers' 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' for a Super Bowl ad makes the kids' anthem sound like a Great American Songbook entry.
variety.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 AM
In 2026, the song itself is a song of resistance
"If that sounds at all campy, you probably don’t know Gaga: she gives 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor? her tender, balladic all in the minute-long rendition, making it feel more like an undervalued entry from the Great American Songbook than a kids’ song."
"If that sounds at all campy, you probably don’t know Gaga: she gives 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor? her tender, balladic all in the minute-long rendition, making it feel more like an undervalued entry from the Great American Songbook than a kids’ song."