@raspberry7.bsky.social
Pinned
Underfund to make gov’t institutions not function as well as they could, then say the institution doesn’t help, and use that as an excuse to cut funding more. Even if the institution is more cost-effective and provides better care than civilian options. Or if the service wouldn’t occur otherwise.
Reposted
The sort of people who support ICE and the Trump Administration are fine with this because she’s black, because she’s a woman, because she‘s Somali-American, and because THEY are shitty people with shitty values from a shitty culture.
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled
www.twincities.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 AM
The sort of people who support ICE and the Trump Administration are fine with this because she’s black, because she’s a woman, because she‘s Somali-American, and because THEY are shitty people with shitty values from a shitty culture.
Reposted
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
Reposted
"The miner in Minnesota’s Iron Range, the chicken-plant worker in California or Tennessee, the rural firefighter, the teacher in your child or grandchild’s school: All of these individuals need childcare." Trump is making it harder: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qhECWS
How Trump Is Harming Federal Childcare Funding
A court shut down his five-state freeze—for now—but his “defend the spend” policy is still a recipe for chaos.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
"The miner in Minnesota’s Iron Range, the chicken-plant worker in California or Tennessee, the rural firefighter, the teacher in your child or grandchild’s school: All of these individuals need childcare." Trump is making it harder: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qhECWS
Reposted
They specifically didn't pick him because they got the distinct impression he was going to try to undermine Harris for his own benefit.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
January 19, 2026 at 4:47 AM
They specifically didn't pick him because they got the distinct impression he was going to try to undermine Harris for his own benefit.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
Reposted
Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
What a pathetic whiner. This is not an "all Jews have dual loyalty" bias, it's a "this specific dude was so into Israel that he implied he was in the IDF when he wasn't."
Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
Reposted
History will judge Chuck Schumer as entirely ill-equipped for this moment. I try my best to see the good in our party leaders because I understand we're in uncharted territory, but it is beyond obvious he's the wrong person for the job.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM
History will judge Chuck Schumer as entirely ill-equipped for this moment. I try my best to see the good in our party leaders because I understand we're in uncharted territory, but it is beyond obvious he's the wrong person for the job.
Reposted
The Dem Establishment and their corporate donors would rather see the country burn down than embrace actual reform and change.
History will judge Chuck Schumer as entirely ill-equipped for this moment. I try my best to see the good in our party leaders because I understand we're in uncharted territory, but it is beyond obvious he's the wrong person for the job.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
January 19, 2026 at 5:05 AM
The Dem Establishment and their corporate donors would rather see the country burn down than embrace actual reform and change.
Reposted
Trump is historically weak and negative double digits on every issue, and Dem leadership still veers towards the center and acts like timid, terrified deer in headlights.
January 19, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Trump is historically weak and negative double digits on every issue, and Dem leadership still veers towards the center and acts like timid, terrified deer in headlights.
Reposted
Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Reposted
The person who is actually executing all this stuff, Marco Rubio, was confirmed by every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate.
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The person who is actually executing all this stuff, Marco Rubio, was confirmed by every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate.
Reposted
A Latina woman goes to a hospital near Minneapolis and is put under guard by ICE and hospital staff.
When she tried to leave after an MRI, a nurse "pushed her back onto the MRI table."
Meanwhile, her pastor and attorney are told she isn't even a patient there.
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
When she tried to leave after an MRI, a nurse "pushed her back onto the MRI table."
Meanwhile, her pastor and attorney are told she isn't even a patient there.
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
ICE agents detain Mounds View couple en route to ER
An early-morning trip to the ER turned into a nightmare for a Mounds View couple with Liborio Parral Ortiz shipped to Texas and the family blocked from access to the bedside of his wife by ICE agents ...
sahanjournal.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 AM
A Latina woman goes to a hospital near Minneapolis and is put under guard by ICE and hospital staff.
When she tried to leave after an MRI, a nurse "pushed her back onto the MRI table."
Meanwhile, her pastor and attorney are told she isn't even a patient there.
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
When she tried to leave after an MRI, a nurse "pushed her back onto the MRI table."
Meanwhile, her pastor and attorney are told she isn't even a patient there.
sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
Reposted
We have to get rid of Schumer and Jeffries.
This is about saving our country now.
They have to go.
This is about saving our country now.
They have to go.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM
We have to get rid of Schumer and Jeffries.
This is about saving our country now.
They have to go.
This is about saving our country now.
They have to go.
Reposted
You can also see bathrobe guy get violently shoved (he's on the left) by a masked goon in the first few seconds of this viral clip
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
You can also see bathrobe guy get violently shoved (he's on the left) by a masked goon in the first few seconds of this viral clip
Reposted
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
Reposted
Even if they did expect or even want resistance, what is the argument in pointing that out? Just lie down and take it when the fascists raid your city? Seems like a crappy idea.
To those saying “nuh-uh, ICE picked Minneapolis because they WANTED the city to rise up as one against them” -
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
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 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Even if they did expect or even want resistance, what is the argument in pointing that out? Just lie down and take it when the fascists raid your city? Seems like a crappy idea.
Reposted
Exactly - what is the alternative you’re proposing when you claim “well actually MAGA *wanted* mass peaceful resistance from Minneapolis, this is all going according to their evil plan?”
Do you think it would have been preferable for the people of Minneapolis NOT to resist?
Because come on.
Do you think it would have been preferable for the people of Minneapolis NOT to resist?
Because come on.
Even if they did expect or even want resistance, what is the argument in pointing that out? Just lie down and take it when the fascists raid your city? Seems like a crappy idea.
To those saying “nuh-uh, ICE picked Minneapolis because they WANTED the city to rise up as one against them” -
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Exactly - what is the alternative you’re proposing when you claim “well actually MAGA *wanted* mass peaceful resistance from Minneapolis, this is all going according to their evil plan?”
Do you think it would have been preferable for the people of Minneapolis NOT to resist?
Because come on.
Do you think it would have been preferable for the people of Minneapolis NOT to resist?
Because come on.
Reposted
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
Reposted
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.
Reposted
Looks like a local hotel workers’ union has also been pushing back against hosting ICE.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Looks like a local hotel workers’ union has also been pushing back against hosting ICE.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Reposted
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
Reposted
Wanna know something? Right before migrants get loaded onto an ICE removal flight, they return their gray jumpsuit and get deported in whatever they were wearing when captured. Have heard from many migrants that the planes are freezing and some shackled people are in summer tank tops and flip flops.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Wanna know something? Right before migrants get loaded onto an ICE removal flight, they return their gray jumpsuit and get deported in whatever they were wearing when captured. Have heard from many migrants that the planes are freezing and some shackled people are in summer tank tops and flip flops.
Reposted
Abolish ICE.
And until that eventually happens, continue to record and share EVERYTHING they do.
And until that eventually happens, continue to record and share EVERYTHING they do.
Video circulating online alleges an ICE agent sprayed a 15-year-old girl in the face with pepper spray in Minnesota. The girl appears to panic and lash out before her mother intervenes, yet agents still threaten arrest. Her mother then guides her to the car to go to the ER.
January 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Abolish ICE.
And until that eventually happens, continue to record and share EVERYTHING they do.
And until that eventually happens, continue to record and share EVERYTHING they do.
Reposted
It was 10 degrees when they did this.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
It was 10 degrees when they did this.
Reposted
Minnesota is more than what you see on TV.
We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors.
I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors.
I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Donations pour in for Minnesota families impacted by ICE, Border Patrol surge
At Moth Oddities in northeast Minneapolis, volunteers moved through stacks of boxes as donations continued to pour in for families impacted by the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs En...
www.cbsnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Minnesota is more than what you see on TV.
We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors.
I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors.
I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Reposted
Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...