Rich Solomon
@richsolomon.bsky.social
I live in the upper midwestern US but also interested in the west coast and other places. Grateful for the news, art, photos, culture and conversations here.
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Following the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota, "Commander at Large" Gregory Bovino was reassigned away from his leadership role in the operation.
Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.
Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.
February 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Following the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota, "Commander at Large" Gregory Bovino was reassigned away from his leadership role in the operation.
Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.
Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.
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City Council member organizes event tonight (Saturday) to create a Hmong heart over Lake Phalen. Residents plan to spell the words “MN > ICE” with a Hmong heart symbol across the lake shortly after sundown. www.twincities.com/2026/02/06/s...
St. Paul: Lake Phalen event seeks to shine light over ICE
Residents plan to spell the words “MN > ICE” with a Hmong heart across the lake.
www.twincities.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
City Council member organizes event tonight (Saturday) to create a Hmong heart over Lake Phalen. Residents plan to spell the words “MN > ICE” with a Hmong heart symbol across the lake shortly after sundown. www.twincities.com/2026/02/06/s...
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ICYMI: Watch @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discuss a congressional hearing into ICE’s use of force in Minneapolis and Chicago, oral argument over DHS’s mandatory detention policy, and more.
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 6
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February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI: Watch @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discuss a congressional hearing into ICE’s use of force in Minneapolis and Chicago, oral argument over DHS’s mandatory detention policy, and more.
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What about him sabotaging a US figure skater by making it impossible for her to get to the venue on time thanks to the traffic he caused?
2/ So far, NBC News is ignoring the massive booing for JD Vance at the Opening ceremonies. But it is reporting that he saw "The Last Supper" painting and watched some figure skating. Good grief.
"Cheered on by a crowd that included Vice President J.D. Vance"
www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
"Cheered on by a crowd that included Vice President J.D. Vance"
www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
What about him sabotaging a US figure skater by making it impossible for her to get to the venue on time thanks to the traffic he caused?
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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This is why they keep snatching people in MN and spiriting them away to these places.
The 5th Circuit covers Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. One of the most conservative federal appellate courts in the country.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is why they keep snatching people in MN and spiriting them away to these places.
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Some of the businesses that received a letter included Flour Moon, Smoke & Honey and NOLA Craft Culture. Here’s more.
Anonymous letter targeted NOLA restaurants over ‘ICE Out’ support, but owners didn’t back down
Some of the businesses that received a letter included Flour Moon, Smoke & Honey and NOLA Craft Culture. Here’s more.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some of the businesses that received a letter included Flour Moon, Smoke & Honey and NOLA Craft Culture. Here’s more.
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Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
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Columbia cancelled my 2024 class on Race and Media, so I decided to teach it independently anyway.
I made a conscious decision to include whiteness in discussions about race.
What we learned is how much white people have been kept in the dark about white martyrs for civil rights.
I made a conscious decision to include whiteness in discussions about race.
What we learned is how much white people have been kept in the dark about white martyrs for civil rights.
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Columbia cancelled my 2024 class on Race and Media, so I decided to teach it independently anyway.
I made a conscious decision to include whiteness in discussions about race.
What we learned is how much white people have been kept in the dark about white martyrs for civil rights.
I made a conscious decision to include whiteness in discussions about race.
What we learned is how much white people have been kept in the dark about white martyrs for civil rights.
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“They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,” said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
“They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,” said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
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I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
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Devastating decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last night endorsing the Trump Bureau of Immigration Appeals 2025 ruling that undocumented immigrants “apprehended anywhere in the United States are ineligible for release on bond, regardless of how long they have resided in the U.S.”
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Devastating decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last night endorsing the Trump Bureau of Immigration Appeals 2025 ruling that undocumented immigrants “apprehended anywhere in the United States are ineligible for release on bond, regardless of how long they have resided in the U.S.”
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Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
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open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“Begin with a plea to keep up the marches, the protests, the smartphone imaging, the whistles, the angry shouts, the massive turnout across the nation in cities large and small that make clear that working Americans are fed up with DHS…”
“Begin with a plea to keep up the marches, the protests, the smartphone imaging, the whistles, the angry shouts, the massive turnout across the nation in cities large and small that make clear that working Americans are fed up with DHS…”
The Incredible Shrinking Land of the Free: Americans Vacillate Between Hope and Gloom, as People March by the Millions and Trump Doubles Down
The Steady State | by Bill Piekney
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“Begin with a plea to keep up the marches, the protests, the smartphone imaging, the whistles, the angry shouts, the massive turnout across the nation in cities large and small that make clear that working Americans are fed up with DHS…”
“Begin with a plea to keep up the marches, the protests, the smartphone imaging, the whistles, the angry shouts, the massive turnout across the nation in cities large and small that make clear that working Americans are fed up with DHS…”
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Fork ICE!🍴🧊
Today's BOLO from HAPP...
As of 5:37 AM, ICE was staging in large parking lots, eg adjacent to Dollar Tree stores in Long Beach.
🔺 ICE is now OUT EARLY.
👀 Head on a swivel.
🔺 Report sightings to StopICE.net or call Union del Barrio 213-444-6562.
#ForkICE
#FuckICE
#LosAngeles
Today's BOLO from HAPP...
As of 5:37 AM, ICE was staging in large parking lots, eg adjacent to Dollar Tree stores in Long Beach.
🔺 ICE is now OUT EARLY.
👀 Head on a swivel.
🔺 Report sightings to StopICE.net or call Union del Barrio 213-444-6562.
#ForkICE
#FuckICE
#LosAngeles
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fork ICE!🍴🧊
Today's BOLO from HAPP...
As of 5:37 AM, ICE was staging in large parking lots, eg adjacent to Dollar Tree stores in Long Beach.
🔺 ICE is now OUT EARLY.
👀 Head on a swivel.
🔺 Report sightings to StopICE.net or call Union del Barrio 213-444-6562.
#ForkICE
#FuckICE
#LosAngeles
Today's BOLO from HAPP...
As of 5:37 AM, ICE was staging in large parking lots, eg adjacent to Dollar Tree stores in Long Beach.
🔺 ICE is now OUT EARLY.
👀 Head on a swivel.
🔺 Report sightings to StopICE.net or call Union del Barrio 213-444-6562.
#ForkICE
#FuckICE
#LosAngeles
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Ezell, a former executive of--and I assure you I am not making this up--Wienerschnitzel International, a hot dog franchise company, was at the time an INS commissioner for the western region. He also conducted raids on restaurants and factories.
Harold W. Ezell Is Dead at 61; Immigration Official in West (Published 1998)
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Ezell, a former executive of--and I assure you I am not making this up--Wienerschnitzel International, a hot dog franchise company, was at the time an INS commissioner for the western region. He also conducted raids on restaurants and factories.
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I just visited Oregonians who are locked in ICE detention in Tacoma. ICE is not making us safer -- they are indiscriminately grabbing community members off the streets. 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I just visited Oregonians who are locked in ICE detention in Tacoma. ICE is not making us safer -- they are indiscriminately grabbing community members off the streets. 🧵
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ICE isn’t out of Minnesota. Enforcement hasn’t stopped; in many places it’s intensified. What changed wasn’t the raids, it was the coverage. As pressure grew, cameras shifted and Democrats redirected the conversation. But ICE activity in Minnesota is still very real & ongoing. #FuckICE #AbolishICE
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ICE isn’t out of Minnesota. Enforcement hasn’t stopped; in many places it’s intensified. What changed wasn’t the raids, it was the coverage. As pressure grew, cameras shifted and Democrats redirected the conversation. But ICE activity in Minnesota is still very real & ongoing. #FuckICE #AbolishICE
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ALERT: Per letter sent by the Justice Dept, members of Congress can arrange to view the full Epstein files beginning Monday at 9am at Justice Dept headquarters in Washington
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
ALERT: Per letter sent by the Justice Dept, members of Congress can arrange to view the full Epstein files beginning Monday at 9am at Justice Dept headquarters in Washington
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WE NEED RAIN 🌧️ Although our winter storm brought plenty of frozen precip, the liquid equivalent wasn’t enough to bail us out of drought. Instead, it continues to worsen.
While precip may run above avg later this month, we’ll need significant rain to make up the deficit before growing season. #ARwx
While precip may run above avg later this month, we’ll need significant rain to make up the deficit before growing season. #ARwx
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
WE NEED RAIN 🌧️ Although our winter storm brought plenty of frozen precip, the liquid equivalent wasn’t enough to bail us out of drought. Instead, it continues to worsen.
While precip may run above avg later this month, we’ll need significant rain to make up the deficit before growing season. #ARwx
While precip may run above avg later this month, we’ll need significant rain to make up the deficit before growing season. #ARwx
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Super Bowl LX Feb. 8 Seattle Seahawks & New England Patriots en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_B... at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca. 40 Miles South of San Francisco Capacity 68,500 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%27...
Super Bowl LX - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Super Bowl LX Feb. 8 Seattle Seahawks & New England Patriots en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_B... at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca. 40 Miles South of San Francisco Capacity 68,500 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%27...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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My read of this document means if any fine and upstanding citizen sees Jake inside this radius, he'll be automatically arrested. And unfortunately for him, this also includes the front entrance of Regions Hospital.
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
My read of this document means if any fine and upstanding citizen sees Jake inside this radius, he'll be automatically arrested. And unfortunately for him, this also includes the front entrance of Regions Hospital.