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Taylor Carik
@taylorcarik.bsky.social
"Originally considered a critical failure, it has since gained a cult following"

Producer of #bienvenidosdystopia, media studies adjunct + writer, former DISPATCH publisher, plays in WRRC MPLS and PARISHES, among other things.

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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt collaborates with ICE. Sheriffs escorted and protected ICE in this action.
A judge has ordered the release of an 18-year-old who was detained by federal agents in a chaotic scene inside the Hennepin County Government Center last week.
Judge orders release of man who was detained in chaotic scene at courthouse
The 18-year-old was in court for a hearing on first-degree drug possession charges stemming from his arrest in January.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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New: Tricia McLaughlin is reportedly leaving her role as spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security.

Here's a list of some of the biggest lies she's told while trying to defend Trump and Vance's violent masked agents: zeteo.com/p/tricia-mcl...
7 of the Biggest Lies So Far From Trump’s Homeland Security Mouthpiece
Tricia McLaughlin’s job is to defend Trump’s violent, masked immigration agents kidnapping people off the streets. That means a lot of lying.
zeteo.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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There is no easier or more important political position to take than to do everything possible to stop this. It will change our society forever, and Democrats are going along with it.
February 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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This is true
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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I want to further say that the Twin Cities has raised FIVE MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS to pay the rent of our neighbors over the last three months.

That's five million dollars we all NEEDED, but our neighbors needed it more.

And why? Why??

Because people could not work for fear of KIDNAPPING.
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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New article! I wrote about Epstein and the difference between vindication and justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/shipwreck-...
Shipwreck on Zombie Road
Vindication means nothing without justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
That’s because it’s the core function of media
It is 2026 and the NYT is still doing Democratic gaffe coverage based on which bad-faith attacks are "rocketing around conservative social media."

I simply cannot.
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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30 years ago I heard Jesse Jackson diagnose US inequality as:

in every city in the country they are building two brand new structures: a stadium, and a prison.

i have never forgotten that speech. RIP
February 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
look you've been training for this most of your life time to use your powers for good lfg
Do you like to drink AND keep our neighbors housed?

Well, I’ve got an event for you!

bit.ly/barcrawl4rent
February 17, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Uh, this article starts with "tell me something I don't know" and ends with "oh shite." Or should I say "0h Scheiße!"
The sunshine isn't fooling anyone in Minnesota, we're still dealing with ICE. Read my latest in @liberalcurrents.com.
"After the announcement, Le Monde in France declared “Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated.” 

But for Minneapolis and the surrounding communities, it’s not quite a cause célèbre. Minnesota isn’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles."
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The sunshine isn't fooling anyone in Minnesota, we're still dealing with ICE. Read my latest in @liberalcurrents.com.
"After the announcement, Le Monde in France declared “Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated.” 

But for Minneapolis and the surrounding communities, it’s not quite a cause célèbre. Minnesota isn’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles."
Minnesota's False Spring
Even with troop withdrawals, Minnesotans aren’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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"After the announcement, Le Monde in France declared “Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated.” 

But for Minneapolis and the surrounding communities, it’s not quite a cause célèbre. Minnesota isn’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles."
Minnesota's False Spring
Even with troop withdrawals, Minnesotans aren’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Today @taylorcarik.bsky.social is back with the reality of the “drawdown” so far
"After the announcement, Le Monde in France declared “Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated.” 

But for Minneapolis and the surrounding communities, it’s not quite a cause célèbre. Minnesota isn’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles."
Minnesota's False Spring
Even with troop withdrawals, Minnesotans aren’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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As in Isherwood’s Berlin: “In Minnesota, the sun is also brilliantly shining; it is quite mild and warm. The abductions continue, the camps continue, our show goes on with resistance and a little more weariness.” — @taylorcarik.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥
"After the announcement, Le Monde in France declared “Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated.” 

But for Minneapolis and the surrounding communities, it’s not quite a cause célèbre. Minnesota isn’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles."
Minnesota's False Spring
Even with troop withdrawals, Minnesotans aren’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Two words: wealth tax
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering

The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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I once saw a panel of a wonder woman comic where, in a big brawl fight scene where Etta has brought her fellow student friends in as the cavalry, in the background, was a student playing a trombone.

Whenever I see musicians playing during actions of all kinds I think of that panel.
February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If you're not in Minneapolis, in addition to the real work of patrols and food drops, this is what the resistance has looked like:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The Minneapolis brass band bringing joy amid grief: ‘When people see us playing, it gives them hope’
Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd’s murder, and now also marks the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at its weekly meetup
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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In my latest article, I write about how ICE raids in Minnesota echo the imprisonment of our ancestors at Fort Snelling, at Bdote, and the execution of the Dakota 38. This isn’t new. The land remembers. So do we. #iceout @sfchronicle.com

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
ICE is still rampaging in Minnesota. For Native Americans, it’s history repeating itself
OPINION: For my tribes, the Dakota and Diné people, seeing federal agents disappear people from their communities isn’t a new crisis. It is a recurring nightmare, Jacqueline Keeler writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Radio K has been so good today god damn
February 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Geolocating Trump's Gulag Archipelago DetentionReports.com now includes an interactive map of all 237 ICE detention facilities, comparative scatter plots, & publicly available contracts archive. Designed to support empirical research and institutional accountability.
February 15, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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They keep changing tactics but keep kidnapping my neighbors. Every time they claim they’re drawing down things get a little worse.
ICE observers in Minnesota are skeptical about the White House's claims of a federal drawdown.

But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
From chaos to radio silence: How ICE tactics changed in weeks leading to Homan announcement
In recent days, observers have noticed a shift in methods.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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ICE has completely broken our social contract.

They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM