Caro Swan
@wereswan.bsky.social
Editor, birdwatcher, and lover of fictional crime. She/her.
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turns out sometimes you really do want to sit upon the ground tell sad stories about the death of kings or whatever
January 21, 2026 at 5:52 AM
turns out sometimes you really do want to sit upon the ground tell sad stories about the death of kings or whatever
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It's Day 50 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today at a presser, the head of the Border Patrol said "The groups are a bit better organized. They’ve got some excellent communications…and it makes it difficult to operate here at times.”
Keep making it difficult for them. Blow those whistles!
Today at a presser, the head of the Border Patrol said "The groups are a bit better organized. They’ve got some excellent communications…and it makes it difficult to operate here at times.”
Keep making it difficult for them. Blow those whistles!
January 21, 2026 at 4:42 AM
It's Day 50 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today at a presser, the head of the Border Patrol said "The groups are a bit better organized. They’ve got some excellent communications…and it makes it difficult to operate here at times.”
Keep making it difficult for them. Blow those whistles!
Today at a presser, the head of the Border Patrol said "The groups are a bit better organized. They’ve got some excellent communications…and it makes it difficult to operate here at times.”
Keep making it difficult for them. Blow those whistles!
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ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…
naomikritzer.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
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The Insurrection Act in no way whatsoever suspends, closes, or bypasses the courts. It is not a suspension of habeas corpus. It is not martial law. It does not authorize rule by decree. It allows using troops for law enforcement but that's it. It's not an instant dictatorship switch.
Trump on the Insurrection Act: "It does make life a lot easier. You don't through the court system. It's just a much easier thing to do."
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 AM
The Insurrection Act in no way whatsoever suspends, closes, or bypasses the courts. It is not a suspension of habeas corpus. It is not martial law. It does not authorize rule by decree. It allows using troops for law enforcement but that's it. It's not an instant dictatorship switch.
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They have legitimate beef with us, David.
Everyone’s sharing this “cows use tools” news like they’re harmless creatures.
You guys know that cows kill more people than sharks do, right?
Right?
You guys know that cows kill more people than sharks do, right?
Right?
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM
They have legitimate beef with us, David.
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so if any minnesota folks have GFM problems, lemme know and we will call the lady.
January 20, 2026 at 11:57 PM
so if any minnesota folks have GFM problems, lemme know and we will call the lady.
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The spirit of the 1st Minnesota is still burning bright in all my neighbors. Same fight, 150 years on, and we will win again bsky.app/profile/alex...
January 20, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The spirit of the 1st Minnesota is still burning bright in all my neighbors. Same fight, 150 years on, and we will win again bsky.app/profile/alex...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Verbal assault or, as it's legally known, "not assault"
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Verbal assault or, as it's legally known, "not assault"
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Seahawks running into halftime with a comfy lead of 26-6 against the 49ers!! We are hard at work here at the PNSN, providing live annotations on the fan-generated seismograms coming in from Lumen Field. Let's go Hawks!!
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
January 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Seahawks running into halftime with a comfy lead of 26-6 against the 49ers!! We are hard at work here at the PNSN, providing live annotations on the fan-generated seismograms coming in from Lumen Field. Let's go Hawks!!
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
Watch the live feed and beat the delay at pnsn.org/experiment/2....
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Little known fact: From 1960-2006, it was illegal to dance in the streets in Minneapolis. So MInneapolis could not have been included in Martha Reeves' 1965 song.
February 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Little known fact: From 1960-2006, it was illegal to dance in the streets in Minneapolis. So MInneapolis could not have been included in Martha Reeves' 1965 song.
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DE ICER
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
DE ICER
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
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I confess! I'm confessing! I'm doing the thing you're arguing in federal court is illegal! Your agents have recorded me doing it, I have recorded myself doing it. You know my name and address. So why aren't you kicking down my door? It's almost like you DON'T HAVE A CASE, @icegov.bsky.social.
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I confess! I'm confessing! I'm doing the thing you're arguing in federal court is illegal! Your agents have recorded me doing it, I have recorded myself doing it. You know my name and address. So why aren't you kicking down my door? It's almost like you DON'T HAVE A CASE, @icegov.bsky.social.
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It's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
Hey @startribune.com how about clarifying that this is a lie? See: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Hey @startribune.com how about clarifying that this is a lie? See: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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I'm curious what a six-month old baby was supposed to do differently, how they should have "complied" or "obeyed," to avoid being flash-banged and tear-gassed by ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I'm curious what a six-month old baby was supposed to do differently, how they should have "complied" or "obeyed," to avoid being flash-banged and tear-gassed by ICE.
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The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.
Oglala Sioux Tribe accuses federal authorities of treaty violation after four members detained by ICE
“Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are United States citizens. We are the first Americans.”
www.wjtv.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM
The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.
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this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
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Dropped your ammo, sir.
A single federal agent with a long gun just walked through the crowd, slipped on the ice on his way under the police tape.
Dropped his loaded clip.
Dropped his loaded clip.
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Dropped your ammo, sir.