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taylorism swift

@gospel-sod.bsky.social

one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.

January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM

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Matt Zoller Seitz

@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social

"The agents pressed his face against the pool of blood and did not immediately call paramedics. 'The other officers were mocking him, saying, ‘You’re going to lose your eye.'"

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2h

Many Democrats want to fund this

Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says

A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protes...

www.latimes.com

January 14, 2026 at 3:52 AM

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Unicorn Riot

@unicornriot.bsky.social

Happening Now: Hundreds of protesters are holding a noise demo outside of the Graduate by Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis where ICE agents are reportedly staying. Drums, guitars, pots and pans are in-tune to "fuck ICE" and "ICE out" chants. Riot police are currently in the lobby.

January 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM

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Minnesota Star Tribune

@startribune.com

Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators are making noise outside the Graduate hotel on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. bit.ly/49SpwBk

📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii

January 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM

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amanda moore 🐢

@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM

Zee Roth

@zeeroth.bsky.social

So-called "less lethal" weapons are being fired at protesters, often with disabling impact (this isn't the first instance of ICE seriously injuring people).

Anti-ICE Protester, 21, Permanently Blinded by Federal Agent Who Shot Him with Non-Lethal Bullet at Close Range, Aunt Says

A protester demonstrating against ICE in Santa Ana, Calif., was struck with a non-lethal round fired at close range by an agent, leaving him permanently blinded in one eye.

people.com

January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM

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Auburn Blake 🚫👑

@blakeau19.bsky.social

Abducting US citizens is so commonplace to this effort they have a special designation and area. USCs

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d

just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday

Eyewitness account:
Good morning,
My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction.
I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend.
As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it.
We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…

January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM

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Dom Ervolina

@dominicervolina.com

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis

The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway

They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

January 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM

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Jon Seidel

@jonseidel.bsky.social

JUST IN from @ilattygeneral.bsky.social: State of Illinois sues Trump administration over its "organized bombardment on the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago."

Full complaint here: illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ILLEGAL AND RETALIATORY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TACTICS

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Trump administration officials over the unlawful and dangerous tactics used by Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Illinois. Illinois is joined by the city of Chicago in the case.

“Border Patrol agents and ICE officers have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law,” Raoul said. “They randomly, and often violently, question residents. Without warrants or probable cause, they brutally detain citizens and non-citizens alike. They use tear gas and other chemical weapons against bystanders, injuring dozens, including children, the elderly and local police officers. I filed this lawsuit to stand up for the safety of the people of Illinois and the sovereignty of our state.”

“The Trump administration has repeatedly violated the law and undermined public trust,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “These actions weren’t just unlawful; they were cruel, needlessly inflicting fear and harm on our communities. My administration will forcefully protect our residents’ rights and hold anyone accountable who abuses their power. Nobody is above the law. This lawsuit is about ensuring there is accountability for the lawless actions of the Trump administration and justice for the Chicagoans who have been wronged.”

Attorney General Raoul filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – Eastern Division. The complaint describes the various ways the Trump administration has attempted to coerce Illinois over policy differences, including by unlawfully withholding federal funds and attempting to deploy the Illinois and Texas National Guards in the state. In September 2025, DHS deployed quasi-military personnel from CBP and ICE to Illinois, initiating…

The lawsuit notes that, for decades, federal immigration agents enforced immigration laws in Chicago without significant interruption to public order and safety. Since being deployed to Illinois in September, CPB and ICE agents have killed one Illinois resident, shot another, and conducted a military raid on a Chicago apartment building, detaining all its residents, including children. Agents have arrested hundreds without warrants, randomly questioned hundreds more, and unleashed chemical weapons upon law-abiding, peaceful residents. The lawsuit documents several individual examples of such unlawful tactics being used to terrorize the people of Illinois.

As a result of the fear and chaos created by these tactics, local schools have gone into lockdown, social service organizations have had to reduce their services, and courthouse operations have been increasingly hindered, as Illinoisans have been intimidated from accessing courthouses, medical facilities and schools. Illinoisans and tourists alike fear going about their daily lives. Local businesses and economies have suffered, and declining sales have led to losses in tax revenues.

Raoul assert that the federal government has attacked Illinois’ ability to carry out its core sovereign functions — to regulate public health, uphold a system of education for Illinois residents, support the state’s economy, provide public safety and administer its judicial system, enforce state statutes, implement state programs, and ensure that Illinois residents receive the full benefits of state and federal law.

Raoul argues that this assault on the state’s sovereignty is a violation of the Tenth Amendment and violates the Administrative Procedure Act many times over.

Raoul also argues that DHS adopted illegal enforcement policies that harm Illinois residents, including:

Rather than utilizing targeted removal policies, using roving patrols of teams of agents to interrogate residents without reasonable suspicion that they are unlawfully present.
Deploying biometric scanning to capture and store the photographs and fingerprints of residents who are not entering or exiting the United States.
Arresting people without warrants or probable cause.
Indiscriminately deploying riot control weapons, including tear gas.
Conducting enforcement at sensitive locations, including courthouses, schools, social service organizations and medical facilities without appropriate reasoning.
Trespassing onto private property without authority.
Concealing and switching vehicle license plates in violation of federal and state law.
Raoul is asking the court to order federal agents authorized to enforce immigration law in Illinois to stop using tactics that exceed their statutory authority granted by Congress, including dispersing tear gas and other noxious chemicals without warning against persons who are not resisting, scanning the biometric information of Illinois residents, and entering private property without a warrant or permission of the owner. Raoul is asking the court to require written documentation of the basis for questioning Illinois residents regarding their immigration status and the basis for the conclusion that agents were authorized to make warrantless arrests.

Raoul is also requesting a prohibition on enforcement activities in or near courthouses, schools, hospitals and other sensitive locations, except in extenuating circumstances and with safeguards. In addition, Raoul is asking that the court require that all CBP and ICE vehicles have visible, accurate license plates, and only the plates properly assigned and registered to each vehicle.

If Raoul’s request for judgment is granted, he is asking that the court monitor the defendants’…

January 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM

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Noah Berlatsky

@nberlat.bsky.social

Jerome Powell and the pope successfully navigating the moral imperatives posed by fascism while the nobel peace prize committee and the washington post just absolutely faceplant.

you just never know, I guess.

January 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM

Zee Roth

@zeeroth.bsky.social

The Department of Labor's caption: "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American” (basically the Nazi slogan “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer”)

Again, the country is being run by white supremacists and most media outlets are ignoring what should be a MAJOR news story.

Donald Trump Labor Department's Chilling Slogan Draws Damning Comparisons

The social media post was hauntingly familiar, said critics.

www.huffpost.com

January 12, 2026 at 10:47 AM

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Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

@deardara.bsky.social

putting this into the public record: This is the third time I've seen a witness recounting Ice trying to silence observers by citing the death of Renee Good as a warning to us all: 'that's why this lesbian bitch is dead'

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.

An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."

🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social

January 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM

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Thanatos

@thanatosredux.bsky.social

Utterly insane

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR RESPONSE TO ANY OF THIS?

Why are you not pushing R's to get outside of their trance under Trump and impeach Noem then Trump

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

In this clip from a longer interview, she says while she was in detention, agents called Renee Good a “lesbian b*tch.”

This video belongs to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social and I’ll take it down if they want me to.

2/2

January 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM

Zee Roth

@zeeroth.bsky.social

We are under occupation. If they're not in your town yet, they will be.

Our governors and mayors have abandoned us to this terror; all we have is each other and we will not let them win.

Matt Privratsky @mattprivratsky.bsky.social · 2d

ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here

January 12, 2026 at 3:18 AM

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Joshua Erlich

@joshuaerlich.bsky.social

once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power

January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM

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Katie Phang

@katiephang.bsky.social

More proof that traditional media is out of touch:

The level of pearl clutching over Mayor Jacob Frey dropping a well-deserved f-bomb versus the outrage over the murder of Renee Nicole Good

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?

FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.

January 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM

Zee Roth

@zeeroth.bsky.social

“'TRUMP SAID THIS!'

'THEN TRUMP SAID THAT!'

'TRUMP DID THIS!'

'THEN TRUMP DID THAT!'

'TRUMP WANTS THIS!'

'NOW TRUMP WANTS THAT!'

"The NYT is not an organization reporting on the White House, it is a collection of stenographers reporting for the White House."

I'm almost embarrassed for the NYT after 'exclusive' Trump interview

I had intended to write to you today about the cold-blooded murder of an innocent mother by masked U.S. government agents on a Minneapolis street Wednesday.Instead, I want to circle back to the throug...

www.alternet.org

January 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM

Zee Roth

@zeeroth.bsky.social

Call/email your reps DAILY:

"Please support Representative Robin Kelly's articles of impeachment against Secretary Noem."

That's it! You can elaborate further if you want (read Kelly's three articles of impeachment below), but that's enough for staffers to pass along your message.

Get LOUD.

January 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM

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Mark Copelovitch

@mcopelov.bsky.social

It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.

Darin Self @darinself.com · 3d

I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 24

Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

January 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM

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Mark Copelovitch

@mcopelov.bsky.social

I am incandescently angry at this & the total cowardice of the Republicans in Congress who are not putting an end to this & this presidency immediately over this, the most important pillar of our entire national security strategy for 80 years.

Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing Europeans contemplate creating a tripwire in Greenland is just depressing. That the US is now becoming Europe's enemy is so infuriating. So much wasted time, effort, capital, and so on for a non-threat (US has access to Greenland, it is protected by US already under NATO treaty).

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 2d

“The US should thank Denmark for being a loyal ally,” says 🇸🇪 PM Kristersson at the annual Swedish Security Conference in Sälen.

Social Democratic opposition leader Andersson is open for sending European and Swedish troops to Greenland.

January 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸

@resistrebelrevolt.net

#ICEOUT produced protests in all 50 states with just 2 days notice!

In the sun, the rain, & the snow!

For Nicole Good & all those ICE is harming.

People came out in large cities, small towns; and in 🔴 & 🩵 states.

Catch up quickly! Here's my montage of 40 different cities in 2 videos. 🎵

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