Birdy Birdy
@birdwatcher3.bsky.social
Former journalist (thanks, layoffs). Survived Stage 4 melanoma with help from science and medicine (thanks, Jim Allison). Learning guitar, petting all the cats, petting all the dogs, watching all the birds.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune is following reports of individual ICE incidents as we learn of them. Find updates here. Tips can be emailed to whistleblower@startribune.com.
New bursts of ICE activity as Minnesota surge spreads beyond Minneapolis, St. Paul
As the Department of Homeland Security undertakes stepped-up immigration enforcement in Minnesota, arrests and other confrontations have been popping up in more locations.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune is following reports of individual ICE incidents as we learn of them. Find updates here. Tips can be emailed to whistleblower@startribune.com.
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
To be gaslit by your own out-of-town family that somehow the shit you’re seeing all around you is not that bad, not what’s really happening, or somehow necessary is a new level of 🤯 unlocked.
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
To be gaslit by your own out-of-town family that somehow the shit you’re seeing all around you is not that bad, not what’s really happening, or somehow necessary is a new level of 🤯 unlocked.
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
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Throwback to July.
There will be butterflies visiting the flowers again. 🌱
There will be butterflies visiting the flowers again. 🌱
I think I saw my first hummingbird of the year just now 🥰 but wasn't fast enough to get a picture.
Fast enough for some butterflies though. 🌱🦋 #invert #nativeplants
Fast enough for some butterflies though. 🌱🦋 #invert #nativeplants
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Throwback to July.
There will be butterflies visiting the flowers again. 🌱
There will be butterflies visiting the flowers again. 🌱
I'm sorry, why are local news media repeatedly saying there are "conflicting interpretations" and "two sides" instead of showing the goddamn video???
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I'm sorry, why are local news media repeatedly saying there are "conflicting interpretations" and "two sides" instead of showing the goddamn video???
Local news, too. They haven't posted video either. They could stop just before the shots and still it would be clear what happened. He stepped in front of the vehicle as she was trying to drive away.
It is intensely annoying to watch cable news speculate about what happened in this ICE shooting when there is ample video available. The woman was driving away, and an agent stepped out and shot her in the face. They don't need to pretend they don't know what happened.
January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Local news, too. They haven't posted video either. They could stop just before the shots and still it would be clear what happened. He stepped in front of the vehicle as she was trying to drive away.
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Clear footage of the apparent shooter from 00:52 to 01:05 in this video
January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Clear footage of the apparent shooter from 00:52 to 01:05 in this video
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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This is an escalation and Minnesota leaders have a duty to meet the moment by:
1. Demanding the arrest of the murderer
2. Demanding that federal agents leave the state
3. Publicly threatening to withhold tax dollars by placing payments in escrow if the first two demands are not met
1. Demanding the arrest of the murderer
2. Demanding that federal agents leave the state
3. Publicly threatening to withhold tax dollars by placing payments in escrow if the first two demands are not met
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This is an escalation and Minnesota leaders have a duty to meet the moment by:
1. Demanding the arrest of the murderer
2. Demanding that federal agents leave the state
3. Publicly threatening to withhold tax dollars by placing payments in escrow if the first two demands are not met
1. Demanding the arrest of the murderer
2. Demanding that federal agents leave the state
3. Publicly threatening to withhold tax dollars by placing payments in escrow if the first two demands are not met
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If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
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Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
God, the media is so fucking obsessed with protesters and how "calm" or not calm they are. WHY DON'T YOU FOCUS ON THE GODDAMN REASON THEY ARE NOT CALM
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
God, the media is so fucking obsessed with protesters and how "calm" or not calm they are. WHY DON'T YOU FOCUS ON THE GODDAMN REASON THEY ARE NOT CALM
Hey @kstptv.bsky.social I just heard your anchor refer to government agents shooting an OBSERVER in the head as a "controversial issue in Minnesota." Don't you dare treat this like you did the George Floyd protests. Focus on why this is all happening in the first place.
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Hey @kstptv.bsky.social I just heard your anchor refer to government agents shooting an OBSERVER in the head as a "controversial issue in Minnesota." Don't you dare treat this like you did the George Floyd protests. Focus on why this is all happening in the first place.
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This is what our government has sent into cities across the country to arrest normal, nonviolent working people. Insanity.
January 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This is what our government has sent into cities across the country to arrest normal, nonviolent working people. Insanity.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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Trump makes a "joke" about stealing a billion dollars intended for charity and giving it to himself. (Something he has done multiple times.) "I negotiate with myself," he says.
December 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Trump makes a "joke" about stealing a billion dollars intended for charity and giving it to himself. (Something he has done multiple times.) "I negotiate with myself," he says.
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Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
Trump makes a "joke" about stealing a billion dollars intended for charity and giving it to himself. (Something he has done multiple times.) "I negotiate with myself," he says.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.