Gretchen
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This is a good thread, and also a reminder that "kindly" enforcing hateful, racist systems is still hateful and racist. There's no tone that ICE or Noem or JDV or DJT can strike that will change the truth about what they're doing.
Prichett decided rather than crack down with violence, he would "kill them with kindness."
He arrested people for violating segregation orders, but he ordered all his men to act professionally and peacefully and he refrained from making inflammatory comments in the press or egging on the KKK.
He arrested people for violating segregation orders, but he ordered all his men to act professionally and peacefully and he refrained from making inflammatory comments in the press or egging on the KKK.
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This is a good thread, and also a reminder that "kindly" enforcing hateful, racist systems is still hateful and racist. There's no tone that ICE or Noem or JDV or DJT can strike that will change the truth about what they're doing.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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Local police chiefs* breaking publicly with ICE and distancing themselves from it is an absolutely good and important development.
* who, yes, still have many of their own real problems, thank you, no one hear needs this lecture right now, thank you, yes, I'm glad you took a class on it, thank you
* who, yes, still have many of their own real problems, thank you, no one hear needs this lecture right now, thank you, yes, I'm glad you took a class on it, thank you
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Local police chiefs* breaking publicly with ICE and distancing themselves from it is an absolutely good and important development.
* who, yes, still have many of their own real problems, thank you, no one hear needs this lecture right now, thank you, yes, I'm glad you took a class on it, thank you
* who, yes, still have many of their own real problems, thank you, no one hear needs this lecture right now, thank you, yes, I'm glad you took a class on it, thank you
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I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
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i think anyone still clinging to the delusion that elections alone can solve these problems simply will not ever be a useful ally
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
i think anyone still clinging to the delusion that elections alone can solve these problems simply will not ever be a useful ally
@npr.org why does this story lead with a line that fed administration and local officials are “trading accusations” about what happened followed by known lies and a clip from greg bovino when there is VIDEO SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED. Insanely irresponsible editorial choices at best. You are complicit.
January 25, 2026 at 3:06 AM
@npr.org why does this story lead with a line that fed administration and local officials are “trading accusations” about what happened followed by known lies and a clip from greg bovino when there is VIDEO SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED. Insanely irresponsible editorial choices at best. You are complicit.
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Who must be the last innocent American citizen to be murdered by this fascist regime before Democrats unify behind a filing of Impeachment?
#impeachTrump @citizensimpeachment.com
#impeachTrump @citizensimpeachment.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Who must be the last innocent American citizen to be murdered by this fascist regime before Democrats unify behind a filing of Impeachment?
#impeachTrump @citizensimpeachment.com
#impeachTrump @citizensimpeachment.com
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In a civilised society the military would turn on their despotic leader and remove him from power.
They would defend the constitution and protect the people.
The American people are not safe.
The constitution is under attack.
Remove him.
They would defend the constitution and protect the people.
The American people are not safe.
The constitution is under attack.
Remove him.
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
In a civilised society the military would turn on their despotic leader and remove him from power.
They would defend the constitution and protect the people.
The American people are not safe.
The constitution is under attack.
Remove him.
They would defend the constitution and protect the people.
The American people are not safe.
The constitution is under attack.
Remove him.
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wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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We are at an inflection point in our country where the similarities to Nazi Germany cannot be ignored
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
We are at an inflection point in our country where the similarities to Nazi Germany cannot be ignored
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The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
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The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
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Rapid responders still out there, tracking ICE. In spite of everything, even now. Heroes
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Rapid responders still out there, tracking ICE. In spite of everything, even now. Heroes
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If you are angry, stay angry. They want us to think this is normal and how life will be.
I’ll be dammed if I ever let that happen.
I’ll be dammed if I ever let that happen.
January 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
If you are angry, stay angry. They want us to think this is normal and how life will be.
I’ll be dammed if I ever let that happen.
I’ll be dammed if I ever let that happen.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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It’s not enough to say Abolish ICE. It’s not enough to vote no on ICE funding. It’s not enough to confront Kristi Noem or Greg Bovino with Stern Words.
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It’s not enough to say Abolish ICE. It’s not enough to vote no on ICE funding. It’s not enough to confront Kristi Noem or Greg Bovino with Stern Words.
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?
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we actually need to band together and let the dems know we will never donate another cent or vote for the party again if a single member of the party votes to give a single cent to ice ever again
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
we actually need to band together and let the dems know we will never donate another cent or vote for the party again if a single member of the party votes to give a single cent to ice ever again