MaplePie
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Seriously, don’t follow me
Seriously, don’t follow me
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I'm hearing about this in a few states. My big question is whether it is preparation for a crackdown on resistance to ICE operations, or a preemptive crackdown on anti war protesters after the planned invasion of Greenland
my friend is a postal worker in minneapolis and they all got letters at work today to show to police to prove they are essential workers authorized to be out. i guess we're to the "papers please" era now officially.
January 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I'm hearing about this in a few states. My big question is whether it is preparation for a crackdown on resistance to ICE operations, or a preemptive crackdown on anti war protesters after the planned invasion of Greenland
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So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
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It is Imperative to understand that Frey is your enemy. He is not a misguided ally he is not delusional he is not trying to mitigate harm, when given the choice between disorder or ethnic cleansing he is choosing the ethnic cleansing and he will always choose order
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It is Imperative to understand that Frey is your enemy. He is not a misguided ally he is not delusional he is not trying to mitigate harm, when given the choice between disorder or ethnic cleansing he is choosing the ethnic cleansing and he will always choose order
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Warnock is helps folks to understand why elections won't defeat fascism. Only social movements can.
So now Dem senators are just espousing MAGA talking points about ICE?
January 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Warnock is helps folks to understand why elections won't defeat fascism. Only social movements can.
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My main point was that U.S. police officers are, one to one, much more violent than U.S. soldiers, and much likelier to commit murder at close range out of anger.
January 11, 2026 at 2:33 AM
My main point was that U.S. police officers are, one to one, much more violent than U.S. soldiers, and much likelier to commit murder at close range out of anger.
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Tim Walz use your authority to muster a People’s Militia challenge
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Tim Walz use your authority to muster a People’s Militia challenge
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Without the police—including the ones that serve Democrat governors and mayors—ICE would have been defeated in cities like Minneapolis long ago.
crimethinc.com/cops
crimethinc.com/cops
Police: An Ethnography
We let police officers speak for themselves about what they are trying to do and why. And as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
crimethinc.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Without the police—including the ones that serve Democrat governors and mayors—ICE would have been defeated in cities like Minneapolis long ago.
crimethinc.com/cops
crimethinc.com/cops
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MPD reports directly to Mayor Frey
The Minneapolis Police Department has declared tonight’s protest outside a downtown hotel an unlawful assembly, calling it a public nuisance, and ordered the crowd to disperse. bit.ly/3Yu1KW3
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 AM
MPD reports directly to Mayor Frey
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the sooner they all realize this the better.
NOTUS:
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.
www.notus.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
the sooner they all realize this the better.
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My first for @dropsitenews.com: after a grueling three-year strike, workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette returned to work in victory. This week, the 240-year-old paper’s wealthy owners decided to shut it down. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Shutter After Workers Held Longest Strike in the History of U.S. Newspapers
Block Communications just closed its Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper, but its workers hope to keep local journalism alive, with their strike paper in hand and support from residents and officials
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
My first for @dropsitenews.com: after a grueling three-year strike, workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette returned to work in victory. This week, the 240-year-old paper’s wealthy owners decided to shut it down. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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"The Democrats’ plan: TBD. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but ... the caucus is largely shying away from using its leverage in the appropriations process and threatening another government shutdown."
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"The Democrats’ plan: TBD. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but ... the caucus is largely shying away from using its leverage in the appropriations process and threatening another government shutdown."
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
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The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said.
Moriarty asks public to send her office possible ICE shooting evidence; says ICE agent does not have complete immunity
Here’s the latest Friday around the killing of Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis Wednesday by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said.
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When it collapses it will seem sudden, all at once. But if something doesn't change soon this regime is finished. Keep striking, keep fighting, keep pushing where you can, keep building resilience and mutual aid, keep caring for one another and building the world you want to live in.
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
When it collapses it will seem sudden, all at once. But if something doesn't change soon this regime is finished. Keep striking, keep fighting, keep pushing where you can, keep building resilience and mutual aid, keep caring for one another and building the world you want to live in.
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Please stop platforming Minneapolis’ piss boy mayor.
Every tragedy, he emerges from some downtown gutter to cry on national television that only he should be able to murder the people of Minneapolis with zero consequences.
He alone controls our police force.
If he wanted ICE gone, they’d be gone.
Every tragedy, he emerges from some downtown gutter to cry on national television that only he should be able to murder the people of Minneapolis with zero consequences.
He alone controls our police force.
If he wanted ICE gone, they’d be gone.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Please stop platforming Minneapolis’ piss boy mayor.
Every tragedy, he emerges from some downtown gutter to cry on national television that only he should be able to murder the people of Minneapolis with zero consequences.
He alone controls our police force.
If he wanted ICE gone, they’d be gone.
Every tragedy, he emerges from some downtown gutter to cry on national television that only he should be able to murder the people of Minneapolis with zero consequences.
He alone controls our police force.
If he wanted ICE gone, they’d be gone.
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Folks, I am literally begging you, if you're going to engage in, shall we say, alternative means of financial or other protest against this government, DO NOT ANNOUNCE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Folks, I am literally begging you, if you're going to engage in, shall we say, alternative means of financial or other protest against this government, DO NOT ANNOUNCE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
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Do NOT argue with the cop about their probable cause. Let your lawyer do that later, it's what we're there for.
- DO say "I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." And then SHUT UP.
- DO say "I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." And then SHUT UP.
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Do NOT argue with the cop about their probable cause. Let your lawyer do that later, it's what we're there for.
- DO say "I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." And then SHUT UP.
- DO say "I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." And then SHUT UP.
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Some people, mostly Black, Brown and Indigenous, suffered, lived, and died working to expose and protect their communities from the violence of law enforcement in this country. Don't be jerks about the work of others and act like no one knew.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Some people, mostly Black, Brown and Indigenous, suffered, lived, and died working to expose and protect their communities from the violence of law enforcement in this country. Don't be jerks about the work of others and act like no one knew.
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Law enforcement politicians are happy to sacrifice one of their own to ensure that the regime remains intact.
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Law enforcement politicians are happy to sacrifice one of their own to ensure that the regime remains intact.
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Sadly this is correct, and no one likes it because people want to see punishment. The same process that created the problem cannot solve it. The only way is to remove power and money (which are the same basically).
I want people to realize prosecuting the police is always a long shot and even when successful that it hasn’t produced any observable change in behavior from the police in general.
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Sadly this is correct, and no one likes it because people want to see punishment. The same process that created the problem cannot solve it. The only way is to remove power and money (which are the same basically).
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While CBP and ICE are giving piss-poor training, more training really won't stop the problem. Greg Bovino is very well trained. The call to train better will just be pouring money into a violent organization that literally trains people to be violent.
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
While CBP and ICE are giving piss-poor training, more training really won't stop the problem. Greg Bovino is very well trained. The call to train better will just be pouring money into a violent organization that literally trains people to be violent.
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"let's be calm and wait for the facts to come in" was probably a lot less annoying to hear back before everyone had an HD video camera in their pocket at all times
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"let's be calm and wait for the facts to come in" was probably a lot less annoying to hear back before everyone had an HD video camera in their pocket at all times
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Actions have consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Actions have consequences.
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With news of yet another DHS shooting breaking, a reminder that DHS’s initial statements should not be trusted without further verification, given previous post-shooting statements which crumbled under further investigation. In addition, be wary of short context-free video clips shared virally.
"My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning" near Portland Avenue and 34th Street in Minneapolis, says Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
"We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm."
"We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm."
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
With news of yet another DHS shooting breaking, a reminder that DHS’s initial statements should not be trusted without further verification, given previous post-shooting statements which crumbled under further investigation. In addition, be wary of short context-free video clips shared virally.