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“This man has control of our nuclear arsenal.”
This is deranged. Trump is threatening to deploy our military, blow up the NATO alliance, & spend billions all because he didn't win a prize.
This man has control of our nuclear arsenal.
At what point will Republicans join us to stop him from putting our nation in harm's way?
This man has control of our nuclear arsenal.
At what point will Republicans join us to stop him from putting our nation in harm's way?
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
“This man has control of our nuclear arsenal.”
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It's not just the St. Paul Doubletree.
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
It's not just the St. Paul Doubletree.
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now.
According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans.
www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...
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This is the second reported immigrant death at the very same ICE facility
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This is the second reported immigrant death at the very same ICE facility
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
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"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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what possible rationale is there for this
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 3:22 AM
what possible rationale is there for this
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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No funding for ICE. Impeach Kristi Noem now. Hold Trump and his lackeys accountable for the violence and terror being inflicted all across our country.
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
No funding for ICE. Impeach Kristi Noem now. Hold Trump and his lackeys accountable for the violence and terror being inflicted all across our country.
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$125 million is the most expensive quarter-erection American taxpayers have ever paid for
You're welcome, Pete Hegseth
You're welcome, Pete Hegseth
NEW: Congressional Budget Office report estimates cost of between $10M and $125M to change the Defense Department's name to "Department of War"
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
$125 million is the most expensive quarter-erection American taxpayers have ever paid for
You're welcome, Pete Hegseth
You're welcome, Pete Hegseth
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A Venezuelan refugee family in Minneapolis faced a surprise ICE raid. Lawyers and immigrant advocates say dozens of legal migrants who arrived as vetted refugees and have protections from deportation have been detained in Minnesota.
They arrived as refugees but now are detained in Trump’s Minneapolis crackdown
Lawyers and immigrant advocates say dozens of legal migrants who arrived as vetted refugees and have protections from deportation have been detained in Minnesota.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 AM
A Venezuelan refugee family in Minneapolis faced a surprise ICE raid. Lawyers and immigrant advocates say dozens of legal migrants who arrived as vetted refugees and have protections from deportation have been detained in Minnesota.
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Dear Black people,
they’re coming for us too.
they’re coming for us too.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Dear Black people,
they’re coming for us too.
they’re coming for us too.
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People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
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It looked every bit as bleak during the civil rights movement, but it was the dispassionate *discipline* of *organized* nonviolent resistance that won over the general public in the end.
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
It looked every bit as bleak during the civil rights movement, but it was the dispassionate *discipline* of *organized* nonviolent resistance that won over the general public in the end.
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The signs of possible life among Senate Republicans were apparently just a spasm. Nothing more. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump’s Power in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The signs of possible life among Senate Republicans were apparently just a spasm. Nothing more. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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Trump is ordering his untrained goon army to go into states that did not vote for him to kill and maim people. That is the story.
If this is about "border protection," from "drug fueled" countries in South and Latin America: why isn't ICE in Texas or Arizona or fucking FLORIDA.
Oh wait, I know!
If this is about "border protection," from "drug fueled" countries in South and Latin America: why isn't ICE in Texas or Arizona or fucking FLORIDA.
Oh wait, I know!
A 21-year old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blinded in California after a Department of Homeland Security agent shot him in the face with a nonlethal round at point-blank range on Friday. trib.al/V6hRQpr
January 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Trump is ordering his untrained goon army to go into states that did not vote for him to kill and maim people. That is the story.
If this is about "border protection," from "drug fueled" countries in South and Latin America: why isn't ICE in Texas or Arizona or fucking FLORIDA.
Oh wait, I know!
If this is about "border protection," from "drug fueled" countries in South and Latin America: why isn't ICE in Texas or Arizona or fucking FLORIDA.
Oh wait, I know!
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So Trump hates our protesters, but loves the protesters in the Middle East?
Can someone make this make sense
Can someone make this make sense
January 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
So Trump hates our protesters, but loves the protesters in the Middle East?
Can someone make this make sense
Can someone make this make sense
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This exact thing happened to my friend this morning. He was just taking a pre-dawn walk when ICE jumped him from multiple vehicles. Only because he had his ID on them did they let him go.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
This exact thing happened to my friend this morning. He was just taking a pre-dawn walk when ICE jumped him from multiple vehicles. Only because he had his ID on them did they let him go.
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In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
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Defund ICE is the only position.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Defund ICE is the only position.
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The refugees arrested through this program are in the country legally. They entered as refugees, having been fully screened and vetted and on a path to a green card already.
Now the Trump admin is detaining an unknown number; USCIS says they may be targeting as many as 5,600 people.
Now the Trump admin is detaining an unknown number; USCIS says they may be targeting as many as 5,600 people.
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The refugees arrested through this program are in the country legally. They entered as refugees, having been fully screened and vetted and on a path to a green card already.
Now the Trump admin is detaining an unknown number; USCIS says they may be targeting as many as 5,600 people.
Now the Trump admin is detaining an unknown number; USCIS says they may be targeting as many as 5,600 people.
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Gallego: "They literally murdered an American. What happened that day was absolute murder and that ICE officer should be in jail ... I didn't wear a mask in Iraq."
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Gallego: "They literally murdered an American. What happened that day was absolute murder and that ICE officer should be in jail ... I didn't wear a mask in Iraq."
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Gallego: "What type of man decides to walk around with a phone camera & at same time tries to make life & death decisions, then decides to pump one bullet that may have been forward-facing, but clearly the other 2 were on the side. Who is he? Clearly not someone who should be in law enforcement."
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Gallego: "What type of man decides to walk around with a phone camera & at same time tries to make life & death decisions, then decides to pump one bullet that may have been forward-facing, but clearly the other 2 were on the side. Who is he? Clearly not someone who should be in law enforcement."
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JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there’s no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act — or even offer them due process — given the delicate negotiations with Venezuela’s new post-Maduro regime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declaration of Secretary of State Rubio – #229, Att. #1 in J.G.G. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00766) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Response to Court Order by PAMELA J. BONDI, PETER B. HEGSETH, KRISTI L. NOEM, MARCO A. RUBIO, MADISON SHEAHAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURI...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there’s no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act — or even offer them due process — given the delicate negotiations with Venezuela’s new post-Maduro regime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...