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dceiver.bsky.social
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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asmaresists.bsky.social
If you have any firsthand video of today’s shooting, please please submit here so the Hennepin County Attorneys Office can review it

hennepinprosecutor.evidence.com/axon/communi...
Community Evidence Request 1.7.26
Please use this link to submit evidence or information regarding the incident on January 7, 2026. If you have information that does not include photos or videos, or if you have technical issues or ot...
hennepinprosecutor.evidence.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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violanorth.bsky.social
Counterpoint: that kind of thing doesn't play as well in Minnesota as it does elsewhere. Politicians who shove their way to the front of a protest are perceived as trying to steal the thunder of the real organizers, and Minneapolis is a city of organizers. So a lot of local pols tend to hang back.
hammancheez.bsky.social hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d
imagine seeing these ICE protests today and you as a potential governor or senator or national democratic candidate didn't push babies out of the way to get to the front of the march

yall really bad at retail politics and seizing the moment huh
January 24, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
It’s as bad you think it is. Worse.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Many of the people who wind up there, Wolozin said, have pending asylum claims and work authorizations that prove they have complied with existing immigration laws, but were arrested anyway. Many were detained at the border patrol checkpoints that dot the highways within 100 miles (160km) of the US-Mexico border, not knowing that their work authorizations or paperwork showing they had applied for asylum or some other form of relief from removal would no longer keep them from getting detained there. Liam Ramos’s father appears to fit that pattern. His family, Ecuadorian nationals, presented themselves at the US-Mexico border using the CBP One app and then made a claim for asylum, saying they faced persecution in their home country, according to his lawyer, Marc Prokosch. “They did everything right when they came in,” Prokosch said this week at a press conference. “ICE didn’t care about the fact that they had those pending claims, and just arrested them.” The boy’s apprehension typifies the new policy of targeting immigrant families, regardless of their pending immigration claims, Wolozin said. “It is as horrible as it looks,” Wolozin said. “He’s coming home from school and now he can get abducted and detained for who knows how long and sent to somewhere he might not be safe. It’s making the United States worse than wherever they came from the first place.” Columbia Heights school officials said that ICE officers had also apprehended three other minors, according to Reuters – two 17-year-olds and a 10-year-old. But the Trump administration is increasingly locking up families detained in high-profile immigration sweeps taking place in major cities across the country, according to Becky Wolozin, an attorney with the National Center for Youth Law. “This is not people showing up at the border at this point,” Wolozin said. “It’s people being arrested who live in the United States, who have permission to live in the United States. Now, they’re starting to re-interview people who have refugee status. There’s no status that protects people anymore. Even US citizens are getting arrested.” Many minors may spend several days detained in places that aren’t equipped to care for children, said Sergio Perez, the executive director for the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. His organization, which represents child migrants covered by the Flores Settlement, has taken declarations from families detained for days at improvised sites in airports or office buildings. In some cases, children were forced to use the bathroom under the watch of guards of the opposite gender, Perez said. “What you’re seeing is places with no medical care, places where the lights never go out, places where the children are not allowed to go outside, places where the food is abhorrent and places where people are not treated with the dignity required by the law,” Perez said. “We’re seeing more imprisonment of families and children for longer periods of time and under more and more deplorable conditions.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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rparloff.bsky.social
One reason it was so irresponsible for ICE to keep its administrative warrant policy secret is the dangerous situation it creates: Advocacy groups advise people not to open doors without judicial warrants & ICE is trained to take that as unlawful resistance.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.

"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.

Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.

Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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perfors.net
I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊

Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Part 1: How do LLMs work?
YouTube video by Andrew Perfors
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.

I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
🎧 Gonna start a slowly evolving thread for my folk-funk faves

What’s folk-funk?

The foundational tracks were mostly released in the 70s

It’s jazz-adjacent, funk-inflected, & heavy on drum breaks, acoustic guitar, & groove

We start with a “founder” of folk-funk

1/n

youtu.be/HY2VfzBWKXM?...
Terry Callier - You Goin' Miss Your Candyman
YouTube video by Adagiosoulb4flesh
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January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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john-abernathy.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
a friend recently shared this with me and i'm obsessed — it's an MTV/VH1 simulator with almost 30,000 videos (organized by decade) along with special sections for things like 120 Minutes, Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, and Pop-Up Video (!!!) wantmymtv.vercel.app
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January 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM