Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 18/01/2026I know in my heart that the Siege of Minneapolis will go down as one of the biggest political blunders/grossest abuses of federal power in American history. Just a matter how long that consensus takes. Next week? Next year? Next decade? 912246425
Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 18/01/2026It’s not going the way they thought it would go, because they don’t know Minnesotans. 2611
Yankee Bebop @yankeedem.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Maybe next decade. Republicans are amoral cowards, Democrats are weak. Fox, Newsmax, CBS, twitter,Facebook and to a lesser extent Bezos will always have his back. 000
No Body @idioticbrilliance.bsky.social · 18/01/2026How about now? Would that be long enough time? 000
Diana tc @ditic.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Living in S California, I am amazed at how dangerous just walking is in Minnesota! Videos of ICE agents slipping and falling while residents keep their balance . . . Of course some ICE have experience with snow and icy sidewalks . . . But the weather favors the residents and they are tough people 000
QuiJohn @quijohn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026It’s very sad it isn’t already recognized as the largest human rights violation committed on US soil this century 010
John W @jcwill324.bsky.social · 18/01/2026The civil war lasted 4 years… so it may take awhile. ICE activities right now are aimed at provoking an armed conflict, leading to the insurrection act, leading to no more elections. 0120
Noah @ncallaway.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I think it’s going to take a while, but I think it’ll be a not uncommon take before the midterm elections and it’ll become conventional wisdoms in the aftermath of the the midterms 100
WhippetRun @whippetrun.bsky.social · 18/01/2026They already know. The day after the midterms republicans will speak up once they don’t have a job to go to in January 000
Arnie Arnesen @nharnie.bsky.social · 18/01/2026blunders squared! It is time...the children of Minnesota are afraid of our government, the children of Greenland are afraid of our government...they should show solidarity and wear each others flags 000
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 18/01/2026I know we here on Bsky already feel pretty strongly. But this is going to be normie POV shared among all stripes on par with the Iraqi invasion. 41286
Michael Planey @airplaney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Hopefully within a year. But we need to prevent a reconstruction/lost cause version of events from ever getting into our history books. This was a fascist invasion of an American state by the federal government. End of story. 050
Pix @pix63.bsky.social · 18/01/2026History will record this as abuse and all the administration involved. 000
Joe Calhoun @jbc3.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I don’t know. But I agree that it has made it materially less likely that they’ll be able to consolidate the authoritarian outbreak. 000
Invictus Ghost @invictusghost.bsky.social · 18/01/2026War is coming to Minnesota. Its time to pick a side or be silent and occupied forever. @governorwalz.mn.gov, @governor.ca.gov, @govpritzker.illinois.gov 000
ljean @ljean.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Unless it works and they manage to reproduce it, then take the ballot boxes. Wake up Ana Marie, this is violence with a purpose. That purpose is to end/puppet the midterms. Have you literally still not read Project 2025? 000
Lee Climate and Democracy Activist in MA @leewithmofma.bsky.social · 18/01/2026More likely the beginning of many more. Maine Governor announced ICE is planning to surge on Lewiston and Portland Maine. Somali American population. Hard workers who have revived the economy. 080
West Coast Cheese 🏴☠️ @cheeseofthewest.bsky.social · 18/01/2026That was only the beginning. This will continue to get much worse. 000
Several Animals @several-animals.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Dems who don't understand this are basically acting equivalently to voting for the Iraq war prior to the 2002 midterms. You can't wash that stink off. 4605
Lisa Farrar @lisafarrar.bsky.social · 18/01/2026And why isn't there a trending thread here on Bluesky about #Minneapolis?? 020
J6 Quote Hanng Mike Pence unquote @kalambat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...nytimes.comVideo: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in MinneapolisAn analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire. 000
J6 Quote Hanng Mike Pence unquote @kalambat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Voters oppose ICE amid shootings in Minneapolis www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comVoters oppose ICE amid shootings in MinneapolisAs President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration in Minneapolis, he’s finding the public is not with him. 020
J6 Quote Hanng Mike Pence unquote @kalambat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026A clear majority of Americans believe that ICE officer Jonathan Ross must face criminal charges for the death of Renee Nicole Good. 000
philippos42 @philippos42.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Hard to say. The consent manufacturers were already slandering Minnesota hard before New Year's. I imagine the corporate media will try to write off Minneapolis as "not real Americans" and people "who had it coming." Because the fascists can do wrong in their eyes. 000
ajcaz.bsky.social @ajcaz.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I completely agree. My brother and his family live there and he says that it feels absolutely dystopian to live there right now. I never could have imagined something like this happening in the US. I’m also afraid that it will get worse before it gets better. 0200
Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I think so, yeah. I think they radically misunderstood both the civic culture and where the political and racial fault lines are in the community. Combining that with tactics that reminiscent of East Germany in the 80s, and they ended up with a bunch of super activated normies who hate them. 040
Rhonda @rhonda-deja.bsky.social · 18/01/2026History will not be kind to America all because of the tyrant that a majority of voters welcomed back into the WH. Damn all Republicans for allowing his actions and damn to SCOTUS for giving a lunatic immunity. These people have failed our precious country! 130
mhender @mhender54.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I live here. I think it will be by spring. People are already angry. Restaurants are closing or providing transport for workers. Heard of more than a few places where their workers have disappeared.. 172
cfbest @cfbest.bsky.social · 18/01/2026You’d think all the shots of ICE & CBP assaulting people on the streets of residential neighborhoods we’ve already been flooded with would have been the tipping point. 290
theoctoberist.bsky.social @theoctoberist.bsky.social · 18/01/2026It’s not a “blunder”. This has to stop. It’s not a “mistake”. It’s not a “bad decision”. This is a targeted attempt to intimate American citizens, undermine democracy & interfere with 2026 elections in a state he lost & that’s under policed & “blue”. This is policy. Backed by a political party. 020
jennifer whatshername @jhgray.bsky.social · 18/01/2026After we defeat this monster, because the victor writes the story. 020
fieldsofgreen.bsky.social @fieldsofgreen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I agree. I just worry about the extent of the pain and carnage on the people of Minnesota and the US before it all inevitably collapses. 000
Scratchbrands @scratchbrands.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Remember when we were kids and this kind of thing in the United States was unthinkable? 000
Sister Artemis @sisterartemis.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Agree, but also ask: how many people will be murdered? maimed for life? Disappeared? This is awful, and much of what we can do is merely keep those numbers as low as possible. 000
armontague.bsky.social @armontague.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Idk, I have little hope or faith that anything is going to turn out okay or anything positive will come from this. Things will continue to get worse until Trump dies, and then his supporters will act like he was King Arthur, some legendary hero 000
changeovertime05.bsky.social @changeovertime05.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Serious Napoleon's march to Moscow vibes. 000
Jim Frank @jimfrank.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I’m afraid it will only be in Howard Zinn history books. 000
Bill @billnbobca.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Or last week this happened. (Except in the media and in congress) 000
Erik Halvorsen @erikhalvorsen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026We can send a message from Wisconsin in April secure.actblue.com/donate/socia...secure.actblue.comInvest in WisDems to safeguard democracy:WisDems are the forefront of our fight to save American democracy. Help us scale up our organizing and voter protection programs. 000
Terriinthesky @terriandbuck.bsky.social · 18/01/2026We here hope it's a short seige. The national guard and us mMinnesotans vs whoever else he sends in against us 🤞✌️👊💪🙏 000
Mo Fei Chen aka The Electric Dyna-Mo @dynamochen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I dunno, people forgot all about things like Tulsa in 1921. 000
Cre8ve 🆘❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 No lists @cre8ve2.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Im glad I can retire in a few years cuz...the history teachers have got a hella of a job coming up 032
ursrbrot? @ursrbrot.bsky.social · 18/01/2026The ice budget is insane. The longer they are able to build up, the harder it will be to Abolish it. 050
Danish American @npalmer1.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I’m hoping it’s this week. Somehow thinking ICE will feel the same. 010
Tuna Noodle @tunanoodle.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I thought the same about Jan 6th, turned out not to be the case. 010
Vid Hardt @vidhardt.bsky.social · 18/01/2026You're whistling in the dark. They're making war on their enemies to end voting, not seeking popularity. 000
Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 18/01/2026depends on what gets passed with democrats in power. if you can tie real change to it then it's a big win and where it all began. 000
Bony Frightower @tonyhightower.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Well, let's see what happens next. I truly hope this is where the tide begins to genuinely turn. 050
Dawn Marie Galtieri @dmgaltieri.bsky.social · 19/01/2026And how many will be traumatized, injured or killed. 000
Billy Jarrett @billjarrett.bsky.social · 18/01/2026If they do start to siege them from a military definition, which I wouldn't doubt will happen - The bulk of the country lives outside of that siege zone. Good luck watching your flanks boys. 260
Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 18/01/2026"Don't they know how this ends?" That's easy. If Republicans truly believed they'd lose power during their lifetimes and they'd have to face consequences for their decisions, they'd act differently. That means they're betting that American democracy falls. Don't just assume we'll win. 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Current events are up there, I agree. I think the grossest abuse was the response to the 67 Detroit riots where the Army literally sprayed suppressive machine gun fire on buildings, in one case killing a 4 year old. Let's hope it doesn't get that bad, I don't think it will. 000
Joe from So Cal @jcoletax.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The question assumes we will return to normalcy and be able to laugh off ICE like it were some silly fad from the past like the pet rock or Milli Vanilli. Trump is doing permanent damage. ICE is part of the beginning of the end of America as we know it. 000
jasper33.bsky.social @jasper33.bsky.social · 18/01/2026It’s happening right now according to the polls and the more Trump leans into it the more his support will erode. On the dark side, I don’t think he cares because I think he intends to manipulate or cancel the midterms. 000
Fdell @fdell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026It’s very possible he will just start shooting more people. If he’s not stopped this could be the next step in a military dictatorship. The camps are already being built. 000
jtadetroit.bsky.social @jtadetroit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Are we going to be told to “ move ahead/ turn the page”, as usual ? 000
eisenblm.bsky.social @eisenblm.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I agree, but not before Trump greatly escalates his attack against Minnesota. Also, I am afraid that Renee Good will be far from the last casualty from the actions of Trump’s goons (i.e., Miller’s Gestapo). 050
Termagant @hellosix.com · 18/01/2026Putin is instilling a generation of hate of Russians into Ukrainians. Trump is instilling a generation of hate of Republicans into US citizans. 010
𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 @worsification.bsky.social · 18/01/2026For 10 years people have repeatedly said about a seemingly endless string of Trump‘s words and deeds that they would backfire… Yet he’s still here… And things keep getting worse… Still waiting for the backfire. 150
dianehenning.bsky.social @dianehenning.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I know several people who "don't do politics." In the last week they have been talking about politics alot. Even using terms like "cult" and "abolish ice" This shit is waking people up 010
Reverend Ike (he, him) Ⓥ @meccalopolis.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Sooner rather than later, please. But yeah, the implications will be generational. 000
fumbler00ski @fumbler00ski.bsky.social · 18/01/2026In Jan 21 the first Trump admin was universally regarded as the most corrupt admin in history. Yet he was re-elected less than four years later. For cheaper eggs. Never underestimate the detachment the American People. They will move on to the next thing and this tragedy will be forgotten in 5 yrs 000
aburtch @aburtch.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026@anamariecox.bsky.social @emptywheel.bsky.social Agreed and decade. 000
Roomis Igloomis @holdenl.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I hope by November. Far too many people credulously believe that ICE is an immigration enforcement agency. They're stormtroopers who invade and occupy blue cities. 000
coastally1337 @coastally1337.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Biggest blunder…so far. Failing to prosecute and convict those responsible would be the greatest betrayal of the US Constitution and would signal the end of the union imho. 071
World Peace Cookies @worldpeacecookies.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Hope I'm wrong, but it sure seems like what's happening in Minneapolis will actually be understood as the first, shocking example of what most/all big cities in Blue states will have to deal with. 060
