Reposted by Kelly Van SantJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 14/02/2026ICE kidnapped a neighbor in Phillips today along with others in MN. They are still the same rogue, abhorrent, & illegitimate organization meant to terrorize & separate families. As I said yesterday, I am still asking the community to remain cautious & vigilant. We still need help. Jason Chavez 1/ 3428211 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12/02/2026They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this. 293601934 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantAtlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Now it’s: -RETURN our neighbors -REPARATIONS for inflicting terror -ROT in The Hague 114947 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantAnders @derzquist.net · 12/02/2026I'll believe it when I hear from likely targeted folks that *they* believe it's over If it is true (or whenever it finally happens) then we have a mountain of subsequent questions; Big one is how do we get people back who've been abducted? 212530 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I mean, I'm still going to all the school patrol shifts I'm signed up for, because I don't believe jack shit outta that guy's mouth. 170 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive. 272113126467 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Honestly, this permission is helpful because, yeah. 020 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I can watch a little olympic curling while I do my emails as a treat and a temporary distraction from The Horrors. 060 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 30/01/2026This morning, federal agents arrested my friend Jamael Lundy for exercising his first amendment rights along with members of the media. He was violently awakened by federal agents, and I’m disappointed to see the Trump administration weaponize the justice system. 1/ 317172 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 29/01/2026None of this body cams and more training bullshit. 050 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Here’s a free tip to electeds from a contracts director: when entering a deal always open by asking for the best possible terms. Don’t immediately undercut yourself by trying to compromise out the gate or diminish your value. So in this particular case the opener you’re looking for is “ABOLISH ICE.” 3132 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantErik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Which part of this sequence can be reformed 06220 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantKimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 28/01/2026In videos posted on social media, one employee can be heard saying: “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” The agent responds, “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...nytimes.comUpdate from Max Bearak 321194450 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantJason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 27/01/2026before 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 4247831696 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantErik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Worth a couple minutes of your time 0102 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I have been putting it off because who gives a single fuck about promoting shit right now (not me!!!!!) and yet. I'm teaching a class--From Page to Publication--through Loft Literary that starts next week. Spots still available. More info here: loft.org/classes/page...loft.orgFrom Page to PublicationYour manuscript is finished! Now what? Are you wondering how to get your story off of your computer screen and onto bookshelves everywhere? This class is for you! Step-by-step we'll do a deep dive on ... 052 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantBen Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Let's be clear about what he's actually saying: "We're going to dox American citizens who have not committed any actual crimes because they got in our way." 17930 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Another day harassing random people on the street in Minneapolis. It’s time for me to deliver the badass threat I’ve been rehearsing in my head. I’m going to say it clearly and without my voice breaking at all. Okay, here goes: 322540 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantRepresentative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026Reminder 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. 6702440910968 0
Reposted by Kelly Van Santsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis 215105872465 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantSarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 25/01/2026In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram 98140152588 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune 228062 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Trying to parent my kid in all this is insane. She’s 12. She’s angry and scared and is looking to me to help her regulate those justified emotions and I can barely regulate myself. 0120 0
Reposted by Kelly Van Santprincess bubblegum 🏳️⚧️ @vvv.gay · 25/01/2026Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station. 4452251465 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Boston is my hometown and Minneapolis is now my home and I’m crying. 0150 0
Reposted by Kelly Van Santshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/01/2026it is a regular thing where i see a post about an awful current event which is like "this is terrible! someone should do something!" & i'm like hell yeah, & then i see it was posted by chuck schumer 152181292 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/01/2026You need to understand that there are not lengthy standoffs between protesters and ICE in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was not a “protester” in a conventional sense. ICE lurks around the city and occasionally takes aggressive actions, and bystanders and observers document it and raise the alarm 111392265 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantDrew @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Hundreds of Mothers and Children. HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. 2473188 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I feel fucking insane. They are not going to stop. So what the fuck needs to happen next? 140 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantLydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest! 103104212822 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here." 5483971412590 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting. Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune 5349061827 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Videos analyzed by NYT appear to contradict accounts given by Homeland Security. They said the man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to "massacre" them. Footage of the encounter shows the man holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when agents take him to the ground.nytimes.comHere’s the latest. 761273428 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantMicah @rincewind.run · 24/01/2026Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times, up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street 3166542005 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantSeptima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026All the ways ICE is going to rationalize an execution in the streets will be how cops always do it. They had a gun. They were no angel. They had health issues. All common tactics used by cops for years to discredit someone after they killed them. 0145 0
Reposted by Kelly Van Santem cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 24/01/2026once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street 2238451076 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026A man was wrestled to the ground and shot multiple times by federal agents in Minneapolishuffpost.comVideo Shows Federal Agents Shooting Man in MinneapolisHe was shot multiple times after being wrestled to the ground by authorities. 581076567 0
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Yesterday felt so fucking powerful and then they just go out this morning and shoot someone first thing, like. What the actual fuck. 1101 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantSandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 23/01/2026On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.” 97121762769 0
Reposted by Kelly Van Santonion person @junlper.beer · 23/01/2026minnesota coming together to show us all how to stand up against ICE is such a beautiful display of what solidarity looks like 6899941846 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantCathy Wurzer @cathywurzer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Photo of anti-ICE rally and march in downtown Mpls in frigid weather. Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet. www.mprnews.org for live updates. 6447132 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 23/01/2026💯 The downtown march is a fraction of anti-ICE Minnesota. There are thousands more doing organizing, observing and patrolling, and leading smaller protests. 0145 0
Reposted by Kelly Van Santmax nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing 7903707110801 0
Reposted by Kelly Van SantKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2026ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that." 2197194729589 0