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FreeBird_Lyn @freebirdlyn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The last paragraph explains a lot, “In 2022, then Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Luger pledged to federally prosecute all adult carjackers. But a wave of staff resignations since Luger's departure last year has decimated the ranks of experienced assistant U.S. attorneys.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Congress has one job here decide whether this country is at war, or send our troops home.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/04/2026
If you’re like, “Wait, everyone is shackled on ICE flights?! Wait, there are 50 ICE flights a day?! Wait, they’re sending people to countries they’ve never been to?!” I am begging you to please read my ICE Air FAQ. 🙏 gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-...
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What is ICE Air?
Learn more about ICE’s massive, secretive and cruel air operation, which companies are profiting off of it, and what you can do to stop it.
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Becky @mrsbrown24.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Rogue Ten Commandments ruling may force Supreme Court to wallop conservative allies www.rawstory.com/ten-commandm...
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Rogue Ten Commandments ruling may force Supreme Court to wallop conservative allies
Slate legal analysts flagged what they say is one of the most brazen acts of judicial defiance in recent memory: a federal appeals court that broke a Supreme Court rule specifically about breaking Sup...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
So the Trump Interior Department resubmitted it in January 2026 as a CRA-eligible rule, restarting the 60-day clock on a three-year-old decision and manufacturing eligibility, illegally.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Many of you know this, but we’ve been getting questions on how did the Trump administration use the CRA to go after the Boundary Waters? Short answer is illegally.
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Students were arrested at the Krome ICE concentration camp after protesting ICE. History shows that when young people organize themselves, power structures begin to shift. This moment follows that pattern and we will likely only see more young people step up in the future!
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 24/02/2026
18 detainees loaded onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP, two came off. Today's route was ELP-MSP-HRL, first time to HRL since Dec 14. 📊 Spreadsheet: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data 💵 Food/rent for neighbors: standwithminnesota.com 🚗 Cover airport parking fees: mn50501.org/donate
Graph showing estimated ICE deportees at MSP Nov 10 - Feb 20; sporadic activity of around 40 people per flight some days is shown before Jan 5, followed by a large crescendo to 250 people per day that lasts several days, before decreasing, with no flight on Feb 13, and a handful of people shown each day for the last few days.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
House Dems are supporting a bill to ban lawmakers, the President/VP, & their spouses & dependence from trading stocks. As of 3 PM Eastern, there are still 31 Dems who haven’t signed on or committed to sign on. If your rep is on this list, call them & demand they sign the discharge petition!
Adam Gray
Eugene Vindman
Rick Larsen
Brad Schneider
Gil Cisneros
Joyce Beatty
Sean Casten
Brendan Boyle
Gwen Moore
Sharice Davids
Cleo Fields
Haley Stevens
Kim Schrier
Shontel Brown
David Scott
Jahana Hayes
Laura Gillen
Steny Hoyer
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Janelle Bynum

Lauren Underwood
Derek Tran
Jasmine Crockett
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Vicente Gonzalez Jr.
Don Davis
Jim Himes
Lloyd Doggett
Zoe Lofgren
Ed Case

Marc Veasey
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Want to know how you can help Minnesotans? Julie (who provides mutual aid outside the Whipple Federal Building) explains a few ways: Zion Community Commons: zlcmidway.org Smitten Kitten: venmo.com/u/SmittenKit... Leos Towing: account.venmo.com/u/leostowingmn MN50501: mn50501.org/donate/
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Fields of Change PAC @fieldsofchangepac.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Former ICE Asst. Chief Counsel Ryan Schwank resigned to tell Congress the ICE academy is “deficient, defective, and broken.” Training on constitutional limits and use of force was cut. Cadets are instructed on warrantless home entry. This isn’t a distraction.
It’s a constitutional crisis.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/02/2026
The desks of Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel - two students killed in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School - sit empty in the Capitol this week as a reminder of the horror of gun violence. The majority of Minnesotans agree, it’s time to ban assault weapons.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 23/02/2026
The solution is for ALL of us to be Anti ICE Accounts Make your Anti ICE post today and help shield us all. That and it gives the idiots reviewing our accounts something to do ;-)
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 23/02/2026
Lets make this the lowest rating address in history. Do not tune into the address, help keep the ratings low.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This 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.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Honestly… we’re still in shock 😳 that she would even bring a book like this.
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FreeBird_Lyn @freebirdlyn.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A stain on SCOTUS and all of the US for allowing this.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/02/2026
Making America healthy again doesn’t appear to be the administration’s priority.
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Trump’s NIH slashed research on chronic diseases in 2025. Will it happen again?
Making America healthy again doesn't appear to be the administration's priority.
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Soren Stevenson - Minneapolis Ward 8 @ward8.minneapolismn.gov · 10/02/2026
Going forward, it is vital that the Mayor hear our city’s concerns and refrain from holding these kinds of meetings on City property and keep ICE away from our at-risk residents and employees.
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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Hennepin County and State Patrol officers can be seen in images from Whipple on Sat concealing their faces, which is against a MN law that also applies to cops. In was 26 degrees on Sat. They cannot claim it was “protection from weather.”
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 10/02/2026
Last month, Joe Thompson and Harry Jacobs — along with several other assistant U.S. attorneys — abruptly quit after federal officials pressured them to investigate Renee Good's widow. Now, they're launching their own private defense firm.
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Former Minnesota federal prosecutors launch private defense firm
Two of the federal prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future case have set up their own white collar defense firm.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
An autopsy found that Geraldo Lunas Campos died from “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.” They choked him to death. They strangled him. Torso compression means they violently pinned him down. Now they're trying to disappear the two witnesses. Another ICE murder cover-up.
DHS trying to deport the two men who witnessed the ICE murder.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs. It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
Two small children hold signs they made. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 23/01/2026
ICE is too busy harassing children to pick up the criminals our sheriffs are asking them to take. www.fox9.com/news/mn-sher...
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MN sheriff says ICE was too busy in Twin Cities to pick man accused of sex crime
"Wholly inaccurate." The Cottonwood County Sheriff is firing back after ICE accused them of ignoring a detainer. The sheriff says they called ICE, but agents said they were too busy in the Twin Cities...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Today was day 53 of ICE in our cities. Here is yesterday's report based on volunteer-collected data. No one is safe until ICE is gone.
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Mar-rick @marrickg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The party of law and order literally just wrote themselves a memo that says they don't have to follow the 4th Amendment. That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant. Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
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Makwa Coffee @makwacoffee.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We will be closed on Friday, January 23rd. There will be a unified, statewide pause in daily economic activity. Instead, Minnesotans will spend time with family, neighbors, and their community to show Minnesota’s moral heart and collective economic power.
Black graphic with bold white font ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA
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RhythmicRebel_49 @schwabyz49.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Ukrainian intelligence reportedly stopped sharing high-value data with the U.S. due to leaks reaching Moscow. Citing a severe breakdown in trust, senior leaders moved to protect sensitive info. This French report has sparked new calls for Trump's impeachment.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Weekend ICE Report (Jan 17–18) Today marks 49 days of ICE in Minneapolis. The information in this video comes from unpaid community volunteers who patrol our neighborhoods to document ICE activity when no one else will. These abductions don’t always make headlines, but they happen every day.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
If you are thinking about joining the ongoing protest at the Whipple Building, please read this guide thoroughly. A lot has changed since we all peacefully gathered there to tell Crusty Gnome to go home. Know your risk, and above all, NO KIDS OR PETS.
SO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE
ICE PROTESTS AT THE
WHIPPLE BUILDING...

FIRST, READ BELOW SOME THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO:
As of 1/11/26, attending the protests occurring at Gates 1 & 3 of the Whipple building is an EXTREMELY high risk action. If you choose to attend, the following is a list of actions taken by ICE against protestors that have happened, and that you can assume will happen to you:

Exposure to chemical irritants

Violent arrest/detainment


Physical assault from agents and/or MAGA agitators including, and not limited to punching, kicking, being thrown to the ground etc.


Exposure to facial recognition tech and surveillance from agents


Pictures/Videos being taken of you and your car’s plates


Being doxxed and harassed at your home and your business by both agents and MAGA agitators alike


Being shot at with pepper balls/pepper bombs


Flash bangs being thrown at you


Live firearms being pointed at your face


Personal items being stolen/broken by agents/MAGA agitators

Noise Demo at the North Lot
There is also the option of protesting via noise demo in the North Park and Ride lot right next to the Whipple building. The parking lot is public property, and there is a fence and train tracks that provide a clear boundary of separation between protestors and ICE agents. Loud sounds echo off the walls of the Whipple very nicely here 🙂


**NO KIDS!!!
NO PETS!!!**

PLEASE ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THIS SPECIFIC PROTEST ACTION FITS WITHIN YOUR OWN RISK PROFILE BEFORE YOU ATTEND!!!

BE PREPARED! PACK THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
Comfortable protective shoes you can run in, Warm clothing that covers all your skin, Heavy duty rain gear in case of water cannons, Cap or Hat to protect your hair from chemicals, Extra bottles of FILTERED water (NOT MILK) for eye flushing, Wipes/Tissue, Mask, Goggles/Eye Protection, Gas mask/Bandana soaked in vinegar in a plastic bag to aid with breathing when exposed to chemical irritants, Protein bars/Snacks, Inhaler, Epipen, Insulin, or othe…
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 14/01/2026
Jane Graupman, executive director of the International Institute of Minnesota, said refugees are reporting no access to legal representation, no explanation of the allegations against them and no clear process. She said in nearly 40 years of resettlement work, she's never seen anything like it.
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Resettlement agency head says new Homeland Security operation ‘terrifying’ refugee families
Immigration and refugee advocates in Minnesota say a new federal “reverification” effort has led to home arrests by armed agents, rapid transfers out of state and widespread fear among refugee familie...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Journalists often go on hand-fed ride-alongs with agents. Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents. We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:
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FreeBird_Lyn @freebirdlyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Cuídate a todos.
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 13/01/2026
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What happened in Minneapolis wasn’t law enforcement. It was murder. Prosecute them. Strip their immunity. Get them the hell out of our communities.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out and helped spread the word. Thousands of Minnesotans gathered tonight for a vigil honoring Renee Good, who was murdered by ICE agents. Let’s get ICE out of MN!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/01/2026
If they could do this to Renee Nicole Good, they could do this to you. This is a lawless regime.
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Andrew Mercado @andrew-mercado.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA - Live Breaking News Coverage www.youtube.com/live/bmz-b4o...
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MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA - Live Breaking News Coverage
YouTube video by Mercado Media
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
If you’re going to terrorize Californians while hiding your identity, then you’re going to have to Reveal to Wheel.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/12/2025
it’s so cool that the US decided that it is better to have zero seating outdoors in public rather than possibly give a single homeless person a place to lay down.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
In Illinois, ICE agents have been documented swapping license plates to hide their identity. Under Illinois law, this constitutes a Class A misdemeanor. The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 16/12/2025
Solid coverage of the ICE flights here at MSP from the Star Tribune today. (Gift Link)
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Under the radar: How charter airlines fly ICE deportees at MSP
Some charter airplanes use a government list to mask operations. This Minnesotan is exposing them.
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certified boogeyman @jagheadroom.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
They’re scared. Keep going, because they aren’t paid to stop. Their livelihoods depend on taking this on the chin every day. You owe it to your neighbors to make them feel like the worms they are. Like there’s nowhere they can sleep.
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