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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 02/09/2026
Today marks one year since the United States began an unlawful campaign of lethal military strikes targeting vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, claiming 227 lives. US officials should be urgently held to account for these killings. Read more: bit.ly/4cnFJ2t
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Intercept was kind enough to publish and visualize key data findings from my new book on media bias and Gaza. Here are some examples - Emotive words in print/ - cable news - Antisemitism vs Islamophobia mentions - Coverage of Claudine Gay “scandal” v the Hind Rajab killing
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 15/04/2026
The City of Minneapolis, evicting 48 of the poorest families in its care, for a total of $30,144.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
exonerated after FORTY THREE years in prison, only to end up falling in ICE detention immediately www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
An immigration judge on Thursday ruled against the deportation of a Pennsylvania man who had spent 43 years in prison and was set to be freed after his murder conviction was overturned, only to be picked up by immigration agents immediately after.

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was a green card holder who came to the United States with his parents from India when he was 9 months old. He was exonerated in October, after a judge vacated his murder conviction based on ballistics evidence that prosecutors had failed to disclose during his trials.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Dear neighbor, The City Council will be voting tomorrow to decide whether we purchase a property to build a shooting range and training facility. This project would cost over $38 million. I will be voting no. 1/
The City Council will be voting tomorrow to decide whether we purchase a property to build a shooting range and training facility. This project would cost over $38 million.  I will be voting no.

Since Operation Metro Surge began, it has been a constant struggle to convince the mayor’s administration to financially support communities that have been impacted. It’s one thing to do the national media rounds and it’s another to provide actual assistance. That’s why the progressive Council majority has been leading on a number of investments, including immigration legal services, rental assistance, and small business relief. We also approved a pre-eviction notice extension to help those who were most directly impacted by the federal occupation. Unfortunately the mayor vetoed that, making it more likely that more families will be kicked out of their homes and torn apart. 

Just as families and businesses need to rebuild as the occupation of our city winds down, so too does our city. I can think of many projects that should take precedence over a gun range and training facility, a building of which most of us will never see the inside. If we’re going to put millions of dollars on the City’s credit card, which this project would do, let’s find projects that will help the residents of our city. Whether it is major repairs to crumbling bridges, art in public places, street light replacement, building green and sustainable infrastructure, or making our streets and sidewalks safer and more accessible for all, there are countless areas where we should prioritize.

It’s worth mentioning, too, from where this proposal would take resources to purchase the property. As of now, they want to take nearly $4 million from Animal Care and Control, who are in desperate need of a new facility to care for more animals. They want to take nearly a quarter of a million dollars from the traffic calming program at a time where requests from residents far exceed the resources available.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)
Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 24/03/2026
if minneapolis city council members are going to send emails pushing back on people calling the MPD training & wellness center "cop city" because it's different from atlanta, they should make sure city staff aren't going to give a presentation and list atlanta's cop city as part of "market" of these
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Wild that we allow nine random lawyers in a nation of 325,000,000 to set national policy by just making up whatever facts they want to fit their ideological priors. And we have not bothered to really think about how to stop them from doing that.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 22/03/2026
“It's like the fox guarding the henhouse … It’s a bunch of bullshit."
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'It's David vs. Goliath': Inside the Fight to Kill Google's Secrecy-Shrouded Hermantown Data Center - Racket
After local officials nuked public trust by signing NDAs, a grassroots movement emerged to stop the tech giant’s sprawling, $650 million hyperscale complex in suburban Duluth.
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Aleesa @akuzee.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Breaking: An immigration judge has ended the asylum claims of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family. If the family loses the appeal, they are expected to be deported. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Judge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removal
The family’s lawyers plan to appeal the judge’s decision to deport the family to Ecuador.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Treating an offer to not illegally deport US citizens as a concession is so 2026 I can't even. This country is so fucking fascist.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
All of these are policies they're already supposed to be following. So why would anyone believe they'll start following them in exchange for DHS funding. I mean, come on. The proper response to "We won't deport U.S. citizens if you fund DHS" is, "Are you fucking kidding me?"
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prince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
There will be no cop city in Minneapolis thank you very much
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My wife @lilianasegura.bsky.social went to Alabama prepared to witness an execution that would have defied any reasonable definition of justice. Instead, she got to see how a rare display of humanity from Alabama's governor gave life to a condemned man, his family, and the people around him.
theintercept.com
In the Room Where Death Row Prisoners Say Final Goodbyes, He Learned He Would Live
I was supposed to witness Sonny Burton’s execution by nitrogen gas. Instead I saw him celebrate a stunning commutation.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 15/03/2026
Absolutely gutting story on Annunciation parents pouring their souls into enlightening legislators, knowing they’d the GOP brick wall. But the piece contains one of the most horrifying paragraphs an American parent could read; it will stay with me: www.startribune.com/in-living-ro... (gift)
From the Star Tribune: “The damage to Harper's body was so severe, we were not allowed to see her, hold her, or be with her body ever again," [her mother] said. "And then, months later, as the pews were removed from that church, more of her remains were found. We had to cremate our daughter a second time. Imagine receiving that
phone call. And then tell me, what is this gun for? Hunting?
There are other tools. Home defense? There are other tools.
What is this one for?"
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Thank you to everyone who helped share this story and contributed to the GoFundMe for the family. Two-year-old Chloe, Elvis, and their entire family should never have experienced this. They will finally be together again for the first time in 50 days. www.startribune.com/federal-judg...
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Federal judge orders release of Minneapolis man detained and sent to Texas with 2-year-old daughter
The pair were among the immigrants swept up in Operation Metro Surge.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Remember, as Jared Polis argues that Tina Peters was punished too harshly, that this is how his Department of Corrections has treated everyday, non-famous prisoners: required labor for almost zero pay, and possible solitary confinement if you decline to work. Read this by @brycecovert.bsky.social:
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Judge Orders Colorado to Stop Throwing Prisoners in Solitary for Refusing to Work - Bolts
Years after voters amended the state's constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado change how prison guards "compel and coerce" work.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 11/03/2026
mayor jacob frey has vetoed the pause evictions, save lives bill the minneapolis city coucil approved that would've extended the eviction timeline from 30 days to 60 days temporarily to held families impacted by the ICE invasion catch up paying rent
March 11, 2026
Minneapolis City Council
350 South 5th Street
Room 370
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Dear Council President Payne, Council Vice President Osman and Council Members:
This letter is to inform you that I have vetoed Ordinance No. 2026-002 to extend the pre-eviction notice for
renters to 60 days. I understand the authors’ intent, but the experience from COVID-19 and guidance from
shelter and affordable housing providers shows that this strategy has not worked. We have heard over and over
again from shelter and affordable housing providers that longer timelines produce worse outcomes for
residents. In their words, when rental assistance isn’t available, time is a debt trap that becomes a barrier to
securing future housing.
I heard a call for more financial assistance, and I believe that is the best path forward. Rental assistance is
working and getting to renters quickly – rent collections are better in 2026 than 2025. That’s why I’m proposing
to spend $1 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for emergency rental assistance administered
through Hennepin County.
While a 60-day pre-eviction notice period sounds good, there is no data to show that it does good. Pandemic
era eviction moratorium allowed many renters to accumulate huge amounts of debt that they are still paying off
today. When property owners carry the losses, the housing system experiences upward pressure on rents to
replenish reserves, catch up on missed mortgage, insurance, utility, payroll, and property tax payments, and
cover increased costs associated with deferred maintenance.
I believe most landlords are working with tenants to develop payment plans and access rental assistance. But for
bad actors, I worry that the proposal gives them reasons to report tenants to ICE or use minor lease violationswhich don’t require as much notice and are harder to expunge – to evict tenants.
We will continue to monitor the data. If something substantially changes, I am committed to working with the
City…
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Alabama governor commuted the death sentence of a man, set to be executed, who was convicted under the felony murder doctrine — meaning he wasn’t the person to commit a murder. Bolts reported last year on how Alabama is extraordinarily prone to prosecute people for murder under felony murder.
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A Friend's Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for - Bolts
An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 09/03/2026
human toll of ICE occupation is immense, says suitor. education deficits a child subject to eviction faces can follow them throughout their life each eviction costs the private & public sector about $6800. the average eviction now in minneapolis is about $5200. keeping people housed saves money
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2026
Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows
The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Rest in peace Rubin Ray Martinez. 🙏🏽 Chinga la migra. Abolish the whole dam system.
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
In Gaza, Israel and Biden normalized war crimes beyond anything we have seen before. And now, Israel and Trump are using that model against Iranian civilians. At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says
Global health body investigating reports that four medics are among the 1,230 people killed in Iran since start of war
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
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charles (west coaster) mcdonald @fourverts.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
been replaying in my head joe biden warning the entire middle east/world no one better interfere with what israel was doing while he was still in office. a supposed man of decency. just monstrous, empty people pulling the strings and now trump is the ultimate vessel for outward, unrepentant violence
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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Nonprofit “affordable housing” providers showing up to testify against Pause Eviction Saves Lives is just further highlighting the way in which nonprofits & foundations have completely failed to meet this moment. This is why we need actual social safety nets, not the Nonprofit Industrial Complex.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It’s wild that so called “affordable housing” providers were advocating for people to face eviction & have to sleep out on the street. Residents have already been subsidizing their nonprofits w/ millions in mutual aid for their tenants to pay their rents. Remember this next time they beg for money.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Roberts Court's position is that if you deserved justice or due process you would be rich bsky.app/profile/mjsd...
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 02/03/2026
it’s way too late for angie craig to FINALLY admit she regrets voting for the laken riley act. being unable to recognize it as harmful at the time & only changing her mind after the terror her vote helped bring to minnesota isn’t good enough. the damage was done www.startribune.com/ice-agent-su...
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Angie Craig: I regret my vote on the Laken Riley Act
That regret has "only strengthened my resolve to stand up to the Trump administration’s cruel immigration policies, call out my spineless Republican colleagues and impeach Homeland Security Secretary ...
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/03/2026
video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
We were literally watching our community provide a ceremony at the Whipple building. Hennepin County Sheriff’s then began to escalate tensions. This was disrespectful to our community, our culture, and our ancestors. This created fear and was an attack on our right to peacefully assemble.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/03/2026
about 30 people were arrested at whipple this morning for unlawful assembly, and many first hand reports say hennepin county sheriff's office were escalating. people were arrested when they were retreating, and people were knocked down by law enforcement
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Just my 1 appearance on MSNOW raised $200k for the Hamline Midway Supply Hub. Imagine if MNUFC had used their platform to raise up orgs like that. They abandoned their community. www.twincities.com/2026/02/27/w...
twincities.com
Why Minnesota United didn’t say more about local ICE raids
Amid the federal immigration raids in Minnesota to start this year, Minnesota United remained quiet on the subject. Loons supporters, which might be the most-progressive fanbase in Minnesota, took …
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Central neighborhood in South Minneapolis has been disproportionally impacted by ICE. Our neighbors are struggling to stay in their homes. This fund will help with direct rent and mortgage support to Central Minneapolis neighbors in need. gofund.me/03278b181
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Donate to March Rent Neighbor-2-Neighbor Fund for Central Neighborhood, organized by Central Neighborhood Care and Resistance
The neighbors of Central Minneapolis have stood strong for mo… Central Neighborhood Care and Resistance needs your support for March Rent Neighbor-2-Neighbor Fund for Central Neighborhood
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Never forgiving a single one of the fucks responsible for this
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D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I guess what abolitionists told us about MPD and all other forms of bloated, expensive, violent and ineffective law enforcement was true - we keep us safe. As it always has been and will be.
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Ash Chudgar @chudgar.com · 21/02/2026
I gasped at this part: “In 2025, several prosecutorial offices asked Hudson to use the Supreme Court’s ‘inherent authority’ to protect courthouses by enacting a policy to prevent or limit immigration enforcement, noting that 11 state supreme courts had already done so. Hudson declined.”
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault. LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith” In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted DOJ keeps lying and losing:
theguardian.com
DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
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marymoriarty.bsky.social @marymoriarty.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is disturbing. The Chief Justice of the MN Supreme Ct met with Homan, worked out an agreement, and never announced it publicly. ICE appeared to violate it days later by violently tackling a person in the Gov Center w/out a judicial warrant. We need transparency.
startribune.com
White House, Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice quietly negotiated deal over ICE enforcement in courts
Four days later, chaos unfolded inside the Hennepin County Government Center.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The level of anger normal Minnesota people have at their elected representatives is palpable. It's not about party, but the perceived failure of local/state electeds to do anything of substance to protect residents who pay their taxes and get left facing off alone against masked, armed men.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Left, my story about how the right wing ex-Honduran president was given special treatment after he was pardoned for drug trafficking - and had his ICE detainer dropped. Right, a story about a man who spent 43 yrs in prison for a wrongful conviction & was deported once his convicted was overturned
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