the plastic constellations performing at the turf club

had a blast seeing the plastic constellations with friends at the turf club last night 🎶

once upon a time i saw them at gabe's in iowa city & at the university of iowa in ames (and no, that's not where i went to college).

if you missed it, they're going to play at grand old day on sunday, june 7!

happy to see this *and* there are plenty of minneapolis police officers yet to be criminally charged for firing less-lethal rounds that struck people in the face, head, or eyes in may 2020

Tim riding a bicycle

beautiful day for a bike ride 🚲

Vernal Fall

visited yosemite with my family for spring break 🤩

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Top architecture firm won’t design more ICE prisons after employees revolt They thought their firm focused on humane design. Then they learned of the private detention center contract.

SCOOP: One of the nation's top "justice facility" architecture firms will no longer work on ICE detention centers or deportation facilities after its employees staged a revolt.

“I think what ICE is doing is the worst thing America has probably done since the internment camps during World War II.”

Important ruling on immigration operations in Minnesota

Judge Tostrud (Trump appointee):

"Plaintiffs have made a clear showing that Defendants have adopted a POLICY authorizing federal immigration officers to conduct investigatory stops based on ethnicity or race without reasonable suspicion."
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Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin. The Bad River Band is fighting to stop Line 5 and protect its watershed. Meanwhile, local sheriffs are already tallying the cost of riot gear.

My latest for @grist.org: Pipeline giant Enbridge will pay for police to respond to potential Indigenous-led protests as it begins construction of the controversial Line 5 reroute around the Bad River reservation

grist.org/indigenous/e...

Trylon punch card showing that I attended the film "Michael Clayton"

Went to see one of the greatest lawyer movies of all time, Michael Clayton, with a friend @trylon.org last night!

this was a fun one to attend with my son today ⚽🤩

Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans

Wonderfully written NY Times piece by a local dad involved in the resistance, really echoes with a lot of what we’re feeling: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o... (gift link)

This is a fantastic resource. Share widely!

“The goal of this project is to provide legal guidance and reliable information that is responsive to the evolving dynamics of repression in the United States. Information has been vetted by movement lawyers.”

Happy to share a little legal FAQ website I did in the last couple weeks with a few lawyers who do work with the National Lawyers Guild: icewatchlegal.org

Hope it's helpful, please feel free to share where it might be useful (and submit questions).

Documenting ICE in St. Cloud, MN: January 13, 2026 YouTube video by GoFourthMedia

Here's a short video about media documenting ICE in St. Cloud. While they were observing, federal agents called the St. Cloud police on them for "harassment and stalking." With assistance from a colleague, I sent a letter to the St. Cloud police and they backed down 🎥🍿

m.youtube.com/watch?v=4lM3...

St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I’m leaving Minneapolis after an inspirational @npapjustice.bsky.social training yesterday for lawyers here-and around the country-on use of the Federal Tort Claims Act to hold ICE and CBP accountable for their rampant misconduct.

Docket Text: (Text-Only) ORDER: Respondents' Response to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. No. [6]) was filed after the Court's deadline (see Doc. No. [3]) and accordingly shall be STRICKEN from the record as untimely. Ordered by Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan on 1/29/2026. (GLB)

the federal government is not invincible, folks

JUST IN: Judge Schiltz cancels Friday’s contempt hearing but lights into ICE, saying the agency may have violated more court orders this month than many others have in their entire existence.

“ICE is not a law unto itself.”

"Hi Tim, Thanks for your message. I regret to say I am probably an inapt point of contact for coordination about release status, as I have resigned from the USAO effective tomorrow and so will no longer have access to my work email. I have been authorized to share this email address with you which is for the ICE duty attorney:"

After a judge granted our habeas petition & ordered Pam Bondi, et al. to release our client, I emailed opposing counsel to ask where and when the client would be released. Opposing counsel began their reply by saying they "have resigned from the [United States Attorney's Office] effective tomorrow"

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."

That you @timphillipslaw.bsky.social?

what a difference two weeks can make

I filed my first petition for a writ of habeas corpus on Tue., because ICE abducted a great-grandmother in the Twin Cities. On Wed., the court ordered that Pam Bondi, et al. not move my client out of the State of MN. On Thurs., the court ordered that my client be released. Then yesterday, she was!!!

This is the scene in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon, where thousands of people have braved -25F wind chills to protest ICE operations in Minnesota.

More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-sea-of-...

Pic: Mike Auger

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

'Picking the thing we know how to do' Minneapolis civil rights lawyer Tim Phillips, who wore an 'ICE OUT' shirt to a Wolves game that security asked him to remove, shares his experience.

“Each one of us is picking the thing we know how to do and trying to use that to stop ICE.”

@timphillipslaw.bsky.social, the civil rights lawyer who wore an ‘ICE OUT’ shirt courtside, took a short break from defending folks ICE has detained to write about that night for BASKETBALL FEELINGS

'Picking the thing we know how to do' Minneapolis civil rights lawyer Tim Phillips, who wore an 'ICE OUT' shirt to a Wolves game that security asked him to remove, shares his experience.

here's a guest essay i wrote about wearing the ICE OUT shirt to the timberwolves game 🏀

www.basketballfeelings.com/p/picking-th...

great summary of the situation in minneapolis right now