Like the Minnesotan Somali population, almost the entirety of Minnesota's Hmong population are citizens. This includes the current mayor of St. Paul

Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a bus, has died Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 15, has died.

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I pulled up next to one at 10:17am yesterday an snapped a photo. By 10:27 the agents I photographed were in front of my house, along with another vehicle that met them there. It's a 10 minute drive from where I took the photo to my house - so they got the data *instantly*

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Conveniently, the state being able to specifically articulate why it’s stopping a vehicle happens to be the longstanding legal test for whether it’s constitutionally permissible to do so.

A 1995 NRA fundraising letter, signed by Wayne LaPierre, complained, “In Clinton’s administration, if you have a badge, you have the government’s go-ahead to harass, intimidate, even murder law-abiding citizens.” George H.W. Bush quit the NRA over the letter. The NRA apologized. 2/5🧵

I just want to remind everyone that Republicans polled no one when getting rid of USAID or the Department of Education both of which had been around scores longer than ICE.

I know buddy be in school giving them teachers pure hell.

A reminder that GameStop is closing a bunch of its locations because it'll help the CEO *possibly* make $35 billion.

Guillotines and pillories.

Breaking News The E.P.A. will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.

if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”

Love having a bit of tear gas in my rental car.

Still no CBA deal, but the players union and the WNBA have agreed to a moratorium that will suspend free agency until a new agreement is signed.

"The current scene in Minneapolis. Pray for our law enforcement. There is insane funding behind this" Picture is a MASSIVE crowd in the streets.

They assume we must all be getting paid to rise up cos:

A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive

B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble

C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds

One of my fav dunks 🔥🔥

Happy 66th Birthday, Dominique Wilkins 🎂🎉

i dare you to see what the context for this is

you won't

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.

(vid via Ford Fischer on X)

Court Rules Revolution Wind Must Go On, Defying Trump - Uprise RI A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to halt the Revolution Wind project, labeling national security claims as a "pretext." The ruling exposes how the White House uses execut...

VICTORY: Revolution Wind construction resumes after judge blocks Trump's "arbitrary" order. The ruling exposes the ban as a handout to oil donors - a corrupt scheme to kill renewables. The people are fighting back.

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The Biggest Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Grazing on Public Lands Livestock grazing is allowed across 240 million acres of federal land. Our investigation revealed the subsidies propping up ranching, its impact on the environment and the politics underpinning the system.

NEW: As President Donald Trump’s administration pushes a pro-ranching agenda, ProPublica and High Country News investigated how public lands grazing has evolved.

Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.

Take that fucking hat off

London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world

'Khan said addressing the causes of serious violent crime, such as the effects of poverty and lack of opportunities, had been key, as had the work of the Violence Reduction Unit covering London that was set up in 2019, which took a longer term approach.'

There is always an XKCD

Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’ The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.

Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’

Why you need to be concerned with what happens when they (ICE) take off their mask and live in your communities. Part 2

They’re boutta bring spicy lemon pepper wings back like the East India Trading Company bringing spices back from the far east.

It is difficult to explain how dire this situation is. There are 2,200 ICE agents in Minneapolis right now. They are heavily armed and are operating with no rules. The MPD only has 550 officers. StP even fewer. How can they protect us against an invading army? Because that's what this is.

Look at these dumb bubbas

Masked federal agents removing crates of belongings from the ICE shooter's home

It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.

Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing

Y'know what let's just start 2026 over FIVE! FOUR! THREE!...

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