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People bundled up at stadium for first Minnesota United match

People bundled up at stadium for first Minnesota United match

Good times

12.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And so the American experiment with democracy is transformed from Lincoln's "the last best hope of earth...The way is plain, peaceful, generous, justβ€”a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless..."

...becomes "We are really good at killing people."

Tech brain.

12.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 552 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 6
After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative.

The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

This is learned today:

Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

12.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 3705 πŸ” 1900 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 119

The Tires They Are A-Changin'

11.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saying that you -must- be grateful is what domestic abusers and Russian prison guards do. You must take the violence and say you like it. It is a mark of fascism.

10.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 2155 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 9

"We will deliver adjectives to the objective with unyielding fury."

10.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 826 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 7

Absolute nonsense . Evaluating a few sentences is worthless.

10.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s Monday. Trump is lying. Iran does not have any Tomahawks. Not one.πŸ‘‡

09.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 1613 πŸ” 316 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 9
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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools β€” purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration β€” to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools β€” purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration β€” to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

07.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 1002 πŸ” 572 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 45

forming mutual defense orgs is a good way for institutions to resist federal overreach from an authoritarian like Trump enabled by a spineless GOP. we saw what happened to individual colleges, legal firms & tech companies when individually targeted, just the reality of surviving an unfair fight…

09.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 253 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œAn organization like FAFO could allow prosecutors to trade research on novel legal theories designed to head off immunity arguments, share recommendations for expert witnesses, and even help strategize on how to sue the federal government to access evidence or get a case back into state court. It could facilitate collaboration between prosecutors in neighboring counties both subjected to CBP and ICE deployments, or between a local DA and their state AG. β€œA lot of what we’re looking at has not been tried yet in the court system,” Conover said. β€œRather than each one of us facing something, God forbid, like Minneapolis and finding ourselves having to invent the wheel, we can do it together.””

β€œAn organization like FAFO could allow prosecutors to trade research on novel legal theories designed to head off immunity arguments, share recommendations for expert witnesses, and even help strategize on how to sue the federal government to access evidence or get a case back into state court. It could facilitate collaboration between prosecutors in neighboring counties both subjected to CBP and ICE deployments, or between a local DA and their state AG. β€œA lot of what we’re looking at has not been tried yet in the court system,” Conover said. β€œRather than each one of us facing something, God forbid, like Minneapolis and finding ourselves having to invent the wheel, we can do it together.””

Struck by this quote from Tuscon’s local prosecutor on why she joined a nationwide group discussing how to prosecute federal agents

boltsmag.org/how-state-an...

08.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 1304 πŸ” 377 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 22

Nelsie Yang’s uncle spent five days in detention as she scrambled to find an attorney to get him out. HwaJeong Kim stood between protesters and ICE and police, trying to mediate the situation on Rose Avenue. Anika Bowie woke to armed agents at her door who were there to arrest her husband. Noecker…

08.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

08.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 24139 πŸ” 7429 πŸ’¬ 884 πŸ“Œ 399

Fire flows through gutters meant to carry water to trees in Tehran.

Death flows where life once did.

May God forgive us.

(Video has been geoconfirmed.)

08.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 897 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 15
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BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(πŸŽ₯ Vahid Online)

08.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 9510 πŸ” 5717 πŸ’¬ 963 πŸ“Œ 1052
Chart showing daily average number of immigrations of arrests each month; around 1,100 currently compared to a peak of 1,300 and around 300 at the end of Biden’s term.

Chart showing daily average number of immigrations of arrests each month; around 1,100 currently compared to a peak of 1,300 and around 300 at the end of Biden’s term.

Headline: How D.H.S. Retreated on Immigration Tactics After Minneapolis; Agents have conducted more targeted operations, rather than street sweeps, leading to a dip in arrestsβ€œ
Actual arrest dip: still 3x Biden-era
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...

08.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 9304 πŸ” 6069 πŸ’¬ 608 πŸ“Œ 1540

Under the Frey administration, MPD receives millions to support officer wellness, while the families of those harmed by police violence are left grieving stolen loved ones and repeatedly denied justice.

06.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How could she possibly think that Homan tells the truth?

06.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.

05.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 12934 πŸ” 3356 πŸ’¬ 2105 πŸ“Œ 570
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Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

β€œEvery day felt like a week. Every week felt like a month. Every month felt like a year,” said Owen Ramsingh, a former property manager in Columbia, Missouri... β€œCamp East Montana was 1,000% worse than a prison.”
apnews.com/article/suic...

06.03.2026 09:33 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

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.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 12433 πŸ” 7485 πŸ’¬ 296 πŸ“Œ 340

Homan lies. Walz says it's 650.

06.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These people are sociopaths.

06.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 1635 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 13
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Close to 650 federal agents remain in Minnesota weeks after border czar announced end of operation There are still more than quadruple the 150 agents Tom Homan said there would be in the state by the end of last week.

They’re still lying to us.

www.startribune.com/close-to-650...

05.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 2025 πŸ” 883 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 28
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β€˜We’re in it’: Democrats won’t rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump’s offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at war.

Pathetic. Weak. Lame. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 1640 πŸ” 417 πŸ’¬ 229 πŸ“Œ 69

Spot on.

03.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All you need is the willingness to follow orders; being actually smart or good at the law is irrelevant.

03.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 389 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 9

@urbanviewradio.bsky.social @claycane.bsky.social

03.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shocking disregard for the lives of U.S. citizens, at home and abroad. All while Trump blows up school children in Iran.

03.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0