Yes, one in Reston, northern Virginia (DC suburbs), a couple of weeks ago
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Yes, one in Reston, northern Virginia (DC suburbs), a couple of weeks ago
Anyone coming for trans people is coming for all queer people.
Not just because they're lying when they say they're only after trans people, but because we shouldn't even allow them to make that distinction; if they want to get to trans people, they are going to have to go through all of us.
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An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.
Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.
This is pure cruelty.
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."
A MUST WATCH VIDEO
On Feb. 13, 2026, Former ICE academy instructor Ryan Schwank says the training for new agents is “defective and broken.” He describes being told to teach agents to enter homes without a judicial warrant, a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
And we are off the ban.
Fun fact: in the US, there is no legal argument for self defense against your own government. They are allowed to kill you and if you advocate for defending yourself it is “condoning violence.”
Anyway as we always say here; moral doesn’t mean legal and stonewall was a riot.
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
First they came for the immigrants, and the freakiest people you know threw the fuck down because it was never going to end with immigrants.
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
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I can't imagine we're doing things they haven't thought of, but just in case: we look at reports we get from the community about kidnappings, try to identify hotspots, and schedule vehicle patrols with backups nearby. It's not a strategy that enables de-arrests, swarming is hard without the numbers
Rapid responders here in Virginia's DC suburbs are struggling to get on-scene before a snatch-and-grab is over and gone. We're switching to different strategies than seem to be effective in denser Minneapolis/St Paul neighborhoods
I know the social media hive mind and international press can only sustain attention on one thing for so long, but the federal assault on Minneapolis is just as vicious as two weeks ago when I was tripping over feature writers.
The spotlight helps us, and the resistance needs to grab it back.
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
A social media slide from a nonprofit group, reading "Why whistles undermine those goals" with this text: Whistles do not increase safety in our specific context. They: + Could make it harder to document and capture information + Escalate already volatile ICE agents who don't respect our rights + Increase the likelihood of aggression toward bystanders or the detained person + Create confusion for community members and children, while having reduced utility in a suburban terrain Loudness does not equal effectiveness.
We understand why non-profit organizations cannot engage in the sort of effective tactics that autonomous grassroots networks can.
But it is deeply irresponsible for them to try to prevent others from taking action to protect their neighbors—and worse still to frame this as concern for community.
There are so many beautiful ways to say "fuck ICE."
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
I think we're in agreement here, per my reply to my own comment. The grassroots orgs in the DC area are finding different community opinions throughout the region, and that's what is driving many local tactical decisions, thankfully not policy handed down by NFPs on high
Oh wait, Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network is Washington STATE, not DC. Ok that bolsters the debate the groups I organize with have been having, that the whistle tactic needs to be a local decision: some communities want it, some don't
EFF is hosting a town hall online about ICE and CBP on Feb 5. Check it out. www.eff.org/event/town-h...
WASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK For many communities, hyper-vigilance is survival Sudden, loud alarming sounds can: Trigger panic or trauma responses Cause dissociation, shutdown, or re-traumatization Harm children, elders, and survivors of state violence WAISN Rapid Response is about care and supporting people through the impacts of immigration enforcement. We don’t stop deportations, we do harm reduction, connect communities to 1,200 vetted resources and bring accountability for the well- being of all Washingtonians.
Some nonprofit organizations have been trying to suppress the rapid response tactics that have emerged from LA, Chicago, and the Twin Cities.
ICE is kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people, ruining their lives. This is not a situation in which non-profits should be suppressing effective tactics.
Agree nfps shouldn't be suppressing effective tactics, however: one long-established & effective non-nfp anti-ICE org in the DC area actually consulted ~120 members of their immigrant community & the COMMUNITY that org acts in solidarity with said "no whistles." I'll listen to the locals, not nfps
No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
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🌱🌱🌱🌱 New checklist: ICE Watch Digital security. For anyone working to hold ICE accountable through filming, foot patrols, adopt-a-corner, or rapid response.
→ activistchecklist.org/ice
Designed with a lot of feedback from folks on the frontlines (Minneapolis and elsewhere).
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
