We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans.
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@futurebird interesting puzzle piece in this letter from Pam Bondi to Gov. Wals:
https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/01/mn_letter_1.24.26.pdf...on page 3, quote:
> Third, allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota’s voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
(via https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3md7idhl3mc23 )
@futurebird
it seems like a safe bet that they don't actually care about "voter registration practices", so the question is: why do they want read access to the voter database?(also, it's not explicit in the letter, but it's unclear whether they are also asking for *write* access to the database.)
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@futurebird
it seems like a safe bet that they don't actually care about "voter registration practices", so the question is: why do they want read access to the voter database?(also, it's not explicit in the letter, but it's unclear whether they are also asking for *write* access to the database.)
@futurebird (it looks like one explanation for the ICE presence is that it could be designed to put pressure on Minnesota officials to comply with Bondi's demands in this letter, but then that just kicks the can down to, "what are they trying to accomplish if these demands are satisfied?".)
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We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
@futurebird Pretti wasn’t murdered at a protest.
There were about half a dozen private citizens spread around the street watching and filming the activities of ICE.
The conflict was precipitated by an officer pushing a woman to the ground, Pretti attempting to help her up but then finding himself pepper sprayed and under a pile-on of 8 officers where he was finally executed by five bullets in the back.
No placards. No chants.The protests and the placards were the previous day.
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@futurebird Pretti wasn’t murdered at a protest.
There were about half a dozen private citizens spread around the street watching and filming the activities of ICE.
The conflict was precipitated by an officer pushing a woman to the ground, Pretti attempting to help her up but then finding himself pepper sprayed and under a pile-on of 8 officers where he was finally executed by five bullets in the back.
No placards. No chants.The protests and the placards were the previous day.
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We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
@futurebird There must be some ICE who are not violent, racist thugs who are horrified watching their mates shoot unarmed people. They must have partners or friends who they've told about their concerns. WHERE ARE THEY?
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We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
We continue to ignore who funds Trump’s regime.
As Palantir cashes in on Trump 2.0, Peter Thiel is bankrolling Republicans again
The quirky Silicon Valley billionaire’s priority: retaining GOP control of the House.
Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)
6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families who have spent years working to promote climate change denial has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.
DeSmog (www.desmog.com)
The fossil fuel industry spent millions getting protests criminalized in the UK.
‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert
Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Why are environmental protesters being criminalized?
Climate and environmental protest is rising in line with increasing global temperatures. But new draconian penalties are putting people who rally against climate pollution in jail.
dw.com (www.dw.com)
The Growing Criminalization of Climate and Environmental Protests
As states and corporations ramp up repression on climate protests, activists and broader civil society are adapting their tactics to reach a wider audience.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (carnegieendowment.org)
The fossil fuel industry funds this fascist movement with the same goals; criminalizing all protest.
https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/12/atlas-network-vilifying-climate-protestors/ -
@futurebird There must be some ICE who are not violent, racist thugs who are horrified watching their mates shoot unarmed people. They must have partners or friends who they've told about their concerns. WHERE ARE THEY?
They don't exist. There are just more of them waiting for their chance to "shoot a liberal" because their bosses said they could. Because they think there will be no consequences.
The problem is at some point one gets so angry that you don't have room to feel fear anymore. This is supposed to scare everyone into going home. But I do not think it will work at all.
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@futurebird (it looks like one explanation for the ICE presence is that it could be designed to put pressure on Minnesota officials to comply with Bondi's demands in this letter, but then that just kicks the can down to, "what are they trying to accomplish if these demands are satisfied?".)
@futurebird related: Marc Elias's blog, Democracy Docket, says the admin has been trying to get voter rolls from several states via the courts, but so far they've been unsuccessful:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/attorney-general-bondi-minnesota-voter-rolls-border-patrol-fatal-shooting/ -
@futurebird There must be some ICE who are not violent, racist thugs who are horrified watching their mates shoot unarmed people. They must have partners or friends who they've told about their concerns. WHERE ARE THEY?
@HeatherMJ @futurebird Genuinely, this might be helpful for understanding the matter:
https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/books/no-wall-they-can-build/no-wall-they-can-build_screen_two_page_view.pdf -
@futurebird interesting puzzle piece in this letter from Pam Bondi to Gov. Wals:
https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/01/mn_letter_1.24.26.pdf...on page 3, quote:
> Third, allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota’s voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
(via https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3md7idhl3mc23 )
@JamesWidman@mastodon.social @futurebird@sauropods.win No doubt a part of the overall puzzle but not unique to Minnesota as Bondi has been busy doing this to all the states. Marc Elias talks about it frequently.
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@futurebird @peterbrown according to the news agents podcast (they did two episodes from there) there is a network keeping eyes on unfamiliar cars, logging licence plates, turn up with whistles as soon as ice is spotted anywhere. They're doing an amazing job. And clearly it is freaking ice out.
https://pca.st/episode/cbf7fa24-0b9c-44c4-b3af-8302a1e85ebc honestly worth a listen.
Another guy is using a long lens to document all the dark flight deportations. -
We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
I think Scott Martin said it,
"If the US were a geopolitical rival, the headlines would be like 'US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident in the Streets as Miltarised Occupation Enters Sixth Week'"
- pinched from Carole Cadwalladr's "How to survive the Broligarchy" Substack.
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They don't exist. There are just more of them waiting for their chance to "shoot a liberal" because their bosses said they could. Because they think there will be no consequences.
The problem is at some point one gets so angry that you don't have room to feel fear anymore. This is supposed to scare everyone into going home. But I do not think it will work at all.
@futurebird I am in awe of Minnesotans
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@futurebird There must be some ICE who are not violent, racist thugs who are horrified watching their mates shoot unarmed people. They must have partners or friends who they've told about their concerns. WHERE ARE THEY?
@HeatherMJ @futurebird they resigned
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I think Scott Martin said it,
"If the US were a geopolitical rival, the headlines would be like 'US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident in the Streets as Miltarised Occupation Enters Sixth Week'"
- pinched from Carole Cadwalladr's "How to survive the Broligarchy" Substack.
@Fragarach @futurebird @julesbl
"Masked gunmen of the embattled government's auxiliary continue to rampage" -
We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
@futurebird
The “white” inhabitants of Disneyland
are learning what blacks, natives, and other minorities have been suffering for years. Repression has also knocked on their door.Every horror eventually passes,
perhaps in 2028.But I am sure that the ‘white’ people
will not learn the lesson of history,
if in the future they get rid of the current fascists.They will go back to being what they were.
Am I cynical?
Yes, life teaches me to be...
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We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
@futurebird
Most will let the entire world burn, destroy the future for their children, rather than acknowledge that they have to change or do the work by facing reality.
Apathy and ego tells them whatever they need to not have to do or change a thing & carry on as usual. They refuse to live in reality or face the truth. Ignorance is bliss to them. I think these apathetic folks are the majority & it’s time they were antagonized more. -
@futurebird "Show your papers"?
That's something you only have to do in repressive police states, no?
In the UK there is no requirement to even *have* any "papers" that you could "show" (not everybody has a passport or driving licence).
@TimWardCam @futurebird Sounds very much like "Ausweis Bitte!"
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@TimWardCam @futurebird Sounds very much like "Ausweis Bitte!"
@wanwizard @TimWardCam @futurebird Ja, besser auf Deutsch
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We aren't even asking why ICE is even at these protests full of white ICU nurses and moms in vans. Like, why are they there? Looking for a Mexican drug gang in a suburban roundabout? Finding the secret foreign terror hiding in the trunk of a minivan?
They aren't even pretending to do "immigration enforcement" they're just suppressing dissent. Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away. Say "yes officer" and "no officer" and show your papers and no one gets dead.*
*sarcasm
“Lower your head and put that sign down and they will go away.”
German pastor Martin Niemöller had thoughts about that strategy after WWII.
Martin Niemöller: "First they came for the Socialists..." | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Learn about the origins and legacy of Pastor Martin Niemöller's famous postwar words, “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out…”
Holocaust Encyclopedia (encyclopedia.ushmm.org)
