Things have been a •lot• quieter in Minneapolis the last 5+ days.
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Things have been a •lot• quieter in Minneapolis the last 5+ days. There have been only a handful of kidnappings. (“Only a handful of kidnappings!” Words I can’t believe I’m actually saying….) Some days 1. Some days 0. (0 known, anyway.)
Things are •much• quieter. I am doing things I’ve been neglecting for weeks, months. I am posting about programming again.
And…not “but!”…and—
Nobody here, nobody, thinks we’re done with ICE and CBP.
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@inthehands yeah the best we can hope for is “pretty, charismatic, and charming fascism”
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Things are quiet in Minneapolis, and ICE is buying up massive buildings across the country to build concentration camps.
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
Bloomberg.com (www.bloomberg.com)
The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch
An internal Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.
Inquirer.com (www.inquirer.com)
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Get that they are buying lots of weapons and purchasing buildings. But, as they discovered in Minnesota, it is much easier to spend a bunch of money, than it is to implement a really unpopular and illegal program on the ground. Not to dismiss the concern, but just because the have really evil intentions, does not mean they will be successful in implementing them. At least that's the hope. A hope, as you say, that is stronger today than it was a few months ago. Reality bites.
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Even if ICE + CBP presence in the Twin Cities goes back to pre-Dec levels (which to be clear it •has not• yet done), we will be living with this for a long time. The world will be moving on, the national press will forget about us no doubt, but we’ll be living with this.
Nobody here thinks we’re done. But a lot of us are cautiously hopeful that we are now entering a time where this is some room for repairing and rebuilding.
Cautiously hopeful. But vigilant.
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Thanks for the update. Very much agree that there's a lot more pain and suffering to come across the country.
I can say that our community has begun the challenging work of organizing so we can follow in your hard won footsteps and provide the support our neighbors will need in the months to come.
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Get that they are buying lots of weapons and purchasing buildings. But, as they discovered in Minnesota, it is much easier to spend a bunch of money, than it is to implement a really unpopular and illegal program on the ground. Not to dismiss the concern, but just because the have really evil intentions, does not mean they will be successful in implementing them. At least that's the hope. A hope, as you say, that is stronger today than it was a few months ago. Reality bites.
@mastodonmigration
Oh, I’m definitely not positing that any of what they do will •work•. But they’re going to hurt a lot of people trying. -
@mastodonmigration
Oh, I’m definitely not positing that any of what they do will •work•. But they’re going to hurt a lot of people trying. -
Things have been a •lot• quieter in Minneapolis the last 5+ days. There have been only a handful of kidnappings. (“Only a handful of kidnappings!” Words I can’t believe I’m actually saying….) Some days 1. Some days 0. (0 known, anyway.)
Things are •much• quieter. I am doing things I’ve been neglecting for weeks, months. I am posting about programming again.
And…not “but!”…and—
Nobody here, nobody, thinks we’re done with ICE and CBP.
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@inthehands
Paul, I wish I could give you a quiet hug -
@inthehands
Paul, I wish I could give you a quiet hug@kims
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Even if ICE + CBP presence in the Twin Cities goes back to pre-Dec levels (which to be clear it •has not• yet done), we will be living with this for a long time. The world will be moving on, the national press will forget about us no doubt, but we’ll be living with this.
Nobody here thinks we’re done. But a lot of us are cautiously hopeful that we are now entering a time where this is some room for repairing and rebuilding.
Cautiously hopeful. But vigilant.
/end
Minnesota is an agricultural powerhouse
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/minnesota-has-lost-1300-farms-in-two-years-many-more-on-brink/89-20999e54-3f22-4b0c-84dc-285814f3b723Koch Network wants a white supremacist constitution. It's why they bought the Supreme Court, to get Jim Crow 2
They spent $550 million on the 2024 elections.
One favored tactic is calling in ICE raids on paydays
Mississippi Immigration Raids Lead To Arrests Of Hundreds Of Workers
The ICE raids are likely the largest operation since 2008, when 400 unauthorized workers were arrested in Iowa.
NPR (www.npr.org)
Food prices skyrocket. Price gouging & food shortages are handy at election time
https://theconversation.com/why-americans-care-so-much-about-egg-prices-and-how-this-issue-got-so-political-251752
Why is the price of eggs so high? Trump can't lower it – and doesn't care to. | Opinion
Why the heck isn't President Donald Trump doing something about the price of eggs? Is he too busy being mean to immigrants and transgender people?
USA TODAY (www.usatoday.com)
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Even if ICE + CBP presence in the Twin Cities goes back to pre-Dec levels (which to be clear it •has not• yet done), we will be living with this for a long time. The world will be moving on, the national press will forget about us no doubt, but we’ll be living with this.
Nobody here thinks we’re done. But a lot of us are cautiously hopeful that we are now entering a time where this is some room for repairing and rebuilding.
Cautiously hopeful. But vigilant.
/end
@inthehands Thanks for keeping us informed. I think your analysis is very plausible. It's a pause that will hopefully bring back some energy and give you some time to regroup and heal some wounds.
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Since they murdered Alex Pretti, or maybe since a day or two after and •still• no ICE agents were killed in retaliation, the writing has been on the wall. I’ve been expecting them for a while to declare MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and change strategies.
My guess — and it’s only a guess — is that this is what we’re seeing now.
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@inthehands I’m surprised they didn’t stage a killing. You know they don’t value the agents of color any more than they do “illegals”
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Things are quiet in Minneapolis, and ICE is buying up massive buildings across the country to build concentration camps.
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
Bloomberg.com (www.bloomberg.com)
The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch
An internal Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.
Inquirer.com (www.inquirer.com)
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You could eradicate homelessness in the US for a fraction of the price ICE is paying for future concentration camps. It's a choice made by Trump to prioritise deporting immigrants rather than housing American citizens.
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