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orangecrush

(28,724 posts) Wed Jan 14, 2026, 12:26 PM Wednesday

Ana Marie Cox [View all]

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T16:25:58.091Z

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They really, really want to push some unstable actor to start taking shots at them AZJonnie Wednesday #1

I have a feeling orangecrush Wednesday #2

What would change? Cirsium Wednesday #3

Fair point, I'm not sure exactly how but the fact that IQ47 so desperately wants it to happen suggests to my mind AZJonnie Wednesday #4

It's all over the Internet Cirsium Wednesday #6

I agree with you. orangecrush Wednesday #8

Thinking back Cirsium Wednesday #9

In particular orangecrush Wednesday #10

Why aren't these brave fat fucks in LA? leftstreet Wednesday #11

Hey! We've had our share of the Cowards of ICE in California. travelingthrulife Wednesday #13

If it ain't Safe to go out, maybe we should all stay home. BurnDoubt Wednesday #5

And still brave people protest. orangecrush Wednesday #7

Literally risking their lives for their neighbors. 💧💔 littlemissmartypants Wednesday #12

The "swim down movement" encompasses the stay-at-home tactic along with other techniques Magoo48 Wednesday #14