Nina Amenta
Retired computer scientist. Spend too much time on news.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaBy the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaBreaking MS NOW: The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official. At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance. www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaThey're Abrego-Garcia-ing a child -- punishing him because his very existence is inconvenient to them. It's gutter bigotry and petulant sadism all the way down.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaThe public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!
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- This trial transcript is really interesting.
- If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
- Reposted by Nina Amenta2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide. This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaAlyssa is incredible and can genuinely do it all: bsky.app/profile/alys...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaHighlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
- Reposted by Nina Amentahappening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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- Zohran on bike safety. www.instagram.com/reel/DTIsUZV...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaGood to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE. Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaThe group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
- Reposted by Nina AmentaA Mexican immigrant was taken to a hospital after bones in his face & skull were broken while in federal custody. ICE said he tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall," but hospital staffers said that couldn't explain fractures & bleeding throughout his brain.
- Woman taken by ICE, with guns drawn, for recording them on her dash cam. Her local police chief got her released!
- Reposted by Nina Amenta"I've got kids, I'm out here for them...The only way we can do this is through this kind of collective action. This is what punk rock trained us for!" -Protester tells Tina-Desiree Berg at the Minneapolis general strike march against ICE
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaMaher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility. He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week. The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral. ICE reportedly denied the request. Unimaginable cruelty.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaA retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nina Amenta“Danes are turning to mobile apps to scan everyday products and boycott those associated with the US. … The most popular — UdenUSA (Danish for Without the USA) — is now the No. 1 free-to-download application in Apple’s App Store in Denmark, after seeing a sudden surge in recent weeks.”
- Reposted by Nina AmentaIn Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law. The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia: tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaWe probably would not see eye to eye on a lot, but serious props to the Cato Institute for their absolute pile of great, full-throated defenses of immigration. They’ve done impressive work in this area for years now.
- Immigrants in the US consumed about 24% fewer welfare and entitlement benefits per capita than native-born Americans in 2023, new Cato Institute research finds. Learn more from Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo: ow.ly/2w4Z50Y4Bsj
- Reposted by Nina AmentaEric Lee, an immigration attorney out of Michigan, reports that the Dilly center has been put on lockdown
- Reposted by Nina AmentaStephen Colbert announced that his last show airs May 21st. What a coincidence, that's National Cancel Paramount+ Day.
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaA reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
- Reposted by Nina Amentamy expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaReminder: They took the police who target white collar criminals and corruption and redeployed them to target immigrants. www.levernews.com/the-trump-er... This isn't an overstatement - they literally did that👇
- Reposted by Nina AmentaThis morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaI just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border. Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE). Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaIn October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaKasparov gets it
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- One of the most shocking things in this NYT article on the degradation of the FBI is the prominent role of Sen. Chuck Grassley. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Nina AmentaNasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaI have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaThey are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
- Reposted by Nina Amenta“Dems Are Set to Give ICE More Money. Here’s What They Could Do Instead”
- Reposted by Nina AmentaTyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
- Reposted by Nina AmentaRep. Melanie Stansbury: “Just to be clear, Republicans in the Oversight Committee just voted NO on a motion to hold Pam Bondi & the DOJ in contempt of Congress for violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act”
- @bera.house.gov Rep Ami Bera, please sign on to impeach Kristi Noem!
- Reposted by Nina AmentaChina has the largest installed wind capacity in the world.
- Reposted by Nina AmentaFederal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
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- Reposted by Nina AmentaWhen you lose Piers Morgan.
