Mo Martin
Librarian in the Midwest. Beagle parent. Vegan.
- Reposted by Mo MartinAli Rahman an American living in Minneapolis on the way to a doctor appointment who was stopped by ICE agents and pulled from the car after they cut the seatbelt testifies to Congress about that experience and what happened at the detention facility afterwards. youtube.com/watch?v=AVvK...
- Reposted by Mo MartinI went on an Amazon warehouse tour www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Mo MartinIf 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 Mo MartinRemember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
- Reposted by Mo MartinMajor shout to @easybakeovensz.bsky.social for his latest investigation where he identifies at least 79 specific cases where US made munitions were used in strikes on Gaza, many of which caused death and destruction to resources like hospitals and schools.
- American-made munitions have played a significant role in Israel’s operations in Gaza. Bellingcat has collated scores of incidents where the remnants of US-made munitions have been found in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
- Reposted by Mo MartinMost of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1) share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...
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- Reposted by Mo MartinThe testimony was harrowing; you can watch it all here www.youtube.com/watch?v=UagE...
- Reposted by Mo Martin“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
- Reposted by Mo MartinTulsi Gabbard Arranged Trump Call With F.B.I. Agents After Georgia Search NYT gift article link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- Reposted by Mo Martin"The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children."
- NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Mo Martin"in theater". "Draw down". Hard to blame people for calling it a military occupation when leaders describe it that way. It's your own damn country, act like it.
- Reposted by Mo MartinOne Minnesota journalist doing remarkable work right now is Elizabeth Shockman/@eshockmanwrites.bsky.social for @mprnews.org. This article posted yesterday on child detentions is an essential read. An essential read.
- Reposted by Mo MartinMinneapolis Council President Elliott Payne on TV last night reflecting on the politics of the George Floyd era as it relates to the current federal threat.
- Reposted by Mo Martin'If we're going to honor the fight in Minnesota & reject Trump’s authoritarianism, it’s not enough to require ICE wear body cameras when they’re shooting us. We must reimagine the systems that got us here' get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
- Reposted by Mo MartinLast week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- Reposted by Mo MartinWestbrook, ME community members form a human wall to keep local workers safe from ICE www.mainepublic.org/maine/2026-0...
- Reposted by Mo MartinThe American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
- Reposted by Mo MartinThe woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
- Reposted by Mo MartinI’ll try to live-blog for @lawfaremedia.org the TRO/preliminary injunction hearing in MN v. Noem this morning at 10am ET/ 9am CT. MN seeks to pause, reduce, or restrict DHS’s Operation Metro Surge, citing the 10th Amendment. Relief sought is below: /1 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Mo MartinThe Minnesota v. Noem hearing is beginning before Judge Katherine Menendez. Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are seeking a TRO today to stop Operation Metro Surge.
- Reposted by Mo MartinMinnesota has decided not to sit by idly while the federal government spreads lies
- Reposted by Mo Martin“He was a calm presence amid hospital chaos. A mentor who taught kindness and patience to younger friends and colleagues. A singer with a knack for dancing. A bicyclist who treasured the beauty of Minnesota… He was the kind of nurse patients remembered, colleagues said, and he was a beloved mentor”
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“Dan and Jane resisted the idea that they had become political. A better word, Jane said, was humanist. Their anger was unmistakable as they told me that the Trump administration was violating basic Christian principles.” (Gift link in comments.)- The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
- Reposted by Mo MartinThe Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
- Reposted by Mo MartinReminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
- Reposted by Mo Martin“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social 1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange. 2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.
- Reposted by Mo MartinI'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
- Reposted by Mo MartinThousands rally against ICE in Minneapolis amid below-zero temperatures www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- Reposted by Mo MartinHave a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
- I’m told there were 500 local and out-of-town clergypeople at a training Thursday (1/22 last night) for actions during the strike today. #iceoutmn
- Reposted by Mo MartinIf you want to support Minnesota today during the general strike, I strongly recommend: standwithminnesota.com Which has a wide variety of causes you can donate to.
- Reposted by Mo MartinOne year ago, Donald Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself. How Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000 You can read this and SHARE IT without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Mo MartinThis was a fascinating read!
- Reposted by Mo MartinICYMI: This week I rode along with a Unitarian Universalist minister as she patrolled the same neighborhood where Renee Good was killed, looking for ICE. “We’re gonna keep taking care of people who are impacted,” she told me. “We’re gonna keep getting braver.” religionnews.com/2026/01/14/i...
- Reposted by Mo MartinNew at Can We Still Govern? "I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government." Please read, share, help. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
- Reposted by Mo MartinI get it: Billy Joel could write “We Didn’t Start the Fire 2” using just headlines from the past two weeks. That said, Trump’s increase in wealth has to be one of the biggest stories of his first year in office. Check out this week's news on Trump's for-profit presidency in 1100 Pennsylvania.
- Reposted by Mo MartinThis is an example of sousveillance, when ordinary people turn the powers of surveillance back onto the powerful
- When self-employed software engineer Nick Benson put out the call for dashcams online, he thought he’d get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch. Here's how one guy crowdsourced 500+ dashcams for Minneapolis to film ICE www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
- Reposted by Mo MartinDanish newspaper @politiken.dk opens ENGLISH LANGUAGE section of its coverage of Greenland. Resource to understand local coverage, analysis, politics, and public opinion ⬇️ politiken.dk/tag/main/gre...
- Reposted by Mo MartinThese peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates. share.google/J00lpWzPzOu2...
- Reposted by Mo MartinWe are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad. This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
- Reposted by Mo MartinIf you're taking to the streets to protest, know your rights.
- Reposted by Mo Martingift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
- Reposted by Mo MartinThis was written before today's video release, but this NY Times article is a really good rebuttal of the administration's lies that Renee Good's vehicle was a threat. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
- Reposted by Mo MartinSimple fabrication, with an open disregard of both evidence and basic norms, is the main mode of communication from the administration. In that context it is a dereliction to report administration claims as news, or to give them the same weight as evidence or the testimony of witnesses or experts.
- Reposted by Mo Martininteresting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
- Reposted by Mo MartinWe've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands. Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
- Reposted by Mo MartinIn Sept, ICE killed another person in a car and lied about it. www.reuters.com/world/us/pol...
- Reposted by Mo MartinExcellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today. No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.
- Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
- Reposted by Mo MartinI refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
- Reposted by Mo MartinThe “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
