The names change, but the fight is still the same

What is past is prologue:

• Pretti had his rib broken by federal agents just a week before being killed. In the same article, Homan is quoted as wanting to “make people famous” for interference with ICE abductions, thereby attracting right-wing harassers. A strategy which has been successful against, women, trans people, and non-white people.

Last night:

• Bovino referred to Cedar Riverside, where many Somali MInneapolians live “Little Mogadishu”. locals point out no one from here calls it that. Many consider the term a racist dogwhistle.
• A [post on BSky showed the MN State Police testing an LRAD (long-range acuoustic device) on protestors last night](https://bsky.app/profile/denisedwheeler.bsky.social/post/3mdgq65jwb22l). LRADS use high intensity sound that can cause permanent deafness at close range.

Today:

• Experts say a Whitehouse post on X hurts their own case against activist Nekima Levy Armstrong who interrupted a service at a St. Paul church.
• Literary Hub talks about Moon Palace Book’s role as a hub of ICE resistance.
• A thread on Bluesky by Naomi Kritzer outlines how involved local religious organizations are involved with resisting the occupation.
• ICE operations continued in Minneapolis without pause despite the departure of Bovino.
• Axios reports Noam is pointing the finger at Steven Miller over fabrications to justify the Pretti killing.
• This comes after House Dems deliver ultimatum to Trump to fire Noam or have her be impeached.
• ICE agents attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis despite it having diplomatic immunity. Reportedly, ICE agents did not have a warrant.

The bigger picture:

• Ta-Nehisi Coats posts an article to Vanity Fair which connects Good, Pretti to larger movements of American Fascism.
• Radley Balko posts on substack comparing the resistance in MN to Boston, 260 years ago.
• Spencer Ackerman posts on how Minneapolis resistance is anarchism in practice.