Brandon Long

Brandon Long

@brandonlong.bsky.social

minnesotan. dad. rebel loon. fuck fascism. organized labor rules. solidarity forever. https://rebelloonproject.org/

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This lyric from Jesse Welles is reverberating around my skull day after day, minute after minute: The masks are off And they dont even try They know that you know That they know And they don’t even mind

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NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...

prospect.org‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American ProspectOn July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.

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Minnesota voters should have an early-voting strategy this year, and to help I made this FAQ. Feedback/questions encouraged. It’s aimed at Democracy Defense trainers who are informing/organizing voters, but we want everyone to do this work & uphold voting rights! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

docs.google.comNov 3 2026 voting FAQThis Frequently Asked Questions document is for Democracy Defense facilitators to better understand how early in-person and mail voting works as of August 28, 2026 for the 2026 general election in Min...

Breaking: cops lie.

Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a federal anti-crime task force in Memphis fatally shot an armed 20-year-old man in the back, according to an autopsy report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, contradicting police accounts that said the man was facing the troops when they fired.

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Replying to @timhirschelburns.bsky.social

Oh that’s not all, folks. Antifa Waldo, beatifications of ICE martyrs, ICE agents slipping, and more—all from the likes of corn, barley, and alfalfa

Get those knives sharp folks, I want to see the start of a reckoning coming after these midterms.

NPR@npr.org

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks. n.pr/4gQZwK5

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Let me recap: the MPD is 30 million over budget, helped Lang plan his riot, set up barricades for him, let him drive multiple vehicles into a crowded area, one of the cop had their foot run over, and now we can’t press charges because the cops are in on it in the first place.

Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social

Citing “extensive evidence of communication and logistical coordination between the Minneapolis Police Department and Lang’s security detail,” prosecutors will not press felony riot charges against white supremacist provocateur Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang for his latest hate rally in Minneapolis.

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'It is a development long watched for in the war in Ukraine, presaging a dystopian future in which killer robots roam the skies making life-or-death decisions that reduce targets to data points.' www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...

nytimes.comA Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

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I remember that scene from Schindler's List

Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com

Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...

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I witnessed Spider-Man going into action yesterday in Minneapolis. He rode in on the back of a muscle car. Then leaped onto the pickup, right before unleashing a hail of fists onto his nemesis, Jake Lang, Jayden Scott, and their minions.

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Replying to @reportermark.bsky.social

Edit of Spider-Man fighting fascism during Jake Lang’s very short protest in front of Minneapolis city hall today

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Reporting to you live from Pine Island, MN, a small town outside of Rochester where Google is holding a community event to help sell their proposed data center to the community

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2026 MN State Fair Crop Art entry "Witness" based on pStar Tribune photograph by Leila Navi with MPR reporter Sam Stroiza.

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Caught up with Minnesota’s foremost ICE Air tracker @ottergoose.net yesterday as the 5000th detainee was flown out of MSP by ICE contractors. We talked about post-Metro Surge flight patterns, his appearance in undercover agents’ surveillance reports and more.

minnesotareformer.comIndependent ICE flight tracker marks 5000th detainee deported from MSP • Minnesota ReformerOn the hot tarmac of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a man in a gray sweatsuit slowly climbed the steps to board an Eastern Airlines flight bound first for Alexandria,...

Isaac Sant’s lawyer advised him not to speak to Democracy Now! about being indicted for protecting our neighbors in Minnesota & he did it anyway because Minnesotan’s back down to no one. We stand up. We speak up. Even put ourselves in harm’s way. Alex did it. Renee did it. Fuck ICE. Fuck Trump.

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We will (and should already) view these companies like big tobacco and look back in disgust at what we’ve allowed them to do.

NPR@npr.org

Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks. n.pr/4xn1bNH

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Hayden Panettiere was vocal about the abuse she suffered in Hollywood from a young age. Like so many girls before her, she wasn’t protected. Now she’s gone. This is why we keep demanding the release of the Epstein files. The rich & powerful must be held accountable.

Literally everything is broken. This is the age of the crook. This is the guilded age on steroids.

MPR News@mprnews.org

Andrea Leigh Sampson, 35, created various shell companies to funnel profits from sex trafficking between 2020 to 2026, including while she worked for Anoka County, according to charging documents filed by Hennepin County prosecutors on Thursday.

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Flock has paired new reforms with a tone shift recognizing the dangers of their technology. But don’t be fooled: their surveillance business model is the problem, and reforms can’t fix that. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

eff.orgToo Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs ReformsThe reforms are a combination of long overdue changes along with some cosmetic fixes that fail to address the fundamental dangers of this technology.

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This invasive surveillance is disliked across the political spectrum, yet the House GOP stopped my two bills that would've helped protect Minnesotans from companies like Flock. Is it any wonder my opponent has yet to come out against mass surveillance? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

politico.com‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisanOver 20 local jurisdictions moved toward canceling Flock contracts in July, which the company says represents only a small fraction of its customers.

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26 people loaded onto yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP. Our team here in Minnesota started estimating passenger loads on these flights in early November, 2025. We'll likely note the 5,000 person being flown into indefinite detention on Friday. Stats: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data/

Fuck data centers Fuck ICE Fuck fascism Fuck billionaires Fuck trump Fuck genocide Fuck flock Fuck crypto Fuck prediction markets I don’t trust people who can’t agree to that simple platform.

I watching her speech from last night and saying it a lot. I love seeing her anger - anger isn’t bad when it’s righteous. We need someone to carry our hurt and pain and anger forward and fight for us. Be angry, fight back, kick fascist ass.

I heard old, lutheran, white church ladies talking about hanging fascists from street lamps this winter, idk what these crypto bros and genocide supporters thought their money was gonna buy them here. The @dfl.org really needs to be listening. We’ll take care of us regardless though.

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Operation metro surge changed democratic politics in Minnesota. Tonight showed democrats who don’t support abolishing ICE like Angie Craig & Jacob Frey are deeply out of touch and not ready to meet this moment.