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Brandon Long
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@brandonlong.bsky.social
minnesotan. dad. rebel loon. fuck fascism. organized labor rules. solidarity forever. https://rebelloonproject.org/
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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...
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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...
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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ICE says it wants to buy voter files to detect fraud. What it's asking for is a record of every federal election every voter has taken part in, in every state. The request is posted publicly on SAM.gov. Our story below.
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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.
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...
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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.
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A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking Minnesota's voter registration database. The Justice Department is now 0-23 in such cases.
We will (and should already) view these companies like big tobacco and look back in disgust at what we’ve allowed them to do.
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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Literally everything is broken. This is the age of the crook. This is the guilded age on steroids.
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...
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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...
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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/
Every time I hear @peggyflanagan.bsky.social speak or read something cool she said I verbally (to myself) say “get ‘em Peggy” and I just need her to know that. Peggy, we’re with you. We are you and you are us. Long live Minnesota. Get ‘em Peggy.
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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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@amyklobuchar.com ‘s priorities page is fucking pathetic. It manages to say nothing while her entire website looks outdated and like total shit. Nothing about climate change, ICE, *affordable housing, transportation, or protecting democracy. So out of touch. www.amyklobuchar.com/priorities
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