Blake Piotter

UMN 2018 RTB Ski-U-Mah

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

Jaden McDaniels talked it and walked it and the only time he smiled was when Jokic grabbed him at the end of game 4.

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

This Epstein files release includes pages and pages of complaints incriminating Trump. Here’s just one of the files: https://t.co/Fq0PgU282x

[Niko @NikoLeMieux]

Yesterday as I was walking through Minneapolis with a friend I saw this Lexus parked terribly and commented to him: “get a load of this asshole’s terrible parking.” By complete serendipity, as if the universe itself was saying "be kinder with your spoken thoughts," right at that moment I heard a voice say “hey that’s my car, ICE grabbed me, I’m so sorry!” come from the passenger of a Jeep slowly passing by; the Jeep driver said she was the sister of the Lexus’ owner and that the two of them had just come back from picking her up from Federal detention. I went to go talk to the Lexus’ driver, but first I read the note on the windshield:

“THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN BY ICE. Please don’t hit or tow.” Neighbors put that there, and put a tarp over the window that ICE broke open so snow wouldn’t get in.

The Lexus driver, a short, brown haired white woman told me she lived in the area and was driving through looking for parking, when armed ICE agents speedily blocked off the street in front of her, and swarmed the white pickup truck in front of her grabbing its driver. She said people came from throughout the neighborhood with whistles to record them grabbing that driver, and as she was trying to leave, ICE agents swarmed her vehicle as well and proceeded to open her window and door and remove her from her car, slamming her facedown in the street. She said a Federal agent entered her vehicle and parked it like this, before taking her away. I don’t know the story of the pickup driver.

I'll be honest, I didn't really believe what I was hearing at first until she showed me the video that a neighbor filmed, confirming the whole story. I asked her to airdrop it to me so I could make this post.

This woman was just driving and minding her business one moment, and the next she was snatched, she told me that they said she was "obstructing an investigation." After 24 hours in Federal custody, they released her with only the white shirt she was wearing when I met her, into the -8F cold where her sister was waiting, and they didn't give her back her car keys. She came to make sure her vehicle was still there.

There's a lot of people on this platform making all sorts of excuses for the Federal government's despicable behavior in Minneapolis, but what it comes down to is this: they are out of control. They are Out. Of. Control.

This woman's story that I saw firsthand is emblematic of the institutional rot at the core of DHS, CBP, and ICE. The agents involved in both shootings this month were 8- and 10-year veterans, not untrained amateurs. There have been three homicides in Minneapolis thus far in 2026- 66% of them have been US citizens murdered by the Federal government. My city is being subjected to a full-fledged occupation by lawless, unprofessional, un-American thugs. They have gone far beyond their stated mission of removing violent criminals and illegal aliens. They have all of us looking at every SUV, every vehicle with out-of-state plates, every vehicle with more than 2 men in it with caution, scrutiny, and concern. Many of my friends have bought guns or have gone to get their conceal carry permits, to stay safe from their own government because it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six.

Minneapolis will survive this and will come out stronger for it, because we learned in 2020 that there's no one coming to save us, it's up to us to show up for our friends and neighbors. But people need to know that if the Federal government are doing this to us: You're not safe. You're next.

[Kurt Bardella @kurtbardella]

To be clear: an insurrectionist using a Confederate flag pole to attack police guarding the US Capitol is dubbed a “patriot” and can receive a presidential pardon while US citizens in Minnesota exercising their 1st amendment rights to protest and assemble get executed.

[Erin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @morninggloria]

Nobody-- and I mean not a single person-- who is running interference for the administration's lies about ICE brutality deserves to ever be welcome back into polite society. They do not belong in our newsrooms. They do not belong in our friend groups. They don't belong here.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

The woman shot by the ICE agent had a child who is 6. The father died in 2023, leaving the child without either of his or her birth parents

https://t.co/kpXEM8R0Zk

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

ICE just killed an American citizen

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”

[John Kriesel @johnkriesel]

I will never understand people who cheer for the Vikings to draft a QB, then expect him to be Joe Montana 5 games into his first season as a starter.

[Svante Myrick @SvanteMyrick]

The chaos and the cruelty of the Trump administration has been accepted by many as a necessity for a booming economy.

But the economy is not booming.

The economy has in fact been hamstrung by the chaos (tarrifs) and the cruelty (ICE) of the Trump administration.

[GopherHole.com @GopherHole]

#TWolves “Tree” jerseys are so back!!!!!

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Blake Ruane @blakeruane]

Despite there being no suspect in custody, Trump blames "the radical left" and "radical left political violence" for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Makes no mention of the assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.

Pathetic but predictable.

[Van Lathan Jr @VanLathan]

The awesome thing about this is that we currently have super qualified and awesome people running the FBI to look after things domestically

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

That’s Minnesota sports, baby

[Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski]

That was the Wolves’ C- game from everyone not named Rudy Gobert. They were BY FAR the better team than the Lakers this series. It wasn’t close.

[Tina Smith @SenTinaSmith]

I’m not going to cave on tariffs!
But also these are a negotiation!
But also these are permanent!
We need these tariffs now!
But also I will pause them and maybe turn them back on!

[Chip Scoggins @chipscoggins]

Think about this scene and what the conversation was at the start of the season. A story that just keeps getting better each week.

[The Daily Norseman @DailyNorseman]

With their sweep of the Packers, the Vikings become the first team in the modern era to win the Super Bowl twice in one season.

(According to stupid people.)