Now — still!— in the Twin Cities, there are thousands of people who are living in hiding, terrified (justifiably so) of an authoritarian secret police kidnapping them off the street because of the way they look.
For these people, full-on fascism is already here. Still.
MPR shares their voices:
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/19/during-ice-surge-minnesota-immigrants-share-their-stories-from-hiding
Setapp Mobile, one of the first alt iOS app stores launched in 2024 after the EU's DMA, plans to shut down, blaming "still-evolving and complex business terms" (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/15/setapp-mobile-eu-app…
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel.
To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road
and throw sand into the gears.
-- Yangyang Cheng ▪ Fall 2025
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/to-outlive-tyranny/
Barnwell: The 11 most fascinating plays of the divisional round, and why each mattered https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47642980/nfl-playoffs-divisional-round-2026-key-plays-broncos-seahawks-patriots-rams
3 draft prospects at DB who fit Christian Parker's style for Cowboys https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/19/3-draft-prospects-at-db-who-fit-christian-parkers-styl…
Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
AVON: Could it have been perfected by now?
CALLY: Possibly. At least for the transmission of a basic signal.
JENNA: Like an oscillating pulse tone.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/210/245 B7B2
"I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse eight minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent," Klein said. "And yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone behind me here as we try to fulfill our oath and duty to care for the people of Minnesota."
Calls mount to 'rise up' as doctors speak out against 'grotesque' ICE acts - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2674914793/
By day six, CSIS put the cumulative cost to the US of the Iran War at
$12.7 billion.
Today, it is likely to have exceeded
$18 billion – and the meter is still running.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/202…