Today's #mplsintheblind is up:

[socketwench@masto.hackers.town]

Today's #mplsintheblind is up:

"ICE Barbie gets iced, ineffectual cops, and tired retail CEO talking points"

ICE Barbie gets iced, ineffectual cops, and tired retail CEO talking points

ICE Barbie gets iced: Trump fired Kristi Noem as DHS Sec today in an announcement on his own personal social network. Trump loyalist and congressional pugilist Mullin will replace her pending congressional rubber-stamp. Yesterday: To serve and protect (property). Why does this feel like a scene from The Simpsons? Around town: As ICE moved in, neightbors set up a shadow medical system to keep neighbors in touch with care. Target’s new CEO gives the same tired corporate speech about values and fresh eyes confronting sales slump. Target has a history of cooperating with ICE since the early days of The Surge, and was cooperative with police during the George Floyd Uprising; the store most heavily damaged in 2020 was an incubator from invasive surveillance for the retail chain. The bigger picture:

"Minneapolis, in the blind..." (mplsintheblind.org)

#ice #minneapolis #mnpol #twincities