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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 13:17:36 JST Paul Cantrell

   ICE activity seems to have been relatively quiet the last couple of days in my part of Minneapolis.

   I heard they’ve been super active recently in the outer suburbs and rural areas, and it sure doesn’t seem like anybody’s assuming we’re done with their awfulness here in the middle of the city. But I’m happily embracing the chance to take a breath.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 13:23:24 JST Paul Cantrell

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     I •do• actually expect to see some kind of shift over the next week. I don’t think their “Victory! Now we’re leaving(ish)!” press conference last week was something we can take at face value, but I also don’t think it was just a ruse.

     After they murdered Alex Pretti, the writing was on the wall. One killing of a white observer they could try to write off; two is a pattern. They’re losing support they desperately need — from politicians, from the press, from judges, from less-extreme right-wingers — and the longer they continue doing what they’ve been doing, the further they dig themselves in a hole. I’ve been expecting them to declare MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and change strategy for a while.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 13:25:22 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Note I say “change strategy,” not “leave” or “stop.”

     Who knows what’s next, but my expectation is for them to switch to things that are less visible, things that don’t look so bad on video. Maybe that means night raids? More like, I’m guessing it means more rural action, targeting of remote job sites (e.g. farms), nabbing people from prisons, more activity in detention camps that disallow observers, that kind of thing.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 13:25:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Whatever’s next, organizing continues here in Minneapolis. And I’m glad for a chance to breathe while it does.

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     Asymmetricblue (asymmetricblue@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 03:46:58 JST Asymmetricblue

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     @inthehands Have heard second hand or seen firsthand more night activity away from the core of the city, including drones and helicopters.
     Have seen reports of people dressed like contractors out and about this week that don’t work for the crews working in the area they were seen; suspected ice, in SUVs, not work trucks.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 03:46:58 JST Paul Cantrell

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     I’ve •definitely• heard the reports of increased activity outside the core metro.

     I hadn’t heard the reports of people posing as contractors.