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The Prestigious Left-Wing Money Machines That Fund the Groups Harassing ICE Agents in Minnesota
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 14/1/26 | Eliana Johnson

Posted on 01/14/2026 3:32:49 AM PST by Eleutheria5

Left-wing activists in Minneapolis are targeting ICE with a highly organized on-the-ground harassment and tracking operation, complete with hotel and license plate lists, “noise demonstrations,” and training on how to “stop ICE.” The extremist groups at the forefront of this operation have received millions of dollars from the left’s most powerful money machines, including George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington Free Beacon review found.

At the center is the Sunrise Movement, which has shifted from climate activism into anti-ICE agitation in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Sunrise operatives on the ground in the Twin Cities are circulating lists of hotels housing ICE agents and coordinating late-night disruption campaigns—often involving noisemakers—aimed at coercing hotels and other local businesses into refusing to serve ICE personnel. Sunrise has received $2 million from Open Society since 2019, $150,000 from Ford in 2024 and $550,000 in 2025, and $250,000 from MacArthur in 2024, according to grant databases and tax filings.

Sunrise Twin Cities works alongside two other local groups—Unidos MN and Defend the 612—known for “rapid response” efforts in which activists are dispatched to the scene of ICE activity. Both maintain ties to MN ICE Watch, a covertly maintained Instagram page that posts training slides calling on its followers—a group that reportedly included Renee Good’s wife—to block, push, and otherwise obstruct officers making an arrest. Unidos received $400,000 from Ford in 2024 and $150,000 from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, while Defend the 612 fundraises through a Minneapolis-based “social and environmental justice” nonprofit that has received funding from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 1630; 1630fund; 612; defendthe612; doxxing; followthemoney; harassment; hotellists; hotels; iceagents; icewatch; licenseplatelists; mnicewatch; mostlypeaceful; opensociety; reneegood; rockefeller; rpa; sixteenthirtyfund; soros; sunrisemovement; tracking; twincitiescell; unidos; unidosmn

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Mostly peaceful frozen water bottles. Mostly peaceful tracking and doxing. Mostly peaceful rammings. Mostly peaceful inflammatory lies.
1 posted on 01/14/2026 3:32:49 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Good investigative work on the part of Eliana Johnson at the Washington Free Beacon.


2 posted on 01/14/2026 3:40:04 AM PST by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: Eleutheria5

They need to bring back blackjacks, billy clubs, night sticks, water cannons and German shepherds, lots and lots of German Shepherds.

The zombies will run.


3 posted on 01/14/2026 3:42:58 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: Eleutheria5

RICO is not just a euphemism.


4 posted on 01/14/2026 3:43:43 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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$$$$millions from lefty’s most powerful money machines, fund activists targeting ICE w/ a highly organized on-the-ground harassment and tracking operation, complete with hotel and license plate lists, “noise demonstrations,” and training on how to “stop ICE,” including:
<><>George Soros’s Open Society Foundations,
<><>the Ford Foundation,
<><>the MacArthur Foundation,
<><>the Tides Foundation,
<><>the Sixteen Thirty Fund.


NOTE: It is a crime for a nonprofit organization to fund any activity that is itself illegal or that urges, promotes, or facilitates the violation of the law. Nonprofits, particularly those with a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, are expected to operate for a public purpose, and engaging in substantial illegal activity, including planned violence or terrorism, can lead to the revocation of their tax-exempt status and potential criminal prosecution of the organization and its officers.


5 posted on 01/14/2026 3:45:55 AM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
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To: Liz

Thanks Liz.


6 posted on 01/14/2026 3:51:12 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Liz

Wasn’t a foundation called Arabella a huge contributor too? Didn’t see that on the list. When are these so-called foundations going to be charged with racketeering? They’ve all been around for a while now. You mean nobody has ever had them on the radar?


7 posted on 01/14/2026 3:53:21 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Liz

The IRS doesn’t possess the collective stones to go after any of the big ‘charitable’ organizations.


8 posted on 01/14/2026 3:55:56 AM PST by ComputerGuy (À)
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To: Eleutheria5

Trump needs to charge all these people with sedition and pursue accordingly.


9 posted on 01/14/2026 4:04:13 AM PST by LouAvul (The Old Testament is historical, but we are to only follow the New Testament. )
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Pronto.


10 posted on 01/14/2026 4:21:30 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Eleutheria5

Those are the same groups funding PBS.


11 posted on 01/14/2026 4:30:48 AM PST by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Where is Pam Bondi? On anything.


12 posted on 01/14/2026 4:31:20 AM PST by Dartoid
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Why does PBS still exist, except to make leftard “intellectuals” feel important (see Eric Hoffer). Not worth it.


13 posted on 01/14/2026 4:45:21 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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To: Eleutheria5

The liberal money pipeline needs to be investigated and reported on, again and again.


14 posted on 01/14/2026 5:17:34 AM PST by misterdarcey (Abandon all nuance, ye who enter here.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“The extremist groups at the forefront of this operation have received millions of dollars from the left’s most powerful money machines, including George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund.”

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The government and MAGA activists need to find ways to “harass” these organizations in meaningful ways that hurt.


15 posted on 01/14/2026 5:24:03 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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When will the Justice Department prosecute the demon Soros?


16 posted on 01/14/2026 5:34:14 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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For the record, what do you think Soros actually did?


17 posted on 01/14/2026 5:40:54 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Eleutheria5

You know, if I was funding something the government didn’t like, I’d be arrested and thrown in jail faster than you could say George Soros.

It’s obvious that the protests have been funded by deep pockets, yet somehow, the government, (I’m looking at you Patel and Bondi), can’t figure out what’s going on.


18 posted on 01/14/2026 5:54:22 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: Dartoid

“Where is Pam Bondi? On anything.”

Doing her makeup so she can get some more camera time.


19 posted on 01/14/2026 5:55:10 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: Liz

CHECK


20 posted on 01/14/2026 5:58:35 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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