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Minneapolis teachers union chief admits elected officials in anti-ICE Signal chats
FOX NEWS ^ | February 2, 2026 | Peter D'Abrosca

Posted on 02/03/2026 11:26:10 AM PST by PJ-Comix

The head of the Minneapolis teachers union said in a recent interview that elected officials are involved in anti-ICE agitation in the city.

"The notion that people that are actively engaged in ICE watch, in being vigilant in protecting our neighbors, in Signal chat groups, running plates, in their cars doing patrols — that somehow we're ashamed of that activity, that somehow you can call our bosses and show our faces and then we would be shunned by our community..." Marcia Howard told Al Jazeera in an interview that aired last week.

Howard is the president of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, and perhaps best known for her role in championing the 2020 riots in the city over the death of George Floyd. She was also an English teacher for 25 years, including during the riots. She has been described as a "steward" of George Floyd Square, a memorial area where Floyd was killed. She meets there with local activists every morning.

"Our bosses are in the Signal chats with us," she said. "Our elected officials are in the chats with us."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blm; blmsedition; bolsheviks; bondibashing; bondiwhining; commietrash; courtmartialhoward; crookedpeggy; democrats; dflcorruption; dflracketeering; domesticenemies; education; flansouthside; habitualcomplainers; habitualcomplaining; ice; impeachflanagan; insurgency; marciahoward; minneapolis; minnesota; misogynistsoffr; patelbashing; patelwhiners; patelwhining; signalchat; teachers
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1 posted on 02/03/2026 11:26:10 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Alex, I’ll take ‘Examples of Insurrection’ for $500…


2 posted on 02/03/2026 11:40:42 AM PST by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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To: PJ-Comix

These same knuckle draggers made this guy teacher of the year.

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/10/17/abdul-wright-sentenced-to-14-years-for-sexually-abusing-student


3 posted on 02/03/2026 11:50:40 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy

Looks perfectly qualified, by their standards.


4 posted on 02/03/2026 11:53:01 AM PST by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: PJ-Comix
Well of course....

They don't want to get caught in their criminal money theft of taxpayers BILLIONS!!

5 posted on 02/03/2026 11:55:42 AM PST by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: PJ-Comix

Well. Where is the FBI that was so quick to go after Trump’s advisors. The FBI is just as evil as it was under Hoover.


6 posted on 02/03/2026 12:08:34 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: Seruzawa

I believe you are wrong.

The FBI did not go after Donald Trump. Rather, the FBI employed several DNC apparatchiks who were the executive leadership and their carefully chosen minions were the culprits


7 posted on 02/03/2026 12:13:44 PM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Seruzawa

Patel’s a waste of space. Fanboy tool.


8 posted on 02/03/2026 12:17:43 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: PJ-Comix

People of Minn voted for these folks to hold office. I am so happy they are getting what they wanted. The sad and scary part is there are enough nuts out there on a national level to give us a POTUS like Biden again.


9 posted on 02/03/2026 12:21:08 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: HYPOCRACY

“Patel’s a waste of space. Fanboy tool.”

The guy strikes me as clueless. And, Bondi too.


10 posted on 02/03/2026 12:22:19 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: PJ-Comix

This woman, the president of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, was quoted in the article from an interview she did with Al Jazeera.

Interesting bedfellows she has!


11 posted on 02/03/2026 12:26:29 PM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: devane617
The scary part is there are enough nuts out there on a national level to give us a POTUS like Biden again.

Yep

If the ballot has Pol Pot, Yasir Arafat, Kareem Abdul Skyhook, Karen Bass Ackwards and President Trump, the Left will vote for anyone other than President Trump

12 posted on 02/03/2026 12:27:09 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: PJ-Comix

RICO seems like a bitch to defend against. Especially on a teacher’s salary. So, I guess they will just roll over like good little communists.

Give them a short struggle session and let them go free outside the next meeting of the “Warm Hug of Collectivism” meeting.


13 posted on 02/03/2026 12:53:22 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

“... Left will vote for anyone other than President Trump”

The Trump hate is driving everything the Left is doing. They could not care less that the entire country is going down the drain, it’s juts hate Trump at any cost.


14 posted on 02/03/2026 1:21:54 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: Made In The USA

AIDING-——ABETTING-—HARBORING
PRETTY SIMPLE


15 posted on 02/03/2026 1:36:27 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: PJ-Comix

Minneapolis is dirty.


16 posted on 02/03/2026 1:41:54 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: devane617

I hope that TDS will not infect the good judgment needed to resolve some of the difficult issues facing the United States now.


17 posted on 02/03/2026 1:55:50 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: PJ-Comix

Union leadership. Demanding conformity.


18 posted on 02/03/2026 4:43:20 PM PST by WhiteHatBobby0701
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