JBoehler
@johnboehler.bsky.social
Policy counsel, ACLU-MN. Formerly mnleg. MN by way of NJ.
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And it's clear that ICE is using both familiar and novel tactics to maximize arrests, from jail transfers to so-called 287(g) agreements that deputize local police forces to carry out immigration enforcement on ICE’s behalf.
September 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
And it's clear that ICE is using both familiar and novel tactics to maximize arrests, from jail transfers to so-called 287(g) agreements that deputize local police forces to carry out immigration enforcement on ICE’s behalf.
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The ACLU of Minnesota is suing a school district and four school board members for banning rainbow LGBTQ pride stickers on classroom doors.
ACLU, parents sue Detroit Lakes schools for banning LGBTQ Pride rainbows
The families of two students say the ban violates free speech, human rights and open meeting laws.
www.startribune.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The ACLU of Minnesota is suing a school district and four school board members for banning rainbow LGBTQ pride stickers on classroom doors.
3y/o just asked “who’s that” during a Nick Saban commercial so I’m sorry ye report he’s now a qualified corporate media executive @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
September 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
3y/o just asked “who’s that” during a Nick Saban commercial so I’m sorry ye report he’s now a qualified corporate media executive @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
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Calling all Neighbors! 📣 We are excited to host Sibling Rivalry II: Here We Go Again!
N4MN and Sustain Saint Paul will go head-to-head to raise organizational funds, supporting more homes. The need-to-knows:
🏡 Black Hart of Saint Paul
🏡 Thursday, October 8th, 6-8pm
🏡 Tix: $30
Reserve your place
N4MN and Sustain Saint Paul will go head-to-head to raise organizational funds, supporting more homes. The need-to-knows:
🏡 Black Hart of Saint Paul
🏡 Thursday, October 8th, 6-8pm
🏡 Tix: $30
Reserve your place
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul
Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the…
actionnetwork.org
September 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Calling all Neighbors! 📣 We are excited to host Sibling Rivalry II: Here We Go Again!
N4MN and Sustain Saint Paul will go head-to-head to raise organizational funds, supporting more homes. The need-to-knows:
🏡 Black Hart of Saint Paul
🏡 Thursday, October 8th, 6-8pm
🏡 Tix: $30
Reserve your place
N4MN and Sustain Saint Paul will go head-to-head to raise organizational funds, supporting more homes. The need-to-knows:
🏡 Black Hart of Saint Paul
🏡 Thursday, October 8th, 6-8pm
🏡 Tix: $30
Reserve your place
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The ACLU of Minnesota strongly condemns the reopening of former Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton as a 1,600-bed immigration detention center. Read our full statement at https://ow.ly/Gm0m50Zz2oe
August 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The ACLU of Minnesota strongly condemns the reopening of former Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton as a 1,600-bed immigration detention center. Read our full statement at https://ow.ly/Gm0m50Zz2oe
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ICE wants to reopen Appleton’s failed private prison as a 1,600-bed detention center. CURE’s Andy Pearson and Misty Butler push back in a new Daily Yonder article: this isn’t inevitable. Appleton deserves a real say. #AppletonMN #NoICEDetention
ICE Seeks “Zombie Prison" in Rural Minnesota | The Daily Yonder
An empty 1,600-bed private prison has sat idly on land that was once a soybean field in rural Appleton, Minnesota since the prison failed and, as a
dailyyonder.com
July 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ICE wants to reopen Appleton’s failed private prison as a 1,600-bed detention center. CURE’s Andy Pearson and Misty Butler push back in a new Daily Yonder article: this isn’t inevitable. Appleton deserves a real say. #AppletonMN #NoICEDetention
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New from 404 Media: a leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE's fingerprints.
We obtained the document, called "ICE Wide Analytical Tools" and are publishing it in full here. It includes everything from phone location data, to facial rec, to tracking cars www.404media.co/leaked-docum...
We obtained the document, called "ICE Wide Analytical Tools" and are publishing it in full here. It includes everything from phone location data, to facial rec, to tracking cars www.404media.co/leaked-docum...
Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips
From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
New from 404 Media: a leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE's fingerprints.
We obtained the document, called "ICE Wide Analytical Tools" and are publishing it in full here. It includes everything from phone location data, to facial rec, to tracking cars www.404media.co/leaked-docum...
We obtained the document, called "ICE Wide Analytical Tools" and are publishing it in full here. It includes everything from phone location data, to facial rec, to tracking cars www.404media.co/leaked-docum...
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Some police departments in the Twin Cities suburbs left Flock camera data accessible to far-flung law enforcement agencies.
Those agencies searched the data for immigration purposes at the height of last winter’s brutal federal crackdown.
Those agencies searched the data for immigration purposes at the height of last winter’s brutal federal crackdown.
Police searched Twin Cities license plate cameras for immigration enforcement during ICE surge
Federal agencies were able to access the typically confidential data through partnerships with law enforcement around the country.
www.startribune.com
July 20, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Some police departments in the Twin Cities suburbs left Flock camera data accessible to far-flung law enforcement agencies.
Those agencies searched the data for immigration purposes at the height of last winter’s brutal federal crackdown.
Those agencies searched the data for immigration purposes at the height of last winter’s brutal federal crackdown.
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Polls consistently show that people across the political spectrum want to build a working immigration system that protects our immigrant neighbors and loved ones.
It's time for Congress to heed our calls and stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
It's time for Congress to heed our calls and stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
Naureen Shah, ACLU immigration director: ‘This administration’s politics of hate do not represent the views of Americans’
The lawyer, who leads the civil liberties group’s immigration policy and advocacy work, says the Trump government has created a police state in which no one is safe
english.elpais.com
July 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Polls consistently show that people across the political spectrum want to build a working immigration system that protects our immigrant neighbors and loved ones.
It's time for Congress to heed our calls and stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
It's time for Congress to heed our calls and stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
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"Thank God our kids weren’t with us. I’m not sure if I would’ve been able to react as calmly."
Just published the absolute craziest story of my entire career.
www.thedrive.com/news/how-flo...
Just published the absolute craziest story of my entire career.
www.thedrive.com/news/how-flo...
How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me For Days over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me
A simple error got magnified by Flock's nationwide surveillance camera network and ended with four cop cars boxing me in.
www.thedrive.com
July 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Thank God our kids weren’t with us. I’m not sure if I would’ve been able to react as calmly."
Just published the absolute craziest story of my entire career.
www.thedrive.com/news/how-flo...
Just published the absolute craziest story of my entire career.
www.thedrive.com/news/how-flo...
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The Minnesota Department of Human Rights just sent out a press release reiterating that the Minnesota Human Rights Act protects transgender people from discrimination.
![U.S. Supreme Court ruling does not trump anti-discrimination protections under Minnesota law
[St. Paul, MN] Today, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., the Minnesota Department of Human Rights released a statement from Commissioner Rebecca Lucero:
“In 1993, state legislators made Minnesota the first state to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling does not erase rights guaranteed under Minnesota law for transgender and gender expansive students.
“Minnesota has long believed that government should not be in the business of embedding discrimination into the law. The Department of Human Rights is committed to enforcing state civil rights laws so Minnesotans can live free from discrimination.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsrxco5vokcekbx2cgtfpruu/bafkreigdjjoyeshei4mcp4hgqbzlh54cbgof4bq67k466yrfdizy3u5pqq)
June 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights just sent out a press release reiterating that the Minnesota Human Rights Act protects transgender people from discrimination.
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![During the ratification debates, Senator Cowan took aim
at the Roma people too, characterizing them as undeserving
of birthright citizenship because they “wander[ed] in
gangs,” “infest[ed] society,” and “impos[ed] upon the simple
and weak everywhere.”49 And again, Senator Conness dismissed Senator Cowan’s prejudices: “The only invasion of
Pennsylvania within my recollection was an invasion very
much worse and more disastrous to the State, and more to
be feared and more feared, than that of Gypsies. It was an
invasion of rebels [at Gettysburg].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreihrli2ghfantwmdgc4pk4rr4ddt4ajq4xgnggxhs4qv4hojeppmpi)
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The *may* part is really, really important to stress here.
Other states may choose bans, but in Minnesota we can continue to support inclusion.
Other states may choose bans, but in Minnesota we can continue to support inclusion.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds West Virginia and Idaho's laws banning trans girls and women from women's sports. Justice Kavanaugh has the opinion for the court, holding that states "may" make sports eligibility based on "biological sex." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The *may* part is really, really important to stress here.
Other states may choose bans, but in Minnesota we can continue to support inclusion.
Other states may choose bans, but in Minnesota we can continue to support inclusion.
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I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.
May 20, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.
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There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
June 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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Wow. Minnesota now has 3,866,086 registered voters, an all-time high so far as I can tell. Given population growth, new records do get set repeatedly. But normally not in June of a midterm year. Normally new peaks coincide with presidential elections. This is a new phenomenon.
June 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Wow. Minnesota now has 3,866,086 registered voters, an all-time high so far as I can tell. Given population growth, new records do get set repeatedly. But normally not in June of a midterm year. Normally new peaks coincide with presidential elections. This is a new phenomenon.
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NEW: The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant, according to FBI procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers
Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.
www.404media.co
May 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
NEW: The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant, according to FBI procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
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A state that redraws its legislative maps before every election to maximize advantage for the incumbent party is not a democracy or a republic and in any case obviously violates the guarantee clause, among many others. No country does this. No country ever thought of doing this. It is a total farce.
May 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
A state that redraws its legislative maps before every election to maximize advantage for the incumbent party is not a democracy or a republic and in any case obviously violates the guarantee clause, among many others. No country does this. No country ever thought of doing this. It is a total farce.
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• Trump using race criteria to enact travel bans is constitutional
In short—race criteria that centers white people is constitutional, but race criteria otherwise is unconstitutional😐
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In short—race criteria that centers white people is constitutional, but race criteria otherwise is unconstitutional😐
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April 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
• Trump using race criteria to enact travel bans is constitutional
In short—race criteria that centers white people is constitutional, but race criteria otherwise is unconstitutional😐
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In short—race criteria that centers white people is constitutional, but race criteria otherwise is unconstitutional😐
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• ICE fascists using race criteria to target people of color is constitutional, BUT
• State legislatures using race criteria to counter historical voter suppression is unconstitutional, BUT
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• State legislatures using race criteria to counter historical voter suppression is unconstitutional, BUT
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April 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
• ICE fascists using race criteria to target people of color is constitutional, BUT
• State legislatures using race criteria to counter historical voter suppression is unconstitutional, BUT
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• State legislatures using race criteria to counter historical voter suppression is unconstitutional, BUT
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This SCOTUS rulings so far:
• Universities using race criteria to counter historical racism in admissions is unconstitutional, BUT
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• Universities using race criteria to counter historical racism in admissions is unconstitutional, BUT
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April 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This SCOTUS rulings so far:
• Universities using race criteria to counter historical racism in admissions is unconstitutional, BUT
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• Universities using race criteria to counter historical racism in admissions is unconstitutional, BUT
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My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.” @slate.com
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April 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.” @slate.com
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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There's a lot of alarmist coverage of the Supreme Court. Rick Hasen does not engage in it. This isn't stuff he'd write lightly.
My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.” @slate.com
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
There's a lot of alarmist coverage of the Supreme Court. Rick Hasen does not engage in it. This isn't stuff he'd write lightly.
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I thought Walz's closing was moving, so I'll add that here as well for those interested. No more Norm talk, but some baseball talk.
April 29, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I thought Walz's closing was moving, so I'll add that here as well for those interested. No more Norm talk, but some baseball talk.
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