From the Washington Examiner: Liberal activists are deploying rapid response networks across Minneapolis to impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, and tensions between protesters and ICE officers are rising a week after the ICE-involved shooting of activist Renee Good in Minnesota.
Following the flow of cash between mutual aid allies, some of these guerrilla-like groups, operating in communities across the country, appear to receive generous funding from premier grantmaking foundations on the political Left with similar social justice-oriented aims.
For instance, in Minneapolis, Defend the 612 is a well-funded organization that is part of a local coalition called “ICE Watch,” a decentralized cohort of anti-ICE activists dedicated to disrupting raids. ICE Watch is not exclusive to Minneapolis, as other loosely-affiliated networks bearing “ICE Watch” in their names have formed nationwide.
Defend the 612, however, appears to collect donations under a different name. A fundraising campaign for Defend the 612 was organized by Cooperation Cannon River, a 501(c)(3) charity based in Minneapolis and operating out of a P.O. box.
The report lists other organizations and their donors that are included in the massive web of far-left activist groups fueling chaos in cities across America.
Some are described as “pass-through funding vehicles” for other left-wing organizations, especially billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundation.
- The Tides Foundation
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
- The Proteus Fund
- The Solutions Project
READ MORE from the Washington Examiner.
Activists in Minneapolis have developed sophisticated networks dedicated to surveilling and obstructing immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities, including by following suspected Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles, tracking their movements across the city,… pic.twitter.com/rHIKMZpBrr
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 10, 2026
Follow us on X (Formerly Twitter.)
The DML News App: www.X.com/DMLNewsApp
The Dennis Michael Lynch Podcast archive is available below, with the most recent on top. Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the show by downloading The DML News App or go to Apple Podcasts.
