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SheltieLover

(77,419 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:07 PM Saturday

Bakery owner facing death threats over anti-ICE cookies refuses to back down

Last edited Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:47 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/01/15/bakery-owner-facing-death-threats-over-anti-ice-cookies-refuses-back-down/

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WGGB/Gray News) - A Massachusetts bakery owner says she’s facing death threats and online harassment over cookies she made to express her frustrations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but she’s refusing to back down.

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"We’ve gotten a lot of death threats, hoping me and all my female employees get raped and my male employees get robbed, that they’re going to lock me in the building and burn the place down with me inside. It’s just been a lot,” Moran said.

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The cookies went viral after Moran posted pictures of them on social media, but so did the backlash. Threats came in quickly, Moran’s home address was posted online and she and her team implemented safety protocols, according to East Longmeadow Police. The department says a report was filed by the bakery, but there is no word on their investigation.

Despite the online backlash, Moran’s community is rallying around her. By Wednesday morning, the bakery was jam-packed with customers from near and far, all showing their support.

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Bakery owner facing death threats over anti-ICE cookies refuses to back down (Original Post) SheltieLover Saturday OP
Proof Trump humpers are all criminals iemanja Saturday #1
Kudos to the community for standing with them! sheshe2 Saturday #2
Agreed, She! SheltieLover Saturday #4
Resistance is Awesome in so many Cha Saturday #3
Sorry about link. I'll find link & try again! Ty for alerting me! SheltieLover Saturday #6
No worries.. I'm a Cookie Monster! Cha Saturday #8
Fixed link SheltieLover Saturday #7
Mahalo for the Wonderful Vid, Sheltie! Cha Sunday #18
They are adorable "Fuck ICE" cookies! Photo at Instagram link pat_k Sunday #16
Thank you, pat_k... I saw them on the Cha Sunday #21
Yep -- the news report blurred out the F-word. pat_k Sunday #22
Sheltie fixed the link... sheshe2 Sunday #17
Mahalo, she.. I just saw the Vid.. Niki Moran Cha Sunday #19
That would be great if she did that, Cha. sheshe2 Sunday #23
I ordered Pepperidge Farm Gingerbread Cha Sunday #26
Murder, rape ..because of cookies? Yeah, right wing people really have their heads on tight. chouchou Saturday #5
Probably ruskie bots in large part. SheltieLover Saturday #9
Ah..I understand. chouchou Saturday #11
Still ridiculous SheltieLover Saturday #12
I said it before and I'll say it again, what is wrong with people? MIButterfly Saturday #10
Ruskie bots? SheltieLover Saturday #13
Wouldn't doubt it haele Sunday #14
True SheltieLover Sunday #15
Death threats of all kinds to those they disagree with instead of finding and supporting what they DO agree with Deuxcents Sunday #20
Good for her, and damn the people threatening her. highplainsdem Sunday #24
I like the happy ending. Yeah for that! mysteryowl Sunday #25
Mmmmmm .... jam-packed ... eppur_se_muova Sunday #27
"Get a brain Morans" guy has a cover story now ;-/ jfz9580m Sunday #28
Looks like they are busy! progressoid Sunday #29

iemanja

(57,497 posts)
1. Proof Trump humpers are all criminals
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:34 PM
Saturday

They can’t oppose something without breaking the law.

Cha

(317,338 posts)
3. Resistance is Awesome in so many
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:38 PM
Saturday

Creative ways!

Sorry.. the link goes to.. 404 Page not found.

Mahalo for tis news, Sheltie.. wonder what the cookies look like?

SheltieLover

(77,419 posts)
6. Sorry about link. I'll find link & try again! Ty for alerting me!
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:41 PM
Saturday

Mahalo & Aloha. 🌺

Cha

(317,338 posts)
18. Mahalo for the Wonderful Vid, Sheltie!
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:24 AM
Sunday

I so admire Niki Moran.. and love all her new ICE Cookie Customers!

No problem.. Thank You!

Cha

(317,338 posts)
21. Thank you, pat_k... I saw them on the
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:34 AM
Sunday

Vid.. but TY for telling me what they said because I couldn't quite make it out.. although I pretty much knew.

And, Instagram wanted me to join to go in.

Nike Moran!

sheshe2

(96,256 posts)
17. Sheltie fixed the link...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:19 AM
Sunday

the cookies look wonderful. Yum

If it wasn't so far away, I would drive there and buy a few dozen to give to family and friends!

Cha

(317,338 posts)
19. Mahalo, she.. I just saw the Vid.. Niki Moran
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:30 AM
Sunday

is a Beautifull Tough Cookie!

Massachusetts Woman.. Won't Back Down:

Maybe she will set up an online way to buy her F ICE Cookies... I would order some!

sheshe2

(96,256 posts)
23. That would be great if she did that, Cha.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:50 AM
Sunday

Brave young woman standing up for what is right! 💙

Cha

(317,338 posts)
26. I ordered Pepperidge Farm Gingerbread
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 01:16 AM
Sunday

cookies for Jazzy and family for Christmas.. They loved them.

Niki Moran 💙

MIButterfly

(2,214 posts)
10. I said it before and I'll say it again, what is wrong with people?
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:50 PM
Saturday

Death threats. Lord have mercy.

haele

(15,134 posts)
14. Wouldn't doubt it
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:04 AM
Sunday

But then, there is a significant segment of the online population that are emotionally stuck as petulant 14 year olds and get all sorts of jollies threatening people that are against "their team" anonymously.

Deuxcents

(25,697 posts)
20. Death threats of all kinds to those they disagree with instead of finding and supporting what they DO agree with
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:33 AM
Sunday

This behavior runs so deep and I wonder if we’ll ever get back to civility

jfz9580m

(16,637 posts)
28. "Get a brain Morans" guy has a cover story now ;-/
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 01:54 AM
Sunday

I would assume he would support doxxing this lady (unless he has had a change of heart)..

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-a-brain-morans

I thought of him just yesterday..I am feeling nostalgic for that guy, Jack Abramoff etc..good times..lies about WMD post 9/11, Iraq War, Halliburton/Erik Prince more than Google-Facebook/Palantir etc, Dick Cheney shooting a guy in the face, gay marriage bans rather than trans bathrooms, that weird church that used to protest at vet funerals etc, climate change denial rather than mere inaction, factory farming but not the even more awesome horror of ventilation shutdown, the culture wars were less overtly racial, Roe v Wade still existed, there was still a public sector…

Nostalgia ;-/

Can’t quite imagine what 2035 will look like. Either things having gotten this bad will change things..or..I shudder to think..

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