How did those Bad Bunny-themed, anti-ICE towels get into the Super Bowl?

"It's a rally towel with a cute, punting bunny graphic from acclaimed L.A. illustrator Lalo Alcaraz on one side, honoring this year's halftime show performer Bad Bunny. But there's an unambiguous message on the other side - "ICE OUT." Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi's Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week."

""I'm a big 'Joy is resistance' person," said Shasti Conrad, a leader of the group Contra-ICE and a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. "Today is a celebration of American sports, and there are opportunities to really be heard here. It's about drawing attention to show that there is massive support to challenge Trump and the Department of Homeland Security. Any opportunity to push back is important.""

"Such pushback was enough to keep President Trump from attending the game in person - "I'm anti-them," Trump said earlier, about performers Bad Bunny and Green Day. "I think it's a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible." While a competing halftime show from Kid Rock for Turning Point USA will try to rally the MAGA faithful, a pre-game set from Green Day needled ICE agents: "Wherever you are: quit that s- job you have," Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong said. "Come on this side of the line.""

Activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 rally towels at Levi's Stadium with a punting bunny illustration honoring Bad Bunny and the slogan 'ICE OUT' on the reverse. The towels aimed to build grassroots support for immigrant and Latino communities and to highlight opposition to recent ICE raids. Contra-ICE and DNC vice chair Shasti Conrad framed the action as celebratory resistance and urged seizing high-visibility moments to challenge Trump and the Department of Homeland Security. President Trump declined to attend the game, criticizing the performers. Green Day and other performers included anti-ICE references, while competing pro-Trump events sought to mobilize the MAGA base.

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