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

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One of the most coveted pieces of Super Bowl merch this year won’t be sold in stores, and the NFL probably doesn’t want to see it in the stands.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.Though the NFL prefers the game — and its halftime show — not become a referendum on the ICE raids that have brutalized American cities over the last year, the group behind the effort hopes the signs are inescapable in the crowd.“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.” Music Last week, Matthew Allen, a Minneapolis rapper and activist who performs as Nur-D, put his body on the line to fight ICE.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 Arms...