Was banking snow against the house to combat upcoming cold and stumbled across this under the condensation vent. Further proof that ICE really is a bunch of dicks.

@knittingcultlady.bsky.social Please please please, for anyone screaming about “martial law” watch her podcasts. I’m in MN and it is scary, but her breakdowns keep me calm and collected. And we are gonna need calm and collected so we can act not react.

What does deployment of 1500 troops from Alaska even look like? MAGA out there thinking it’s all Alaskans…no, I know people from MN stationed there. If they invoke the insurrection act—it won’t go how they think it will.

Below zero temps for the next week here in MN. ICE about to find out they brought the wrong uniforms for this fight. IYKYK.

I bought Koko a scratch board bc she thinks nail trims are corporal punishment. I was afraid she wouldn’t like it. But she waits by it every night after I eat dinner begging me to “give it a scratch!” Her nails are quickly getting filed down.

Minnesota district 6 friends-call Emmers office-tell him your thoughts. He is not lowering costs He is making MN less safe ICE is shutting down businesses owned by people who voted for him that won’t again People won’t want to invest in a state occupied by the military. Minnesotans are dying.

A secret police force brutalizing his “enemies,” $500 million in oil revenue squirreled away in a private account in Qatar, sham investigations into those who speak out against him, intimidating reporters…are republicans waiting until people start falling out of windows before they do something?

Reminder from here in Minnesota: kids weren’t being taken by ambulance for emergency treatment due to exposure to tear gas and flash bangs until after ICE got here.

Masked secret police in the streets violating civil rights, raiding reporters homes, sham investigations and a criminal coverup of sex crimes at the highest level. But, sure, tell me again how this isn’t fascism.

MAGA voted for a crazed clown to drive the bus. He’s driving it to hell, and they are pointing at us laughing saying we deserve it, not realizing they are on the same fucking bus.

Thirty five armed agents to detain one unarmed guy—talk about waste fraud and abuse.

Trump trying to escalate things in MN by sending more ICE into the streets. He wants an excuse to take things even further. Do these agents realize what that means? It means this regime is hoping something terrible happens to an agent, TO ONE OF THEIR OWN to justify larger crackdowns. IDIOTS!!

Buckle up MN. It is gonna get worse for us this week. Way worse because we aren’t being cowed, we haven’t broken. We haven’t given them what they want so they are going to push harder. Minnesota is where me make a stand for the soul of America. Be Good.

MSM interviewing a dem politician: “so, let’s talk about how you’re the bad guy here.” MSM interviewing a GOP politician: “I will ask you a question and give you a full uninterrupted 10 minutes to lie and obfuscate on the issue.”

They are gonna send more goons to MN. They keep pushing on us bc this is the place they want us to break. We. Won’t. Break.

Last night my neighbor from where I grew up 19 yo daughter was getting gas in St. Cloud. Her mom is white, her dad is black. She was surrounded by ICE demanding her proof of citizenship. A teenage girl, getting gas after school is not a threat. They are here purely to intimidate.

ICE wants to get a reaction out of us. And they are PISSED that we aren’t reacting the way they want. They are frightened small men who want us to be small and frightened. We aren’t. And we will continue to show them that.

Anytime someone is killed on the republican side they expect nothing short of unqualified condemnation. But if a dem or some one who is dem adjacent is killed they shrug and say “they deserved it.” They have no shame, no decency, and no compassion, no bottom.

Anyone who thought this was the party that protects women should be disabused of that foolishness after what happened today in Mpls.

How much you wanna bet that they tell us that agent’s body cam was “malfunctioning” or “not turned on” or the video was “lost.” Or worse, maybe we will just get an AI video that corroborates DHS’s story.

Starting to think he brought Maduro to the US to get the how-to on successfully overturning an election.

Greenland is highly desired by Peter Theil and his ilk. This is why they installed Vance. There are bigger machinations happening than simple “national security.” AI is development at all costs is NOT a matter of national security.

A pudding brain in a bloated body waddling around on a pair of swollen canckles at the helm of the world’s most powerful military will of course use that military to distract from the issue of being all over the Epstein files.

Wondering if in the future we could create a branch of law enforcement that is independent of the executive branch and answers directly to the American people or the courts. Not sure how to accomplish this. Just know that something like this would be most helpful right now.

Billionaires are butchering our democracy, selling it off for short term profits. It is said that the poor man has a stake in his country and the rich man has no country. And the thing is: We don’t need billionaires-they need us.

I’m sick of the media calling it “the weave.” Weaving produces useful things: a rug, basket or wonderful tale. Trump lurches. He verbally lurches from one idea to the next grabbing whatever random thought he trips over in his addled brain like a drunk groping in the dark for the light switch.

This current board renaming the Kennedy center after him is about as valid as my dog renaming the street in front of my house after me.

The only thing we know for sure is that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about or knows nothing about it.

I once read a quote that said “the best leader is one you don’t know is there.” Can’t remember who said it, but man, it would sure be nice to have that again.

Laws of nature are immutable and equitable. Laws of men are flawed and adjustable. Example: the law of gravity affects all the same, cannot be changed and protects us from floating off into the stratosphere and being killed. Man’s laws re guns are flawed and MUST be adjusted bc they are killing us.

All my maga in-laws are going to get two pencils for Christmas. They should be thrilled with that, right?

I’ve gotten sick of cleaning up pine needles and I’m not a fake tree gal so I built my own fully adjustable and easily disassembled Christmas tree out of left over 2x4s and a steel rod down the center.

Had a convo with a maga in-law this past weekend. This person was all in on this admin. Every point I made they said “that’s such a weak argument.” I asked “why?” They responded “because it is.” I don’t know if it was their sneering smugness or blind devotion to the regime, but it shook me. 😞

Not sure why, but the reindeer scenes in Christmas movies always hit me in this visceral emotional way. I get slightly happy weepy. Red One, Elf, even some cartoon versions. Like, what is that?

One sure way to make a maga brain explode is to ask them to justify their position on literally anything. Example: they scream at me why didn’t Biden release the files if trump was in them? Me: fair enough, so why doesn’t Trump release the files now if he isn’t in them?

If hell is real… there are gonna be lots of so called “Christians” surprised to find themselves there one day.

Hegseth described his experience watching a portion of the boat strikes from the safety of the situation room which was thousands of miles from the target as being “in the fog of war.” I would argue that anyone who makes this claim isn’t fit to lead a conga line.

This week Koko has an injured leg and has been on strict rest—so no chasing squirrels. She is not happy. I bought her a new horse stuffy to make it up to her. This morning she went Don Corleone on me.

Doge is done bc Elon got what he wanted. Where we see destruction he sees success. That’s the thing about entitlement shitty billionaires-they don’t care what they wreck to achieve their aims.

The Trump/russia “peace plan” for Ukraine is not a peace plan. It is a plan to weaken Ukraine. A plan to make war against Ukraine easier for Russia in the future.

The move to declassify NPs, PAs, nurses etc as nonprofessional isn’t just about control/hurting women’s opportunities. It is also about creating a future crisis in healthcare. Ex: in 10 yrs Dems are in charge and there’s massive shortage of these professionals. This is something the GOP can exploit.

This grotesque reality show of a regime has jumped the shark, or should I say, the piggy.

Captain bone spurs is so out of touch with reality, he thinks he is gonna scare people with real military experience.

“Quiet, piggy” will be Trump’s “I am not a crook.”

Question: “how could he run on releasing the Epstein files and not do it?” Answer: because he’s lied his whole life without consequences. Why would he think this situation would be any different?

If this White House put even half the effort into the economy as they are into the Epstein coverup, eggs would be $1 a dozen.

The only transparency from this White House is that they are trying to keep the Epstein files hidden.

We are all supremely pissed about this “deal.” I say let’s not get bogged down in our anger—let’s channel it to build the country we want.

Next democrat president needs to establish a DOA, department of accountability. To go after all the corruption and criminality happening now. Shut down ICE and reallocate ICE monies to fund it. And abolish this Supreme Court. Six sycophantic lunatics should not have this much power.

The next dem candidate running for president needs to run on a platform of equal parts affordability and accountability.