Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

I feed a bunch of feral cats around Pigtown. With the arctic temps and the ice, all the critters are really struggling to find food, so I was happy accommodate these two extra guests at the kibble buffet…. 🦊 (The cats didn’t seem to mind!)

I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

NEW w/ @halliemiller.bsky.social: There is a growing divide between Maryland's recent homebuyers and more tenured owners. The most recent group of buyers face median mortgage payment 47% higher than those who bought pre-pandemic. How did this happen? Read ⬇️ www.thebanner.com/community/ho...

4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

worth scanning the whole 50-page document here, but even this topline is stunning. imagine if, say, the fbi had a crime rate like this.

Aww… wish Perry were here to see it. 😢

ProPublica has identified Alex Pretti’s killers www.propublica.org/article/alex...

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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Baltimore! I have one snuggly kitten left for adoption… Fezzik, the gray tabby on the left. 4 months old, tested negative, started her shots, will be spayed next week. Visit bit.ly/pigtowncats for info!

I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.

The Mayor of Portland, OR after ICE shot tear gas into a crowd “To those who..work for ICE: Resign..Through your use of violence and..trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame. [G]o home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children”

Who has found a set of winter dog booties they like? The muppet dog is even more of a wimp about salt/ice on his paws than my prima donna pittie, and since there’s NOWHERE to walk that is not ice or salt, it’s time for desperate measures. Pic for tax.

My dream is for some democratic (or even independent!) 2028 candidate to run on a platform specifically pledging to fix things like this… no more adhering to norms, put consequences in place for violations like this. (That don’t rely on congress)

Please click the link to read, it’s quite short. And very powerful.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

What a story. Read it.

Excellent job, Chi-town!

For anyone not paying attention, we are at the arresting journalists stage of fascism. Arresting journalists. When does it sink in?

If you need some levity today!

Tom Morello leads the crowd in ‘Killing in the Name’ at First Ave 🎸🎶 🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social

Trump and Co. routinely blast US Government subsidies for green energy while ignoring the fact that they are minuscule compared with US Government subsidies for the oil and gas industry.

Maybe I’m just not remembering it, but did other presidents do this? The whole power play with 🍊🤡 seated at the desk with everyone arrayed around him… I feel like when there were previous photo ops in the Oval, they’d all be sitting on the sofas like equals.

Huh. One of the neighborhood busybodies who was responsible for spreading the Nest cam footage of the car crashing into my house all over the internet (and to Fox News, natch) a couple of years ago appears to have blocked me on FB. I don’t think I have ever interacted with her on FB.

just choked on my beverage

My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE www.economist.com/united-state...

This is Wynn. Her neighborhood friends came over to ask if she could come out to play, and she didn't look back. 13/10 (IG: wynn_thegolden)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

I’ve been looking for a clip of this! This was a great segment, just methodically laying out the obvious ways in which the administration is blatantly lying. And calling them lies!!

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

Yes, yes, YES.

Don't worry, I've got you Rest in Peace, Alex. Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.

The rampant lying should have been a much bigger story…

From @theathletic.com: Minnesotans hoped for a moment of normalcy at the Warriors-Timberwolves game, which had been postponed after federal agents killed Alex Pretti. But that simply wasn't possible. “Nothing feels right. Our hearts aren’t in it.” nyti.ms/4qDpD9T

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

The murder of Alex Pretti might prove to be a political turning point for the GOP. It should be a turning point for Dems, too. For the current leadership, and the consultant-industrial complex, which just fatally endangered the careers of seven members who chose to put morality last.

This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0

A good thread!

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

The Star-Tribune is taking donations to help fund the purchase vital newsroom supplies and equipment, including protective and tactical gear for street reporters and photogs. If you live in MSP, pls subscribe. If you don't and want to help, here's a way -- www.startribunecompany.com/donate-payme....

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."

On one side is a nurse and a poet dying while saying “Are you okay?” and “I'm not even mad at you dude" And on the other side are armed officers of the state saying “Boo hoo” and “Fucking bitch.” And they want you to believe the first side are the domestic terrorists.

The Minnesota day care fraud guy showed up at a West Baltimore church's Narcotics Anonymous meeting with a selfie stick and got run out, reports @alissazhu.bsky.social "Go to the doctors who started the opioid crisis," a woman told him www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.