my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue

1600 Pennsylvania Ave

“All the protesters are outside agitators who don’t live in Minnesota, also ICE agents are following the protesters to their homes and trying to intimidate them by showing them that the government knows where they live.”

I love my fucking town. So much.

Banger 🧵. Congrats on being a lightning-fast learner. Stay safe.

The 4th Amendment has been under attack for a long time. Chip, Chip, smash! Wait, what? Supreme Court casually guts 4th Amendment | MPR News share.google/0yy6RX3LNJHY...

Anyone have an inside line to Sen @amyklobuchar.com office? Since she likes useless bills to name things in honor of folks, can we stop desecrating the name of noted humanitarian Bishop Henry Whipple? Maybe rename the building after Henry Wirz instead? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderso...

It is tough here right now in Minneapolis but Greg Bovino crying to the paper about how he’s getting his ass handed to him by plant sale moms has been a real pick me up

Cuban expats getting a brutal lesson in leopard biology.

A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...

It’s opsec that I’ll give you directions to anywhere except my own house.

Siri, play “dance the night” on single song loop.

This from @andreapitzer.bsky.social is key. “nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”

I love that there are multiple options for “dead Habsburg”

Movie pitch: Amazon driver who just needs to sing and organizes his fellow drivers into a singing union, starring Kevin Bacon, working title “Loose Lips.”

The behavior of the hospital staff at Mercy Hospital unity campus in Fridley is reprehensible

Infuriating that “cancel student loans” is a nonstarter but “dismantle entire post-war coalition” and “unaccountable masked federal agents killing people with impunity” are viewed as legitimate policies.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.

Victor Manuel Díaz

Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week. ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.

I was at of those DFL community “listening sessions” last fall just after the election, when we were all very bruised from the state snatching Fateh’s endorsement, and this was the plan he unveiled, to mass incredulity: “your troubles are over! We’re hiring INFLUENCERS!”

Hey Mn. Saw another video of a laundromat that was empty when normally it would be crowded. Are there orgs organizing for people to clean clothes for folks sheltering at home? Me and my front loader would be happy to do what we can. Cc @flanknits.bsky.social @ziibiing.com

Just crying in the club (my couch) b/c a lot of folks who don't know the law are giving small biz bad advice about I-9 audit notices. PLEASE direct any small business owner you know not to publicly post about any notice and to contact a lawyer. I can help Mpls and Henn Co businesses at no cost.

Hey, Robert. You’re gonna wanna call the head office for some updates.

The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”

This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.

I’d beg transphobes to make an even rudimentary survey of how weight classes and other non-discriminatory factors can be used to sort out fair/competitive cohorts… But the cruelty is the point.

ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings

Makwa coffee is hopping this morning. Collecting mutual aid, slinging great coffee, and raising a middle finger to ICE. Some community and a iced gimiwan latte was just what i needed @jbf.bsky.social

If you are naturalized, or otherwise at increased risk, you know your situation better. But particularly if you’re a US citizen from birth, this is the way.

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

Today would be a really good day for “business leaders” to speak up for….businesses.

This. It is high past time that Mpls and StP public works used jersey barriers and other solutions to prevent speeding and other dangerous behaviors.

Some encouragement from the incomparable @rlmartstudio.bsky.social and Audre Lorde. When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision – then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Furthermore, ICE delenda est.

For context, the alleged arsonist declared "Jesus Christ is Lord" when appearing in front of a federal judge yesterday. Not really the kind of slogan you typically hear coupled with "Globalize the Intifada."

Day 3! We won't stop feeding these families. LFG!

"Viral video shared online showed him unconscious which led many to conclude he was killed, but his sister Consuelo Henriquez confirmed to MPR News that he is alive and being held in a detention center in El Paso, Texas." Via @samstroozas.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

This jabroni might just be the worst DFL elected in the state.

MN is stronger and better for our Hmong, Karen, and Lao communities. ICE can fuck all the way off: these our our neighbors and a threat to them is a threat to us.

Lucy with the soup can.

There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter

Dude: you had pasty oafs who are armed to the teeth guard the restroom so you could take a piss. We’re not exactly greeting you as liberators.

Hey are any of the signatories of the Harper’s Letter going to admit they signed it and also speak out about it. Or any of the people who cover it and be smug about it admit they ignored the actual resistance Or they just writing articles about why we need to be just a lil more complicit to win?

ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.

ACLU of MN is collecting incidents of ICE/Fed violations. Report here: www.aclu-mn.org/ice-feds-form/

Understandably the literal murder is getting the most focus in terms of potential state prosecution, but murder is not the only crime. States have laws against assault and battery, and a much larger pool of justifiable cases to pursue.

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress