I think media keeps focusing on these extra reasons to oppose these particular drones in order to give people an out to accept some other drone, doing the dirty work for the surveillance state, & some prob justifying by wanting/believing tech to be neutral. Would love better reporting on this. #mpls

It's the Taylor Farms lettuce. The Taylor Farms outbreak. Earthbound Organics is Taylor Farms.

Leave my boy Taco Bell out of it, it was bitch ass Taylor Farms, the world's largest salad processor. Fight the real enemy Big Salad

The detail I can’t get out of my head here is how he told his ex-wife that he had been hired by ICE, but she thought he must have been having a delusion, because how could ICE hire someone who had such a long history of family violence?

So that’s TWO ex-wives, two daughters and an immediately family member that he physically abused and/or threatened. Just an insane story

Rainville is really something. His reasons for voting yes on Skydio drones for MPD are 1) Other [very different] pilot projects have been a success, and 2) He [somehow] knows that drones would have saved an MPD officer from being killed last year. ???????????????? www.youtube.com/live/w2MPZb-...

A face mask for Covid A face mask for ICE pepper spray A face mask for air that you can chew it’s so thick with wildfire smoke

I am so grateful to be represented by Senator Fateh and so disgusted by the racist smears against him. At a moment when all good Minneapolis residents are rallying behind our Somali neighbors, the "All of Minneapolis" PAC chose to leverage Trumpian racism to try to divide the city.

The pain that keeps radiating from each of these is immense. It doesn’t stop for the individuals or the families. One of the people we helped, who “self-deported” still had to spend like 2 weeks at Dilly and has PTSD, nightmares, dropped a bunch of weight. We are torturing people.

A friend of mine asked if I knew whether MN was doing anything, so I think this needs more circulation. (Note: it's going to be extremely hot again on Thursday, take care of yourself if you go.)

AOM then went on to use this gross comparison to tell readers to urge their council members to vote in favor of the drone ”first responder” pilot program that constituents overwhelmingly (I heard 100%) railed against during public comment. My mental rebrand of AOM as Assholes of Mpls is complete.

My office is hosting a town hall on Wednesday July 15th at 6 PM at Audubon Park with County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Red Flag laws. Come join us!

Horrible day. ICE is preparing a deportation flight to Laos so some of my former, current, and were-to-be clients are being brought to the Whipple Building and shipped off to Louisiana for final removal. Lots of calls from them, their families, and friends. So much pain visited on our community

“Your horror has been stolen from you” is a 10/10 sentence.

To date, immigration officials have shot and killed 11 people, including two Minnesotans. Across the country, they operate with no respect for human life, the law, or consequences. There's no reforming this agency. Rip it apart.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says they have obtained body camera footage from agents in the Alex Pretti killing.

oh look angie’s doing a dog whistle! what a day for MN centrist candidates

With having DFLers running in *every single legislative race statewide*, we at @stonewalldfl.bsky.social have been BUSY BUSY. We have another round of endorsements to announce! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Amy Klobuchar’s eulogy for Lindsey Graham was 390 words long. This was 390 more words than she has said in support of trans people

In Minnesota, girls sell lemonade on the street to help their sisters arrested by ICE. Stephen Miller’s goons are very much still here. Sign reads, “Please help us raise money for my sisters because they were arrested by ICE” & this has been confirmed by trusted community members.

what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”

Let’s keep this train going! Who else can chip in to support our neighbors about to be displaced by encampment destruction?

“All of them reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van … They came in and started shooting from the sides.” Consistent testimony from all three men who were with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo when ICE killed him. DHS is pressuring them to leave the US before they’re deported:

They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. newrepublic.com/article/2129...

ICE murdered Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, yesterday, exactly six months after the murder of Renée Good in Minneapolis. The FBI is investigating an alleged "assault on an officer," not the murder. Join the family and community in demanding #JusticeForLorenzo GoFundMe:

It’s so funny to me that Chris Fleming and The Muppets are up for the same Emmy. Like how dare they pit this family against each other

Every male pundit who's crying about MeToo because someone is being held accountable for multiple accusations of rape is a walking talking billboard for why MeToo was necessary

Haa Land Summer

Huge turnout tonight for a protest over ICE killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on Tuesday Magnolia Park, Houston. Video is from my colleague Macy Meinhardt, who is not on Bluesky but is on the scene.

🧵"I recognized him, not from his appearance but from his voice crying for help as he lay on the street." DHS says Lorenzo Salgado Araujo "attempted to ram an officer who fired his weapon in self-defense." They said that about Renee Good. It was a lie. We have no reason to think it's not a lie now.

OMG

📣 Minneapolis call to action ✍️📋There's a broad Minneapolis & a North Minneapolis petition threaded below. 🗣Note the call for speakers — at Mpls City Hall — Wed., July 8, '26 — at 1:30pm (Wise to arrive early to sign up to speak)

Be on the look out park police working with ICE we keep us safe!!!!

there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.

Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth

"You can generate a chocolate chip cookie recipe with Claude, or you can open a damn book. Like, those still exist. You really don’t need Claude,” Luccioni said. “You really don’t need all of these generative AI technologies to do day-to-day tasks." Fully embracing my "open a damn book" era. 📚✨

this kinda shit is why the convention declined to endorse, fyi. Not only do her deputies cooperate with ICE, they do bullshit like this.

Feds charge 15 "Antifa" in Minnesota - but can't explain what Antifa is: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/minnesota-...

I am increasingly impatient with the use of space in this city. Too many streets for cars and not people. Narrow sidewalks with no seating. Not a bathroom in sight. And then we wonder why commercial corridors sit quiet. Look what we do with a little breathing room! This should be every day.

‼️ Northeast neighbors: All next week, City cast is working from Pillar. FREE COFFEE on them! twincities.citycast.fm/things-to-do...

The Minneapolis activists arrested for defending their communities this week heartened and comforted each other in their jail cells by singing.

This is a very good point. We need to work as a community to make sure our neighbors facing unjust prosecutions are safe and protected.

We’ve asked a lot from y’all these past months, but please kick in a few bucks if you can. This could’ve been any of us, really.

This came to me via a very reliable source as being the official defense fund for yesterday’s arrestees chuffed.org/project/1865...

THIS!!-->>> I had this EXACT reaction! Why is it so easy for the Feds to charge for #Stalking when someone follows someone in a car, nothing else other than maybe some curse words said but a victim of repeated domestic violence & real stalking can't even get law enforcement to take a report!

Trump appeared at the Libertarian National Convention in 2024 in front of a sign that said this, it was the convention's theme

we’ll never know how many lives Haven Watch has saved

Last night at the Lynx game the league honored the leader of Haven Watch and the 10,000+ attendees rose to applaud