Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person. Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured. BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

Today on Volts: Swedish tech entrepreneur Jonas Birgersson was once known in his country as "broadband Jesus" for his efforts in spreading decentralized, low-cost broadband access. Now, he wants to bring the same decentralized, peer-to-peer revolution to the electricity grid.

Denmark is sending extra troops, aircraft and ships to Greenland and said more would come later from Nato allies. ft.trib.al/gl3Culo

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

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

Perhaps most illustrative in this helpful investigation is the relatively small amount of money (for them) that Chevron paid for the Venezuela coup...a few million here and there for lobbying and campaign contributions grist.org/energy/how-c...

Charming

Wisdom

So thrilled to share this conversation with you - as it was full of discoveries for me. Cristina and I are close in age and life stage, so the political context we faced in our work was similar. As a result I felt like I could go extra deep in understanding her leadership journey.

Just a remarkable amount of fossil gas involved in US data centre development right now www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-gre...

El ultraderechista Donald Trump acaba de amenazar con una agresión militar contra el presidente Gustavo Petro y contra Colombia, como hizo con Venezuela. Este criminal fascista goza de impunidad internacional.

It's possible that a year from now, on Dec. 31, we will be able to say that things are better now than they were a year ago. I don't think that was possible a year ago. So there's something to hold on to!

A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.

Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.

Monsters

Loved having @nishaagarwal.bsky.social on the show!!

Ahem ... substack.com/home/post/p-...

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

Say no more

@georgegoehl.bsky.social and I unpack fundamental lessons of organizing - hint - listening is a big one. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

I finally cancelled my Spotify subscription (thanks to the handy guide from @indivisible.org !!) until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/soXVAtvm

An @hwbtpod.bsky.social episode close to my heart: nerding out about fundraising, parenting, and movement infrastructure with the great Alex T. Tom! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Drove by this school tonight. Huge “families belong together” banner flying outside. Thank you to all the teachers, families, city leaders and organizers who rallied to help today

Best explanation I’ve yet read about why and possibly how Epstein scandal breaks the MAGA brain

Pretty please can Larry Summers stay cancelled once and for all

…and when, in the bright future when we look back on how we defeated MAGA, it will have been the dignity and power of women that did it.

As one of the thousands whose flight was delayed and then cancelled yesterday - could not agree more

"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.

We will fight for you, because we are you. #zohran

In the event of an encounter with immigration agents in the East Bay, make sure you and your family know your rights. (1/2)

So many people here and nationwide, unapologetic and unafraid. Or maybe a little afraid but getting out anyway!! This is the recipe. #nokings

Yes!!

oaklandside.org/2025/10/15/a... Alameda County approves $3.6 million to scale up immigrant defense

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

How does he keep sinking even lower

Raskin always with the fire

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

The president threatened again this week to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. Here’s what the Bay Area can learn from Portland’s ordeal.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

We might romanticize our life pre internet but it isn’t so simple - www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet |

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

We talk #climatejustice, US empire, labneh, and we laugh a lot. Listen today! #NYCW2025

Not today, Satan

Some important and good news today - many will remember the #FreeAlaa campaigning in the lead up to COP27 in Egypt. Alaa is a human rights advocate held for many years as a political prisoner. Today Alaa was pardoned and will be free soon. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

I'm attending Seed the Vote's event, “Bay Area Canvass to Pass Prop 50 with Seed the Vote Action” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/seedthevote/...

Occupy kicked off 14 years ago next week - learn more on @hwbtpod.bsky.social !

Brilliant piece, keeps the focus right where it belongs

Let’s do this