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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

shouting for the journalists in the back: IT’S NOT AN IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. It’s a federal occupation of a city that didnt vote the right way. And the occupying force is there to enforce civil infractions, misdemeanors.

Hell Yeah!! #AbolishICE #FromCharlestonSC

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Seven democrats and every republican voted to fund this… YESTERDAY

"Drop the 'Trump's.' Just...'Abolish ICE.'"

Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

Do not listen to the regime. Listen to MPR and other local news outlets.

Just occurred to me that one day there is going to be a museum exhibit about the current era and there will be a display filled with hundreds of whistles of all makes and varieties.

This is the real story.

According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress results, only 30% of eighth-grade students are reading at a “proficient” level. Fourth-grade students had similar scores. Both scores were not significantly different when the data collection first began in 1992.

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Renee Nicole Good: the kill shot was the one fired by the ICE agent-who was in NO danger- through her side window, as she drove away. Let that sink in…

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

This is such valuable advice and put plainly. Please take a moment. TY @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

It should be they/them just to piss people off even more

Minnesota employees should keep in mind that if they have earned sick and safe time available, they can use it for mental health treatment on a single day, and their employer must allow it.

Change the word protestor to American or Minneapolis resident if you’re a journalist. Thanks.

Under blankets, drifting off, I suddenly think: Hastings is...35 minutes? from where Renee Good was murdered. With her hockey pictures Klobuchar didn't just fail the simplest of communications tasks - read the room - she did it *just* outside a live war zone that residents of her state live in now.

pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions

Jason Chavez is my City Council member. Anything he is helping with is legit. Please help if you can.

🧵This is hugely important & touches on a thing lots of folks haven't been faced with: You can't trust everyone who says they're on your side It's hard to vet people on the fly but skepticism goes a long way. In a case like this: Ask for a name & phone number & say you'll pass it along. That's IT.

My group was able to recover a spent canister from a green smoke grenade in Minneapolis. We now confirm with physical evidence that it was a green signaling grenade. Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents. #PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis

A five year old was abducted by ice and sent to Texas. The fact that you have nothing to say about that says you are not the leader we need in this moment or in the future. And frankly your constant posting about everything but what is traumatizing your constituents is unforgivable.

Amy. They kidnapped a FIVE YEAR OLD and sent him to Texas alone. Nobody gives a shit about your agriculture leaders!!!

Will Democratic "leaders" like Schumer continue to support & fund ICE now that a memo revealed they are ignoring the 4th Amendment, and the autopsy showed they murdered Geraldo Lunas Campos in detention and they have expanded their reign of terror to Maine? If so, why?

if it’s too difficult for any single person we’ve elected to congress to say, “not one dime for the child stealers”…

Every Democrat should be voting against this funding bill, and Democratic leadership in both chambers should be actively whipping their caucus in opposition. Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you ASAP. Urge Democrats to answer the people’s call to stop ICE’s lawlessness.

Alt text a picture of a man holding a sign that says "What if they took your children?"

Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis. The text is from her post on Facebook.

It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by. Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?

Yeah unfortunately there’s bad news there. Not sure if you heard but the 8th Circuit stayed this order.

The, er, thing below is called a Prototaxite. Turns out it may be a new branch of life. That is extremely cool and I have absolutely no idea why you are laughing... 🧪

Despite brutal provocation, the people of Minneapolis have been courageous and remarkably nonviolent, embodying the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

With the Insurrection Act looming in Minnesota, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including the power of ridicule.

@premeemohamed.com Did you do this?!

Ok but like isn't this the second or third time Air Force One had to turn back during an Atlantic crossing. I know we all want it to be about Trump, but what if they forgot to pack Stephen Miller in the earth of his homeland, and had to turn back before crossing the water?