AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag

Well.

Bodycams are useful at trial. But the crime has already been committed at that point. Someone's dead. Or injured. Or degraded, stalked, abused, raped, assaulted, tortured. And you can't take that back. This is not a solution to the unchecked inhumanity of ICE. #AbolishICE #FuckICE

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

Happy February! There will be live MLB games this month and every month through October.

As it should.

Noem and Miller

Maybe he can meet with Chris Madel.

Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city has only had three homicides so far this year. “Two of them were ICE," he added. “The relief we are asking for is stopping this Operation Metro Surge” immediately, he said.

Whoa.

It’s a good day for Hennepin County voters to listen to this Code Switch interview with @petermancina.bsky.social, the author of On the Side of Ice: Policing Immigrants in a Sanctuary State. (And yes, there’s a transcript, for the podcast-averse among us)

A reminder that @bradtabke.bsky.social won his seat by 14 votes and it took Melissa Hortman 6 weeks of a DFL boycott to get him seated in the Minnesota House. He's been leading efforts in Shopee since ICE targeted his community. F'ing hero, putting it all on the line.

Speak.

Worth noting that among those participating in ICE/DHS watch in Minneapolis today — who Emmer appears to frame as “chaos agents” here — are literally hundreds of clergy.

The executive director of a food pantry reports ICE tailing volunteers and showing up at her house www.kare11.com/article/news...

The House is voting today on legislation that will permanently damage the Boundary Waters. This bill would clear the way for a massive sulfide-ore copper mining operation, causing irreversible harm. I will be voting NO. Our beautiful Boundary Waters shouldn’t be for sale.

You mean like this? Doesn't even require a hill side.

That's my Minnesota.

This, yes. While the overwhelming narrative has been rugged individualism we also have a history of collective care and community action. Think blocking farm and urban evictions during the Depression, the rise of unions, barn raisings, other examples going back at least as far as the Boston Common.

Coordinated a beer drop by a white friend to deliver a 30-rack of Hamm’s to a Hispanic friend’s doorstep because his wife wouldn’t let him leave the house to go buy more beer for fear he’d be brutalized by lawless armed masked federal paramilitaries. This is Minnesota community. We take care of us.

If you were wondering if there would be any justice or accountability in the killing of Renee Good the answer appears to be no.

Ha!

today i tried to get a neighbor abducted by ICE out of Whipple by bringing their paperwork down to get them out of the concentration camp in there, but they had already been moved to Texas. this was less than 48 hrs after their abduction. my neighbor is a legal resident w/ a right to due process.

The World Cup is being hosted by three countries and one of them has threatened to invade the other two

Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”

There is 1 federal agent for every 200 people in Minneapolis. More of us need to get outside tomorrow.

Both unbelievable and in today's times, totally believable.

Utah has been aggressive at the state and Federal levels in attacking public lands. This isn't good.

No details, but another escalation: katu.com/news/local/i...

Not a good sign. At all.

someone help out @repangiecraig.bsky.social angie craig, you don’t even know her name. it’s renee nicole good you need to drop from this race. you’re out of your depth completely and you’re insulting the person you claim to honor by getting her name wrong shame on you

The first real test of the Klobuchar for Governor campaign.

Its 43 degrees in Minneapolis today. In January. That's damn near spring. Its not inclement weather or driving conditions as Kristi Noem claims. Don't believe anything this Administration says, including weather reports.

What a time to be alive.

Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, the National Weather Service shared a forecast map riddled with spelling mistakes, non-existent locations and other geographical errors.

Turns out a number of big Twins players are Venezuelan. An interesting sidebar to a much bigger story.

Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.

Connected to our community. This is what I voted for.

It's fitting that Mubashir was held at Ft Snelling, where Dred and Harriet Scott were enslaved, where 1658 Dakota were held in a concentration camp, and where scores of Nisei were interned to teach Japanese during WWII. Remember this when SCOTUS rules on birthright citizenship next year.

Ok world, if you get an email from me with a bid proposal link just don't click the link. Its spam. I've changed passwords.

Glad to be discussing chronic absenteeism and student mental health at the NAMI-MN conference this morning. Always happy to lift the good work of my colleagues at Minnesota Alliance With Youth.

We’re getting close to election day in Minneapolis, and I’ve figured out who I plan to vote for. I endorse Dr. DeWayne Davis and Sen. Omar Fateh. I also plan to rank Jazz Hampton.

no one reported on the we love mpls training slideshow i leaked. no one reported on the entire 1 hour long all of mpls call i recorded that i know media got. they don’t care, they won’t cover it, we have to do it instead

Didn't Jacob Frey run his first mayoral race based on ending homelessness? All of us deserve better.