The city has spent ~$5M above budget in the past month to deal with the occupation, with roughly $130k per day going to MPD overtime. So when mod CMs/the mayor tell you that we can’t afford rent relief, they’re telling you that they prefer to spend your tax dollars on this instead.

FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: Overnight, so many of our friends and neighbors contributed we were able to pay rent for TWO more households. Now we have a large need. A multigenerational household needs $3500 for back rent and Feb. They’ve lost family to abduction and remaining members are unable to work.

I know Maricruz. This was hard for her to ask for help. I know we’re all hemorrhaging money but hopefully some rich person sees this and can contribute. She’s not asking for much. 💜 Time to help the helpers. gofund.me/8b3cdcba3

Shaffer, looking for a friend, smiling and pointing at her pal Chavez: "Chavez, help me. What do we want to postpone this til?" Chavez, not being a good friend: "today"

I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.

Chughtai, in wide eyed wonder at what she's hearing, responds to idea that the undeserving will exploit rental assistance: if you have income at the level of minimum wage, couldn't pay your rent for whatever reason, and you've been served an eviction notice, you're by definition a person in need.

from twitter - even struggling to pay their rent, la mama brought food down to b resale to give away at the alex pretti memorial 😭

fundraiser for la mama restaurant in whittier on nicollet & franklin in minneapolis, across the street from stevens square neighborhood. they are struggling to pay rent and the restaurant is the only source of income for the family, who have 5 kids www.gofundme.com/f/help-arafa...

some person named Uncommitted won against Klob in my precinct 30 - 7 tonight. hell yeah

the good ppl of Minnesota really need to show up for caucus tomorrow, so we can abolish depraved ppl like Alicia Gibson from party leadership on state executive committee. so many of the worst ppl i have ever known are on this committee. like this kid killer was: unicornriot.ninja/2026/key-min...

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.

never forget. never go back. amir was killed by a use of force training officer while he slept. they shot him less than 10 seconds after they opened the door. more training, body cams & middle of the night kidnappings wont fix the fascism from ICE or MPD. no matter what the governor & mayor say.

My friend, Senator @omarfatehmn.com, is running for re-election to continue repping South Minneapolis in the Minnesota State Senate! In Fateh, we will always have a fighter ❤️‍🔥 join me in supporting his campaign: Fatehfor62.com If you live in Senate District 62, show up & caucus for Fateh tomorrow!

i cannot deal with his fucking cruelty in posting shit like this while evictions are being filed. you have to be so completely depraved to watch this happen how dare you

You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something. Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.

Wrecktangle Pizza here in Minneapolis is shouting it loud and proud! "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD"

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I cannot stress enough to people who are not from Minneapolis that the news you have seen in the past week about things calming, and messaging from our electeds at *every level higher than City Council* that local agencies will protect us... That's all fucking LIES.

SHORT VERSION: If you’re feeling safe enough, we absolutely need you to show up for DFL precinct caucuses on February 3rd to help elect people at every level of government who will fight this federal occupation of Minnesota. Find your caucus: dfl.org/caucus/ LONG VERSION 👇 1/

Urban Tails is also joining with Disco Death to support each other - buy a coffee at disco death and bring receipt to Urban Tails then get $7 off $40 or more purchase.

a pet store! urban tails pet supply on lyndale ave in the wedge is giving out whistles and holding a pet food and supply drive right now

Help keep a Whittier family safe and housed. www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-...

Are you going to caucus? Repost if you are, let’s see some numbers.

here's a rent fun in mpls you can donate to right now, from organizers i know and can personally vouch for! emergency rent support for North MPLS: venmo.com/u/NorthMplsMA

Excited for my Anyone But Amy Walking Subcaucus on Tuesday, funded by this PAC

ICYMI here are the Senate Dems who voted to pass a $900 billon defense bill to fund a Pentagon led by Pete Hegseth which included its “leaders” such as Schumer, Durbin, Reed, Klobuchar among others. www.senate.gov/legislative/...

As you'd expect, the @ilhanmn.bsky.social campaign is way ahead of the rest of the DFL on this.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

@governorwalz.mn.gov, I’m thrilled to read via fundraising text that you’ll never stop defending Minnesotans. I agree: your constituents are meeting this moment. We need you to defend us. Come Feb 1st, you can keep vulnerable families in their homes by enacting a statewide eviction moratorium NOW.

That's THREE Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota who have been attacked -- assaulted, shot, killed -- by Trump supporters in the last 7 months (and 60+ more were targeted for violence). That is the actual domestic terrorism.

Walz, Frey, Trump, Homan, Noem, Miller are all aligned in wanting us to believe they’ve negotiated a de-escalation. They’re all lying. There’s no change on the ground. DHS brushed that magic “benefit of the doubt” dust off and continues terrorizing our community. Abolish. Prosecute. Impeach.

It’s day 57 of the ICE occupation of MSP. Are you here because you’re looking for a place to donate to folks on the ground? Minnesotans are organizing to feed, pay rent, and so much more for our neighbors under occupation. Lots of ways to give at Standwithminnesota.com

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

My name is Christin Crabtree, and I'm running for Minneapolis School Board - At Large. There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.

i keep seeing fundraisers for PPE. over and over. that’s a real sexy cause and there is no shortage of $$ going to it please boost and donate to RENT FUNDS for people who have not been able to work and have their rent due within DAYS

In any group chat where you do not know everyone personally, assume it is infiltrated by the feds. Assume nothing you do is secret. It will be much easier on you if you do that.

the best piece of advice i got when i started at code for america and had to go through media training: never say anything, not even in a group chat, that you wouldn’t want on the front page of the NYT.

To top it all off, both men worked as care givers.

Not sure exactly how to help? The incomparable @naomikritzer.bsky.social has written an excellent guide: naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Maybe instead of buying Minnesota-themed anti-fash gear from well-intentioned out of state sellers (hello The Onion and those guys with that Hamms design) consider looking up some Minnesota artists and retailers, and buying from them directly instead? For instance! benchpressed.com/products/fuc...

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

“Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me.”

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."

He coulda been any number of things. He could have been unemployed and eaten goober grape straight from the jar off a shoehorn. He didn't deserve that. No one does. No one being harmed by ICE deserves what is happening to them. NO ONE.

you know who lived through the uprising in 2020 and who didn’t by how someone reacts to the guard being on the streets of minneapolis

my wife spent a decade as an NP in a tough, male-dominated specialty. people like Alex Pretti are the one of the only things holding up our crumbling, compromised medical system. load bearing. it just makes sense that a VA nurse would be on the front lines, protecting his neighbors.

ICE has shown up at schools, bus stops, made fake food aid flyers, and used a 5yo as bait to opportunistically beat up, tear-gas, and abduct neighbors and observers. @dfl.org and @rcarlbom.bsky.social what makes you think they * wouldn't * use our caucuses as a way to terrorize and detain DFLers?

The time has come where the DFL can no longer pretend that things are business as usual. @dfl.org @rcarlbom.bsky.social it’s time to pivot to contactless caucuses to protect our precinct caucus attendees and volunteers from harm at the hands of ICE.