Someone in Howe made a bracket to name an albino squirrel and this delights me very much

this is a must-read piece from rod adams of the new justice project on anders folk's career history as he runs for hennepin county attorney. meticulously researched, just a laundry list of reasons he can't be elected to succeed mary moriarty. it would set us back racketmn.com/dont-fall-fo...

Another social worker has been killed while doing their job. This time it's a VA social worker in Georgia. Tragically, it's a lesson that keeps being taught over and over. Social work can be dangerous. It's a side of social work that we don’t like to talk about.

Having this meeting as Eid breaks tells you a lot about who the organizers think matters in the neighborhood.

Nashville reporter Estefany Rodríguez is free

We’re told there’s no money for universal healthcare or to end hunger in this country. But somehow $200 billion more for war will likely move through Congress without question.  Not another penny for another endless war.

“A Tradition of Heritage”

Afroman found not liable. A complete victory for the rapper and a massive unforced error from the cops and their attorney. www.billboard.com/pro/afroman-...

(personal note: I cannot imagine Minnesota without HCMC. It will devastate our state, to lose it.)

Is the judge anonymous? I don’t understand why they wouldn’t be named in this story. People deserve to know the names of the inhumane judges standing on the wrong side of history in this moment.

tell mayor frey and the minneapolis city council NO to $40 million for an MPD cop city! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

angie craig drove all the way down to mankato for a DFL convention, got heckled over the laken riley act and AIPAC, AND got 0 delegates brutal. this campaign is crashing and burning

I don’t choose that word lightly. The idea that an entire field of medicine, as well as numerous academic journals, systematically suppressed evidence that gender-affirming care doesn’t work is a conspiracy theory. Meanwhile, none of these people can provide a shred of evidence for their core claim

If Council does not overturn the veto, thousands of families will be evicted this spring and summer. Mutual aid is not a permanent fix, and Mayor Frey has not offered any other plan to keep families housed. Housing data from this week showed a 300% increase in eviction filings compared to 2025.

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

This man, Mohommad, was a special forces soldier who worked alongside OUR Army special forces since 2005. He helped US, & we grabbed him while taking his kids to school, and then we killed him www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghan-asylum-seeker-dies-ice-custody-us-advocacy-group-says-2026-03-15/

Minneapolis WE KEEP IS SAFE t-shirts/stickers site is NOW LIVE: we-save-us.cheddarup.com The shirts honor everyone who resisted ICE; all $ after shipping/making costs go to Lucy Laney school mutual aid in N Mpls. Buy as much as you want; you have to add shirts to cart 1 at a time (sorry). Please RT!

Just a friendly reminder from your local tenant's rights lawyer: in Minnesota your landlord can't make you shovel the walk (or do any sort of maintenance) unless they're directly compensating you for the work. Minn. Stat. § 504B.161, subd. 2. www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

Explore this gift article from The NYT. read it for free without a subscription. Mr. Castro says his pressure campaign is working. On his first visit in January, there were 1,100 people at Dilley. On Monday, he said, the number of detainees was down to about 450. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

pre-blizzard update: the city of Minneapolis continues to wage psychological warfare against the Minnehaha Creek beavers

I’ve been photographing anti-ICE and related yard/window/tree/street signs around Minneapolis. The variety of commercial and especially handmade signs is amazing, as is the urge for people to let their neighbors know they care and are furious in ways big and small. Batch #14

Hey, @benryanwriter.bsky.social - I pointed out the glaring error in this analysis. NO SUICIDE PREVENTION PROTOCOL FOR TEENS IS STUDIED AGAINST COMPLETED SUICIDES!

We've seen another morning of increased ICE activity with DHS helicopter out and about in Chicagoland. Feds have taken people from Humboldt Park and Ravenswood. Vehicles also seen in Rogers Park. ICE watchers are asking north side neighbors to get outside and keep an eye on landscapers & laborers.

As someone who spent every day trying to protect my community from ICE, to the point where I was personally assaulted, I’m so disappointed Mayor Frey vetoed this bare-minimum policy that would show that he could move beyond cuss words & take real action to provide material support for our neighbors.

It's inspiring when we pay each other's rent, but we are not allowed to ask why the communities terrorized by the state are expected to pay rent at all. Can't even ask for a delay. No infringement upon the rights of the ownership class.

I know it feels like the day-to-day intensity of the ICE occupation in Minnesota has calmed down, but there are so many lagging problems that need solving, right as people’s attention goes elsewhere. Financial assistance, like help with rent, and legal help for the detained. These horrors persist.

The new Taste of Minnesota is Top the Tater with salsa macha stirred in

i’m outside of an affordable housing building by commonbond for a press conference by housing experts urging minneapolis mayor jacob frey not to veto ‘pause evictions, save lives,’ which increases notice period from 30 to 60 days to help renters impacted by operation metro surge

I was just at the Pretti memorial and watch someone sweep it up a bit. Hey @racketmn.com you should do a story about the folks who tend/keep the (too many) memorials we have, including GF Square which obviously continues to be carefully tended 5 years on.

One aspect of the federal occupation of the Twin Cities and our resistance to it that I find notable is the utter solidarity Indigenous Minnesotans have shown with their immigrant neighbors. Among other things it shows the difference between anti-colonial struggle and being ‘anti-immigration’.

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent." But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue. "A neighbor was taken here" "Abolish ice" Minneapolis January 25, 2026

“When I think about navigating the start of the year here, especially in our hometown in Minneapolis, the thing that we have kept front and center every single day is the safety of our team.” – Target CEO Michael Fiddelke

Under the Second Geneva Convention of 1949, parties to a conflict must – after each engagement – take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick. These rules apply to naval warfare theconversation.com/the-us-sank-...

B@stards are threatening ICE detainees with the WRAP. If you haven't read about it, the WRAP is a tool of torture.

Yesterday I observed 15 shackled detainees being loaded on the ICE Air flight at MSP. In this clip, as the last one hobbles on, staff put away a full-body WRAP restraint, which had been laid out next to the airstairs. ICE Air & WRAP: www.ap.org/news-highlig... Data: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-...

If we survive Trump 2.0 as a nominally functioning democracy where the rule of law means something, we have to organize and hustle to bring these fuckers to justice. Every admin official, every agent who assaulted people and denied people constitutional rights. apple.news/A3a2z32lpSou...

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

Happening now, around 100 protesters have gathered outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, just west of Chicago. The protest kicks off with live music from Songs for Liberation.

It’s wrong to vaporize school children even if Congress votes to approve it.

Fucking BBC even is spending more time speculating on how this war is going to go over with the Republican base than the people of Iran getting killed.

From The Archives:

After a US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, rescuers dug through the rubble for survivors. The death toll is still rising, with more than 80 confirmed dead so far.

There’s an increase of activity at the Whipple building today. 50-60+ vehicles have been reported to exist the Whipple building. We need community to be on alert and for neighbors to observe and patrol. Thank you for everyone that continues to support our immigrant neighbors. Jason Chavez 1/

Claims of 40 dead after an Israeli airstrike on a elementary girl’s school in Iran www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Exclusion America, formerly Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts, announces its new “White American Race - Camping Recreation Into Military Enlistment” pipeline program with the Department of War. Secretary Hegseth raised a glass in support of the new WAR-CRIME scouts initiative.

Three Minnesotans accused of assaulting federal law enforcement officers during Operation Metro Surge had their charges dismissed this month. The new dismissals are in addition to at least three other instances of protesters who had charges dismissed in January and February.