I'm not sure this has precise relevance to labor law, but I'm definitely putting it in my slides.

U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez denies Minnesota’s request to put an end to the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...

Absolutely wild that while * gestures broadly at all this * is happening, ICE leadership is still actively telling agents oh I'm p sure you have the legal power to just arrest people willy nilly, go for it

Carol Leonnig: Acting chief of Minneapolis FBI field office has been removed. And MN US Attorney's Office, usually about 80 prosecutors, is down to half strength (35-40) since Trump took office. Trend accelerated by recent resignations. youtu.be/oKjHQOjDwQ8?...

When formerly incarcerated people are able to obtain work, it tends to be a low-paying position, keeping them well below the poverty line. “The No. 1 contributor to recidivism is poverty,” says a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.

BREAKING: Federal judge issues permanent injunction blocking part of Trump’s elections executive order that was challenged by LULAC, DNC, and League of Women Voters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The very well-accepted term for "stripping the legal protections of a minority group and then sending a paramilitary force to carry them away" is "ethnic cleansing." They are planning to ethnically cleanse Springfield, Ohio.

It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the wrongful arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for reporting on a church protest in St. Paul. Read our full statement here: www.mnspj.org/2026/01/30/m...

“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.

I don't want him to take any more brain scans. I want him to take a 9th grade Econ test live on camera.

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Radley is so on the mark zeroing in on this: the creation of new "privacy" rights for federal police. The right to be anonymous to the public. The right not to have anyone know why they shot someone and tried to hide the evidence. "right to privacy" fascism addition.

The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. n.pr/4a1rrSZ

Loving it. I voted in 64-A. @megl.bsky.social

Shout out to @megl.bsky.social , putting up better numbers than both Morgan Freeman and Christmas

Read SCHILTZ’s full order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

Alex Pretti was a Catholic. ICE killed our martyred brother. His final act on this earth was helping a woman struck down by Trump-Vance border agents. We will not let him die in vain. ICE must go. No Catholic can allow this to stand.

WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF—

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

HIPA FOR THE WIN!!

Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”

I ❤️ spite votes and definitely go vote for Shelley Buck!!

voter #85 in 3-13 today for @megl.bsky.social around 11am — go vote, 64A! The election judge said she was sad there hadn’t been more people so you 🫵 get out there and make your election judge happy.

Chief Judge Schilitz of MN (Scalia clerk) orders ICE director Todd Lyons to appear before him Friday. Says his "patience is at an end." Says his order to release or hold bail hearing for a detainee was defied as have dozens of other such orders. 1/2

A program to put high school students on the path to becoming teachers resulted in more teachers and in higher wages for students: nudging students who would have earned less (e.g., as instructional aides) into the teaching profession. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

The NYT does a masterful job walking us through the video of the murder of Mr Pretti by ICE agents operating under Trump authority and policies. Frame by frame www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

ICE barge past mother into house—terrify 6 young children inside. "Y'all need to get out! There's no warrant!" she yells. "We don't need warrants anymore," they say. Baby was clutching mother so tightly face got scratched—that was used as excuse to perform wellness check to "see if she was OK."

If you're able to, please get out and vote for @megl.bsky.social in tomorrow's 64A special election. She is fantastic, earned the @dfl.org endorsement in a very competitive field, and I can't wait to see her fighting for us at the Capitol! Meg's website: www.megfor64a.com

The special election for District 64A takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 27. District 64A is entirely within the city of St. Paul. St. Paul mayor-elect Kaohly Her previously held the role as state representative for the area. See more about the candidates running here.

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

I spy a lot of wonderful emerita (and current faculty!) on this list. This is an outstanding letter.

Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day

Remember when federal agents shot that guy in the back? It was because of a completely unrelated thing had nothing to do with and wasn’t present for. Shame on you for being angry about it! bsky.app/profile/davi...

Judge DAVIS wasn't done -- in yet another Sunday order, he upbraids the administration for "an undeniable move...to defy court orders or at least to stretch the legal process to the breaking point in an attempt to deny noncitizens their due process rights storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Damn proud of Minnesota.

Yes, a billboard is essential protest gear. I would never attend a rally or march without a billboard.

His billboard read: “Lower Short-Term Capital-Gains Tax Rates NOW!!!”

lmao, everyone in the building trying to balance not ruining the moment of silence with the desire to be the first to yell “Fuck Ice!”

Fascinating. Big, if true. 🧐🤔

Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”

Political purges of the generals in both the U.S. and China. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...

There was a huge dump of documents related to the American Association of University Professor's lawsuit against the government for abducting students. Among them is a memo March 21, 2025 memo from State Dept. that verifies Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts, was detained only for writing an op-ed.

www.facebook.com/746067036/po... @alt-text.bots.bacalhau.org

The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.