This week we started a public access collection of Free Community Defense & Anti ICE Art for free distribution. Please contribute & help spread the word! Thank you to Chanci for this "Abolice Loon" submission. See the collection so far at defend612.com/art, along with submission guidelines.

Good list of 2025 books about prisons, policing, abolition-related things from Inside/Out (books for those affected by incarceration). drive.google.com/file/d/1kbeg...

Happy to report that yesterday this place was packed with customers and the kitchen was open, serving the best burrito in town.

Reddit user says they got a direct message from police after asking the Minneapolis subreddit whether police will do anything about having their phone stolen in Uptown. www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...

Anyone else get the Minneapolis Times newsletter for the first time today, without ever signing up for it? 🙃

Today, with the windchill struggling to reach 0°F at times, thousands marched down Lake Street in South Minneapolis protesting the actions of ICE. “ICE Out of Minnesota!” "MINNESOTANS KNOW ICE IS SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS - IT'S TIME TO DE-ICE!" "Immigrants are not the problem"

The windchill is brutal. Wind gusts strong enough to push me around. Still, thousands are here marching in the cold in support of our neighbors in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The community is out strong on Lake Street in support of getting ICE out of Minnesota. Strong solidarity between our Latino, East-African, and Immigrant communities. ❤️ With @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social

Live: Thousands attend march to protest ICE in south Minneapolis bit.ly/3MMvefi 🎥 Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Mpls Parents are raising funds for families at South HS impacted by ICE raids. Money will go towards food, necessary supplies, and rental assistance. We appreciate your love and solidarity during these difficult times. ❤️ Please share widely with friends and family! gofund.me/e32d501a3

Does anyone know if there are transit impacts? I haven’t seen any alerts but water was pouring into the street

Today, friends. It’s cold but our hearts are warmer. March, rally, lunch, shopping. Come out and support one of the most vibrant corridors in the city!

My mom just messaged me that my grandma is in the hospital. She got picked up in an ambulance this am. I need gas money to drive my kids to my mom's and then myself to the hospital my grandma is at. Idk how severe it is or anything but it's not great either way. $danirockasota V: djamiempls

When “AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems” were presented with radiology results, they tended to identify demographic information from the images then use those demographics as the basis of diagnosis. Leading to errors in 1/3 of diagnoses for Black patients.

In response to a few questions, I have looked into this further - assuming there is no veto override vote this term, would there be a veto override vote in the new council? I don't think so. But the answer to this question is not entirely clear.🧵 bsky.app/profile/jos...

Beyond my writing, I pulled together a list of a dozen or so favorite poems from other voices that also address issues related to movement, borders, and abolishing ICE: guante.info/2025/12/12/noborders/ No list is comprehensive, but there are some good ones here, and probably ones you haven't seen.

Not a headline you ever want to see

I have followed up further on this and actually there may be people on the Charter Commission who are secretly plotting to abolish the Park board.

See you on the strike line in solidarity! 👇☕️ #NoContractNOcoffee

Today we witnessed the 4th deportation flight in a row and 5th of the week. Kidnapping of our friends and neighbors has reached a fever pitch. Tomorrow (12/20), pick your protest as we stand against legalized terror on Lake St and at MSP.

This is a policy failure by every city in Minnesota. This gentleman and I had just gotten off the busiest bus line in the state. The entire sidewalk was this bad or worse. Enforcement is not working. Community driven solutions leave too many areas out. Municipal sidewalk clearing now.

The attacks and hate directed at our trans neighbors is horrific. I sent a letter to our Minnesota U.S. Senators regarding the rights of our trans neighbors. 1/

As we head into winter break, if you and your family have what you need (a warm home, food, winter clothes) and feel safe... consider donating to our mutual aid fundraiser to help our school families that need some support. paypal.me/lyndalepto

Finally catching up on holiday orders, so this is a great time to treat yourself to some beadwork! More sales are needed to cover rent this month and every order helps <3 Shop my work → cvkvlv.com December goal progress in comments ↓ Mvto!! (Thank you!) #Beadwork #Mvskoke #IndigenousArt #Art

This is good… but the Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt instructed/authorized officers to assist ICE with crowd control when they took two people from Karmel Mall on Monday 😢

The City Council scheduled an override session yesterday to consider the Mayor’s vetoes. Instead, Mayor Frey waited until there were no more council meetings to prohibit an overturn of the humane encampment response ordinance (even though he said he would veto it last week). 1/

Hey, do you regularly report uncleared sidewalks in Minneapolis or St. Paul? I want to ask you a few questions about how best to do it. Please DM me if you're interested in helping out!

We are getting resources (fresh food boxes & grocery gift cards to help over break) out to families TOMORROW! Please, please consider donating tonight so we can help more families. paypal.me/lyndalepto

This holiday season, we ask you to take action. Shop at immigrant-owned businesses in Minneapolis: buy groceries, share a meal, purchase gifts, and spend time in our vibrant commercial corridors. Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/

AG Kieth Ellison and the Dept. of Public Safety didn't return Qs for comment. Actually Ellison's press secretary referred apo Qs to DPS

After ICE did this in Illinois, the Secretary of State revoked the plates, sent a cease and desist to ICE, threatened to suspend rental car licenses for allowing ICE to swap plates and set up a tip hotline to report plate tampering. MN deserves the same action. www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/de...

trauma recovery is really taking everything out of me recently, and this is kinda a cry for help. if you can help me do the dishes, or have lunch with me sometime, or check in every so often, i'd really appreciate it. i'm also really stressed about money right now, venmo is in my bio if you can help

hey neighbors — fyi, the grifters are also lurking about be mindful about which “press” you interact with

When a fed agent says "we need help" in calling MPD, and MPD shows up, that's MPD helping. The whole point is that these abductions are illegitimate. They are the opposite of public safety. An "aid an officer" call from one of these abductions should not be treated as legitimate by local gov.

Hiring someone from the Hill and Lake Press is what an Elizabeth Shaffer parody would do.

i did not have elizabeth shaffer hiring a podcasting pastor / freestyle rapper (dave berge) as council staff on my bingo card. but i am not surprised at the hill and lake press hire (marty carlson)

We have a basket of whistles from @mspwhistles.bsky.social . Feel free to grab one and an info zine. Our community is under siege, but we can stand together. Please don’t just doomscroll, get involved.

Here is what Trump and his enablers fail to understand: Immigrants love this country deeply. We love democracy. We cherish the rule of law, the promise of due process and the idea that our diversity is a strength, not a threat. My op-ed:

PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help. @supplydepotmpls 💕💸

“I do believe that Planned Parenthood will go away. And that is a really sad thing to say,” Addie Evans said who decided to quit her job with the organization. “Patients and staff need to be at the center of the movement, and unfortunately, they are being pushed out.”

Multiple staff members of Planned Parenthoods in Minnesota have expressed discontent with executive leaders and top managers. They characterized the work environment as disrespectful and chaotic.

This is the incident near Minneapolis that I was talking about in the @mskellymhayes.bsky.social subscriber call over the weekend. I suspected it was a relative immediately, but hadn't confirmed before the call. The layers of generational trauma— & Leneal Frazier was also taken from this family.

Drop off at any of the locations listed at our website, which you can also check for donation guidelines! ❤️ supplydepotmpls.com

MIWRC is also trying to open as an emergency warming center as often as possible, and could use a boost of support!

Please donate to the Sanctuary Supply Depot! bsky.app/profile/supp...

I’m thinking about our unhoused neighbors who have been facing below freezing temperatures. It’s a fact that there are barely enough shelters available for our neighbors who continue to be kicked out from block to block. They have also been turned away from a lack of shelter capacity. 1/

We have received so many donations and we are still almost out of blankets AGAIN. If you have extras, if you can go to the Goodwill By the Pound locations, if you can find a bag sale, we give them out at the same rate as we are getting them in, it is dangerously cold out.

ICE is here. They’re invading our state, kidnapping our neighbors, and brutalizing Minnesotans. We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you? The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of? @governorwalz.mn.gov

Please read this Facebook post from Darnella Frazier about her sister Rekeya, who is in federal custody. For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.