the nonprofit industrial complex is meant to squelch movements the tools of good nonprofit and foundation governance make it harder to actually help people because fuck what if you accidentally help the wrong person? what if you accidentally give a single mom $300 more than her rent is? oh no

I am so disappointed that this is seen as where we should spend our effort. ‘Masks’ is a very broad term; and people should be using them! Covid still exists! The flu still exists! Legislating “masks” is so ableist and is focused on the effects rather than the cause. Medical masks are great.

if your representation sucks, now is the time to run (or help run) that no-chance primary campaign against your shitty elected democrat. you might feel like you have no chance now, but shit’s gonna go down in a LOT of primaries, and many incumbents will be caught off guard. go for it.

Everyone should be allowed to wear masks (even ICE assholes), but ICE assholes and CPD should all have to wear prominent identifying information not just agency but who the fuck they are. Their name & badge # or eqivalent should be easy to see. (The fixation on masks is annoying me.)

When I get back from the airport (I’m there now documenting an ICE flight that’s about to load), I’ll continue getting those Air Wisconsin flights added to our local list. Tip of the hat to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social and all the other data geeks sharing notes behind the scenes.

Wrote about some of the history of the Wyden Siren from @wyden.senate.gov and why we should take it VERY seriously when he sends a cryptic letter like he did yesterday.

Struggling to articulate how weird it feels that a subset of affluent, mostly white Minnesotans are enjoying concerts, restaurants, markets, and other fun consumption “for a good cause” while many of us are essentially in hiding and waiting for those dollars to trickle down.

Genuine question: how are people doing stuff like working and replying to emails and (for everyone also laid off) applying to jobs right now? One thing at a time? Just do five minutes? Throwing your phone into a box in another room? Only checking the news once a day?

This is going to go on for a long time so I’m begging people to stop using “Minneapolis” as a synonym to St. Paul and the broader area. It’s two real cities right next to each other. Say “Twin Cities” or “Minnesota” if you must.

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed. ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos. 9 TOTAL. ABOLISH ICE.

I created this rebel design, representing the Alaska state bird, the Big Dipper and the North Star, to stand in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and with everyone who is protesting and standing up for our constitutional rights. Profits go to ACLU and NARF. www.customink.com/fundraising/...

The abductions and violence/murders are horrific and need to stop. AND we also need to be talking more about the suffering of neighbors across Minneapolis and MN who have been forced to hide in their homes for 2 MONTHS, unable to work, feed their families and get medical care.

New way to help: donate Delta Skymiles to get people home to Minnesota if they're released from detention in Texas.

a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX. we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home. delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.

Adding to this news: four more children from Liam’s Columbia Heights school district are believed to be still in TX in ICE custody. This includes two elementary students from Liam’s school as well as another high school and elementary student from his district, according to CH district leaders.

DFL legislators need to insist on a compensation fund of tens of millions of dollars to offset economic harms of the ICE siege. It infuriates me that Mercado Central has to hold a $500,000 bake sale to hold onto their building. Tens of fucking millions.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Minnesotans are holding the line.

The hyper vigilance. I feel it in my bones. Every blacked out SUV. Every idling SUV. An out of state plate. Mundane shit that is now suspicious. And I find myself actively upset at people who are in those vehicles (even though I fully recognize how irrational and unreasonable that is).

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.

So glad Liam is on his way home. Still heartbroken and furious that it even happened. That baby is going to need help for ages to recover. Damned sure we’re not done until every single kid and neighbor gets home.

@governorwalz.mn.gov rent is due today. You are not powerless. You can minimize these abductions and violence to residents of this state by letting people shelter-in until this federal occupation is over. Enact an eviction moratorium now.

It’s February 1 and a beautiful morning to support the Twin Cities community! ☀️ Rent is due and volunteers with @commkitchenmpls.bsky.social are sourcing $20K in funds to support 20 families impacted in the 🧊 occupation. Can you help? RTs and shares are free! Venmo: @GRACIE-MCCLURE-1

It’s so hard to describe what this is like to people who aren’t here. The ICE/BCP occupation seeps into everything. It’s not just the horror of the big stuff. It’s the little stuff, too: helicopters all night, vigilance during every trip out of the house, guilt at having any downtime at all.

I can’t fully articulate how big this feels to me but what people are doing now to pay people’s rents directly is ASTOUNDING and radical to see. Minnesota has one of the most robust nonprofit industrial complexes in the country & Minneapolis has a HUGE nonprofit social service ecosystem.

Here's a great GoFundMe from a CODA and interpreter trying to help deaf immigrant families. Their goal is $6,000.

The Art of an Anti-ICE Protest: Local artists are using their mediums as a way to connect with—and support—their communities as ICE focuses on Minnesota. Thanks to @mspmag.bsky.social for covering the work of artists in the movement. Read Madison Bloomquist’s full piece: mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have

Tighten rules on warrants? Body cameras? HOW ABOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT FOR EVERYTHING! HOW ABOUT THEY LEAVE MINNESOTA AND NEVER CARRY OUT ANYTHING AKIN TO MINNESOTA IN ANY OTHER STATE. I DON'T WANT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE ATROCITIES I WANT THEM TO STOP. I AM SO FUCKING FURIOUS!!!!

This pattern has now generated $250,000 for mutual aid in the western Metro.

@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov

i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist. please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.

Listen to disabled people: That will end badly for everyone

My Lyft driver said his friend, who works at a rental car company, said they're not renewing ICE's fleet contract tomorrow, because they have damaged every. Single. One. Of the rentals.

One of those opposition party members is wearing an N95 respirator. Masking is resistance. It’s community care and inclusion. If you want to fight fascism, wearing a respirator is a great place to start. It protects your health and the health of vulnerable community members.

While we worry about attacks on free speech and the right to protest nationally, we need to pay attention to what's happening in SD. Nick Tilsen, who is Oglala Lakota and the founder of NDN collective, is facing criminal charges that he allegedly accelerated his vehicle toward a South Dakota cop...

One of the biggest flavors I associated with home while not living here was Khyber Pass’ cucumber salad. It, I’m pretty sure, was standard fare for Afghani food, but was so good. The restaurant no longer exists. Most of our “local” foods in my opinion, are restaurants from all over the world.

I'll repeat my ask to Democratic Senators here: don't vote for the DHS funding bill, yes. AND ALSO do not vote for another single thing in the United States Senate until the invasion and occupation of Minnesota ends. Don't vote to name a post office, dedicate a road, or even a procedural motion

This is happening! An NH friend of mine lives just across the river from Maine and works over there sometimes. He said the locals are already picking out ICE agents at restaurants and bars, on the streets and at stores to berate them and run them off. Mariners will just say people are "from away"

it’s not a win if he just gets replaced with someone else. this wasn’t the fight. but we have begun to show that you can push back against their campaign of terror—it is our duty to protect each other.

Reminder: - Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing - By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number - Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed - Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster

A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.

The Feds never left Los Angeles. Don’t forget us. Solidarity with Minneapolis and all communities under siege by federal pigs. Keep fighting. Hold the line.

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

Modern Times is a South Minneapolis staple, and a personal favorite haunt. For the duration of the occupation they're renaming themselves Post Modern Times and going to a donation-only model. Everyone but ICE can eat for free. Donations: Venmo: moderntimescafe givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund

One thing we’re going to do on the other side of this is fight for our trans homies. We will not let the dfl and democrats abandon them. Ten toes down. 🏳️‍⚧️

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

There’s a lot of noise right now in the media that is positive and shows that we are winning. But none of that changes the reality for our neighbors on the ground until ICE actually leaves. We still had ICE sitting in the Well Fargo parking lot and outside of Pillsbury this morning.

Good morning from the occupied streets of Minnesota- St Paul specifically. Today, we protect our neighbors! Tomorrow? Protect our neighbors. When ICE leaves? Protect our neighbors.