Big #WomenfolkRadio show this week as we talk with fiery bluegrass band Big Richard!🔥 🎻 We also talk with a song leaders from the Singing Resistance movement in Minneapolis! 🗣️ ☮️ Plus lots of new releases! 🎶 💿 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

GOP candidate Chris Madel is dropping out of the Minnesota’s governor’s race, saying national Republicans “have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.”

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

A message from Scotland to Trump on Burns Night Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord, Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that, Tho’ hundreds worship at his word, He’s but a coof for a’ that. For a’ that, an’ a’ that, His ribband, star, an’ a’ that, The man o’ independent mind, He looks an’ laughs at a’ that

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis. Family members say he was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.

He was a Good Samaritan — and they murdered him for it. Now they’re trying to rewrite his history. They want to smear him. To dehumanize him. Don’t let them. 2/2

A review of statements by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem finds several assertions unverified or contradicted by video and witness accounts.

To my white neighbors: You're seeing people who look like you murdered in the streets w/ no remorse from govt agents, no justice. You may feel you & your loved ones are no longer safe. It's awful, but it's also a golden opportunity to understand your Black & brown neighbors on a deeper level.

AOC: "In directing this around Mayor Wray and Gov. Walz, claiming they are 'inciting,' Noem is equating disagreement with incitement ... she is laying the groundwork for the Insurrection Act ... they are taking issue with the people of Minnesota who have duly elected their own elected officials"

There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it. News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refused to allow 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to stay at his Columbia Heights home with family after being detained, observers said, despite people in the home, neighbors and school officials begging them to do so.

It’s real that struggling businesses are taking the hit today for expressing solidarity with the victims of ICE slavecatchers. So for those with means, I declare the weekend Spent That Shit Saturday and Sunday at their shops and eateries to provide them some instant payback. #spendthatshit

I really can't state this enough. Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen. Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.

Local feed doesn't need to know this, but for my out of towners: It's hard to describe how wide reaching the general strike was, but I can safely say more businesses voluntarily closed today than did on Thanksgiving and Christmas. By A LOT

What I've been telling my friends about what's happening in Minnesota right now is that it's basically the push-you-out-of-the-snow ethic everybody talks about, turned up to 11, with a hefty dose of Fuck You, You Can't Make Me Stop Caring About Other People.

Dozens of people, including many clergy members, protested against ICE outside MSP airport despite the double-digit negative temperatures. Airport police made arrests after ordering the crowd to disperse. 📷️: Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune

leaving the scene of a car accident is a crime and i’m so fuckin sick of these lawless criminals in my neighborhood

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

A few other quick shots from the protest:

Something that may not be registering outside Minnesota is this: everything—EVERYTHING— the administration says about what’s happening here is a lie. Big or small, it doesn’t matter. They tell the world untruths, and we in Minnesota suffer the consequences.

A real-time oral history of ICE's assault on Minnesota.

This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules. The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.

The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

☀️ 🎶 🔥 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we play music to warm you and lift your spirits, including new releases from Laurie Lewis, Vanessa Lively, Red Thread, Dolly Parton, Big Richard and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm WHCP

Another day, another avalanche of links. racketmn.com/mn-ice-watch...

Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."

Troops told to prep for Minnesota as Trump hints at the Insurrection Act. Noem clashes with facts on TV. ICE violence exposed. GOP doubles down. Allies revolt over Greenland threats. Rogan breaks ranks. And more. The weekend news bulletin just dropped. No paywall. Catch up now:

Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.

Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon.

“If you stand against heavily-armed masked federal troops [using] Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president… ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” -The Boss

In today's Flyover news roundup...

And for those not aware, this is an established pattern.

The Trump regime's affordability plan has finally arrived

It rocks that everyone at CBS News is blabbing www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Gov. Tim Walz said the state is creating a "database of atrocities" by federal agents against Minnesotans. The Minnesota Attorney General's Office has launched a form where residents can share information about the actions of federal agents in Minnesota: www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Acti...

If America is prepping for military action against the Iranian regime for killing protestors, who is prepping for military action against the American regime for killing protestors?

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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

Yeah, it’s actually worse than it might seem.

It's time to speak up.

Some protesters have reported being hit with rubber bullets close to the scene of a reported shooting in north Minneapolis involving federal agents in the area of W. 25th Street and Lyndale Avenue N. Federal agents have deployed chemical irritants. Updates here: bit.ly/4sI4z3q

In today's Flyover news roundup... racketmn.com/new-yorker-o...

Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.

🎶🔥🧊 Things are icy this week so #WomenfolkRadio is thawing things out a bit with fiery tunes from Holly Near, Resistance Revival Chorus, Leyla McCalla & more + the worldwide debut of a new Roe Family Singers song! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

VIDEO PREMIERE ✨ Feeling discouraged? This new song from Red Eye Ruby is helping me get up and fight for a brighter new day! 📺 americanahighways.org/2026/01/12/video-premiere-red-eye-ruby-rejection-is-divine-protection/

fuck ice

A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned. This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE. ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...

DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle https://theonion.com/college-campus-tour-ends-inside-unmarked-ice-vehicle/