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Earlier today the 4th Judicial District (Hennepin) confirmed they WILL NOT move housing court initial appearances from in-person to remote hearings (by default). Tenants can still request remote & referees have discretion to do so. Very bad news. Greatly increases need for an eviction moratorium.

going before the Supreme Court to argue that all restrictions on retirement plan investments are unconstitutional bc the average life expectancy was like 64 in 1776 and the legal retirement age is 66 now, so anything regulating retirement is not deeply rooted in this nation's history and tradition

Here's something fun: since the day the Department of Labor allowed Bitcoin to go into 401(k)s, Bitcoin has underperformed all of the most boring, mainstream, "anyone can do it" retirement options available. If you were in Bitcoin, you've earned 33% less than change in your couch

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sunsetting due process because our quarterly human misery goals are lagging projections

Last I knew, Hennepin is the only district court in the state doing in-person eviction court dates. They've said it's easier to administer than Zoom hearings. But we now have an impossible choice for BIPOC tenants: if they show up, ICE may grab them. Don't show and they're evicted by default.

This is where people would exit from appearing in 4th Judicial District Housing Court (& other courts), and my understanding is that the 4th JD (Hennepin) is still having initial eviction action appearances in-person rather than remote (unlike everywhere else in the state). EVICTION MORATORIUM NOW.

The subtext is, if the landlord class and their advocates aren’t excited to get a direct rent payment from the city, it’s because they have eviction notices ready to go because they want a certain class of folks out, and what class can’t work to make rent right now??

This is really it! Getting emergency rental assistance approved helps landlords! Typically, the payments are made directly to them! Back rent of evicted tenants is rarely recovered! If the council moderates actually supported landlords, they'd rush to get this approved. They just hate poor people

Minneapolis City Council likely to pass $1 million in rental assistance funding today in response to financial hardship caused by ongoing federal occupation of the Twin Cities. Source of the money is contingency funds. Hennepin County will administer it.

I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.

If you read the declarations filed in the case that Kyra Kelley referenced at the hearing, Le's responses are obscene. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72196...

and this is why a key part of my platform is to give every trans women a mech suit

A bizarre number of people have stepped up to defend Julie Le. What you see in that transcript is an attorney who chose to do evil work—deporting people for ICE then moving over to DOJ in early Jan. specifically to fight these habeas petitions—being called to the carpet. She's desperate, not heroic.

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It cost me $66.70 to get this transcript. Money well spent. I don't need anyone to reimburse me. But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees. mibfc.org

You couldn’t have waterboarded responses like this out of me

If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...

While Tom Homan was trying to grab headlines this morning ICE was again circling our schools. They’ve been out all morning and no “drawdown” is enough until every single one of these agents is out of our state and DHS is abolished.

The Minnesota Public Radio report has lots of choice quotes, but I'm ordering a transcript because other stuff that was said at the hearing will be wild for attorneys to read. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

There was an abduction in front of my apartment this morning. Afterwards, a Hennepin County Sheriff car drove by. Around 10-15 of us screamed at them for help, seeking assistance with the abandoned, window-smashed car. Some ran after them. They continued driving. 😑

This joke cost over $30,000

NOW!

showing it off to journalists so they don't step out of line, showing it off to other billionaires so they can get with the program, and showing it off to the fascist oligarchs to let them know he's one of them. this has an audience of two: donald trump and larry ellison

the fact that wapo is closing every single part of the newspaper that attracts readers in order to focus on vertical short form video and opinion columns makes it very clear that the bezos takeover isn't about business. it's not even about propaganda. it's about showing off his power and clout

Two layers of not fighting it today. Sent Hank to school in both (1) the clothes he slept in, and (2) over them a cheap Flash costume from a box of superhero dress-up stuff we got at some point. He has no idea what The Flash is besides this costume. He called the dude "Flashlight" for over a year.

They'll be sharing about the many issues tenants are experiencing, mutual aid & organizing efforts for rental assistance, the need for for an eviction moratorium, and much more. Are you a renter who has been impacted? MPR will be taking listener calls: www.mprnews.org/episode/2026... (🧵2/2)

At 9am today catch HOME Line Co-Executive Director Jess Zarik on @mprnews.org with @angeladavismpr.bsky.social, along with Organizer Miguel Brito with the West Side Community Organization in St. Paul—discussing how immigration enforcement is impacting renters: www.mprnews.org/episode/2026... (🧵1/2)

If you are an opportunist in Hennepin with a peace officer's license, I can confirm that YOU HAVE A LANE

Sadly, 8-6 was a quieter caucus than in previous years. I have no problem attributing that to the fact that we're a heavily Latinx precinct, one of the most in the city. Good results all around with our group, but there was an aching absence

If my caucus is any indication, Democrats in the cities currently occupied by ICE want the whole damn thing abolished actually.

JAMAL!

ICE has suggested that these agreements wouldn't be needed in metro counties because, only in places where it takes longer for agents to get to a jail. ICE has discussed indemnifying individual counties from legal liability resulting from entering into these contracts.

Under a BOA, detention would be treated as a service the federal government is purchasing from individual counties. The theory is that with a contract in place, detainees are considered to be in federal custody, even if held in a local jail.

I've learned that the MN Sheriffs Association wants to use procurement contracts called "basic ordering agreements" as a way to bypass AG Ellison's advisory opinion that MN police agencies can't legally hold people on immigration detainers beyond when they would otherwise be released from custody.

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more like an abundance of orders to stay 500 feet away from local schools

I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

been too long since we had a backyard karaoke party

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

This means that people who are wrongfully detained by ICE can force ICE to pay for the legal fees it takes them to get out. Could have big implications in how this legal work is paid for.

3d Cir. holds that habeas corpus petitions challenging immigration detention are "civil actions," so prevailing noncitizens may be entitled to attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Gonna be a loooooooooot of these. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...

New England Irish and German, so it's the classic famine and millwork combo

More of us every day

I found out today that one of the largest firms in the state has >10% of their attorneys working basically full time on habeas petitions. If you aren't in the legal industry, that's basically unprecedented. And our bar is still in the early stages of mobilizing. The full efforts have yet to begin.

and there are more of us every day

I understand this is extremely frustrating because we are dealing with a dangerous paramilitary and lawless force. Trying to remove them from parks within the confines of the legal system feels like trying to maneuver with our shoes tied together in this instance.

Sadly, I have a personal ask: ICE kidnapped a staffer who works at my grandson’s daycare this weekend along with two other family members. Can you help the extended families with legal costs & famity support? It would mean a lot to me. I’m just sick about this. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

add a mud room and then you've got a real New England ingress/egress situation