Ilhan Omar's endorsement was never in doubt, but it's something I was very proud to vote for. As the father of a boy almost the same age as Liam Ramos, and as a lawyer who has sued to get my neighbors released from ICE custody, Representative Omar's efforts to free him are incredibly powerful to me

Imagine showing up to support Latonya Reeves, spending your own time and money and exposing yourself to the opprobrium of your peers, only for her to give up instantly

Matt Pelikan explaining why he quit Chris Madel's law firm when it became public that Madel was advising the guy who killed Renee Good

at the minneapolis inauguration this year for jason garcia becoming a park board commissioner, and now josh martin is the chair of cd5! elected office and party office! john edwards and i will never abandon the news CONGRATS JOSH! @wedge.live @jasoncomix.bsky.social @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social

This victory is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of the Josh Martin Caucus.

Me and Dad

My estimate is that about 20 people were originally standing. It was the incredibly harsh and aggressive reaction to them by Scott Graham that increased that number three or four fold, including me

I really fucking needed this. Not as bad as my client, who's been locked up by ICE for over a year. But his case really hurt and I needed to win it for him and for me.

This thread heavily aligns with what we've been seeing in the DC area and the exact situation we found ourselves in with Lud. Really and truly we need to be creating networks of support for these appointments with rapid communication and filings. Hoping to share more of these details with others

After a trough of relatively less activity, that is fewer people calling me for help, I'm back up to 10 active habeas cases. I do not want to cause anyone undue alarm, but ICE has changed tactics and seems more likely to detain people when they go in for routine appointments with ICE.

There’s a lot of folks on here who are more than happy to talk to you about our experiences if you need anything. Any place where there has been an ICE Occupation doesn’t want others to have to suffer what we did.

making my first-ever 4th Amendment argument 😎

Reminder that, beginning next week and running through the end of the year, renters in Saint Paul are required to have 60-days’ notice before they can be evicted for non-payment of rent.

Big deal. Power grab has been punted to a future election. Not happening this year.

Importantly, because of timing - this is being punted to a future year at this point, likely 2027 or 2028.

Shocker: charter commission votes 8-7 to send it back to committee!

Ginder says to get something on ballot this year, everything would need to be completed by first week in June.

Public employee unions are concerned about loss of independence of the city's civil service commission and potential politicization of hiring and due process. Union signs say things like "don't pull the plug on employees", "defend affirmative action", "defend just cause."

Packed house for the charter commission public hearing. This never happens. Orange shirts are union members (LIUNA).

call me simple, but I do think Amy Klobuchar should be asked often and in-depth about her office's bullshit prosecution of Marvin Haynes www.minnpost.com/metro/2023/1...

EXCLUSIVE: the c david george saga is over: he is dead. his nephew is managing his estate & will be responsible for the fate of his empire of mostly-vacant minneapolis apartment buildings from loring park to whittier to uptown and vacant lot on 23rd and lyndale taylordahlin.com/f/notorious-...

Stand by this. A new era of insults is upon us.

Why join them when you can beat them? I'm 22-3 so far and it's way more fun to punk the Feds than it is to represent Markwayne Dipshit and his ICE goons

doj is the new doc review

Every day, more and more people come up to me in the streets—big strong men with tears in their eyes—saying "Sir, sir, you are so employed and normal, thank you for everything you do for us."

Minnesota's most employed lawyer is thriving, some say. Word on the street is that he's "totally fine" and "doing great" and "acting extremely normal all the time."

*record scratch* *freeze frame* Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here.

real heads will know why it's hilarious that Angie Craig is having another campaign rally at Malcolm Yards. love 2 c 2 of my centrist enemies aligned in the fight for a worse world www.mobilize.us/angiecraig/e...

I can't speak to the precise layout of all of ICE's detention facilities, but with the Circuits covering New York and Chicago killing the Feds' bullshit interpretation of 8 U.S.C. § 1225, the 1st and 3rd largest metros in the U.S. by population have (for now) powerful recourse against ICE detention

“The most meaningful solution to evictions would be a state-level infusion of rental assistance.”

As someone who's on the side of increasing housing supply, but finds some of the tactics and anti-tenant's rights stances of the most rabid supply truthers to be tiresome, I really need "no rights only build" people to commit to literally any amount of data literacy. A mere soupçon would be okay.

In 2019, my homeowner's insurance was $1,763 per year. My latest renewal quoted me at $3,875. A 219% increase. Never had a claim, not even during the hailstorm goldrush a few years back. My house is in worse shape than when I bought it.

Blank Check with Griffin and David in September 2015:

The brass scrum at the end of May Day. So sweet it makes your heart ache.

Wonder how giving every pro se litigant in the country an electronic draftsman to grant credence to their delusions is going just kidding

never has minneapolis needed to celebrate the sun coming more than at the end of winter 2026. ICE are not gone completely, but we still won, and it was incredibly cathartic to see this ceremony at mayday about protecting our neighbors, grounding why we did this work. i love this city

Nothing has ever been more For Me than the National Association of Letter Carriers marching in the Mayday parade with anti-war banners

My Spirit Airlines story: in 2016 a buddy did the stereotypical Vegas bachelor's party. My friends all booked the same American flight but I flew Spirit bc I'm cheap. Mocked heartily. Turns out American had massive delays & I was the only one to get to Vegas on the first day. Sleep well, Budget King

$30,000 in city of minneapolis small biz recovery funds from ICE occupation are going to edina. the 50th & france business association is in edina, the plaza they will activate is in edina, and most restaurants in this business district are in edina what a waste taylordahlin.com/f/minneapoli...

🎶 Pick my shit up, Tiny Dumpster 🎶

having a lazy, cozy evening with the family, watching CASTLE IN THE SKY, and I still think this is the funniest scene Miyazaki ever wrote and directed

$15,000 to do posts for the anti-union party is consummate Frey

I think that a lot of the Platner stuff is Not Good and Extremely Concerning! And I also know Mainers are perhaps the people in this country least open to being told what to think and do by anyone outside the state!

I was born, grew up, and lived half my life in Northern New England. If people try to follow the Maine election and invest emotionally in its results it will likely only distress and bedevil them until the results are in, and likely for some time after.

Wonderful article highlighting the work that @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social and @naomi111.bsky.social are doing every day to help our communities. They deserve so much recognition for what they do! progressive.org/magazine/the...

The Park Board's RFP is up! According to MPRB, they pay about $1 million for 4,000 hours of legal services a year. That's 77 hours per week. They could pay two in-house attorneys $250,000/year to work 40 hours a week and STILL come out $500,000 ahead of their current arrangement.

Referral request: looking for a personal injury attorney who practices in New Hampshire. Car crash, no catastrophic injuries, dmgs probably not high $. Higher % fee not an issue. Plaintiff is looking at some well-advertised national firms, but I think they'd benefit from better client services

I did not have a nazi phase