Re supposed end of the Target boycott: it’s 100% bullshit. See statement below from an *actual* leader of the initial DEI boycott. Even if true (to repeat, it’s not!), it’s not up to any small group. Target has fixed nothing + compounded its DEI sins with ICE complicity. People are done with it!

It's inspiring when we pay each other's rent, but we are not allowed to ask why the communities terrorized by the state are expected to pay rent at all. Can't even ask for a delay. No infringement upon the rights of the ownership class.

If you think we're buying any part of a SPPD internal affairs investigation you've significantly overestimated public trust and goodwill

612-673-2100. Heavy "hey girl" energy in that voicemail message, but if I can get through it, so can you.

In Minnesota, we're creating infrastructure to make people feel safe. Everyone should feel included- even baby Hans. 🥰 www.startribune.com/lawmaker-hus...

🚨 🚲 Take your bikes out of storage, have your local bike shop spark them up good and shiny. Buy an e-bike, preferably one that hauls cargo and people or can pull a trailer. Instruct your public works dept to set aside one full travel lane on your streets for bicycles. Do it now.

I’ve talked to Resmaa Menakem, Rachel Barkow, Sasha Cotton, James Foreman, Jr., Jessica Pishko, Alec Karakatsanis, Radley Balko, Robert Kinscherff, Jeff Asher, and Dr. James Densley in the past year. Great content from national experts!

Here's the link to this week's Livestream! www.youtube.com/live/1JMbKqw... Thursday (as usual) 8:30pm Eastern.

major update, Marvina Haynes, founder of MN Wrongfully Convicted Judical Reform & former ward 4 council candidate, is running with Tara Widner, for Vice Chair of SD59 DFL tomorrow @ convention. this is the LEADERSHIP the Northside needs & deserves. plz spread the word to ur North Minneapolis folks.

How many billions of dollars in lost revenue because we insist on preserving MSP's in-town highways? It's absurd. Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov, hey @mndot.mn.gov, pause the #RethinkingI94 project and redesign the transportation network to support new homes and jobs! www.scribd.com/document/100...

@governorwalz.mn.gov @amyklobuchar.com At the caucuses my resolution opposing data center construction was adopted unanimously, almost before I finished reading it. There is no business case for generative AI, there is no social utility to AI, and every normal person knows it.

UM-Duluth let students know that they approve of this data center. So if you pay them tuition dollars, or are a Minnesota taxpayer, perhaps let them know this sucks. Hermantown, if you don’t know, is just up the hill from Duluth and therefore they are eyeing Lake Superior. We must stop this.

video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

I'm exhausted from this mess, but remain resolute in building a better, equitable, accessible world, block by block, county by county.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

A thing that happens a LOT: charges get brought & that becmes the historical record because the State/Fed/whatever part of the carceral system doesn't give the same air to the outcome, forcing the charge to be the narrative, shaping the court of public opinion. Be loud about these wins, Minnesota.

Show tonight! Because none of us give two craps about the wannabe SOTU propaganda hour, celebrate our musical artists instead. 😘 Happy birthday, @sjtuckermusic.bsky.social! 🎂 #Witchsky #LiveShows

When Community Defense Meets Public Streets: The Cedar Avenue and Hamline Park Blockades: https://streets.mn/2026/02/24/when-community-defense-meets-public-streets-the-cedar-avenue-and-hamline-park-blockades/ When our safety depends on it, we have the right — and the responsibility — to defend o...

Congress back at work in DC. Call your senators and tell them to Abolish ICE And Dismantle and defund DHS.

minneapolis ward 9 city council member jason chavez says it was not politicians that caused feds to pull back from minneapolis and greg bovino to leave. it was the people. but them leaving minneapolis is not acceptable, ICE cannot just go elsewhere. they must be abolished @jchavezmpls.bsky.social

The long tail is where the culture is: the cult classics, the b-sides and one hit wonders, the filler episodes and the box office flops that a generation later no one remembers were flops Killing the long tail, kills the culture, and *every* media company is desperately trying to kill the long tail

My caucus resolution opposing data center construction in MN was adopted unanimously and without question. Regular people understand there's no benefit to pursuing these technologies.

#Booksky 1/3 Okay, real small press talk for a minute here: we depend on book sales to keep publishing cool and fun books for our lovely readers. Jan & Feb are generally not great for sales and locally (Minneapolis/St. Paul), most event organizing is in emergency mode. queenofswordspress.com

Why are stakes “too high” for the landlords but not for the renters?

My block was clear this morning, but the work isn't near done until ICE, CBP, and DHS are demolished, everyone who has been taken is returned, and all those who gave or followed orders are held accountable for their crimes against law and humanity.

Join us next week! actionnetwork.org/forms/melt-t...

Haven Watch does the good deed of meeting people discharged from Whipple, typically without a coat or their cell phone, and helps them get home. A worthy cause. There's an Amazon wish list I'll put in the first comment but if you don't do Amazon (I don't) here's their GoFundMe.

On Presidents’ Day, I’m proud to celebrate our President - by which of course I mean Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne.

Mayor Frey resisted our $1 million rental assistance funding to the very end. Now he’s claiming credit. But we’re not fooled. “Pause Evictions, Save Lives” is up next to give residents more time to connect with rental assistance before facing eviction. Tell your Council Member to vote "yes"!

Day Out for Democracy 1:30pm at Stewart Park TOMORROW

So we all know ICE isn't leaving the Twin Cities - or anywhere - until they're fully defunded, dismantled, and prosecuted. But at least I've finally done my duty as a TC singer/songwriter about it.

I'm going to promote the heck out of this: The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation. More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...

ICE kidnapped a neighbor in Phillips today along with others in MN. They are still the same rogue, abhorrent, & illegitimate organization meant to terrorize & separate families. As I said yesterday, I am still asking the community to remain cautious & vigilant. We still need help. Jason Chavez 1/

Since ICE tactics have devolved into what was formerly the domain of pedophiles, serial killers and scam artists (stalking schools, setting up fake car trouble to lure in good samaritans), here is a list of other things to watch out for:

when one of my enemies falls, another arises

I can vouch for Satyr here - his work his lovely and shockingly affordable. My first stop for witchy jewelry and metalwork.

Realizing that being a working artist would require me to be my own promoter is why I haven't done it. My attempts to use social media in that way have been abortive and superficial. If I could make any kind of living without having to pitch myself I'd make a lot more art though.

Exactly this. We worry about ppl stealing from government in MN but are we worried about grasping businessmen inventing all the new ways to profit from 9/11?

If you're in St. Paul, let's pack the 6th floor courtroom at 316 North Robert St. to stand with unjustly charged protestors and journalists. We recommend arriving by 12:30pm. Court will begin at 1pm in Courtroom 6B. Defend the First Amendment!

In light of DHS announcing an end to the government occupation in Minneapolis, Mid-Minnesota legal aid says the surge is over when clients say it is. Read our statement: https://mylegalaid.org/news-stories/statement-surge-over-when-clients-say-its-over/

The problem with just advocating for ICE to leave Minnesota but not to dismantle it entirely is that they are capable of doing this again, any time, anywhere. Don’t advocate for the harm to continue elsewhere. Advocate for the harm to end everywhere forever.

Today.

North Minneapolis is resilient. They have been rallying together to support one another in a completely grassroots and community-led effort to keep one another safe. They asked me to share this hoping to prevent the displacement of more families in North Minneapolis. gofund.me/ca75a5b42

Man, today would be the perfect day for ICE to get the fuck out of Minnesota

My defense of the traffic calming checkpoints in South Minneapolis. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Say fuck you to ICE and get a fuckton of games in the process! Seriously, I got the bundle and it's *48 pages* of stuff made by the bestest people 🤩 I dare you to get the bundle and not find something you like. Can't be done.

“For stubbornly attached units, you can also use the flat side of the hammer in a straight-on strike, repeated until the item is rendered into a pile of splinters that can be swept up using an everyday broom and dustpan.”

So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.

🧵The Dakota and Lakota are now occupying space outside the ICE detention center at the whipple building at ft snelling. ft snelling previously held over 1,700 Dakota prisoners of war, including Elders, women, and children,

Grateful for Minneapolis Council President Payne who has been a constant presence and communicator throughout this occupation. This is what leadership meeting the moment looks like.