They hate us so much but we love each other more

Watch and listen as my friends Patty and Brandon share their experience being abducted by ICE m.youtube.com/watch?si=FKo...

There are no short cuts. I'm sorry. There is only long term, consistent, and disciplined organizing.

Holding the incredible tension of this time - Jason's inauguration for his current city council term was yesterday. AND his beloved uncle was kidnapped yesterday. Let's help bring him home.

You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.

Every year I cast on a knitting project on January 1. Here’s 2026.

My less online spouse and the kiddo did snowblower guy duty today, suited up for the wind.

I found a healthy one: give a few $$ to mutual aid folks.

Our extended family sings Joy to the World to start Christmas Eve dinner. Us: 🎶Let earth receive her king🎶 Kiddo (age 8): “Didn’t we fight a whole war to not have kings in this country?? No Kings!” 2025 is a mood.

This is your chance to do a quick ICE WATCH training! Dec 24, 1pm – 2pm, on Zoom. Learn how to document, coordinate and monitor ICE activity, and how to connect with others doing ICE WATCH in your community. DO IT!!!

Contact your reps. Talk to your neighbors. If you're out there keeping other neighbors safe, you can show up for these ones, too. Mpls 💗

The ACLU of Minnesota and several law firms filed the suit Wednesday on behalf of six Minnesotans who say they’ve been detained or threatened by federal agents while lawfully observing ICE operations, including Susan Tincher of Minneapolis who was detained when she confronted ICE agents.

This is a great example of how Hennepin County as an institution is governed by the Hennepin County Board but the Sheriff is independently elected and HCSO doesn’t report to the County Board in any meaningful way.

Last week City Council unanimously strengthened our Separation Ordinance. Yesterday, MPD helped ICE by doing crowd control while they kidnapped neighbors. Mayor Frey continues to let MPD use a loophole to work with ICE and only he can stop what residents witnessed yesterday. buff.ly/gllRzKu

This tracks with my experience. DHS made up stories like this in Chicago, too. Every story ICE told about being attacked by community members was debunked in court. To assume anything they say is even potentially credible is irresponsible and out of touch with reality.

It's getting mega cold this weekend, can you hit the @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social Venmo to help keep folks warm? Put a 🌴 in the Venmo comment so we know

This whole thread is essential reading.

Friends, we have some positive news tonight out of the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules Committee re: the DFL Feminist Caucus. The TL;DR of it is the entire feminist caucus leadership has to either undergo extensive training, or resign within 10 days.

ICE was in Cedar Riverside today. Amazing community turnout, be mindful of the layer of pepper spray in the snow all over the neighborhood

To those that wanna express solidarity with Minneapolis this week in $ form, we are trying to get whistles out to every good hearted neighbor! ⬇️

This is the way, neighbors!

It’s -6 before windchill and one of the school buses for kiddo’s school is running an hour behind this morning. Just brutal.

He said that with his whole self. We need to believe the monsters when they say they are monsters.

Given the events of the last 36 hours, we’re rolling this out even faster. Please sign up to be a hub or help print whistles!

It's wild, but whistles that cost less than a dollar have been an effective tool in Chicago and other places for alerting people to the presence of ICE/Nazis. Want to help distribute, purchase or 3-D print whistles in Minneapolis? Here's the info you need!

This fight has never been about undocumented people. Take a look at how they are treating American citizens.

This is an important thread for parents and caregivers. Your child should not be with you when protesting ICE. If you have your kid with you and you spot ICE, alert the hotline (Monarca in the Twin Cities). That's why we have rapid responders.

Shelter Connect report from this afternoon: ZERO shelter beds in Hennepin County tonight, and zero beds for men in Ramsey County. And this is just the first week of sustained cold weather this winter.

As we continue to learn more about the incident, we ask that you are on alert, keep the community safe, and alert neighbors about immigration enforcement you witness. No human beings should ever be treated like this. Children, especially, should never have to experience this. 2/

This is evil.

Things I discovered this morning: Kiddo, age almost 8, knows he is not supposed to boil water on the gas stove without supervision. He did not apply the same logic to making scrambled eggs, aka frying eggs in oil. (He was successful, but it was quite a surprise at 5 am!)

If you live in Minneapolis and your street sign is blue, you live on a snow emergency route and you should not park on it tonight

Hitler was bad. An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.

Delighted to report that my less online spouse is cheerfully embracing his identity as the snowblower guy (non-gendered) for our block. So far today he’s done all the neighbor’s sidewalks and our less mobile neighbor’s driveways, and I think he’s getting ready for round 3.

I love transit all the time, but the first storm of the season it's magical to not have to worry about all the car drivers re-learning how to drive in snow!

We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com

Do the MN State Patrol pilots really have nothing better to do tonight?!

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

This is the way to use no or less salt on your sidewalks this winter.

This is a much more balanced story than this morning's version from the Strib. (Gift Link)

Read this! You are now whistle trained. Go forth and multiply.

The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.

Another family whose loved ones were taken from Bro-Tex has posted a Go Fund Me www.gofundme.com/f/support-al...

Ice has a legit warrant for the action on Maryland Avenue in St. Paul. Leave the area. Document sppd action and fight like hell for them not to participate in future federal activities.

Monarca trainings are a great step if you want to be prepared to respond to ICE in our communities.

East side of St Paul.

Our Somali friends and neighbors are elected leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, caregivers, drivers, and integral parts of communities from the Twin Cities to St Cloud to small towns. No matter their status, they belong. Don’t buy into hateful rhetoric. Stand with all those who call this state home.

Local leadership needs to assume that they’re being lied to by federal agencies. Especially after two verified raids with ICE presence despite public statements to the contrary. It was heartening to see Mayor Carter on the ground yesterday. I hope Mayor-Elect Her takes note!