and so it begins

the senators recoil in horror as a wounded Caesar rises from the floor and a second health bar appears on the screen

Happy Ides of March

These Battle of Minneaplis tshirts at Smitten Kitten go hard

Still nothing. Not mpr, minnpost. Would love to hear details before i make any conclusions

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

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10/10 take. no notes

Invite your friends! I have a pretty small #SaintPaul #St.Paul #StPaul reach here, so please share. Let's make this a demolition to remember.

how it started/how it's going

I wish my 7 year old phone photographed it better, but I'm loving Atomic Polish's ICE OUT nail polish. They're from NE Mpls and it was a fundraiser back in January. Last I checked I couldn't find it on their website so they may not be doing it anymore. The way this sparkles in the sunlight is S Tier

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?" Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

We did have extensive testing of the dick whistles, surprising no one, I'm sure. 😂 But when romance authors are in charge you only send out consensual dick whistles.

Did my first school observation shift on Thursday last week. So many kids were excited to wave at me in my reflective safety vest. I helped them feel safe. Volunteers in safety vests wouldn't have been able to save the girls at the elementary school in Minab. Could we stop being the baddies, please?

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

Crossed the river for a chilly sunset walk.

I hope you all did something tonight that you enjoyed and not something that would have made you mad. I played Stardew Valley co-op with my boyfriend, and it was lovely.

Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com launched Stand With Minnesota standwithminnesota.com, a mutual aid repository supporting residents under ICE's siege, in early Jan. in the weeks since, it's facilitated covering people's rents and flown folks detained back home from Texas. she can help you do it, too.

I am still amazed at how much of the resistance has come in the form of caregiving, and how the fascists had absolutely no idea how to respond to that.

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

If you are confiscating writing materials from imprisoned children because they smuggled out a letter that described the conditions they're living under, you are a literal monster and should be treated accordingly.

I know we're all pretty tapped out... but if you've got something to spare and need a place to donate, please consider the Mutual Aid fund in my neighborhood of Frogtown in St Paul. Check out the comments for what the fund has funded so far! gofund.me/99adf5191

I was so hopeful that Groundswell would come back. Gutted. I have high hopes and expectations for whoever takes that corner spot.

I am watching a replay of a bunch of women doing crazy tricks in the air on a snowboard. I am not watching the superb owl. I am very happy with my choice.

In case you're wondering where we are at this point in American politics, it's at...hoping for a video of a group of wild turkeys f***ing up an 🧊 agent.

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.

The entire minnesota delegation needs to be at Whipple by lunch.

It’s so hard to describe what this is like to people who aren’t here. The ICE/BCP occupation seeps into everything. It’s not just the horror of the big stuff. It’s the little stuff, too: helicopters all night, vigilance during every trip out of the house, guilt at having any downtime at all.

Please share widely

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt

I’m sorry but this is beautiful. The millisecond Ilhan realizes what’s happening she goes to punch him and then higher brain says “You’re in congress” and she drops her fist.

HEY PEOPLE IN 64A and 47A YOU HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION TOMORROW. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/26/s...

"Plummeting" implies there is further to plummet So don't stop

People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc (GFM in next post) www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...

"Shut it all down until it’s safe for every Minnesotan to drive to a sports venue without being rammed, beaten, abducted or killed." Damn, Jim Souhan. Gift link: www.startribune.com/jim-souhan-m...

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."

photographer is Jeff Wheeler at the Star Tribune. guy with the flag is Curtis Evans, a Marine veteran.

Call your representatives.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

He was legally observing He was helping other legal observers He was helping other potential victims He was not brandishing a gun May Alex Pretti’s memory be a blessing

Yesterday, 50,000 Minnesotans peacefully protested to stop the terror being inflicted on our community. Today, ICE shot and likely killed another constitutional observer on the street. I can’t say this clearly enough: Congress has to stop this. The government is killing us. Congress has to act.

I hate this timeline.