microwaving a fish fillet, pepper strips, a tasty bite chana masala bowl, and topping it with zhug thank god for the PANTRY and the FREEZER

"I started repeating, I'm a citizen, I'm a citizen. ICE didn't even look at my ID. He said that doesn't matter. My boss came out with my passport and held it up to the agent's windshield. He ignored it and drove away. They forced me to do a face scan. They told me I was being deported."

ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings

I can confirm via friend that works at MSP….”there was a confrontation with Ice and tsa yesterday. They were confronting the tsa in the checkpoints and asking for THEIR papers”

I reached out to the most well-known Minnesota-based companies, multiple times, for comment on what's happening in the Twin Cities right now. None of them responded. Here's my attempt at unpacking why.

American Indian Movement (AIM) patrol trucks have been spotted around NE and folks are flagging them as suspicious and giving them unwelcoming glances because they don’t know who they are. This is the AIM logo and flag, which you might see on their trucks. They are friends!

Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

Dear neighbor, It’s become common practice for ICE to stage its operations at the Target parking lot on East Lake Street. While immigration officials tear families apart, Target corporation is silent and makes its workers and customers feel unsafe. 1/

If anyone is looking to do sanctuary schools work (patrol, mutual aid, etc) at an MPS school, LMK via DM. Minneapolis Families for Public Schools has been organizing and sharing best practices.

Video posted on Instagram by @nj50501.bsky.social and @sussexvb.bsky.social Notice this is a warehouse with bay doors for trailers to come into like an Amazon warehouse. The inside is not designed for humans staying there. They'll put up chain link fences to create cages/cells like in Florida

Multiple people have been taken this morning already in Northeast and we don’t have the same capacity on the streets that we’ve had throughout the week. Please come out and help us today and bring a friend we need more people outside so we can protect our neighbors.

a blog: https://awningfawning.xyz/be-jubilant-my-feet/

The sex goods shop going from "we do not have the capacity or the desire for a gloryhole" to having the capacity and desire to run a full blown supply distribution center for the community is incredible stuff

I spoke to @theintercept.com about what this unprecedented ICE surge looks like in Minn., how national orgs wrongly frame around protests & how people in power have turned constitutional protections upside down to protect government officials rather than citizens. theintercept.com/2026/01/16/t...

we have a giant fuckoff FUCK ICE flag hanging in our front yard and i was a little concerned the plumber wouldn't like it but in fact the plumber, who lives in rockford mn, asked where he could get one and we commiserated about how fucking evil all of this is 💚

those of us on bluesky are a bubble. we can say we all need to show up, but what is the DFL doing to make caucuses safe for vulnerable people? we can’t go virtual. so what’s to prevent ICE from showing up? feels like we’re gonna have very white caucuses and it’s all just gonna benefit angie craig

these women are heroes.

“We raised our children here. We have families here. We see that people are showing up for us from different communities. We have to mobilize ourselves,” Halimo said. “I am not scared, and we will not be scared. We know our rights." sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

I disagreed a lot with @minnesotareformer.com in the past year because I feel they haven’t been tough enough against authoritarianism, but editor JP Coolican delivers a wallop to Blois Olson‘s smug complicity that‘s a must-read. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/w...

For every ICE arrest that draws a crowd with cameras and whistles, there are an untold number happening quietly when no one is watching.

Saw a billboard warning ICE that they are not immune from MN law and how to report when rights are violated. I assume Ellison’s office put them up? Was really happy to see it. On 77 near 66th

Minnesotan born and raised, You Betcha!

The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/

“Now is the time”: Minnesota calls for general strike on January 23 to drive ICE out Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action. peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/n...

#MadisonWI #MidwestMeltsIce

It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.

Some MN ecosystemic context for comrades in NYC: ISAIAH is one of the anchor orgs that have been central to the formations that produced what's often known as the "Minnesota Model." This religiously based membership org continues to base-build and lead the way on social and economic justice today.

elected democrats who want their constituents to remain non-violent in their protests of these abuses must actually offer a path for ending the abuses non-violently. they currently are not as a party and it’s a major problem.

Why would George Soros, who pays me $30000 per week, need a database (coded with a potato with the grok logo carved in) to know how i spend my time

At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely. That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.

Lito's Burritos is going to be donating all proceeds from their Horchata to MIRAC, btw

Hell yeah Minneapolis Hell yeah Pineda (My friends still mock me about overdoing it on the hot salsa there years ago and melting into a pool of sweat but it was so delicious and so worth the pain)

This is why I keep sharing “This is Minneapolis” snippets. People want to know what’s happening. The severity of the impact isn’t getting to many folks via traditional media. I highly recommend being ready w/ links for folks to donate & help after you story dump (IME that’s their next question).

Folks the man illegally taken when ICE rammed through the door on Sunday is free!!

I just got a call from a relative letting me know his close friend’s mother was kidnapped by ICE while she was heading to work. We’re close to our goal, but we need your help to bring Lidia Escobar Maya home. This will help with lawyer and bond fees. Working is not a crime. 💔 gofund.me/c4fd43a62

In ICE's defense, this is probably the only way most of them are allowed within 100 yards of a school

kate and i were talking about how this stuff is shaking out with various political factions and she said re: fake authoritarians making bootlicking arguments: "you would NOT throw that tea in the lake. i mean ocean," which is maybe the most minnesotan thing she's ever said

Can confirm this place is out there and doing great work supporting the communities that need it most. Check out their Insta if you want to see more of what they're doing and their excellent badassery.

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rioters are now dropping BANANA PEELS right outside the doorway of ICE Minneapolis in order to make agents SLIP AND FALL. This is DISGUSTING rioters are now propping up large ANVILS over the doorway of ICE Minneapolis in order to make agents GET GIANT BUMPS ON THEIR HEADS. This is DISGUSTING

If you are looking for a good place to give today, this fundraiser is being run by Susan Raffo, who is a Minneapolis hero and one of the best people I know.

Feels like we've reached this weird point in the media cycle where some national/international media outlets have stopped paying attention to the Twin Cities, others want to focus on How It Plays In Small Towns, and still others are just arriving but mainly want to cover Conflict™ for clicks (1/2)

He spoke about the vision America sold in the 70s, 80s and 90s was that people from all over the world should come to America and make a life for you and your family. And that he did that now is a citizen and has own home. He says now that dream the US sold has been revoked. 😭😭😭

I compared the user interface in this photo to the leaked user guide I have for Mobile Fortify, and it's the same. Mobile Fortify is ICE's app for verifying someone's identity, immigration status, whether issued order of deportation. ICE says it overrides a birth certificate bsky.app/profile/donm...

Thank you so much mardia for the SHOWER

what a legend lmao

Testimony at Minneapolis City Council public hearing: "Words are not enough. You need to do your part. You need to act. Calling on others to do mutual aid is not enough. Pass this eviction moratorium resolution. Keep our immigrant neighbors in their homes until this crisis passes."

God, it's so quiet