So proud of this city. And I can confidently say that, if we don’t win, we won’t threaten our allies. So that’s something. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Whether you strike, protest, donate, or educate yourselves or others today, there is something you can do to promote the dignity of your immigrant neighbors and stand up to tyranny. If you’re in the Twin Cities, here’s the updated Friday activity list!

Grateful to talk with @bayareareporter.bsky.social about preparing for a potential ICE operation in your city. Preparing now can help you be ready to have a safe, peaceful, and impactful response. www.ebar.com/story/162646...

Don’t tell me you think that children have a right to a mother and a father, when you defend children being separated from their mothers and fathers.

i continue to ask what people are still doing on the fascist white supremacy platform that generates child pornography

Here’s Thursday’s updated list of what’s happening in the Twin Cities and beyond to get ICE out and support our neighbors!

I continue to update my ICE response handbook, largely a compilation of resource and ways to get engaged. You're welcome to repurpose. And let me know if you have feedback. The main goal of this is to help you and your communities! You can find it here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Happy Wednesday! Here’s the updated list of what’s happening in the Twin Cities today as we respond to occupation and stand up for our neighbors!

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

I heard Tillis on the radio this morning. Not only is he calling for Noem to resign, he would like to see Miller gone as well, saying that "Steven Miller always lives up to my expectation of incompetence."

So grateful to have joined 2400+ Catholics this evening to pray and process what we are facing as a country. I briefly shared my experiences, along with other Minnesotans. We are tired, but we are motivated. And we will continue on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfQ...

This calm courage and determination is so powerful. So thankful to have her as a rep.

People call Minnesotans rioters, but not a single building has burned. The only smoke has been from chemical weapons deployed by ICE in our neighborhoods. Only ICE has fired their guns. We are fighting armed occupation with whistles, cameras, and community. And we are winning.

This matters - non-political creators are some of our most powerful messengers. www.wired.com/story/the-mo...

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

Happy Tuesday, Twin Cities! Here’s today’s updated list of opportunities to respond to ICE and stand up for our neighbors! Many events are also virtual for those elsewhere who want to plug in!

Snow storm stopped everything here but the Gospel apparently. “The dignity of human life is not dependent on legal or any other status. … Inalienable rights, conferred to us not by the government, but by God, our Father.”

Update: my original post said that thousands of meals had likely been delivered in the Twin Cities through mutual aid groups. The number is likely in the tens of thousands.

For the last few weeks, I've been maintaining a list of ICE response events and also a handbook on responding to ICE (largely a resource compilation). The event list remains private, but I'm sharing the response handbook for any who may find it helpful. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

For weeks, I've been struggling to write about what's happening in my community. That struggle ended today. chrisdamian.substack.com/p/in-times-l...

I don’t agree that ICE’s tactics and the Trump administration’s rhetoric are dividing America. They’re uniting America. Look at the polls.

Minneapolis' "playbook" is not the Viet Cong's; it's the organizational skills you develop as an active Lutheran.

Happy Monday, Twin Cities! Here’s the updated list of what’s on the docket this week to resist ICE violence and stand up for our neighbors

On a flight next to a mom and her kid while putting together resources on how to be safe when ICE deploys chemical agents. At one point, the mom leans over and says, “Not to be nosy. But I kinda saw what you’re writing and I really like it.” The ICE response handbook is officially mom-approved.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Pretti was licensed to carry a gun in public when he was fatally shot by an immigration agent.

Lots of Catholic/Christian imagery at the memorial site of Alex Pretti's death. Saw a few people with rosaries.

When I was growing up in Texas, I was convinced that “welfare states” would make people less personally generous. My experience in Minnesota has shown me how utterly untrue that is.

What struck me most about Bishop Barron’s statement is his use of the term “rounding up.” It’s not a phrase common in strong democratic societies. It’s a phrase more common in…

This is not what I experience in Minneapolis. These networks tend to play a moderating role, reminding people how to show up safely while tensions are rising with the increasing aggression of ICE in our community. But thank you for kicking my community while we’re grieving.

“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

I have many friends who are not big about posting on “controversial” stuff, and who rarely attend protests, etc. Now they’re ACTIVATED and telling me they want to get more engaged. Congrats, Kristi. Your lies and violence are radicalizing a community of care and loving resistance.

Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."

Tens of thousands of Twin Cities residents labeled as “agitators” by Fox News, conditioning followers to think anyone in our city would be deserving of execution by ICE. We can peacefully protest, and still they will hate us. But nonetheless we hold onto our peace. Because that peace is for us.

Minneapolis today 💔

Per this report ICE has detained several witnesses

"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."

Probably a typo. But also, we could probably all use more “empathic no” in our lives

300+ Twin Cities businesses are closed today to protest ICE. A speakeasy is hosting a street medic workshop. A French restaurant is donating its profits to a Burmese restaurant. My friend's next big gay party is raising funds for mutual aid. This is what community looks like.

It's -20 degrees in Minneapolis & my friends are getting ready to join faith leaders in putting their bodies on the line at an outdoors protest this morning. If you're a praying person, please say a prayer for their safety, their resolve, and that their prayers will be answered.

Minnesota Catholics are finding our own ways to respond to ICE occupation. I explored this and much more in my latest discussion, with Laura Kelly Fanucci and Jacqui Skemp. chrisdamian.substack.com/p/minnesota-...

This Minnesotan is very proud to stand in solidarity with the people of Greenland.

“Y’all didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize, so I’m going to threaten you” is… 100% what I had on my Trump in 2026 bingo card

Catholic Archbishop over the Military Services, on orders to attack Greenland: "It would be very difficult for a soldier... by himself to disobey an order such as that. But... [it] would be morally acceptable to disobey that order." www.ncronline.org/news/us-bish...

There's been a lot of talk about non-violent direct action in Minnesota, drawing on the work of King. At a meeting with 500+ faith leaders this week, a pregnant white lady invited people to this work, emphasizing how people who look like her need to be on the frontlines...

Normally I’m just trying to survive these most brutal days of winter. But this year, because of the ICE occupation, I cannot tell you the GLEE I have when I see these forecasts…

Looking forward to this discussion on what our community is facing and how we’re processing it as Catholics

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.