i went to minneapolis and wrote about what i saw (a massive, robust mutual aid network that is ultimately just a bunch of regular people) and what i didn’t see (thousands of people who are terrified to leave their homes)

Geographic Targeting Order Imposing Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements on Certain Financial Institutions in Minnesota: starting Feb 12th banks must report records of certain payments of $3,000 in Hennepin and Ramsey county.

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons." The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

After 6 months of oversight visits to Camp East Montana, the $1.24 billion immigration detention facility in El Paso, it's clear the company running it is defrauding taxpayers, preventing detainees from talking to lawyers, and DHS is assisting them by obstructing Congress. Long thread incoming 🧵

After watching parts of the half-time show, my mom explained the closing billboard sign to my 90yo grandpa. Mom: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love." Grandpa: "Then he really is a good bunny."

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

BN Periodismo on Facebook: “[This morning, January 27,] agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis.”

Went to the candlelight vigil in my neighborhood. -7° and saw 150-250 people in the 4 blocks i walked. #iceout

Minneapolis says no to ICE.

THEY USED A FIVE YEAR OLD AS BAIT

Minneapolis, today. Note how three agents holding the civilian down. Why spray? www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Holy shit. This group in Minneapolis caught an ICE crowd plant. ICE rolls up and extracts him. Another man taken into custody. What the actual hell? www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

Instead of heading to work this morning, going to my first 🧊 watch shift at my child's daycare. #minneapolis

I am here in Minneapolis-St. Paul to chair an accountability hearing on the brutality and violence that Trump’s ICE is inflicting on the community. We will not back down. Watch live tomorrow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfVj...

@ilhanmn.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov @aclu.org I'm going out on a limb to say that impersonating a federal officer is a very serious offense, even for those in other departments?

This is Minneapolis elementary school pick up: The alert also recommends: "Bring your whistle & wear your hat. If you have a respirator or goggles bring them in a small backpack. We don't want to show up looking alarming for the kids but chemical weapons are being used widely in the area." 2/2

The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis. They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.

An oddly encouraging assessment from Thomas Zimmer, who’s one of my key go-to writers for hard-edge historical realism about the perils currently assailing US democracy. But the images of crowds booing & jeering ✊ every appearance of ICE on the streets of Minneapolis would seem to back him up here.

There doesn't seem to be a single article on the @nytimes.com homepage reporting on the situation in Minneapolis Total journalistic malpractice

Large turnout in Minneapolis. Glad to call this city my home. ICE OUT MSP!

Make it viral.

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

I hope to bring attention to this account. Hundreds of photos a day of Ontario parkinglot lines with over 16k posts in total. And I never did reach a single post where the anthropic api call succeeded. Tad bit curious what kind of riveting content Claude would make with such quality source material.

“You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office,” Letterman said Thursday. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/j...

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

I've obtained a trove of leaked documents about today's federal crackdown on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. One revelation is its codename: "Operation Excalibur"

In the newsletter: Twin Cities Maker — a “makerspace” that offers members a building full of tools and workshop areas — is under contract to purchase the Minneapolis Seed Company building at 34th and Cheatham.

My dog Maeby.