Reading this article about Walter Benjamin in the NYer by Anahid Nersessian...and thinking about the videos that the White House has been putting out.

Did I read that in some book or write it myself …? I honestly can’t remember… #bolano

A book I hadn't thought about in a long time, but Gioia makes me wonder -- as he often does -- if I should pay more attention. Strange to me that I didn't know this was written in my Minneapolis. We don't claim it ... www.honest-broker.com/p/the-real-s...

Nuclear codes? What could go wrong.

At his occasional best, he saw with remarkable clarity.

November: Cancel elections.

Not over in Minnesota: www.startribune.com/white-house-...

A worthwhile read about the choices we control, and how to resist the world-weary pleasure knowing and describing defeat. aeon.co/essays/what-...

GTFO, losers. #minnesota

Reversed and brightened ...

They were girls, not underaged women. And these are concentration camps, not warehouses for immigrants.

@dessadarling.bsky.social Well said. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Which is insane, of course. And which raises the question: how much it will cost to rebuild, and where that money will come from? How many small businesses ruined? How many people took out predatory loans because they couldn't work? That the Mpls Fdn has raised a $3.5M rebuild fun is a joke.

All kids today care about is their phones and the specter of human extinction

ProPublica has identified Alex Pretti’s killers www.propublica.org/article/alex...

In Minnesota we’re talking about being terrorized by the federal government.

As a Minnesotan, I expect @klobuchar.senate.gov to lead congressional efforts to abolish ICE. If she can, I’m open to governor talk. If that work fails, we need someone else who can protect our state.

"It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago." About time!

And Trump declared the only restraint on him is his own morality. Or was it mortality?

These left wing extremists and paid agitators must be stopped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NV6...

The "crassmanship" has to be admired. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoj...

On Iran?

Plus, your books are excellent.

Sure puts the non statement by MN CEOs in context.

Where is the video Pretti was taking?

Right: What's happening here is not "policing." It's occupation and terror.

Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help: Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org. Please donate what you can. www.2harvest.org

Grateful to read this: The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

So ... Minneapolis police: You have anything to say about this? www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Still waiting for my check!

Trump has a tenuous grip on reality, but a stranglehold on the Republican Party.

Good news on a bad news day.

I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND

Small consolations: it's not a leap year.

Formative reading for my kids. #tinytryant

Worth reading.

They should be mocked relentlessly.

Want to help Minnesota? Here's a pretty impressive list of ways. A reminder of the many actions, small and large, often outside of any institutional structure, being taken. A reminder that it isn't very hard to do something meaningful. #minnesota www.standwithminnesota.com

Yes. Where are they?

I also like the phrase "Nuremberg."

Heroes. What brave people look like.

#minnesota vs the confederacy.

Minneapolis strikes back.

Joan Didion and Hunter S. Thompson were among those who retyped Hemingway's books, trying to figure out how he did it.

An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.

Say HIS name. We know Chauvin's.

Brave people on the street.