Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.

Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter: "The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."

Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Felt good to laugh tonight. Thanks James (and Craig).

Taylor and Greta moved to Edina so they, along with their daughters and goldendoodle Bubs, could be near the METRO E Line. The family recently adopted the E Line’s 58th & France Station. Learn more about our Adopt-A-Stop program and sign up here: www.metrotransit.org/adopt-a-stop

We're thrilled to announce a partnership with @pentzhomes.bsky.social to raise funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. For every 2026 season ticket sold, Aurora will donate $1 to ILCM, and Pentz Homes will provide an additional $4 for a total donation of $5. Season tickets on sale soon!

Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer. Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!

I've been covering Trump's retribution campaign since he came back to the White House. Then, that storyline came directly to my state - and what I've covered will stick in my brain forever. The children, the brutality, the isolation, the camaraderie and bravery. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Elizabeth and her mom have been released! [free them ALL!] www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

Ironically (appropriately?) the County currently has a survey posted in advance of a programmed 2028 reconstruction project on this stretch of Cedar:

The joy of the Lake Harriet Art Shanties—this year more than ever.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Unity Ride in memory of Alex Pretti, Madison.

Our cold toes won’t bring back Alex and Renée but all of standing together means they will never win. ICE Out Now!

It’s not hyperbole to say that thousands of riders turned out for the Minneapolis Pretti Unity Ride. Bikes as far down and back as you could see.

LIAM & His Dad are GOING HOME!!! Now do the other 5 kids from his school, all the other kids in Dilley, & the rest of the kids everywhere... & the adults!

Amazing numbers of cyclists out for the Alex Pretti Memorial Ride in Minneapolis 🚲💙

A #MemorialRide 🚲 "Are you OK?" Alex #Pretti #WeRideInUnity from #Zürich to #Minnesota

This is Minneapolis: Message from our superintendent

Cities play a pivotal role in fighting fascism and, coincidentally, NACTO is meeting in Minneapolis, May 12-15. This should be a real one. events.bizzabo.com/DesigningCit...

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

What kills kids in America: 1. cars 2. guns Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?

MLS's Minnesota United is missing out on players due to ICE. "The current immigration enforcement actions—which has led directly to the shooting deaths of two Minneapolis residents, Renee Good and Alex Pretti—[have] hurt MNUFC’s ability to bring in new players." www.twincities.com/2026/01/29/l...

immigrant children lead uprising at texas detention center

Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

Tonight, my Minneapolis neighborhood gathered on street corners and in our local park to mourn Alex Pretti. This is our FOURTH vigil in eight months. No community should have to go through what we're going through.

Overheard from someone patrolling an intersection in south Minneapolis: “I try not to think about it because if I cry I’m going to get frostbite on my face”

I am the grandson of a man who came to the United States for intellectual freedom, the freedom to worship, and to ensure that his children could share in those freedoms and prosper - a country that welcomed the newcomer, and had the infrastructure to get them on their feet. 1/

Extreme cold isn't keeping people from using the bus to get downtown for the ICE Out march. Packed E Line on Hennepin Ave.

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Cannot see the end of it.

PSA for those heading downtown this afternoon. (Librarians always have your back. 👊)

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

Help bring 2-Year-Old Chloe & Her Father Home. They were kidnapped today in South Minneapolis. With the permission of the mother, we are reaching out to raise funds for lawyer fee’s, food, bond requests, rent, livability, & resources to keep this family together. gofund.me/6295b51b3

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

a few nights ago i rode a bus for about 15 minutes or so. once it got close to the stop near my home i hit the button to request a stop. soon after, the bus driver stopped the bus and let me off

I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Rest in peace Victor Manuel Diaz. He was a Latino immigrant kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis. He died in ICE custody at Camp East Montana, Texas while facing deportation. We have unjust immigration system that continues to take the lives of our neighbors while tearing families apart. 1/

National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3

20% faster than a regular sled!

Please consider helping one of our employees who was blatantly racially profiled by ICE, detained, and is now facing deportation. Funds go to support his wife who is still here and afraid to go to work because of what happened to him. Any amount helps. THANKS. gofund.me/9295faaf5

DE ICER ICE OUT OF MN Powderhorn Art Sled Rally Minneapolis

This is the definition of what Kavanaugh thinks a good stop is. He was detained, based on his accent, and then released after they checked his papers (which presumably Kavanaugh does not carry with him). He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."

New at Can We Still Govern? "I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government." Please read, share, help. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...

BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...