“To take bold action […] we must overcome our ingrained obedience to authority. Sasha noted that under a “tyrannical authoritarian regime” like the Trump administration, an allegiance to authority was utterly self-defeating, and that a posture of disobedience was essential.” 🎯🎯🎯

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

Don’t give the University of Minnesota President or BoR ideas, they‘ve never met an unnecessary admin position they didn’t want to hire

a single hamms at stump party 🪵 and I slept in so late that I might be a teenager again

“I want to go to DC to avenge Minnesota” -Peggy Flanagan, at my DFL unit convention

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We came, we saw, we cheered and booed. Stump Party V!

This is an absolutely brutal and wholly accurate indictment of the ills of higher ed at the hands of the administrative class, particularly the self-styled top institutions — or those designated as such by US News and World Reports.

“Everyone thinks universities have to do what donors want because they pay the bills. But that gets it backward. Giant donations, he’s come to realize, often increase the university’s bills, generating new operating expenses for projects that have only tenuous links to the university’s core mission”

and my parents called, my dad said he has Stump Party every weekend, then walked away from the phone (on speaker) 🪵

Pregamed Stump Party by knocking down the squirrel nests from the trees in my yard 🪵🪵

My spouse was supposed to fly to NYC for work tomorrow—but with the incoming blizzard, the next flight option from Minneapolis was Wednesday morning. Taking all my midwestern strength to not say “let’s just drive”

Scholarship that challenges white supremacy, colonialism, or state violence is labeled as divisive. Programs rooted in Indigenous, Latinx, and Black knowledge are consolidated, put under review, or dismantled. The result is not balance—it is containment.

A first-person account of life in hiding.

Reminder: The legal win belongs to the WORKERS of UC, not the administrators.

This community in Minnesota is one of the hardest hit

i always get a little car sick on the campus connector (in good news: it didn’t crash through Acadia!)

Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs. By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social

La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Omg did yall see this incredible ad in the A section of the Star Tribune today?

University administration has been so busy convincing people over the years that “shared governance“ equals information sharing. It doesn’t! It means shared decision making.

for lent, i'm giving up

So many confirmed ICE sightings across the Minneapolis suburbs today (and further out). Keep your buckle on folks, this terrible ride is still going.

just $200 to hit the halfway mark! that’s amazing! thank you to everyone who has shared & contributed — can we get to 50% tonight and help alexis’ awesome mom with her meds, groceries, escrow, etc? 🥰🥰🥰

Confirmed ICE deportation flight coming to MSP, Sun Feb 15, estimated arrival: 12:35 PM Shackled deportees will board the plane at Signature Aviation's facility between Terminal 1 & 2. Observe from Terminal 1 parking ramp - gold 7 is best. Track: adsb.lol?icao=a8b479

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

checked in with alexis about this need for her mom, and we’re at $785! that’s a solid chunk — about 18% of the goal, & we have two weeks to get there! i know we can do this ♥️♥️♥️ could you share and/or chip in $5-$25 to help this community elder meet basic needs, cover this escrow cost & medication?

For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling. Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.

The UMN leadership - ultimately my bosses - has failed this test, as they have failed every test except, perhaps catering to the needs of power. Gift link.

the MMIR march on franklin ave in minneapolis passes by the anishinabe housing development built by the american indian center

My two cats taking in the late winter sun

Doron and Elliott Payne continue to be my go-tos for clear updates about ICE activities north of downtown. Their coverage, including consistent updates about Columbia Heights to Coon Rapids, (outside of their respective district and ward) is a true public service.

Note: Judge Tenheim initially ordered these memos to be filed under seal, meaning the public wouldn't have access to them. Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted. The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday. So, the memos are now public.

We’re still seeing ICE going in and out of the Whipple building. As long as they’re still here working to separate families, we need to make sure people are out patrolling & keeping watch. We don’t accept their behavior happening here or anywhere else which is why all of DHS needs to be dismantled

This comes two weeks after the Council of Europe banned conversion therapy. The right wing and activist press like the nyt have worked hard to promote the false narrative that transphobic policies are sweeping Europe. They were pushing a lie. Europe speaks for itself

The WITCH! We all bring something different to the fight against injustice and ethnic cleansing!

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

statement from minnesota lt gov and US senate candidate peggy flanagan on tom homan’s announcement of the ICE surge ending soon

* Continue to patrol, observe, and support your neighbors with daily tasks. * A recovery package that includes support for small businesses and impacted neighbors who are facing hardship and legal assistance and rental assistance, so our neighbors aren’t displaced. 10/

Is the drawdown in the room with us?

Today at noon, I joined local and state elected officials in Minneapolis to provide a community update on the continued presence and active operations of ICE in the city and the real harm these actions were causing. www.youtube.com/@metroiceout...

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.

"Using local government courthouses for federal civil immigration enforcement interferes with the administration of justice, prevents witnesses from testifying and robs victims of their opportunity to seek justice." Full statement here: www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...

As an academic librarian, I'm deeply concerned that my profession is becoming one focused solely on compliance. And even more concerning, that many of my colleagues seem just fine with this. I'm not naive enough to think this is new, but I feel it EVERY day now and it's getting worse.

Federal agents abducted two people in Uptown, Minneapolis this morning at 6:45am. Boxed in their car in the middle of a major commercial street (Lagoon) and smashed out their window.

This is so, so chilling NC State *fired* an Assistant Director of its LGBTQ Pride Center for saying the university will continue to support LGBTQ students—as it should—even with Trump’s ban on DEI-related activities A conservative activist group secretly recorded the Assistant Director saying it

Sign seen in South Minneapolis. "FUCK ICE" "NEIGHBORHOOD OBSERVATION & RESISTANCE IN FORCE" "IF I DON’T RESIST MY NEIGHBORS WILL" February 2026

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