AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no

Another ruling just yesterday in Minnesota: A federal judge calls it "particularly craven" that ICE transfered "a nursing refugee mother" out of state. Ta Eh Doh Lah was admitted as a refugee from Myanmar in 2024, has no criminal history and a 5-month-old. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.

Yup. Dubya gets so many passes because he is friendly with the Obamas. But his administration built the PATRIOT Act, created DHS, TSA, and ICE. My brain hurts when I think about Ye going from "George Bush doesn't care about Black people" on live TV to ...whatever he currently is.

I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.

Feeling this in my bones Can't go outside, just gotta sing it out youtu.be/aJd5EMB9im0?...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

I wonder how many Twin Cities veterans had Alex Pretti as a nurse

I just want to point out that Alex Pretti became a registered nurse in early 2021 -- the height of death from Covid. And he chose the ICU, the sickest patients, in Veterans Affairs.

Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is who the Whittier neighborhood in Minneapolis is named for

The video of Alex Pretti reading an ode to a veteran who passed away in the ICU, and then wheeling the deceased vet out Is more honor and dignity than certain electeds have ever given to our nation's servicemembers. www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.

Some people are just built different #RIP

Van Hollen for Sen Leader

Copies of these should be put up immediately on state/city property with this added: “The enslaved people memorialized here mean more to us than the president who tried to erase them. It is our patriotic duty to read every word on these signs.”

Budgets reflect policy priorities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Searing, justified.

They did this to a white male veteran abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...

Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs. It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"

ICE has detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis, despite a judge ordering the baby’s release.

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

If you're wondering if it's worth it to brave the cold to see the Anselm Kiefer exhibit at SLAM, that's a resounding yes! The scale & detail are filled w/ longing and some of the best depictions of light. Thanks to STL peeps (skeeps?🤔) on here who recommended going before it closes this Sunday!

WHO removing Us Flag

Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...

Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

down with tiktok, long live text based microblogging for aging millennials

Yesterday I got to sit down (well, stand in a crowd) with Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington who made headlines last year for her sermon asking Trump to "have mercy" on migrants. A year later, she's in Minneapolis, preaching the same message. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/o...

@perrybaconjr.bsky.social on Spanberger's first days in office is so good and important newrepublic.com/article/2054...

Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike. You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.

Some history of this song. It got famous featured in O Brother Where Art Thou, included because Allison Krauss knew it as "Down to the Valley to Pray" having learned it from Doc Watson. But it is much older...

Love all of this - if you give people, especially young ppl, a voice in decision-making, this is how a lot of folks learn best. No doubt that the students will remember this class long after graduation. Reqs a lot of letting go and prep by the prof, but so meaningful!

The discussion process was amazing. It created some of the best and most engaged conversations in class I've had. My theory is that I *staked* the conversation - I made it important, and put my money where my mouth was by giving them real power, and real consequences.

nine years old

As clergy pray, arrests begin

So ChongLy Thao, the man who was dragged by ICE out of his St. Paul home in his underwear, Is the son of nurse Chua Thao, who treated 1000s of civilians + US soldiers while heading Samthong + Bamson hospitals. She died Dec 26, they're STILL MOURNING 🤬🤬🤬 www.gofundme.com/f/support-ch...

Cambridge/Somerville pals: the Union Square community pantry was bare this morning. I brought over a couple bags of groceries, but neighbors could use your help. If you are near Union Square, please consider giving something: a box of cereal, a bag of oranges, a can of soup. (behind the CrossFit)

sometimes self-care includes being oblivious

people have a lot of negative things to say about philanthropy, but i really have to lift up how, through the power of organizing, we have reshaped how foundations work in the twin cities. we’ve gotten good people in positions of power and they are actually meeting the moment and moving fast.

“There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip to the intensive care unit, and the hospital staffers — from Latin America, Somalia, Myanmar and elsewhere — too scared to come to work. ‘Our places of healing are under siege.’”

AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed? CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed

Awful.

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

Food crimes against humanity

I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California. This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.