There are two (2) cats in our living room. Can you find them?

Your council president could never.

Today is 56 Brewing’s anniversary party. I’ll be doing a DJ set from 1-4 PM. Come on down to celebrate and support them on this big day! There’s tons of family friendly activities. 56brewing.com/event/11-yea...

Hey #pluralsky, the seventh annual Plural Positivity World Conference is coming up this June! It’s all virtual, open to everybody, and (in our experience) both empowering and delightful. Tickets are $35, scholarships are available, and your system will thank you ppwc26.heysummit.com #pluralsky

"Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity."

Photography is my passion.

Jon Collins stays winning. We are so lucky to have his reporting.

One thing I will never forget about the occupation is how little professional pride local law enforcement showed. Leaving aside the violence and terror, ICE agents were a clown show of incompetence and sloppiness by any reasonable standard. And local cops stood by and meekly collected overtime.

Speaking of fraud in Minnesota,

“Based on what I’ve learned playing Wordle” this is just NOT COOL 😠 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After a trough of relatively less activity, that is fewer people calling me for help, I'm back up to 10 active habeas cases. I do not want to cause anyone undue alarm, but ICE has changed tactics and seems more likely to detain people when they go in for routine appointments with ICE.

Non twin cities people, you should know that the mayor is renominating someone who publicly stated his force did not witness any ICE misconduct justifying intervention at any point in operation metro surge.

The offices of myself & @jchavezmpls.bsky.social are hosting a community engagement meeting on our ordinance to match commercial pre-eviction notice requirements with the residential requirement of 30 days. Come join us on Monday May 11th from 5:30-7:00 PM at Windom Park Rec Center to learn more.

Tell bad jokes. Dance clumsily. Play your instrument like an animal. Make unintelligible meeping noises. Karate chop anyone & everyone. Be the best Muppet you can be.

Anybody else just miserable with allergies today? My nose just won’t quit running

AWOOOOO

So you agree? You think governments who murder citizens who are peacefully protesting are vicious regimes? Because Minnesotans definitely think so after witnessing the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Friends: Have you ever accidentally chopped off the tip of your finger? I did that yesterday. Left thumb. What advice do you have?

Ok have you heard this bird? Just a magical song. What range 🎶 merlinbirds.org/species/bnhcow

Hope springs eternal. For over 50 years, the May Day Parade has represented the very best of Minneapolis. This year, it felt even more special to be celebrating the resiliency of our community with so many friends and neighbors on this beautiful day.

Started my day today at a community celebration for Waite Park’s Sanctuary Team. They worked tirelessly during operation metro surge to keep students, staff, and the community around Waite Park safe. I’m so grateful for the courage and care they showed for our students when they needed it the most.

It’s #caturday. A lovely day. Here is Debbie watching PBS Nature. She loves the show.

MAY DAY SALE! Get 15% off all art on my Ko-Fi shop with code MAYDAY26 though this Sunday May 3rd! ko-fi.com/pailbn/shop #bsnm #shopsmall #mayday

The progressives on the Minneapolis City Council led the $7 million small business resiliency fund, $1 million immigrant legal assistance, $3.8 in rental assistance and met with a donor who matched $3 million, strengthened our separation ordinance. If being pro-human is FAR LEFT then count me in.

The Claude Delusion

Remind me again - How many times did the police stop ICE violence? How many ICE agents did MPD arrest? How many neighbors did MPD protect?

Today's blue line train comes complete with a tuba.

Great to join the @miracmn.bsky.social march today and present City Council's resolution recognizing May 1st as International Workers Day with @jchavezmpls.bsky.social, @elliottpayne.org, @aurinmpls.bsky.social and Council Member Jamal Osman.

Meanwhile our all-volunteer neighborhood defenders respond within 10 minutes, or faster. Makes you think

We will never stop fighting for the immigrants and workers of our City. Minneapolis will always stand with you!!

What will it take for a single world leader (prime minister, pope, secretary-general, whoever) to say clearly and plainly that the president of the United States is not competent and must immediately be deposed for the sake of humanity?

I would absolutely watch a buddy movie starring these two.

While Mayor Frey travels the country accepting awards on the backs of immigrants, he’s back in Minneapolis vetoing the very policies meant to protect them. 1/ www.startribune.com/frey-again-v...

I don’t understand this but it’s a Northeast opinion so I agree. I’ll fight you if you don’t love Jaden

I just got an email saying that, during Operation Metro Surge, Minnesota “Funders and donors moved resources where they were needed most without hesitation.” I’m curious, Twin Cities friends: Do you know this to be true? That money flowed from nonprofits/philanthropies to where it was needed?

Ever seen someone walk around Minneapolis with one of those "Patient's Belongings" bags? Not be too crude, but imagine HCMC gone. Literally, where will people go?

“Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne said any city partnership with federal law enforcement agencies should be closely scrutinized in light of the agencies’ actions in Minnesota this winter.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Reminder that Frey was posting grinning pics with congressional leaders in DC a week after Alex Pretti was murdered. This is not the face of a man concerned with his dead constituents, it's a guy ecstatic to have any reason to be there. All he wants is to be in their club.

Pilot program to create misery producing truly promising results.

We must keep HCMC (Hennepin Healthcare) open! Today, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill to provide direct funding to HCMC to offset the huge funding cut caused by Trump’s budget bill. I’m committed to strengthening HCMC and mitigating Trump’s disastrous cuts.

the biggest gift of witnessing Minnesotan resistance is the spark of hope you get from the moments that feel like something new another world is possible and we are making it we are tired but we will take turns our hearts grow when we feel collective care we see the possibilities in each other

This is an important effort to preserve our collective memory of this moment, to capture something that's already fading away, so we can point to it and show what they did and what we did about it. I see these memorial signs around my neighborhood, and they crush me every time z.umn.edu/HereandGone

Serviceberry blossoms and blue sky. 29 April 2026. Minneapolis, MN.

“I could see what was going on at the door. I also saw a lot of very strong, physically strong, really attractive law enforcement people come through those doors. And frankly, it made me feel very safe. Very, very safe.” 🫠

Federal and state agents have left the daycare on 13th Ave S. and 28th in Minneapolis. About two dozen carried boxes out of the building, loaded them up and drove away with minimal heckling by a couple vocal observers. Uniforms included BCA, lots of FBI and Homeland Security Investigations.

crying in the club* * at my desk in the attic while I frantically write a second habeas petition for a client I got released once already two months ago who was detained by ICE this morning

The primary function of the federal government seems to be harming children at every possible opportunity

“I see a couch. A leather one. A bottle of astroglide. Next to it, a quarter-full bottle of Jameson. There’s a man doubled over. A naked man. He won’t stop crying.”

They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.

Quick question apropos of nothing: how much does every Minneapolis resident pay toward MPD misconduct settlements every year?