Spoke too soon on this. It started dripping again last night. A repair person will be called today.

“and me? i never even opened my eyes!”

A little morning bird watching

Took a little accidental nap, oops. Anyway we are past the 2/3 mark at $1350/1800 to keep these neighbors house and safe from ICE goons, let's run it up the rest of the way tonight! paypal.me/ccabb or Venmo Caz-A

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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Have a kitty. This sweet girl is Elsa. She’s available for adoption in Minnesota through Pause for Paws. You can learn more about her here: www.petfinder.com/cat/elsa-41a...

Vacuuming the condenser coils and unplugging the fridge for a few hours seems to have done the trick here.

A parent at my kids’ school was abducted a few hours ago. Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔): gofund.me/20a5b26ab

Only $1700 more to help keep seven St. Paul families in their homes. This needs to be filled by tomorrow so their kids can be safe inside for another month. Let's get them there!

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

My sweetheart cat, Zatanna, has been dx’d with a poorly differentiated cancer that is going to need radiation therapy to treat. The problem? It’s $12000, which is effectively our entire savings. If you’re feeling generous, my venmo is bbwolfe. Please tag donations with a cute cat emoji! Thank you!!

i urgently need a lawyer/group of lawyers who can write up a risk assessment for people of various citizenship/visa/asylum statuses to get on a plane home to minnesota from detention

Have a Homer

For everyone’s sake it’s best that I don’t.

Have a kitty. This beautiful girl is Empanada. She’s available for adoption in Minnesota through The Rescue Crew. You can learn more about her here: www.rescuecrew.org/adoptable-cats

Alright folks, I’m back on my barnraising bullshit with @ziibiing.com and Stand With Minnesota. 🌻 There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600. V: colocha_rachel $: ColochaRachel Please chip in or share as you can.

I have yet to do one of these personally. A friend has been helping neighbors for two months now and has run out of funds for their neighbors and themselves. I know everyone is stretched thin, but it you can help at all I'd appreciate it. They are kind to a fault. gofund.me/74c9bc508

Adventures in home ownership: last week I noticed water was dripping from my freezer into my fridge. I cleaned it up and started watching. This week it dripped more. I did what any resourceful single girl does in this situation and called my dad.

💸 Mutual aid request! An amazing Latina organizer in my neighborhood needs $1800 tuition for her Autistic child’s school tuition by Monday. Husband & I can contribute $600, hoping to raise the other $1200 by end of day tomorrow. If you can help, Venmo @chudgar with “tuition” 🙏 venmo.com/chudgar

my colleagues at @racketmn.com are raising funds for a local mom who needs help with rent. the total is $4,785—we’re trying to raise $4,000 as a four-person newsroom. i believe racket readers can do it this weekend!!! V: @em-cassel PP: @biketrouble please share widely and donate if you can! 💗✨

Just a big fluffy baby

Happy early birthday to me?

Homer was very brave at his claw trim today and was given a Churu for only being a little bit hissy

DID YOU KNOW? If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home! They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!

Twin Cities friends: do you know of any mutual aid organizations collecting kids’ books, toys, puzzles, etc for families who are sheltering right now?

Working in coordination with standwithminnesota.com, I’m raising rent funds for Minneapolis immigrant families in need. We now have a $5000 match offer (!) and are going to help as many families as we can to stay housed today. V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Thank you so much! 🌷

Below: the face of a cat who thinks we can keep another family housed today. This family needs $1000. We overshot the mark slightly on the last one so we are already at $75. Venmo nkkritzer, and I will send the money to the family once it's raised.

I am now raising rent funds for another Minneapolis family who has been impacted by ICE. For this family, the remaining need is $775. Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please help and share! Thank you 💖

hi! i am working with @ziibiing.com today to raise rent funds to help a family keep their housing. this is an urgent need! you may send to my venmo or to the salon’s, which i manage directly. Need: $1718 V: allisonannecollage V: jamesirving $: jamesirvinghair Memo: 🏠 cat tax for morale ♥️♥️♥️

I know Maricruz. This was hard for her to ask for help. I know we’re all hemorrhaging money but hopefully some rich person sees this and can contribute. She’s not asking for much. 💜 Time to help the helpers. gofund.me/8b3cdcba3

‼️CALL FOR MUTUAL AID IN MPLS! My friend is a Nurse at the Cancer Center at HCMC and they need donations. If you have any of these items laying around, please DM me and we can coordinate a pick up/drop off this weekend, or if you want to send me a Venmo, I’m going to go to the store on Saturday! 💞

Have a kitty. This big handsome guy is Goldie. He’s available for adoption in Minnesota through Kitty Revolution. You can learn more about him here: new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...

Less than $500 to go to pay this rent!

If you want to donate to us, please donate to the heat fund instead right now, it is getting dangerously and critically low Venmo electric-tumbleweed ❤️

Okay, I've matched $225 already! Donations have gone to Unidos, the daily gofundme, Sanctuary Supply Depot, and Afghan Cultural Society. How about some food support and pet support?

🚨AWOOOOOOOOOOO🚨

I said we were done asking for rent money. But today I heard the horrifying fact that there are zero family shelter beds in the entire state of Minnesota. So we are going to try something new. We are going to do peer to peer funding. You take on urgent‼️ funding for one family. You send to them.

Have some kitties. This is Neville (gray tuxedo) and Rumi (floof). These two best friends are available for adoption in Minnesota through Bond Between. You can learn more about them here: www.thebondbetween.org/cats-for-ado...

"In Minneapolis, for every story detailing the fallout of the federal crackdown, there are as many stories of people like Bri. Neighbors are putting their trust in total strangers. Moms are helping children who are not their own, who they’ve never met. "

There's a link to a GoFundMe in that piece: www.gofundme.com/f/help-singl...

The other night I was at Alex Pretti’s memorial. Among the many people handing out treats and snacks were Somali women sharing sambusas and tea. At a nearby table there was a bag of salted nut roll for people to take. All of this is the real Minnesota

Have a Homer

Yeah, I’m sure that will go over well with the aging rural population.

Sadly, I have a personal ask: ICE kidnapped a staffer who works at my grandson’s daycare this weekend along with two other family members. Can you help the extended families with legal costs & famity support? It would mean a lot to me. I’m just sick about this. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home. www.kare11.com/article/news...

@kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social @repangiecraig.bsky.social @ilhanmn.bsky.social @mccollum.house.gov @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov would love to see all of you regularly making unnannounced visits here in MN now that they can't deny access.

My friend who matched your donations to the Immigrant Law Center (you gave 4x the match!) IS BACK to match *$5,000* Bluesky gives to DHH’s food drive. (DHH is an anchor for south Minneapolis food relief.) Link here: www.dhhmn.com/operations. Reply or DM with receipts; black out identifying info.

Lilly is still available!