A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Also make a plan for how to help out on Election Day: be a poll watcher, worker, drive folks to the polls, canvass, register high school kids in advance of their 18th birthdays etc

I cannot over-emphasize how important it will be for people to make a plan to vote early in-person this year.

I’m thinking about order this morning wrt the ICE occupation & the people’s response to it. Because the power brokers expect order through control & obedience to a set of rules they impose. Except the people of Minnesota, while acting very orderly, have managed to subvert the coercive control.

I want to thank all our neighbors who continue to support our communities. I see you. You’re still helping deliver groceries, you’re offering rides, mutual aid, rent assistance, helping people on your block with daily tasks, and you continue to observe the illegal actions committed by ICE. 1/

A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.

Could this possibly be because every single person I know is either donating to rent funds or actively running one?? Is she truly unaware of the Herculean efforts being made to pay these landlords?

Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began. Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.

The moral sustenance bit is so key! We have love, truth, compassion, and working towards a better future with our neighbors on our side! What sustenance does ICE have? The nebulous idea of a "homeland," fear, and a grasping desire for power?

They just blindly shot through the fucking door. "Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."

I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...

they shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti and 1 out of every 10 Twin Cities residents volunteered to take their place

Reminder: in the first month of this year ice murdered 9 people in cold blood that we know about. Renee good Alex pretti Keith Porter Jr Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres Geraldo Lunas Campos Víctor Manuel Díaz Parady La Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz Heber Sánchez Domínguez

The Trump administration says it's reviewing thousands of cases to look for potential fraud. A judge ordered a temporary pause, saying refugees cannot be arrested "without warrants or cause." n.pr/4kbGpdT

My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis. This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg

Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"

ICE claims a man shattered bones in his face and skull — gave himself a traumatic brain injury — by running into a wall. Hennepin County Medical Center staff say that's not possible. apnews.com/article/immi...

A great way to support my neighborhood's vulnerable families today. Thank you! gofund.me/5b2ec951c

statement from jamael lundy, SD65 senate candidate, after he was arrested by federal agents for being part of the protest at a st. paul church that is led by an ICE agent don lemon and georgia fort were arrested the same day for covering it

In case you missed Josh Martin and I previewing the upcoming caucus season. Caucus night is February 3. youtu.be/13V8FOiq_9g?...

In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”

Is this a Win? Yes, but also No. Tl;dr: The best thing you can do is keep calling your Senators every single day and demanding that they vote against DHS funding bills, unless the funding bill includes significant cuts to the ICE budget + adds real oversight, not just the rules already in place.

“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.

Can someone describe to me why @governorwalz.mn.gov hasn't declared a peacetime emergency in order to, among other things, allow for an eviction moratorium? That's not rhetorical - I legitimately can't imagine the good-faith argument against doing this, especially given his other statements.

@governorwalz.mn.gov, I’m thrilled to read via fundraising text that you’ll never stop defending Minnesotans. I agree: your constituents are meeting this moment. We need you to defend us. Come Feb 1st, you can keep vulnerable families in their homes by enacting a statewide eviction moratorium NOW.

February 1, 2026, is almost near and so many of our neighbors are behind on rent. We are asking the community to call Governor Walz and ask him for a statewide eviction moratorium. You can leave a voicemail here: 651-201-3400‬. Jason Chavez 2/

please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota. people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

How long will Americans accept the disregard, cruelty and harm? To friends & colleagues on the front lines at HCMC, your expertise, knowledge and skill are valued, you are appreciated and you are loved. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Beautiful!

All my best wishes to the people of Maine as they go through what Minnesota is also experiencing.

Before closing yesterday’s service at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis, @pedalingpastor.bsky.social read from Ephesians 6, but with an updated paraphrase: wordandway.org/2026/01/26/a...

ICE on our streets puts us all in danger. We should not have to fear for our safety because federal agents are terrorizing our communities.

I’m furious that Mayor Frey chose to NOT SIGN a unanimous resolution from the City Council to urge Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium. Receipt: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Met... Please, I’m begging you, join me in calling on @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium now.

It’s a privilege to represent an ~80% renter community. The most vulnerable of my constituents, along with vulnerable renters across the Southside and Minneapolis, are at risk of losing their homes come the 1st when rent is due. We need @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium NOW.

The helicopter noise is costing me what little is left of my sanity

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

I've been lighting a candle in my front window every evening since Renee was murdered, and tonight I lit a second candle for Alex. When will this end?

In the past I have rolled my eyes internally at the phrase "we keep us safe" - but that's literally all we have right now as the federal govt executes our neighbors in public, on video, and lies about it. Local and state government appearing powerless to do anything about it.

Our recommendation for this evening. Community is everything. ICE OUT NOW!

As predicted, the federal administration reacted to the historic march on January 23rd in Minneapolis with a retaliatory murder on a constitutional observer. Alex Petti was assaulted and shot by ICE agents as an attempt to cow us into submission. We will not be broken. Justice for all stolen lives.

For anyone who thinks they're safe: ICE is murdering 30something white guys named "Alex." They'll murder you too if they get the chance. That's why everyone needs to give everything they have to stopping this occupation.

ICE executed an ICU nurse who cared for veterans.

Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district. I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them. ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.

TWIN CITIES FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START: I put together a big list of resources. Do you want to deliver groceries? do people's laundry? work in community defense? I want to help you get connected! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h...

once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street

Yesterday, 50,000 Minnesotans peacefully protested to stop the terror being inflicted on our community. Today, ICE shot and likely killed another constitutional observer on the street. I can’t say this clearly enough: Congress has to stop this. The government is killing us. Congress has to act.

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

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Farm workers with Minnesota. Solidarity with the general strike! Campesinos con Minnesota. ¡Viva la huelga!