It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.

The lack of training IS THE POINT. The recruitment of disillusioned white men IS THE POINT. The brutality and racial profiling and disregard IS THE POINT. Pete, and Amy, and so many others are acting as if ICE has just gotten out of hand, like a rowdy child, as if this wasn’t THE ENTIRE POINT.

Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

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If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement… You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.

Even accepting the right’s most charitable version of why ICE killed a woman, which is still legally, morally, and factually incomplete, why hasn’t anyone explained why medical care was prevented? And if there’s nothing to hide, why is the FBI blocking MN from investigating?

Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."

i do not need to see a perfect world within my lifetime, but i do need to see stephen miller get perpwalked

Let's be serious for a moment: the problem with "defund the police" wasn't that it was a shit slogan. It was because the slogan was deployed in a context of omnipresent white supremacy, and sought to target one of its most effective tools: the police. And it did so through targeting its resources.

Minneapolis Public Schools will be closed tomorrow and Friday. 30,000 kids will have to miss two days of school because the federal government has made it too dangerous.

I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.

School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.

Mike Johnson is so completely full of shit.

I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

It is OK to put down your phone You have seen the horror You will not be able to do anything about it until you put your phone down Put your phone down. Close your eyes. Say a prayer to whatever divine power you believe in, even if it’s just yourself Don’t stop until you feel stillness Then:

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

This kind of horror is not unique to ICE or any singular agency. Police violence is a widespread, systemic problem in the U.S. No police force of any other wealthy country kills civilians at a rate that even comes close to American police:

She was so obviously no threat and they shot and killed her. How do we stop this?

Murder. That is the word for what has happened.

Everyone looking at Tina Smith like, "Hey...huge ask but...uh..."

A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:

The corruption in the Epstein files. The testimony of Jack Smith. Murder on the open seas. The five-year anniversary of January 6. THEY’RE STILL HERE Though they want us to forget.

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

DID HE JUST SAY THE OIL WILL PAY FOR THE OCCUPATION

It’s almost like Congress doesn’t want the power we gave them when they were elected.

We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions

It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.

THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.

as a texan i'll spare people zohran takes but one thing i think we're going to see even more of now that he's mayor is mainstream media shift the goal posts of what having a mandate is. trump had a mandate when he narrowly won but zohran has to reach out to all these factions no matter what

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.

Timeline cleanse

"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."

I’ve said it before and I’ll said it again: Gender-affirming care is healthcare, period. It is evidence-based, backed by the American Medical Association, and helps trans individuals live their lives with the dignity we all deserve. Gender-affirming care saves lives.

Day 23 of Things I Don't Usually Draw: hard lines... But I do have a plethora of them and this is one hill I'll die screaming on.

Turns out the 1st Amendment doesn't work when regime allied oligarchs purchase the media and censor unfavorable content willingly.

"As you know, our little convent has been plagued in recent months by the 'Maria problem.' I must say, in all my years serving the Lord, this is the greatest challenge I have ever faced. It is like trying to hold a moonbeam in your hand."

the vice president is a klansman

Gift link 🎁 (some racy love letters in the article too) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...

Welcome to the what happens when media consolidation meets resource hoarding meets the capitalist necessity for authoritarianism.

This is my Christmas gift to my homeless neighbors, to the volunteers who get great joy from helping them…and, yes, to myself. Merry Christmas to all! 🧵 9 of 9

Whether it’s Pete Buttigieg learning to speak eight languages or Donald Trump successfully identifying a giraffe, there’s plenty of intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.

I have a prompt for these people: "what is self awareness?"