Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.

They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Note: Minnesota is full of great writers who need work. Stop putting your dudes on planes and start hiring local writers. I've now connected two folks. I can find you more. *I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.

ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings

This is the most detailed and comprehensive account of the Minneapolis shooting I've seen, and as with past videos, it does more to discredit the government's account than to support it www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

It’s crazy how it’s suddenly “wow we live in a police state” when it happens to white people

The New York Times combines all the videos of Renee Good's murder, which show that she did not hit ICE agent Ross. She tried to leave. He murdered her in cold blood. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights. The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday. It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

Virginia's legislative session only started yesterday, and it was a very big day. The House already passed four constitutional amendments on Day 1: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. Next: Senate.

Watch Virginia tomorrow. A lot of this will go through. Big day ahead.

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Minneapolis groups call for ‘general strike’. "...several local unions—including Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28—have lent their support to the strike." www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...

80 co-sponsors on resolution impeaching Noem on three articles: obstruction of Congress, 'violation of public trust' (ICE crimes), and self-dealing corruption. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

When members of the American Historical Association gathered for their annual conference, the majority voted in favor of two resolutions denouncing the destruction of education infrastructure in Gaza and attacks on education in the U.S. The association’s leadership vetoed both resolutions.

The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org

This shouldn't require saying, but we highlight polls at a time like this because 1) it's heartening to see the American people rejecting fascism, which inspires more to join; and 2) because Ds are under pressure from certain quarters NOT to engage, so we need to let them know what the people want.

1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources Since then - No other news org has confirmed the story - No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced

A homicide in a camp where members of politically disfavored ethnic groups are concentrated.

Goodbye, academic freedom. The newly selected dean of the University of Arkansas law school had her offer rescinded after conservative state legislators learned that she had signed onto "friend of the court" briefs challenging bans on trans athletes in sports. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Want to know more about the legality of Trump’s threat to deploy the U.S. military in Minnesota? I spoke with David Cochrane on Power & Politics. @davidwcochrane.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

At least 3 things to untangle here: 1. feds don’t have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. not a thing. 2. feds do have qualified immunity from civil suits for constitutional violations 3. 2 is bad but rarely comes up b/c no fed statute authorizes such suits anyway + SCOTUS hates them

Horrible violence against a protester in California: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Elizer Darris, Co-Executive Director of the MN Freedom Fund shared this message during a press conference at the government center.

Minnesota lawyers: this doc is intended to serve as a living, iterated-on clearinghouse for volunteer opportunities. It's very much a work in progress, but I'll be updating it as resources develop. Everyone has something to contribute regardless of practice area or experience. Let's get to work.

Credit where credit is due: I agree with Mike Johnson that "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" (serve as the regime's paramilitary arm tasked with escalating the political conflict by violently occupying liberal-leaning urban centers and treating the local population as the "enemy within")

Clinical faculty advocate on behalf of their clients and causes. To penalize someone for their legal expertise undermines the entire point of academia (a feature, not a bug, for some people these days).

Practical question--what does one do in this situation? You've accepted a deanship, so you've likely already resigned from your current institution...

The great @usefulnoise.bsky.social made a request that we all write something about what life in Minnesota is like for folks who live elsewhere or might be outside our normal neighbothis-Bluesky footprint. So I went to cursed Facebook and wrote this. Maybe it will help you share your own thoughts.

University of Arkansas School of Law hires than fires new dean because she signed an amicus brief about trans rights. Incredibly egregious attack on academic freedom, rule of law and legal profession. @americanbar.org legal council needs to investigate immediately. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.

I guess one clarifying aspect of the regime's occupation of Minneapolis is that *no one* is coming to save us. No elected officials will protect you against the lawless thugs marauding around your streets. They won't even pretend to offer help. They will hold indignant press conferences though.

AND New Hampshire was one of the first states to pass a discriminatory censorship law (aka "divisive concept") designed to prohibit students from learning about racism. Always part of a neo-segregationist project.

I know this won’t get a lot of attention beyond “well it’s New Hampshire, what did you expect” but I want you all to know there are a lot of kids and families of color here and we all deserve better than this kind of garbage representation

*tap tap* Trump DOJ hates affirmative action for the same reason it hates education, free elections and civil rights. democracy depends on it.

Dear University Presidents: ICE poses an existential treat to free expression on your campus.

fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war

Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

Minnesotans are standing up against this federal lawlessness. Please stand with us. Call your U.S. elected officials and tell them to stop DHS's lawlessness & disruption. They are here now but they could head toward your family next. bsky.app/profile/atru...

abolish ICE will be the litmus test that sends sitting many Dems home come primary season. bsky.app/profile/jona...

all the feeds of ICE terrorizing #MN and all I see is the direct line to Columbia sicing NYPD on their own students while Schumer and Jeffries cheered it on.

The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.

Father of the 6-month-old being taken to the hospital because of flashbang ICE threw at his car. From Instagram.

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

Hey, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov: I'm not a senator, but if ICE thugs were rampaging through the major city in my state, I might try to impede Senate business as usual and try to bring everything to a halt until I could get answers or force some votes. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Here’s what Lindsey Burke, a top Trump administration official and Project 2025 author, told us about funding cuts, students with disabilities, and more.

ICE's killing and brutality is breaking through big time with disengaged voters. Joe Rogan just harshly criticized ICE as "Gestapo." And new data I've obtained finds very high percentages of young and working class have seen video of Minneapolis shooting. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2052...

Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.

Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it. “I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”