Photo of the tow truck that hooked onto the illegally parked HSI vehicle. The HSI agent ran up to the tow, tripped on the chain, and then was scolded. It was a win for the people of Minneapolis today.

Cam's article here includes a link to the file where the city supposedly uploaded all written public comments--there were only 80 of them?--on the Pause Evictions measure. Eighty seemed low to me. I went looking for the comment my fam submitted *through the form* Sunday night & it's not there

#OnThisDay Mar 11 1893: Wanda Gág is born in New Ulm, Minnesota. After graduating from the Minneapolis School of Art, she writes the classic "Millions of Cats" in 1928, the prototype for all modern children's literature. Today it remains the oldest American picture book still in print.

for some idiotic reason I thought this motherfucker — after these four months of wanton violence, surveillance, terror, and trauma — might finally find his soul. I’m a fool

Thank you to our Minneapolis state legislative delegation for urging Mayor Frey to support a pause on evictions. Our city faces a housing and addiction emergency worsened by Operation Metro Surge. A 60-day pre-eviction notice and rental assistance can help keep people housed and save lives.

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

As of this moment, it is *not* too late to call our showboating lightweight mayor & yell at him about the need to Pause Evictions, Save Lives. He’s getting an earful from landlords today so it’s crucial that he hears from every last one of us. Tell him NOT TO VETO this crucial measure: 673-2100

Loafing on #felinefriday

This is all I got

We need your help bringing two pregnant women back home from ICE detention! Their loved ones and community are asking for financial assistance to support the family during these difficult times. givebutter.com/bring-pregna...

ICE was still riding around dangerously at 1 AM last night. That’s why we can’t rest until every single one of them is gone

I'm sorry, what?

If you were at work today and you got a phone call from your wife that France just blew up your kid's school, your lifelong opinion of France is probably not going to be anything other than "Death to France"

“The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war.” You first, scumbag

If you are younger than 83, you have never seen the US drop a single bomb as a formally declared act of war according to its constitution.

donald trump said in a video posted he expects there to be american casualties, which to me implies we’re doing boots on the ground endless occupation in iran

I hate these motherfuckers with every cell of my being. Also, someone was abducted in my neighborhood this morning.

It’s time to pass Pause Evictions, Save Lives in Minneapolis. Currently, renters receive a 30-day notice prior to a landlord filing an eviction. This ordinance would temporarily expand this timeline to 60 days through August 30, 2026. The first vote is at Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. 1/

“What I really want is for the government to be held to account and to be forced to explain why they don’t think they have to abide by court orders. As a private practitioner … I would be destroyed by a federal judge if I just disregarded an order.” TY @danielsuitor.com

rep angie craig, running for US senate, spoke to UMN student dems in last night and finally had to address her vote in favor of the laken riley act! she was asked if she regretted it, or if her opinion had changed, and she said NO even after all the terror ICE brought to MN!

😩

Ghouls

T or F: Pete Stauber is officially the biggest piece of shit in MN’s congressional delegation

“As far as I can tell, it’s the practice of ICE to throw everybody’s documents into a black box and then lose it.” Immigrants in Minnesota have been released from detention centers without work permits, Social Security cards, licenses, and other documents that prove their status.

Mpls friends: After 2020—particularly George Floyd’s murder and the uprising—did your family, friends, and acquaintances in other states find you annoyingly angry, jaded, strident, jumpy, basically unfit for normal social interaction? Wait til they get a load of 2026 you! 💖

“I was confused about what the violation was, because I knew I hadn’t violated anything. I kept asking them what I violated, because I was worried they might have confused me with someone else, but they refused to tell me, and it turns out there was no violation—they were just lying.”

Counterpoint: No. ICE doesn’t need reform. Abolition and prosecution is the bare minimum.

“That […] is terrifying. But if we mean what we say about solidarity, what choice is there? If every abducted child is our own, if every person they want to make disappear is someone Minneapolis cannot and will not live without, the decisions on how we must respond have already been made.” So good

And of the small percentage (23%) who DID have “criminal” charges, the vast majority were *traffic violations.* Just plain old ethnic cleansing

“Forty-six percent of Americans were on the record in a recent poll saying they supported abolishing ICE. Like if you can’t seize the public momentum for the reaction to this, then we need better politicians who can, because I think there is a tremendous desire to see something different.”

My spouse and I are paying $2000/month for healthcare coverage now. For us and our 24-year-old son. Two thousand fucking dollars

I’ve talked with two different people who’ve experienced this (and are aware of it)

I don’t like it when I get that placenta in my glass of kombucha 😢

Yeah, I’m all for cool events in Minneapolis — we’re gonna need to be smart about reigniting economic activity — but we’ve already blown the ANNUAL police OT budget so the corporate community that turned turtle during the invasion better foot the bill. We need this to benefit real victims.

While Walz, Klobuchar, Frey & their ilk steal Minnesota valor on TV, our City Council members are still out in the streets, protecting our neighbors ❤️‍🔥

ICE is still very active in my neighborhood this morning. They just grabbed someone nearby. Don't believe the propaganda.

Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.

Trash into treasure

How many of Liam’s schoolmates are still in detention? Where are our neighbors?

Another is what happens with everyone still at Whipple?

I don’t believe anything they say, is the thing

Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade

“They could not find an interrogation room for me, because people kept saying, ‘There’s already a body in that one. There’s already a body in that one.’ And again, I think human beings are not born calling each other bodies, so you have to ask, how did we get that way?”

“At the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis … activists told The Associated Press they had seen agents leaving in vehicles with stuffed animals on their dashboards or Mexican flag decals on their bumpers. Pickups with lumber or tools in their beds were also frequently spotted.”

me too, just gonna sit down and enjoy the game with a big bowl of my favorite ferments. love those ferments!

HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today. Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

fuck them

ACAB for Cutie

look this is just a whole branding problem, what if we just called them roundabouts? filter blockades: scary, bad, confusing, american roundabouts: less threatening, already exist in places here, vaguely british