Working to independently confirm this if we can. Broadview mayor Katrina Thompson told us she hadn’t been informed of the plans. ICE, CBP and DHS officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.

Protesters yell at one agent with an American flag mask and sleeves “Nazi” as they push demonstrators off the sidewalk in front of the driveway. “Proud of it,” the agent replied.

Powderhorn Porchfest was a success with @omarfatehmn.com. Photo credit: @taylordahlin.com.

my leg accidentally nudged another guy’s at this bar and he moved his leg away entirely, and then HE said sorry to ME. huge mistake. i’ve decided to slowly annex his barstool

Please send us a text if you believe you have further evidence of this specific agent assaulting folks (not just yesterday, but any time over last few weeks) 📱

This is so incredibly good But also I do need *need* to eat some Arby's today so to that end, fuck you Niko Stratis, you got me good

I love that people are running all over the neighborhood for the LOLA art crawl - but please don’t park in bike lanes you guys, come on. It makes it so much more unsafe for everyone enjoying the crawl not in a car.

you spend 11 years and 365 days living as a boy. after all, that's what you are - everyone says so! with the various problems during childhood, that's the one thing they agree on the whole way through. then, you wake up, age 12. and there they are, just outside the window. you wonder if you knew

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Against the horrible edifice of ecocidal white supremacist cisheteropatriarchy, ableism and eugenics, capitalism and settlers colonialism, Trans folk of all kinds need to build community, solidarity, and struggle together with everyone who is targeted by these systems, towards liberatory futures

We're calling it a night. People continue to peel off. A protester tells us there were six of them total taken, at least one with a head injury. We heard about but can't verify other reports of injuries at this time. Expect some kind of update in the morning.

The feds keep emerging from the lot and then retreating. In this instance it was to protect another group of agents arriving. (After this, as the gate closes, they fire off another round of pepper balls at people just because)

For folks asking, Pastor (Reverend? Sorry, we keep messing this one up, lol) Black is okay. He's still OTG right now, checking on others in the dark, after taking multiple volleys of pepper balls to the face and being repeatedly brutalized by ICE:

State Senator Graciela Guzman is out here in front of the facility demanding the release of two of her constituents (who are U.S. citizens), asking to speak with federal agents. No response from them so far. Shes putting on a respirator.

there’s no real point to “dems suck” posts anymore once they hit the point of voting for charlie kirk remembrance day. That’s the end of the game and now you start over with new game plus and everything unlocked. It’s 2007 and you’re about to tell politico Hillary Clinton had slaves

Do something good for yourself. Whatever thing that’d make you even momentarily happy, just savor it. Bring some joy to this fucker of a year.

It would be funny as hell if Starbucks sued But they only use their expensive corporate lawyers for union busting

I’m sorry, his first ideas WERE WHAT!?!

Hey Friends, this week in Minneapolis there were two shootings at homeless encampments, making it even harder for our neighbors. Sanctuary Supply Depot is raising money to help bring a little more comfort and care. If you have a few dollars to spare (they're only trying for $300!), info below:

NENOOKAASI V. FREY update The City is trying to get the case thrown out via a motion for summary judgment. This is the final hurdle: if we win this argument, we go to trial. Related docs found here linktr.ee/campnenookaasi

Richard Carlbom, Chair of the MN DFL, has finally responded to us about the transphobia at last week's Feminist Caucus meeting. It's fair for me to be kinda pissed off about this kind of response, right?

Suburbanites should have always been down with the message that every border implies the violence of its maintenance 😌

"they want transgender for everyone" will never not be funny to me

Like, forty years ago, when I was born, we'd just then identified HIV as the virus that causes AIDS. Now, at 39, I can prick my fingers and know in under a minute if I have it. Can we just pause for a minute and think about how marvelous that is???

Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.

richard carlbom started off his tenure as MN DFL chair by going to cedar riverside, telling the DFL somali caucus how important their votes are to winning statewide next yer and saying "let's do this every month." i haven't seen any evidence he's been back. this isn't a surprising development

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

This is an extremely bad look, @dfl.org. The transphobia is obvious and rampant and you will push every trans person out of your organization if you do not handle conduct complaints in a timely and orderly manner.

It is also worth noting that the people to whom the conduct committee *has* responded are cis and white. Myself and another non-binary person (who is Black) have not seen a response despite both of us submitting our complaints much earlier.

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Jason is one of Minneapolis's greatest neighbors. They are considerate, generous, a fantastic listener, and a stalwart defender of the little guy. If you've got any extra cash please help out our pal.

*takes off reporter hat* My good friend Jason Garcia @jasoncomix.bsky.social has been in the hospital since Sept. 2. They asked me to help set up a GoFundMe to assist in their hospitalization and after-care costs. Here it is:

aurin chowdhury says “if we’re going to get a new mayor, we can’t have a slogan that centers the old one,” referring to ‘don’t rank frey.’ asks that we start naming omar fateh, dewayne davis & jazz hampton instead to increase their name recognition. @aurinmpls.bsky.social would not say mayor’s name

because we need to move past “don’t rank frey” and 2021 messaging, artist brain____________________heart has designed these posters that name dewayne davis, omar fateh, and jazz hampton in various ranking combinations! they are available here for download drive.google.com/drive/mobile...

Remember: You can print any of these at the library & put them in your window—even if you're a renter

On people not worrying enough: I don't think many of them are likely to see this post. Probably, if you're following me, you're worrying the right amount or too much. I am still enjoying my life, I'm still sleeping and eating well, I'm still playing Silksong and getting drinks with friends.

I will say this about being thrown under the bus: the view fucking sucks, but at least you get a good look at how the machinery works.

Genuinely the funniest thing anyone has ever said to me on Bluesky

They're also attempting to increase involuntary commitment of people with mental illness while defining all trans people as mentally ill. And, they're attempting to make it impossible for us to be stealth with a passport that won't out us as trans.

They're blaming us for all gun violence in the US, creating a non-existent category of violent extremist to pretend that being transgender has been a cause for violence, and they're floating a proposal to make all speech protesting this incitement to extremist violence as well.

They have not only banned us from the military, but punished and humiliate honorable trans servicemembers as they're pushed out. They have threatened and punished doctors providing GAC to youth, driving clinics out of business across the US. We've seen feints towards doing the same for adult care.

The Trump administration has taken a wide variety of steps in the direction of eradicating trans people from public life. They have defined us as nonexistent and scrubbed all mention of us from documents the government controls.

This is true, but it leaves out the even more concerning is the Heritage Foundation document pushing the FBI to define most speech in favor of trans equality as inciting violence. www.erininthemorning.com/p/republican...

Organizing with @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is a highlight of my life. This week alone, we gave out over 100 tents for distro in Minneapolis alone. But we wanted to make sure St. Paul wasn’t forgotten this week, so we partnered with some St. Paul distro people to get tents and supplies there too

You should be talking to old Punks, Goths, Ravers, and Hip-Hoppers who used zines and flyers and whisper networks to coordinate events THEY KNEW would be surveilled and shut down if things got too public. You SHOULD NOT be listening to people who have never had to operate under the radar. Period.

I’ve been making a real effort to moderate my engagement on here as of late, but I’m going to say this: You should be talking to your elders from the Civil Rights and Black Power Eras. You should be taking to the Rainbow family who survived the AIDS era.

This shit is so fucking useful y'all

Thanks so much, @pemalevy.bsky.social and @motherjones.com, for the time and care you all took with this important story.