casual reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated seven months ago, and Senator Hoffman and his wife were seriously injured that day as well, and both of those things were outcomes that the current administration wants to happen again

This morning ICE attempted to enter into the Ecuadorian consulate on Central Ave but were barred from entering. I spoke with Ambassador Yanez this afternoon and they want to make sure the Ecuadorian community knows it’s still safe to come to the consulate.

Something I've been trying to impart on people is that the ICE occupation in Minnesota is both an ethnic cleansing and an ideological terror campaign. It's clear that the second part has utterly failed; the community is not terrified. But ICE is now desperately trying to salvage the first part.

If a non-citizen neighbor gets kidnapped by ICE, you supposedly have about 4-5 hours to file a habeas petition in Minnesota to prevent ICE from shipping people to Texas. They are moving people that quickly regardless of whether or not they have legal status.

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek

CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”

Judge Schlitz is not exactly a firebrand and in no way a liberal judge. This is remarkable.

Are Americans “divided” or is a cruel and ruthless minority of Americans attempting to kill as many other Americans as it takes to further gain and entrench their power

it's a cold and it's a broken Greg Bovino

Bovino getting pulled is a nice thing, but everyone needs to be clear on one thing: just today, we have infuriating stories of families getting abducted and ICE creepily surveilling our children. ICE are acting the same as they did last week

Just back from scrambling neighbors to ICE vehicles in the parking lot of a hair salon a block away. It’s not over

NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.

this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang

Quick someone organize a national news conference to broadcast a signing ceremony so he shows up

This is Minneapolis: A neighbor sold some silver jewelry she inherited from her grandparents to cover rent for a neighbor who hasn't been able to work during these 7 weeks of federal occupation and is at risk of eviction. We need an eviction moratorium NOW. And resources for food delivery.

Something remarkable about the ubiquitousness of action and community in MSP right now: you can count on community to show up when you need a rest day. The space this makes for disabled people, single parents, caretakers, and others often pushed out of direct action is radical and transformative.

At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners. They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"

The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up, "Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"

Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”

just punched me right in the heart

Hey so if you’ve been exposed to chemical irritants and you menstruate, please, please learn from my mistake and glove up before changing your tampon. Even if you’ve washed your hands and done thorough decontamination protocol. xoxo, a Minnesotan who just found out she could be angrier still

Only speaking personally, but today’s execution isn’t scaring me from protecting our neighbors, as some suggest is ICE’s goal. Nor am I angry with incandescent rage, in that I know such rage is unhelpful. Rather, I feel like it has forced me to truly accept that the same fate might befall me.

Mayor Frey's phone number is 612-673-2100. Governor Walz is 651-201-3400.

What we learned after they killed Renee Good is that they don’t stop operations the day they kill someone. It only increases in other parts of the Cities. So we keep patrolling. we can’t even stop to mourn.

The guy was being held down on the ground by like 6 scumbags and he was shot point blank while doubled over on his knees after the piece of shit pistol whipped him several times. Now you don’t have to watch.

Rapid responders still out there, tracking ICE. In spite of everything, even now. Heroes

ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

Heads up, chin up. I see you on the streets, on your block, & in community. Thanks for being there for our immigrant neighbors. There have been losses but there have been many more victories. When a family makes it some safe for the night we get to celebrate. We will win. I promise. I love you.

to give you an idea of how cold it was in minnesota today, the backup bottle of dawn in my car was frozen solid. i did not know this was a possibility.

we’re gonna make it after all ❄️

It’s a beautiful day to be a Minnesotan.

As tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched in -20 windchills downtown today, tens of thousands more were quietly patrolling every neighborhood across the Cities. The sheer scale of our collective resistance is staggering

I am so tired and so mad and so, so proud of this place and these people. Minnesota, I can’t wait to see your smiling eyes behind your ski goggles tomorrow 💕

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

still feels like folks outside of MN are kind of not getting it: our state has been under attack for over a month, and the resistance is being organized by literally your regular old neighbors and coworkers and friends.

Deporting children with cancer. Using a 5-year-old as bait. Shooting moms. ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

Make sure you have your cold weather gear and supplies sorted if you plan to be out. Check with your neighbors to see if they need anything. Get extra dessert.

A weird part of this moment is that almost every facet or institution in my life is actively organizing. I have mostly concentrated on one community and then jump in to others when I can. There’s a desire to be active everywhere, but you have to trust that good people are doing the work elsewhere.

Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home. So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.

If you are hitting the streets today and have the means, please please pack: - nitrile gloves - saline for eye wash - dawn dish soap

Not sure what the mechanism is, but the next Democratic administration needs to pay reparations to Minneapolis, St. Paul, and every other city illegally brutalized by these gangsters. Just like $3 billion to Minneapolis for a city sovereign wealth fund. Straightforward matter of justice

It is a weird thing I never expected but scrolling here between actions during the day’s terror knocks the stuffing out of me, but as evening rolls people gather their strength, share their condemnation, hope, bravery and commiseration and it’s like a battery charging me for the next day

I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.

the 3D printers making whistles now are the modern equivalent of the ladies from WWII sewing flags and uniforms for the war effort

Hi, Michelle @labmuffin.com ! Long time/first time. Apropos of everything, I was wondering if you had any thoughts from a skincare chemistry perspective on best practices for aftercare for skin exposed to mace/chemical irritants? Thank you for your work!

Hey so if you’ve been exposed to chemical irritants and you menstruate, please, please learn from my mistake and glove up before changing your tampon. Even if you’ve washed your hands and done thorough decontamination protocol. xoxo, a Minnesotan who just found out she could be angrier still

I’m the one in the brown hat. What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs. Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car. #AbolishICE

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.