The very same agency that just shot down a party balloon is sending goons into US cities who were trained according to a set of rules that does not apply to encounters with US citizens. CBP has always been problematic. We wrote about its sordid history and track record before all this. Read up:

From Indivisible Minnesota Alliance 🚨 Homan Says Operation Metro Surge Is Over. ❓ Where are the 4,000 people they say they detained? ❓ What accountability for Renee Good & Alex Pretti deaths? ❓ How many agents stay? ❓ Who investigates 96+ court order violations? ❓ Where are agents being sent?

nama.media/11th-annual-... Deadline: Feb. 16

in tech rehearsal with my play USHUAIA BLUE at Weber Uni, Utah. we open next week!

This is gorgeous. So glad @helenshaw.bsky.social is at NYT to write beautiful articles like this one www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/t...

Alexis Greene, Oral History witonline.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/a...

Khanna Names 6 Men 'Likely Incriminated' by Epstein Files That 'DOJ Hid for No Apparent Reason' www.commondreams.org/news/khanna-...

Theater Commentary: Live Theater—An Incomparable Art Form artsfuse.org/323977/theat...

Join Us! Tell your Hell's Kitchen story! A write-and-share workshop I'm leading on Feb 22 at 3 pm at Prime Produce Guild Hall! Writers at all levels! (Doors open at 2 pm for a market) Prime Produce Guild Hall 424 W. 54th ST. NYC Open to all. Free with RSVP. www.eventbrite.com/e/hells-kitc...

Newspapers are rarely money makers. They are a labor of love of truth and democracy. Bezos doesn't need the money; he could invest in it and not miss a dime. And the Post's business model is not "broken." Bezos broke it. It could be fixed.

LISTEN LIVE: The director of research for the Minnesota Historical Society and a community hotline operator join MPR News host Catharine Richert live on air to discuss the history of activism in Minnesota.

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver

“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” Emily Dickinson

MUID: Native-led organizations in the Twin Cities. Thanks for the link, New Native Theatre. muidmn.org/membership

My play THE NORWEGIANS opens Feb 12 in NYC with a sassy new production. The company is also raising funds for Minneapolis support orgs. Hope you will come see it. @honorrollwrites.bsky.social @newplayexchange.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/lolas...

Textile Series Spotlights Those Harmed by Dobbs' Abortion Bans by Tracy McCabe. "Living and Dying Under Dobbs" is a fabric-book project that tells the stories in textiles of those dying and suffering because of abortion bans. wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2026/01/text...

Dumping people has always been a brutal law enforcement sport; doing it in this weather could be a lethal one. (David is responding to Jeffries deciding to take a stand against deporting citizens, which is not what they're doing; it's a catch, abuse, and release program when it's not lethal.)

Another witness to Anderson Cooper: “Now is not the time to stay silent. We all need to be a little bit brave, and do what we can to stand up for our rights.”

Truly insane

I’m not sure how much notice this has received but the Assembly of First Nations in Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States after reports that Indigenous people are being increasingly questioned and detained by ICE. www.instagram.com/p/DT-_SacDEH...

Bruce Springsteen! Sings it all. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Two democratic members of congress being assaulted reminds me of the time Sarah Huckabee Sanders was politely asked to leave a restaurant

Omg. There are so many children… #MomSky

Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown. Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.

📣 Killing, kidnapping, maiming, terrorizing...it's all in a day's work on the taxpayers' dime by the Trump/Miller/Noem masked, armed ICE Gestapo —*funding overwhelmingly approved by Rs in Congress*. So, when is Noem going to be impeached? 🧾 www.axios.com/2026/01/26/i... 📺 bsky.app/profile/iwil...

Reminder that you can use this website to donate money to all sorts of good folks but if you're short of funds or just think it would be nice, you can send Minnesotans encouraging words there. www.standwithminnesota.com/send-a-love-... They actually help a lot. ❤️

This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0

Really helpful collection of resources from @theradr.bsky.social.

The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*

Too little. Too meek. But finally the CEOs take a step! Republican Reps and Senators take note! "Alex Pretti killing: Minnesota CEOs, including UnitedHealth, Target, call for ‘immediate deescalation’ www.cnbc.com/2026/01/25/a...

TONIGHT: Organizers in Minnesota are asking you to shine a light for their state.

Violence is the regime’s method. That’s why granting the executive absolute immunity mattered: it removes restraint. Early on, the regime stated that the U.S. is in a revolution that would remain “bloodless if the left allows it to be.” Now we see what that means in practice.

ICE is out of control. Local law enforcement is now holding press conferences, issuing statements, and doing interviews because ICE is taking illegal actions against them too. If ICE doesn’t want their officers to be put at more risk, they need to follow the law.

ICE's budget is already larger than the entire military budgets of most countries. Tell Congress: ICE doesn't need another dime.

Join Us! Online! Tues Jan 27, 7 pm ET, Oral History interview of Alexis Greene about women in theatre. Guests: Kathleen Chalfant, Lynnie Godfrey, Emily Mann, Yvette Heyliger, Kiana Lum, Gwynn MacDonald, w. Ludovica Villar-Hauser, Cynthia Cooper. Free. RSVP. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do one thing! As we approach what would have been the 53rd Anniversary of Roe v Wade, now dismantled and left to states, these folks are making planters for abortion patients. Doing One Good Thing for Roe Day: Plants for Patients wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2026/01/doin...

Counterdemo has continued to grow. A few hundred people here now in the cold shouting, "hey Minnesota, what do you say? Fuck you Nazis, every day!" Lang is uhhh somewhere in there surrounded by press and people still shouting him down. Haven't been able to hear him at all.

Trump's Health Plan Is Doomed to Fail—We Need Medicare for All www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” Helen Keller

Join here to stop AI from stealing our work. www.humanartistrycampaign.com

Oh, look. Another lie. If they are breathing, they are lying.

The American people are angry that Donald Trump continues to lead a White House cover-up. Pam Bondi and the DOJ have only released ONE PERCENT of the files. What are they hiding?

Any of us can be Renee Good. An ICE agent can shoot us knowing he/she will get a Trump pardon. Since they are federal agents, Trump's FBI won't investigate & Trump's DOJ won't charge them. It's open season on every American.

A new #PostcardsToVoters campaign will load on Abby soon for Luke Kruse, running for Oklahoma State House on February 10th. PostcardsToVoters.org

Tell your senators to act now to lower healthcare costs act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...

Every Democratic leader in the country needs to be loudly denouncing what is happening in Minnesota. Restore order, rule of law, withdraw. Silence is complicity and our party leaders need to make clear they stand.

On Sunday night, I was part of an “emergency” situation on an LA street. It all turned out fine, but I wanted to highlight that a complete stranger stopped his truck, got out, and immediately tried to help us as soon as he saw us at the side of the road. Very inspiring to me! Treasure our helpers!