Anyways, your daily reminder that the Republican party is not the party of "fiscal responsibility". It just hates poor people, the environment, and public goods.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Living in Minneapolis, the daily terror is painful, however every day I think, “We were told a carbon tax would be to expensive, and yet we are devoting all of these resources to a non-existent problem”

Occupation was brutal, lawless, a massive waste of resources—plus it blew up the US attorneys office, the mechanism by which you hold fraudsters accountable. So you can bet we'll memory hole that MN Republicans cheered it on, so they can quickly return to being fraud warriors.

BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple. "It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."

I feel so sick reading this. She dedicated her life to helping her immigrant trans siblings, finally got the medical care she sought her whole life, and then a year later ICE tricked her, kidnapped her and used her postoperative status as a weapon to destroy her health. CW for basically everything

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

Everything about this is monstrous.

Chatted with Jenny Ifft this week about the food assistance landscape, overviewing our public and private programs and where they're going open.spotify.com/episode/26lX...

The wife of one of our master’s students was detained by ICE last month. She was released, but was so traumatized that she has left MN out of fear. He is now caring for his two daughters alone and had to bring his toddler to class yesterday. Please help him out if you can 🩵 gofund.me/6222f0e3d

Welp, landlord asked us to take our "Be Pretti Good" sign down.

Sooooo, Trump is now aiming to radicalize the landlords against ICE?

Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.

Stares in personnel economics

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

death from disease in concentration camps is so widespread and so predictable that it's pretty clearly a feature, not a bug.

Portland City Council member

Eat Street Crossing is offering free meals and boba to community members, and y’all I am tearing up. Local restaurants and artists are showing up for this city. Every local show has been converted into a benefit show. Give ESC all your money and go to the Braingiver EP Release/Benefit show tonight

Eat Street Crossing is offering free meals and boba to community members, and y’all I am tearing up. Local restaurants and artists are showing up for this city. Every local show has been converted into a benefit show. Give ESC all your money and go to the Braingiver EP Release/Benefit show tonight

I know why we’re all focused on Noem, but it feels like we should be talking a lot more about impeaching Bondi

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

Social scientists and old-school Minnesotans like me fret about areas of decline in civic culture (e.g., corporate philanthropy), but we've held up pretty well in volunteering, voting, and mutual aid. And if it's 20-below and your car needs a jump, it's a pretty good place to be.

Fwiw

Our immigrant neighbors have never made us fear for our collective safety. ICE has.

New rule: these people never have to buy a drink in Minnesota again

The Minnesota Star Tribune has identified 17 instances of federal officials violating judicial orders related to people detained in Minnesota.

JFC

Standing with 65 of my UMN Law colleagues (and counting) to condemn ICE’s lawless conduct towards Minnesotans: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A brief love letter to Minneapolis: This afternoon we went to the site of Alex's murder and the vigil at Whittier Park. Along the way we experienced: -A man walking around with tea and sabayad insisting everyone take some

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The StarTribune live blog is paywall free: - The man shot by federal agents this morning has died - Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building. - ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Incredibly proud of my sister and her colleagues for putting their bodies on the line for what is right

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

MSP airport protest

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...

pure bullshit to use this photo which was two miles away and a neighbor coming out of his house to illustrate peaceful protesters at a church.

A simple model that predicts Trump well, what would Putin do? bsky.app/profile/robe...

“I’ll take my horchata warm cuz fuck ice” But it’s the cubes that make this art.

This pay for pardon list is extraordinary. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

Peter Yazzie, a Navajo man, was asked by ICE agents to prove he was a US citizen. He produced both US and Navajo IDs. They didn't care. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Wrote about the best soundtrack for your fury, courtesy of Minneapolis' own Slut Intent

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Southern Command is unable to cope with the volume of civilian casualty reports stemming from the military mission to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro theintercept.com/2026/01/13/c...

Join the remarkably large number of your neighbors out on the streets looking for federal agents, ready to sound the alarm. defend612.com

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They hate Minnesota because we are a people who believe that "we all do better when we all do better." Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity. Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.

The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.

Today l took a seller to sign closing documents for a closing on their home. They weren't my client but I did it as a favor for a friend. Miguel was from Honderous, been here 20 years and has proper documentation. But he is terrified to leave his home. Has 2 young kids at home with his wife.

Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good

Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...