Halfway thru S1 of The Lowdown, and it’s the best show I’ve seen in years. The definition of “familiar but fresh,” and the writing, directing, and performances are all just phenomenal. Congrats to Harjo, Hawke, and the whole amazing team.

Scene from Hungary tonight as crowds rally against the Russian-backed Orban regime.

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some Minnesota small towns since January.

Last night, as the party delved further into the Stonehell megadungeon, we hit session 50 of our #OldSchoolEssentials #ttrpg campaign! I'm having an absolute blast as the referee and my players are just the best. #OSR #RPG #necroticgnome

A legal observer in Cold Spring urged us to share that on 2/5, an ICE agent threatened to kill them. The agent purposely stood in front of their car and used the bogus fear of being hit to justify the threat. As the news cycle turns its eye away from MN, we will not forget.

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE. Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very often—and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

We saw an uptick in ICE activity today. ICE continues to be spotted around the metro area - dining, driving, and hiding in between events. Current vehicles on the short list include Black Chevrolet Tahoes, White or Silver Jeep Wagoneers, and White Ford Transit vans with fake branding.

Lurking around school bus stops during dismissal times. They're still fucking here.

Important 🧵

Today, I received confirmed reports that agents from ICE and HSI forced entry into a residence on the 5200 block of 36th Ave., kicking in the door and detaining a constituent. Witnesses report that 8–9 masked agents carried out the operation. 🧵

THIS.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Tonight I skipped the bullshit to go see a screening of The Neverending Story at the little revival house in my neighborhood. Seems like I made the right choice.

oh hey whether you are dealing with snow or laying on the beach, there's a new cartoon for you www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Oh yeah definitely.

Three days after cops in a small town in Bucks County choked a girl on a sidewalk, kidnapped her and her friends from an anti-ICE walkout, and prevented their parents from contacting them, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro still hasn't even issued an official statement acknowledging the incident.

I am never kidding when I say we will send you whistles. 100 to actual thousands, as demonstrated below. toot.supply

John Oliver made an extremely solid case for leaving Twitter tonight. I wonder if anyone of note still there will finally realize it’s time.

You don't have to stop posting but you do have to stop posting THERE. It is a uniquely, fundamentally detrimental website to you as a person. It incentivizes racism, violence and — the worst crime of all — vagueposting. You are living in a permanent teaser ad for the 11 o'clock news.

Attacking protesters and then charging them for assault looks to be a standard practice.

CAN CONFIRM

Last month we raised over $100,000 to pay 82 families' rent, so they can remain housed while sheltering in place during this federal occupation. ICE is still here & active. The majority of families are still unable to work. Help us gather financial resources to keep my neighbors housed.

They're trying to make observing/filming ICE illegal. Then we must show up in greater numbers. BE UNGOVERNABLE.

PS - The Zookeeper's Wife is running again on Netflix until March 1st. Starring #JessicaChastain and #DanielBruhl, directed by Niki Caro, written by moi. 🐘 💘 #scriptsky 2/2

I'm in!

The ICE surge in Minnesota isn’t over — it just moved outside of the Metro. ICE agents are still terrorizing innocent people in the suburbs. They’re targeting bus stops and hospitals and parks and being more deceptive than ever. This isn’t over until ICE is out of the ENTIRE state.

Finally watched Predator: Badlands. More like Predator: Goodmovie.

Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office. This is looting.

He pleaded guilty to laundering money for al-Qaeda and ISIS

We’re still seeing ICE a lot in the suburbs, following legal observers to their homes, and holding tons of our neighbors at Whipple and then dumping them out in the middle of the night. We still need to stay vigilant until every last one of them leaves our state and our neighbors are back home.

"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma

Who among us hasn’t drunk milk with our buddies in a hot tub, while wearing jeans.

Ahem, you don't need Substack. There are other options out there. I built my site for $33/month and own everything in an era when platforms come and go or say, accept Nazis. I break the DIY down on a new blog post at: writingandwhatnot.com/diy-newsletter-2026

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

This is a subtle point but I’ll try it out as a “yes, and”: What Minnesota (not just Minneapolis) showed us is even bigger than “love your neighbor,” because in Minnesota, “neighbor” is a more expansive category than proximity. It’s anyone who needs help.

🧵 My neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota still appears to be inundated by feds. A few blocks from my house, a car with plates that didn’t match the vehicle sat idling in a church parking lot for hours. I first noticed it at 7:30 this morning. Four hours later, the pastor spoke to occupant. 1/7

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

New Quinns Quest video!! 📺👻🌵 Public Access by the Gauntlet is razor sharp, powerfully strange and enormously thought-provoking. My players are still daydreaming about our campaign, even though it finished six months ago. I think your players will too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrr...

FBI officially refuses to give local investigators any evidence in Minneapolis shootings www.rawstory.com/fbi-bca-shoo...

The cover up of the Trump administration’s murders is well underway.

On Presidents’ Day, I’m proud to celebrate our President - by which of course I mean Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne.

This is a cracking read!

This is straight-up Nazi rhetoric from Musk, and the only tiny thing I can do is address myself to those of you who are still on X. No more excuses about how you need "reach" or how good the conversation is there or the importance of debate. You will not regret walking away, and it's time.

A lot of comments on this one! racketmn.com/amy-klobucha...

Your ChatGPT subscription funds OpenAI, whose technology - as of January 22nd, 2026 - is now integrated with federal contractors to strengthen raids, surveillance, and other aggressive ICE and DHS actions in Minneapolis and cities across the country.

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

My neighborhood record store in my current home of Los Angeles, Amoeba, is selling t-shirts to support a great record store in my hometown of Minneapolis, The Electric Fetus. A magic record store portal between my two homes! My thoughts are with everyone in Minnesota standing up for their neighbors