I saw countless electeds standing with our neighbors to patrol our streets, help with mutual aid drives and protest the brutality of our federal government. Jacob Frey was busy on a press tour, just planning his next political move. Thanks for nothing.

Not ward 9 CM being asked to share direct aid requests from north Minneapolis residents because ward 4 & 5 CMs are not willing or able to meet this moment.

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/

Jacob Frey - "I said 'Fuck ICE,' you're welcome, lowly constituents" Constituent, after Frey has done nothing to help Mpls - "Fuck you" Jacob Frey - *with the smarmiest look you can imagine* "hey, saying 'fuck' to ME isn't helpful" What is helpful @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social ? Can you do it?

As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

We don't need #karenthecamera spying on everyone, everywhere. Get rid of your surveillance cameras, people. They won't help you find your dog or your stolen packages, they'll just help the government spy on your neighbors, and you.

Alright folks, I’m back on my barnraising bullshit with @ziibiing.com and Stand With Minnesota. 🌻 There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600. V: colocha_rachel $: ColochaRachel Please chip in or share as you can.

I believe Walz, Frey, Witt, O'Hara genuinely want the ICE surge out of MN and Minneapolis. Some of them genuinely might want all of ICE out for good. At the same time, the ICE surge is not an existential threat to their jobs/careers. The appearance of disorder in the streets is. An uprising is.

message from MN

So Whipple roads get to be as blocked off as the Feds and HennCo sheriff want to protect evil, but Frey/MPD say neighbors don’t get to do partial blocks of roads at all to prevent evil. Cool.

Pro tip for Amy Klobuchar.

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

If my caucus was any sort of indication, national Dems really need to wake the fuck up about what voters want them to do about ICE.

I'm here at my Mpls Precinct Caucus. Proud to support @repilhan.bsky.social and @christin612.bsky.social and @ltgovflanagan.mn.gov and I don't really know who else bc my brain has been elsewhere the last few months. Not too excited about our Governor prospects.

You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something. Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.

I’m *extremely concerned* about the way folks are reforming their image of the cops in light of everything that’s happening, even though we only have a handful examples of them disagreeing with ICE, while still being responsible themselves for the murders of Black and brown people across the country

I try not to be this person all the time, but I'm gonna be this person this time. This is what it's like to be not white, to be poor, to be on the receiving end of these very American activities in other countries. I do need white folks to listen, if this is who you need to hear it from. ⤵️

After the 18 day 4th precinct occupation when Jamar Clark was killed, I got really sick and didn’t bounce back for months, even years. It absolutely contributed to my slide into complete disablement by chronic illness. Saying this to Minnesotans who might need to start pacing differently.

Sharing a local school fundraiser for students and families that have had to be in hiding for weeks. We have a robust system for getting mutual aid to families in need. Please help. www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...

In sum: America, the concept? Trash, settler colonial, throw it out America, the people? Incredible, salt of the earth, would die for them

Not trying to stoke division, but underline a lesson. Remember the high-decibel whining over the years about the Minneapolis City Council expressing solidarity with various oppressed people? ”Stay in your lane!” Remember how sustaining this outside support feels right now as we face the gun barrels.

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"

If Minnesota police are accusing you of racial profiling you must really be outta control

But watching some of our elected officials take turns speaking without corresponding action has made one thing painfully clear: the community is doing the work, and it is not being matched by those elected to serve it.

I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops

The "ICE is using military tactics suited for a warzone, not for American streets" rhetoric kinda misses the point that warzones are not naturally occuring. The US military creates war zones from residential neighborhoods and the tactics are not more justifiable just because it's overseas

As a Minneapolis local I am begging you NOT to donate to the Star Tribune. They are a mouthpiece for police, corporations, and conservatives who repeat those voices unquestioningly.

Please read and share with anyone who might be planning on counterprotesting in Cedar-Riverside this weekend

So, among the the things I got to help with in law school at UMN was putting together questions for a Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate forum in 2017. We made sure to have a question about sanctuary cities, and guess what Jacob Frey said?

To those who condone this and say “they should have just complied,” that mindset is the harm. You are asking people to trust a system that is actively targeting them and criminalizing their existence. Compliance has never been a shield against injustice; it has only made cruelty easier to carry out.

the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained

My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!

To clarify, MPS is not teaching online/virtual classes tomorrow, Friday January 9th. Staff is meeting tomorrow, but online options won't start tomorrow. There is no school for MPS kids tomorrow.

This is what Minneapolis is like right now: City staff in city uniforms are being harassed by fed immigration enforcement for being not white.

Local law enforcement has killed Minneapolitans, sprayed protesters with tear gas, they speed through our neighborhood streets, harass black and brown neighbors, destroy encampments... The list of things that law enforcement does to make us all less safe goes on and on.

angie craig is doing everything she can to get people to forget she voted for the laken riley act don’t fall for any of these stunts she can start by apologizing if she regrets the vote

It's so fucking convenient that they get to "fear for their lives" anytime they want to absolve themselves of anything and when we actually fear for our lives because of them and do anything a scared person would do it's justification for our death.

HIGH ALERT! We need people patrolling the streets now. Lake Street, Powderhorn, Central, and South Minneapolis have a ton of immigration enforcement. On bus stops to people being pulled from their cars. 1/

one of whom was literally fucking assassinated. the person responsible for the agenda he got to run on as a VP candidate. melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.

From the family.

The strib is reporting Woodbury officials were not aware of a planned ICE facility. This means there’s no real plan and ample time to throw sand in the gears. Contact your city council in Woodbury. Get on the phone every day. Go to every zoning meeting. Start now. When it comes up you’ll be ready

Just a reminder for Xmas Eve eve, it’s a great time find your closest immigrant-owned business and support them. Get a meal tonight from a restaurant if you can. Commit to buying grocery staples at an immigrant-owned market once a week. Do what you can to help people keep their heads above water.

Making the winter drive from Mpls->Mke and cursing Scott Walker the whole time bc we should be on a train that takes 3 hours maximum and has 6 different departure times every day and a food and beverage car and it provides great jobs to ppl who love trains and the environment.

The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.

The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.

The city is like "do this thing, for your neighbors!" so we do! And then they come by and eff it all up and laugh (I assume).

minneapolis, be aware - national right wing youtuber nick shirley is here. he was in loring park this afternoon sniffing around somali businesses. remember that he was at lake and bloomington, despite not living here, so he seems to get early information

@amyklobuchar.com is not a leader and it's past time for her to go. MN and this country deserve way better. Trans and Intersex people will not be erased. Shame on everyone who votes against their humanity.