Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

Northern Minnesota tonight. Look at those windchills. Nothing around here is normal.

MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

ICE took two observers in my neighborhood a few hours ago. Boxed them in, smashed up the front of one car, broke the windows in the second. Neighbors already brought a tarp to protect the cars from the snow.

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

Abolish ICE.

Please forward info to friends and neighbors who have stories that should be told. There are countless.

Turned away as a volunteer from every org I contact because they already have too many helpers! I💜MN So instead, I'm just clicking on all these lovely links to donate. Even $5 to ten organizations or crowdfunding efforts will help our neighbors in need! www.standwithminnesota.com/home#mutualaid

The best piece I’ve seen so far that attempts to explain the scope and scale of what’s happening here (even if it’s mostly focused on Mpls.)

Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.

I can’t keep up with all the lies. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The Guardian is literally the only major media outlet that isn’t focusing on “protests” but on what‘s happening with abductions, intimidation, and ICE violence. Minnesotans, share your stories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

UGGHHH FIIIIIINE www.startribune.com/if-youre-fee...

“In Minnesota, there are 212 convicted individuals listed on the website. More than 2,000 arrests have been made…which means about 10% are considered the ’worst’ criminals.” Minnesotans are so mad that even our local FOX channel has gone off script. www.fox9.com/news/ice-min...

The MN Attorney General’s Office launched an online form people can use to share information, photos and video of actions involving ICE. Let’s go. www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Acti...

Read your comment section, NYT.

I remember after my mom died, I just walked around in a daze wondering how other people were still talking about things like work and groceries and hobbies and stuff. Every time I scan the feeds of folks not in Minnesota, I feel like that now. Don’t look away. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Immigrant-owned businesses across the state are closing or reducing their hours because staff members — even those who are in the U.S. legally — are worried about being profiled and detained by federal agents since immigration enforcement operations in the state have ramped up.

This dude is intense and correct

St. Paul Public Schools will soon offer optional online learning at all 69 schools district-wide. That’s different than what happened Monday when they offered student transfers to SPPSOnline, the virtual school. Stay in your own school, without transferring, but virtual — a temporary safety measure

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

I am collecting testimonies from people if folks want to read: www.standwithminnesota.com/testimonies

Students protesting against ICE outside the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon

Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” says one organizer. “The scale of it is so, so massive.”

For decades, executives at big companies in Minnesota have been part of the state’s civic backbone — serving on nonprofit boards, weighing in on workforce issues, joining task forces focused on solving major social issues. Which is why the quiet right now is so striking.

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

This exact thing happened to my friend this morning. He was just taking a pre-dawn walk when ICE jumped him from multiple vehicles. Only because he had his ID on them did they let him go.

One week after Renee Macklin Good was killed by an ICE agent, immigration enforcement is ramping up in Minnesota. Many Minnesotans feel uncertain. We asked what you need to know — and we’re here with answers. From legal rights to what happens next, here’s what we found:

I’m full of asks today but anyone got a rec for a printer able to produce 10,000 3x5 postcards and get them to Minnesota by Saturday for under $500?

"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

Currently out of the country and watching the horrors unfold from afar. Counting the days ‘til I’m home to help. We need so, so much help.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, health care workers in the Twin Cities report. The agents sometimes enter with warrants and sometimes without, and they are frequently present during patient care.

Peaceful protest should take the form of hosing down your street.

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Thread of remote ways to support Minneapolis

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

In this week's newsletter we talk about things that make us feel wonderful. Not because we’re copping out, but because remembering, and holding on to things that make us feel wonderful are fuel. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

I love birds so much. Look at this face 🪶

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

My friend @monteiro.bsky.social blew up the stage in Oslo recently. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. HUMANS. We're OK. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...

Completely forgot that I made a list of content designers you can follow when I first signed up to Bluesky. Here they are look. Absolute word nerds, the lot of them. go.bsky.app/7Pm7ERf

This is delicious.

“I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own ’bunker’, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking.”