Paul Schmelzer
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Writer, editor, citizen. Longfellow, Minneapolis paulschmelzer.com
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about 3 hours ago
Outside agitators? Please. You think anyone who didn’t live in Minnesota would be outside in this?
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I feel such rage and resolve seeing this shit.
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Just stocked up on toe and hand warmers for tomorrow’s protest. I’ll be in the balaclava, ski goggles, and snow pants. (High tomorrow is supposed to be -9F)
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Minnesota Star Tribune
about 2 hours ago
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Steve McPherson
about 5 hours ago
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
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Margaret Killjoy
about 21 hours ago
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
about 24 hours ago
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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General Strike Friday 1/23
1 day ago
I love you, Minneapolis
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David Brauer
1 day ago
It is some kind of celestial joke that I am meeting the best fucking people at the worst possible moment
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Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12
1 day ago
Sharing what CM Chavez put aptly— increased ICE activity in South Minneapolis, many reports today coming out of the 12th Ward. Please be safe and take care. It is legal to observe and document. Make sure you’re connected to your neighborhood networks.
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"There's no time to notice that there's a dildo on the wall because, like, your family is being torn apart." Shout out to
@smittenkittenmn.bsky.social
for tireless mutal aid work for our vulnerable community members.
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On the Front Line of Minnesota’s Fight With ICE
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/podcasts/the-daily/minneapolis-minnesota-ice-trump.html
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Once again, what—beyond saying some things on TV and social media—is
@amyklobuchar.com
doing as we're invaded by ICE?
2 days ago
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Skip Montanaro
2 days ago
Folks, this is a must read...
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Dan Haugen
4 days ago
Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
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Dan Haugen
4 days ago
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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No ICE icon by Minneapolis artist Mike Hoyt.
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Bree 🇵🇸
5 days ago
How could you not want to live in a city where this happens?
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Norm Charlatan
4 days ago
They’re going to invoke the Insurrection Act to stand around in this.
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Unfair. This is my favorite of the membranes.
4 days ago
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Rhuta Bhayga
5 days ago
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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Sarah
6 days ago
If Angie Craig represents you, call her to register your displeasure. (202) 225-2271 (651) 846-2120
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taylr
6 days ago
minneapolis city council vice president jamal osman, who represents cedar riverside, has shared a statement on the hateful anti muslim march tomorrow planned from downtown to that neighborhood calling for no protests there
@ward6.minneapolismn.gov
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Whistles at my house in S. Mpls are as ubiquitous as masks during COVID: in all my coat pockets, on the key rack by the back door, in the car...
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑
6 days ago
ICE kidnapped 4 members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, released one, and now "can’t locate" the other three. America is at a legally impossible state where Native Americans aren't even considered Americans by ICE anymore.
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Jason Chavez
6 days ago
Dear neighbor, It’s become common practice for ICE to stage its operations at the Target parking lot on East Lake Street. While immigration officials tear families apart, Target corporation is silent and makes its workers and customers feel unsafe. 1/
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Don Moynihan
6 days ago
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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"I was born in Mpls & I'm scared out of my mind because I have skin that's not white... There's a public health emergency because nurses aren't showing up to work because we're freaked out, because when we advocate for our Black & Brown patients, what happens when ICE comes into our hospitals?"
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From the ProgressiveHQ community on Reddit: Nurse: "I feel like in Minneapolis I'm a sitting duck. I don't feel safe at home. I don't feel safe at work. Kids aren't safe at school. I was born in Minne...
Explore this post and more from the ProgressiveHQ community
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressiveHQ/comments/1qed8qa/nurse_i_feel_like_in_minneapolis_im_a_sitting/
6 days ago
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Elliott Payne
6 days ago
Multiple people have been taken this morning already in Northeast and we don’t have the same capacity on the streets that we’ve had throughout the week. Please come out and help us today and bring a friend we need more people outside so we can protect our neighbors.
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Norm Charlatan
6 days ago
If you’re in the Twin Cities and want to do the most minimal thing to annoy ICE, drive the fucking speed limit. These goons get so angry when 20 is plenty.
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Faine Greenwood
7 days ago
these are some pretty catastrophic approval numbers for ICE mom-murderers they will not improve
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Attorney General Keith Ellison
7 days ago
The surge of DHS agents into Minnesota has done tremendous harm to the people of Minnesota, and I urge those who have personally experienced or directly witnessed that harm to share their stories with my office. To submit a report, visit:
ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/
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This is pretty much everyone I know these days.
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7 days ago
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David Brauer
8 days ago
This could all lead to a worse outcome, but I desperately want to see the evidence photo of the snow shovel. Straight handle? Curved for back protection? Pusher shovel or lifter?
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Graham Lampa
8 days ago
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/minnesota-minneapolis-shooting-ice-renee-good.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.BQQH.M2ZrF4LhWpgv&smid=url-share
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Peggy Flanagan
8 days ago
@angiecraigmn.bsky.social
was the ONLY Minnesota Democrat to vote for the Laken Riley Act. The only one to vote to praise ICE. Even today, with ICE in our streets, she stands by her pro-Trump votes.
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Stacey Burns
8 days ago
And
@mprnews.org
’ Chris Farrell tried:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Racket
8 days ago
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” says one organizer. “The scale of it is so, so massive.”
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With the Twin Cities Under Siege, Restaurants Become Hubs of Solidarity - Racket
Restaurants, bars, and coffee shops are collecting donations, handing out whistles, and acting as gathering sites for volunteers and observers.
https://racketmn.com/with-the-twin-cities-under-siege-restaurants-become-hubs-of-solidarity
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Damn.
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Or we could, you know, vow to protect our NATO ally against invasion, thereby securing Greenland’s freedom and independence.
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Is “Signal fatigue” a term yet?
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ashley fairbanks
8 days ago
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website:
standwithminnesota.org
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Andrew Lawrence
9 days ago
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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Laura G Mitchell
9 days ago
This is Minneapolis: "Due to escalated federal agent action in S Minneapolis today, we are recommending to add more patrol support to pick-up times at the following schools..." The list includes your kids' elementary (& the other 2 closest elementary schools). Folks jump in to help. 1/2
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How has Amy Klobuchar showed up during this ICE surge?
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Keith Harris
8 days ago
this is like one of those "how many things can you find wrong with this picture" games
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Dispatch from a neighbor and friend,
@taylorcarik.bsky.social
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So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-occupation-going-for-you/
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allison / collage, zines, mail art
9 days ago
we are going to win and mother nature is on our side ⛄️
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Jason Chavez
9 days ago
I’ll say what Mayor Frey doesn’t want to say. Two words: ABOLISH ICE.
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Astra Taylor
10 days ago
His whole remarks are pretty remarkable. Liberation theology lives.
www.nhepiscopal.org/blog
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Jon Collins
9 days ago
Have you had violence used on you or firearms pointed at you by ICE or Border Patrol in the last eight days? Are you willing to talk about it? Contact me securely on Signal. I'm open to questions.
signal.me#eu/1bUvkuaFR...
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Follow this link to message on Signal.
https://signal.me/#eu/1bUvkuaFRkLTxPEwvxa21H1_JGLhb_eBCclNX2WhAFUvvLCnGpNABYPMoPCAt1nh
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