David Brauer
@dbrauer.net
Former journalist, long-time Minneapolitan, curator of Uptown’s borders and chief rememberer, Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Amplifier & participant in the Minnesota Resistance.
Re the Stancil situation. I certainly don’t mind Will and his Honda Fit getting outsized attention - struck me that he’s doing the work & doing it for good. But as someone who has dealt with the media during this, vulnerable people always always have to be protected. Advance notice, permission, etc
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Re the Stancil situation. I certainly don’t mind Will and his Honda Fit getting outsized attention - struck me that he’s doing the work & doing it for good. But as someone who has dealt with the media during this, vulnerable people always always have to be protected. Advance notice, permission, etc
Heard any interesting/heartening thing from the courthouse today. Jurors. Usually people do their duty but they’re a bit crabby about it. Judges can sense it. Not since the ICE invasion. Fewer absentees, fewer excuses, more commitment, more focus. It’s like civics matters & they‘re defending it.
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Heard any interesting/heartening thing from the courthouse today. Jurors. Usually people do their duty but they’re a bit crabby about it. Judges can sense it. Not since the ICE invasion. Fewer absentees, fewer excuses, more commitment, more focus. It’s like civics matters & they‘re defending it.
Amen. But the video adds a ton of power to the song.
Honestly, hard to watch the video for "Streets of Minneapolis." Seeing the last weeks all together here, the video clips and photos ... is a lot. It's really well done, but also awful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Amen. But the video adds a ton of power to the song.
Friend in a non-neighboring state asked how they could help us resist here. Thought it might be good to crowdsource ideas. Please be earnest & all sincere ideas appreciated.
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Friend in a non-neighboring state asked how they could help us resist here. Thought it might be good to crowdsource ideas. Please be earnest & all sincere ideas appreciated.
Somebody in the administration leaked that Bovino “our city” video, right? #longknives
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Somebody in the administration leaked that Bovino “our city” video, right? #longknives
Gonna celebrate V-B Day annually from now on
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Gonna celebrate V-B Day annually from now on
Why is Doug Burgum hugging a poop other than the one he works for
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Why is Doug Burgum hugging a poop other than the one he works for
Reposted by David Brauer
discovering that lot of people online seem to think general strikes operate in a “Michael Scott declares bankruptcy” way
January 29, 2026 at 10:50 PM
discovering that lot of people online seem to think general strikes operate in a “Michael Scott declares bankruptcy” way
These dipshits are so stupid #iykyk
Right-wing social media influencers are drawing tenuous parallels between the usernames found in Minneapolis neighborhood Signal groups and claiming they are the handles of public figures involved in an insurrectionist conspiracy enveloping Minnesota.
unicornriot.ninja/2026/conspir...
unicornriot.ninja/2026/conspir...
Conspiracies Bloom After Right Discovers Public Signal Groups - UNICORN RIOT
Right-wing influencers are drawing tenuous parallels between the usernames found in Minneapolis neighborhood Signal groups and claiming they are the handles of public figures involved in an insurrecti...
unicornriot.ninja
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These dipshits are so stupid #iykyk
My love fucking overflows for my neighbors. I have lived 66 years and this is an absolute peak emotion.
January 29, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My love fucking overflows for my neighbors. I have lived 66 years and this is an absolute peak emotion.
If it‘s the one near me, you need to know that a lot of ‘60s OGs live there. Easiest sale ever.
It says a lot about the state of the Twin Cities that when visiting a relatively affluent senior housing complex I noticed piles of whistles set out for taking on a table by the elevator.
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
If it‘s the one near me, you need to know that a lot of ‘60s OGs live there. Easiest sale ever.
It’s totally unfair they’re not, but also:
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It’s totally unfair they’re not, but also:
Reposted by David Brauer
I got this reference.
I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
January 29, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I got this reference.
We’re calling him Andrew Ice Clay right
The St. Paul club’s owner canceled Ben Bankas’ performances after footage circulated of the comedian ridiculing Renee Good, who was fatally shot Jan. 7 by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Comic Ben Bankas shows canceled at St. Paul club after jokes about Renee Good
The comedian would have been one of the strongest draws in Laugh Camp Comedy Club’s history.
www.startribune.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We’re calling him Andrew Ice Clay right
Local law firms are gonna get so much talent soon
NYT reporting that even more federal prosectors in Minneapolis are considering quitting
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Local law firms are gonna get so much talent soon
Reposted by David Brauer
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
In Mpls, 3 conventions to elect delegates to: city (school board), state (constitutional offices, legislature, Congress), county (attorney, commissioners, sheriff)
I’m backing:
- Senate: Peggy over Angie
- CD 5: Ilhan over LaTonya
- Hennepin: Frazier (Atty), Greene & Fernando (contested commish) 1/
I’m backing:
- Senate: Peggy over Angie
- CD 5: Ilhan over LaTonya
- Hennepin: Frazier (Atty), Greene & Fernando (contested commish) 1/
Any unofficial recommendations you have on who we should try to caucus/support for Tuesday?
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In Mpls, 3 conventions to elect delegates to: city (school board), state (constitutional offices, legislature, Congress), county (attorney, commissioners, sheriff)
I’m backing:
- Senate: Peggy over Angie
- CD 5: Ilhan over LaTonya
- Hennepin: Frazier (Atty), Greene & Fernando (contested commish) 1/
I’m backing:
- Senate: Peggy over Angie
- CD 5: Ilhan over LaTonya
- Hennepin: Frazier (Atty), Greene & Fernando (contested commish) 1/
Whelp sounds like any notion of Homan as improvement over Bovino is being torpedoed by Homan opening his yap.
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Whelp sounds like any notion of Homan as improvement over Bovino is being torpedoed by Homan opening his yap.
Hey U library people who follow me: I’d been meaning to get to an Anderson Library exhibit on the Minnesota Daily, but fascism foiled my plans this month. The exhibit closes Friday, now you need a U ID I don’t have, any way to get in? libnews.umn.edu/2025/01/beyo...
Exhibit: Beyond the Page
For 125 years, The Minnesota Daily has endeavored to preserve the spirit of the University of Minnesota on the pages of the newspaper and beyond.
libnews.umn.edu
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Hey U library people who follow me: I’d been meaning to get to an Anderson Library exhibit on the Minnesota Daily, but fascism foiled my plans this month. The exhibit closes Friday, now you need a U ID I don’t have, any way to get in? libnews.umn.edu/2025/01/beyo...
I’m not gonna yuck your yum no matter your position on Klobuchar for Governor, but I *am* enjoying the prospect of Lisa Demuth trying to out-mom the Mommist candidate Minnesota has ever produced. You wanna be the PTA face of fascism, Lisa? AMY HAS A GUNDAM MADE OF POOL DRAINS.
January 29, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I’m not gonna yuck your yum no matter your position on Klobuchar for Governor, but I *am* enjoying the prospect of Lisa Demuth trying to out-mom the Mommist candidate Minnesota has ever produced. You wanna be the PTA face of fascism, Lisa? AMY HAS A GUNDAM MADE OF POOL DRAINS.
If you want to see who’s running for Minnesota governor: cfb.mn.gov/reports-and-... (Bakk appears in there by error & Walz has dropped out — double check for registration date 2024 or later)
Districts constitutional offices viewer
cfb.mn.gov
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If you want to see who’s running for Minnesota governor: cfb.mn.gov/reports-and-... (Bakk appears in there by error & Walz has dropped out — double check for registration date 2024 or later)
Not privy to any strategy, but with the major state daily now printed in Iowa, no reason time It to afternoon/evening before. It will likely still lead TV news tonight, and it’s what y’all are talking about this morning. Btw she had to announce before caucuses & I told you waiting was in her favor.
Is releasing a YouTube video at 6 am local time the typical way of announcing a run for office?
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Not privy to any strategy, but with the major state daily now printed in Iowa, no reason time It to afternoon/evening before. It will likely still lead TV news tonight, and it’s what y’all are talking about this morning. Btw she had to announce before caucuses & I told you waiting was in her favor.
Reposted by David Brauer
One Minnesota journalist doing remarkable work right now is Elizabeth Shockman/@eshockmanwrites.bsky.social for @mprnews.org. This article posted yesterday on child detentions is an essential read. An essential read.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
One Minnesota journalist doing remarkable work right now is Elizabeth Shockman/@eshockmanwrites.bsky.social for @mprnews.org. This article posted yesterday on child detentions is an essential read. An essential read.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson making clear that Tom Homan replacing Greg Bovino is a head fake: wapo.st/4roTeUI
January 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson making clear that Tom Homan replacing Greg Bovino is a head fake: wapo.st/4roTeUI