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.
Having a Sunday afternoon winter bike ride for Alex Pretti - a day after the big ride, for those who can’t make Saturday’s ride. Informal, unmarshaled (bring your own water/snacks) but almost all protected bike lanes through Alex’s South Minneapolis. Register here - forms.gle/Z4pNMGRzsLua...
We Ride in Unity: Sunday Ride RSVP
From Angry Catfish Bicycle: "Alex was one of us, could’ve been any of us, so as we mourn, all of us can come together in unity to remember Alex for what he was. A kind and caring soul put on this eart...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Having a Sunday afternoon winter bike ride for Alex Pretti - a day after the big ride, for those who can’t make Saturday’s ride. Informal, unmarshaled (bring your own water/snacks) but almost all protected bike lanes through Alex’s South Minneapolis. Register here - forms.gle/Z4pNMGRzsLua...
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Georgia Fort posted a video on FB this morning that she was being arrested by federal agents for her coverage of a demonstration at a church in St. Paul a couple weeks ago.
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Georgia Fort posted a video on FB this morning that she was being arrested by federal agents for her coverage of a demonstration at a church in St. Paul a couple weeks ago.
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I would beseech the national media to stop writing sentences like one I just read that said basically "ICE's time in Minnesota is almost up." That is NOT an established fact. Please do not turn away. Please check the readily available information from people on the ground and local journalists.
From everything I’m hearing and reading, nothing in the ground in the Twin Cities has meaningfully changed.
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I would beseech the national media to stop writing sentences like one I just read that said basically "ICE's time in Minnesota is almost up." That is NOT an established fact. Please do not turn away. Please check the readily available information from people on the ground and local journalists.
Has anyone done a story on Twin Cities auto-glass places being flooded with window replacement orders? Or just body shops in general seeing a big influx of repairs?
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Has anyone done a story on Twin Cities auto-glass places being flooded with window replacement orders? Or just body shops in general seeing a big influx of repairs?
“Showtimes for ‘Melania’ at the Mann Plymouth Grand 15 theater in Minnesota appeared to have been canceled. The theater is located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, where two observers have been killed amid a massive incursion of federal immigration agents.“ archive.ph/09y1E
archive.ph
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
“Showtimes for ‘Melania’ at the Mann Plymouth Grand 15 theater in Minnesota appeared to have been canceled. The theater is located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, where two observers have been killed amid a massive incursion of federal immigration agents.“ archive.ph/09y1E
So moved by the French people supporting us. Now the French government has pressured a company to end a dystopian private immigrant-surveillance ICE contract. wapo.st/4q6PupC
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 AM
So moved by the French people supporting us. Now the French government has pressured a company to end a dystopian private immigrant-surveillance ICE contract. wapo.st/4q6PupC
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
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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:
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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
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“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.