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.
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
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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.
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.
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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
Don’t tell Adam Platt but a second general strike has hit the building (closure 🧵 below)
The Angry Catfish bike shop is the first place I've seen that's closing for another General Strike day Jan. 30, although they're also sharing tons of Alex Pretti unity rides from around the country for Saturday
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January 29, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Don’t tell Adam Platt but a second general strike has hit the building (closure 🧵 below)
In light of today’s ongoing shittery — for example, a legal grocery deliverer detained in St. Paul archive.ph/9hXMT — take this ICE “guidance” as a PR exercise until proven real: www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' in new orders
The new internal guidance reviewed by Reuters also orders U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to only target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 AM
In light of today’s ongoing shittery — for example, a legal grocery deliverer detained in St. Paul archive.ph/9hXMT — take this ICE “guidance” as a PR exercise until proven real: www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
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"We have reports of ICE staging in parking lots or near food shelves, potentially following people who are making deliveries, and so the fear and anxiety is real," she said.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
'This cannot continue': 100 hunger relief groups call for end to ICE surge in Minnesota
"It's really hard when the helpers are the ones who are getting targeted as well."
www.kare11.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"We have reports of ICE staging in parking lots or near food shelves, potentially following people who are making deliveries, and so the fear and anxiety is real," she said.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
I’ve tried to tell out-of-towners that one of the low-key traumas of living here is these psychos ignoring all traffic laws. I’ve actually reduced my driving further just to avoid their shittery, but they can cream you on a bike or roll up on sidewalk just as easily.
Just madness out in the streets where these guys throw on their sirens and lights flying through neighborhoods at high speeds. People don't even bother pulling over for them anymore because they just do this all the time.
"FUCK ICE" "NOT ICE"
"FUCK ICE" "NOT ICE"
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I’ve tried to tell out-of-towners that one of the low-key traumas of living here is these psychos ignoring all traffic laws. I’ve actually reduced my driving further just to avoid their shittery, but they can cream you on a bike or roll up on sidewalk just as easily.
Reposted by David Brauer
Very cool history told through Isaac Silver's incredible collection of leftist ephemera inthesetimes.com/article/visu...
A Visual Tour of Minneapolis’ Radical History
The city’s all-out rebellion against ICE builds on more than a century of labor and social justice organizing, explains archivist Isaac Silver.
inthesetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Very cool history told through Isaac Silver's incredible collection of leftist ephemera inthesetimes.com/article/visu...
Loved this place and followed it from where Target Center is now (it was the diner for the Twin Cities Reader staff) to Nicollet Ave to Northeast. May his memory be a blessing.
This is a gut punch. Anthony was always super friendly and a blast to talk to whenever I went into Market BBQ. A mentor celebrated almost every 49 sobriety anniversaries there, and was heart broken he couldn't this past October. He's not going to take this well. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Owner of legendary Minneapolis BBQ joint dies by suicide
Anthony Polski is survived by his parents and a young son.
bringmethenews.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Loved this place and followed it from where Target Center is now (it was the diner for the Twin Cities Reader staff) to Nicollet Ave to Northeast. May his memory be a blessing.
Bruce is a mensch, but I really don’t want a “bloody mist“ earworm
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Bruce is a mensch, but I really don’t want a “bloody mist“ earworm
Longtime Minnesota US District Court Judge John Tunheim orders release of 100 refugees held by ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u... (gift link)
Judge Orders Release of Minnesota Refugees Targeted in ICE Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Longtime Minnesota US District Court Judge John Tunheim orders release of 100 refugees held by ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u... (gift link)
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There isn’t any indication that immigration activity has changed in Minneapolis. In fact, this afternoon, federal immigration agents began staging at Holy Rosary Catholic Church located in East Phillips. This activity is disgraceful and creates an unsafe environment for our neighbors. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 AM
There isn’t any indication that immigration activity has changed in Minneapolis. In fact, this afternoon, federal immigration agents began staging at Holy Rosary Catholic Church located in East Phillips. This activity is disgraceful and creates an unsafe environment for our neighbors. 1/
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STOP REPOSTING WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO GET OUT THERE YOU ARE HELPING THEM
Protect the protectors my god
Protect the protectors my god
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 AM
STOP REPOSTING WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO GET OUT THERE YOU ARE HELPING THEM
Protect the protectors my god
Protect the protectors my god
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Anyone in the Twin Cities know a smart kid looking for a job? I’ve got an opening for a Jr Analyst. Probably a lot of boring report creation to start but a solid opportunity to develop some real skills.
Experience working with data and an attention to detail is a must. We can teach everything else.
Experience working with data and an attention to detail is a must. We can teach everything else.
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Anyone in the Twin Cities know a smart kid looking for a job? I’ve got an opening for a Jr Analyst. Probably a lot of boring report creation to start but a solid opportunity to develop some real skills.
Experience working with data and an attention to detail is a must. We can teach everything else.
Experience working with data and an attention to detail is a must. We can teach everything else.
Man, the Oprah Extended Universe keeps churning out the villains: www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
CBS News staffers ‘pretty salty’ over Gayle King’s passionate defense of Bari Weiss: ‘Utter disappointment’
Exclusive: ‘She’s not going to say anything against the person who will determine her job status. This was her only play,” one network insider said.
www.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Man, the Oprah Extended Universe keeps churning out the villains: www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...