Emily Grant
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Minnesota officials rejected the DOJ’s request for records related to election-day registration and residency verification.
The demand targets a state law allowing voters to register at the polls and establish residency through a voucher, which the department argues violates federal law.
The demand targets a state law allowing voters to register at the polls and establish residency through a voucher, which the department argues violates federal law.
Minnesota rejects DOJ voter data demand that targets same-day registration
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Minnesota officials rejected the DOJ’s request for records related to election-day registration and residency verification.
The demand targets a state law allowing voters to register at the polls and establish residency through a voucher, which the department argues violates federal law.
The demand targets a state law allowing voters to register at the polls and establish residency through a voucher, which the department argues violates federal law.
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As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now--
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
actions to take as ICE intensifies
ways to support MN and your own community
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now--
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
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Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
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This led to a TRO by the end of the night.
I cover the TRO at Law Dork — and all of the quick-moving legal action on Saturday that followed the ICE killing of Alex Pretti: www.lawdork.com/p/the-ice-ki...
I cover the TRO at Law Dork — and all of the quick-moving legal action on Saturday that followed the ICE killing of Alex Pretti: www.lawdork.com/p/the-ice-ki...
January 25, 2026 at 6:14 AM
This led to a TRO by the end of the night.
I cover the TRO at Law Dork — and all of the quick-moving legal action on Saturday that followed the ICE killing of Alex Pretti: www.lawdork.com/p/the-ice-ki...
I cover the TRO at Law Dork — and all of the quick-moving legal action on Saturday that followed the ICE killing of Alex Pretti: www.lawdork.com/p/the-ice-ki...
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IF we had a real opposition leader fighting fascism, they would: tell the truth, expose the fascists’ tactics, mobilize resources, unite the resistance, make it undeniable—accountability absolutely coming when they’re in power
The brilliant @fieldsmeyer.com wrote the powerful words I want to hear
The brilliant @fieldsmeyer.com wrote the powerful words I want to hear
I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is:
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 AM
IF we had a real opposition leader fighting fascism, they would: tell the truth, expose the fascists’ tactics, mobilize resources, unite the resistance, make it undeniable—accountability absolutely coming when they’re in power
The brilliant @fieldsmeyer.com wrote the powerful words I want to hear
The brilliant @fieldsmeyer.com wrote the powerful words I want to hear
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I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is:
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is:
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
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Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
“As a physician, I felt a professional and
moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him …..
… Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”
moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him …..
… Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”
WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
"I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to
assess the victim.
At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
“As a physician, I felt a professional and
moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him …..
… Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”
moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him …..
… Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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Apologies, wrong link in the first post (there are two letters).
Correct link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I suggest reading in full…it’s really something. The judge, by the way, is a Bush appointee and two-time Scalia clerk.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Correct link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I suggest reading in full…it’s really something. The judge, by the way, is a Bush appointee and two-time Scalia clerk.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Apologies, wrong link in the first post (there are two letters).
Correct link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I suggest reading in full…it’s really something. The judge, by the way, is a Bush appointee and two-time Scalia clerk.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Correct link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I suggest reading in full…it’s really something. The judge, by the way, is a Bush appointee and two-time Scalia clerk.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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This is why I have been telling people to work in their community to create local legislation denying ICE access to lease or buy these kinds of facilities. Use zoning and other city/state/county regs to block them wherever possible. (Remember, before it became a camp, Dachau had been a factory.)
“The federal government plans to imprison 9,500 people in a warehouse built for storage next to FedEx, Amazon, and other corporations." New concentration camp incoming to DFW area. www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
ICE Just Bought a Massive Warehouse in Hutchins
Faith leaders call the 1-million-square-foot planned detention facility—originally designed as an Amazon warehouse—"disturbing."
www.dmagazine.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This is why I have been telling people to work in their community to create local legislation denying ICE access to lease or buy these kinds of facilities. Use zoning and other city/state/county regs to block them wherever possible. (Remember, before it became a camp, Dachau had been a factory.)
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I’ve never seen anything quite like Chief Judge Schiltz’s letter to Chief Judge Colloton.
(The Eighth Circuit has since denied DOJ’s application, but didn’t acknowledge any of its … ridiculous … behavior.)
(The Eighth Circuit has since denied DOJ’s application, but didn’t acknowledge any of its … ridiculous … behavior.)
A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.
DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.
That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.
That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I’ve never seen anything quite like Chief Judge Schiltz’s letter to Chief Judge Colloton.
(The Eighth Circuit has since denied DOJ’s application, but didn’t acknowledge any of its … ridiculous … behavior.)
(The Eighth Circuit has since denied DOJ’s application, but didn’t acknowledge any of its … ridiculous … behavior.)
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The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are.
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos | CNN Politics
The ongoing protests and images coming out of Minnesota have prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown as Americans grow alarmed by the ch...
www.cnn.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are.
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
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NEW: ICE's Fourth Amendment-free search policy, Minnesota church protest charges, and more.
The Trump administration's cruel, lawless immigration enforcement efforts were on full display this week. So was the pushback.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The Trump administration's cruel, lawless immigration enforcement efforts were on full display this week. So was the pushback.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
ICE's Fourth Amendment-free search policy, Minnesota church protest charges, and more
The Trump administration's cruel, lawless immigration enforcement efforts were on full display this week.
www.lawdork.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 AM
NEW: ICE's Fourth Amendment-free search policy, Minnesota church protest charges, and more.
The Trump administration's cruel, lawless immigration enforcement efforts were on full display this week. So was the pushback.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
The Trump administration's cruel, lawless immigration enforcement efforts were on full display this week. So was the pushback.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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Midwest.
Vs.
Everybody.
Vs.
Everybody.
January 24, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Midwest.
Vs.
Everybody.
Vs.
Everybody.
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This is why organizing that reaches for relationality is central, not secondary - it breaks the capitalist idea of us as atomized, individual consumers and compels us to act in solidarity with others. And, perhaps more than anything, it's a politics more rooted in cultivating belonging than ideology
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is why organizing that reaches for relationality is central, not secondary - it breaks the capitalist idea of us as atomized, individual consumers and compels us to act in solidarity with others. And, perhaps more than anything, it's a politics more rooted in cultivating belonging than ideology
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Shabbat Shalom to the 100+ rabbis who joined clergy in Minneapolis today to say:
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
Meanwhile in Minneapolis...
...some very cold, very determined NYC rabbis experiencing Minnesota winter for the first time. Cold can't stop us from answering the call to support Minneapolitans demand ICE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS!
...some very cold, very determined NYC rabbis experiencing Minnesota winter for the first time. Cold can't stop us from answering the call to support Minneapolitans demand ICE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS!
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Shabbat Shalom to the 100+ rabbis who joined clergy in Minneapolis today to say:
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
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Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum came to Minneapolis from New York. Her message couldn't be clearer: This Rabbi Loves Immigrants. Here she is leading a massive gathering at Target in Minneapolis, protesting the corporation's ongoing capitulation to the Trump administration's cruelty. (Photo-Randi Weingarten)
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum came to Minneapolis from New York. Her message couldn't be clearer: This Rabbi Loves Immigrants. Here she is leading a massive gathering at Target in Minneapolis, protesting the corporation's ongoing capitulation to the Trump administration's cruelty. (Photo-Randi Weingarten)
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"On 3/8 1965, as state violence was unleashed against Black citizens in Selma, MLK Jr. penned a telegram to clergy across the nation.
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"On 3/8 1965, as state violence was unleashed against Black citizens in Selma, MLK Jr. penned a telegram to clergy across the nation.
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
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This is what it means to be a rabbi today. Standing in subzero temperatures w/tallit over your layers. Standing with other faith leaders & people of conscience and rejecting ICE's brutality and violence. Rabbi Aaron Weininger wants ICE out of his state NOW. We're so proud to call him a T'ruah member
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
This is what it means to be a rabbi today. Standing in subzero temperatures w/tallit over your layers. Standing with other faith leaders & people of conscience and rejecting ICE's brutality and violence. Rabbi Aaron Weininger wants ICE out of his state NOW. We're so proud to call him a T'ruah member
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Essentially, what stops abductions is when crowds outnumber the masked kidnappers. When people aggressively follow ICE with whistles and horns, crowds are ready to show up. If they show up fast enough, ICE leaves and a family is not broken. (People here understand the stakes).
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Essentially, what stops abductions is when crowds outnumber the masked kidnappers. When people aggressively follow ICE with whistles and horns, crowds are ready to show up. If they show up fast enough, ICE leaves and a family is not broken. (People here understand the stakes).
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Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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In honor of the strike in Minnesota and hopefully nationwide, let's learn about the impact of general strikes and why we need more of them now, shall we?
Here's a little history of notable general strikes: 1/x 🧵
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
In honor of the strike in Minnesota and hopefully nationwide, let's learn about the impact of general strikes and why we need more of them now, shall we?