K Jumbe
@kjumbe.bsky.social
Stayin' alive. Minnesota person. Author of Night: A Children's Fable (Levine Querido)
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K Jumbe
@kjumbe.bsky.social
· Jun 13
"The world changes. Sometimes slowly. Sometimes all of an instant. But the world changes, and it doesn't change back."
-Daniel Abraham
-Daniel Abraham
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As the federal government targets Minnesota, I’m staying in this race to defend our state as Attorney General.
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
As the federal government targets Minnesota, I’m staying in this race to defend our state as Attorney General.
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ICE took someone in Waite Park today while they were delivering food to their family. ICE violently smashed their car on a residential street and then started pointing guns at children in the neighborhood.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
ICE took someone in Waite Park today while they were delivering food to their family. ICE violently smashed their car on a residential street and then started pointing guns at children in the neighborhood.
Never believe the fiction that 340 million people have no ability to stop one man.
It's a matter of will, not ability. It doesn't require violence. It requires risk. Risking livelihood. Risking safety.
These are not small things, but the cost now is lower than the cost will be in 2 years or 20.
It's a matter of will, not ability. It doesn't require violence. It requires risk. Risking livelihood. Risking safety.
These are not small things, but the cost now is lower than the cost will be in 2 years or 20.
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Never believe the fiction that 340 million people have no ability to stop one man.
It's a matter of will, not ability. It doesn't require violence. It requires risk. Risking livelihood. Risking safety.
These are not small things, but the cost now is lower than the cost will be in 2 years or 20.
It's a matter of will, not ability. It doesn't require violence. It requires risk. Risking livelihood. Risking safety.
These are not small things, but the cost now is lower than the cost will be in 2 years or 20.
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Handing SSA data to election deniers seems like more than a Hatch Act violation
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Handing SSA data to election deniers seems like more than a Hatch Act violation
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Neighbors are still being torn apart, and we have yet to hear back on a plan from Governor Walz.
We are asking the community to call his office and ask for an eviction moratorium. You can leave a voicemail here: 651-201-3400.
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We are asking the community to call his office and ask for an eviction moratorium. You can leave a voicemail here: 651-201-3400.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Neighbors are still being torn apart, and we have yet to hear back on a plan from Governor Walz.
We are asking the community to call his office and ask for an eviction moratorium. You can leave a voicemail here: 651-201-3400.
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We are asking the community to call his office and ask for an eviction moratorium. You can leave a voicemail here: 651-201-3400.
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The Minneapolis City Council unanimously adopted a resolution urging Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium as an effort to keep families together. Unfortunately, rent is due soon for so many families. 1/
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously adopted a resolution urging Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium as an effort to keep families together. Unfortunately, rent is due soon for so many families. 1/
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I'm more worried that the midterms go smoothly, Democrats take back the house and the Senate...and then nothing changes than I am of Trump cancelling them. If he cancells them, people will panic. They will be forced to acknowledge the dictator, they're fine with a powerless congress though
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I'm more worried that the midterms go smoothly, Democrats take back the house and the Senate...and then nothing changes than I am of Trump cancelling them. If he cancells them, people will panic. They will be forced to acknowledge the dictator, they're fine with a powerless congress though
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Minnesota's Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth made a Facebook post critical of an anti-ICE protest at a church, and got ratioed by her own daughter in the comments www.facebook.com/LisaforMN/po...
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Minnesota's Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth made a Facebook post critical of an anti-ICE protest at a church, and got ratioed by her own daughter in the comments www.facebook.com/LisaforMN/po...
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"Almost violently" means nonviolently.
Bovino: "Individuals came in and disrupted almost violently a church service"
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"Almost violently" means nonviolently.
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We will be closed Friday, January 23rd. We stand with and love our community. We hope you take care of yourself and others…share acts of kindness, take time to rest and recharge, and enjoy music’s place in your life.
January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
We will be closed Friday, January 23rd. We stand with and love our community. We hope you take care of yourself and others…share acts of kindness, take time to rest and recharge, and enjoy music’s place in your life.
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The one and only time NATO has invoked Article 5 and waged collective defense was when they came to *our* aid after 9/11.
That's a fact, no matter how dumb our current president is. Just saying.
That's a fact, no matter how dumb our current president is. Just saying.
Trump: "The big fear I have with NATO is we spend tremendous amounts of money with NATO and I know we'll come to their rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours. Just saying."
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The one and only time NATO has invoked Article 5 and waged collective defense was when they came to *our* aid after 9/11.
That's a fact, no matter how dumb our current president is. Just saying.
That's a fact, no matter how dumb our current president is. Just saying.
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Immigration officers are caught on video violating policy, training, and settled law pretty much every day. The administration just cheers them on. What makes anyone think they're going to implement any of these "guardrails?" They think de-escalation is woke.
This is just giving them more money.
This is just giving them more money.
Other aspects:
-de-escalation training for ICE and CBP officers
-training all law officers and agents, on Americans’ right to record any interactions.
-Provides line-item funding ($20 million) for mandated, independent oversight of detention facilities
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
-de-escalation training for ICE and CBP officers
-training all law officers and agents, on Americans’ right to record any interactions.
-Provides line-item funding ($20 million) for mandated, independent oversight of detention facilities
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Immigration officers are caught on video violating policy, training, and settled law pretty much every day. The administration just cheers them on. What makes anyone think they're going to implement any of these "guardrails?" They think de-escalation is woke.
This is just giving them more money.
This is just giving them more money.
Attention is rightly on the violence against immigrant communities right now, including deaths in detainment. But people who feel outraged at those deaths should also feel called to remember that all our jails are run in inhumane ways, and that this issue deserves the same outrage and action.
Damon Calhoun, 35, and Londell Nunn Jr., 34, were stabbed to death last week at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Alabama, where the homicide rate is more than 20 times the national average.
Two People Killed in a Single Day at Alabama’s Elmore Prison
Damon Calhoun, 35, and Londell Nunn Jr., 34, were stabbed to death.
eji.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Attention is rightly on the violence against immigrant communities right now, including deaths in detainment. But people who feel outraged at those deaths should also feel called to remember that all our jails are run in inhumane ways, and that this issue deserves the same outrage and action.
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Police do this every day.
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Police do this every day.
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Congrats to the guy who helped Russia invade Ukraine. A real feather in the cap.
Lukashenko joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' as US eases his isolation reut.rs/3YLROYb
Lukashenko joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' as US eases his isolation
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed an agreement on Tuesday to join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, the latest step in a rapprochement with Washington after years of international isolation.
reut.rs
January 20, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Congrats to the guy who helped Russia invade Ukraine. A real feather in the cap.
This helped me understand the case as a layperson.
I wrote about Justice Neil Gorsuch Pikachu-facing throughout oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez today bc the Court told states that modern gun laws must have "historical analogues" and, as it turns out, a lot of historical laws are racist
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/wolfo...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/wolfo...
The Supreme Court’s “History and Tradition” Test Just Ran Into America’s History and Tradition of Anti-Black Racism
Requiring "historical analogues" for modern gun laws eventually turns up some history that makes even the conservative justices uncomfortable.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This helped me understand the case as a layperson.
Head-in-the-sanders who don't want to risk even a day of effort to defend this democracy are just hoping to wait it out, without asking themselves what will even be left for *them* on the other side.
Your wealth, your retirement, your kids' futures - all of these depend on a stable country.
Your wealth, your retirement, your kids' futures - all of these depend on a stable country.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Head-in-the-sanders who don't want to risk even a day of effort to defend this democracy are just hoping to wait it out, without asking themselves what will even be left for *them* on the other side.
Your wealth, your retirement, your kids' futures - all of these depend on a stable country.
Your wealth, your retirement, your kids' futures - all of these depend on a stable country.
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MN friends: this Tuesday, January 20, I'll be joining @shannongibney.bsky.social and @sunyungshin.bsky.social over at @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social for a fundraiser for MONARCA, who have been doing so much good here.
Art can raise money, art can raise morale. We'll do both here:
Art can raise money, art can raise morale. We'll do both here:
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
MN friends: this Tuesday, January 20, I'll be joining @shannongibney.bsky.social and @sunyungshin.bsky.social over at @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social for a fundraiser for MONARCA, who have been doing so much good here.
Art can raise money, art can raise morale. We'll do both here:
Art can raise money, art can raise morale. We'll do both here:
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This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
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Mark Carney gave the best speech at Davos by far. He understands the situation with clarity while others prevaricate, appease, and send late-night “Dear Donald” texts or call him “daddy.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Mark Carney gave the best speech at Davos by far. He understands the situation with clarity while others prevaricate, appease, and send late-night “Dear Donald” texts or call him “daddy.”
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Important perspective from Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Important perspective from Greenland.
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If you have resources, one way to thank these businesses is to visit them on Saturday, and then keep going back.
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
If you have resources, one way to thank these businesses is to visit them on Saturday, and then keep going back.