Gretchen Pfau
@mariliel.bsky.social
Campaign wonk, data scientist, feminist, social justice Catholic, bookworm, knitter, morris dancer, and aspirational gardener.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
ICE just showed up at our house for the second day in a row. Four cars yesterday, today five. They rolled up slow, then got out to taunt us, and take pictures of the house. They want fear to overwhelm us, to project a fantasy of power meant to intimidate, isolate, produce obedience—not happening.
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
ICE just showed up at our house for the second day in a row. Four cars yesterday, today five. They rolled up slow, then got out to taunt us, and take pictures of the house. They want fear to overwhelm us, to project a fantasy of power meant to intimidate, isolate, produce obedience—not happening.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
How fucked is shit? Shit's so fucked the state AG is putting out information about how to protect your digital presence against the federal government.
Last week, my office released the following consumer alert on how Minnesotans can protect their digital privacy from DHS agents.
I urge all Minnesotans to take steps to protect themselves online from the federal government’s overreach and lawlessness.
I urge all Minnesotans to take steps to protect themselves online from the federal government’s overreach and lawlessness.
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
How fucked is shit? Shit's so fucked the state AG is putting out information about how to protect your digital presence against the federal government.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
For folks both inside and outside of Minnesota, please consider donating to help folks pay rent. Many orgs and people who support folks in housing crisis are telling us the need is unprecedented right now! www.standwithminnesota.com/rent
January 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM
For folks both inside and outside of Minnesota, please consider donating to help folks pay rent. Many orgs and people who support folks in housing crisis are telling us the need is unprecedented right now! www.standwithminnesota.com/rent
These are FAR from enough. But they would be a vast improvement over what's happening in Minnesota right now.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
These are FAR from enough. But they would be a vast improvement over what's happening in Minnesota right now.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
These are good asks. The mask agents in roving patrols are causing so much stress and chaos and terror every single day for our entire Metro
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
These are good asks. The mask agents in roving patrols are causing so much stress and chaos and terror every single day for our entire Metro
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Oftentimes I’m asked by non-Minnesotans how we stand living with our harsh winters in Minnesota.
I hope the country has seen over this past month that Minnesotans, while generally reserved by nature, generate a warmth of community.
It’s that simple.
I hope the country has seen over this past month that Minnesotans, while generally reserved by nature, generate a warmth of community.
It’s that simple.
January 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Oftentimes I’m asked by non-Minnesotans how we stand living with our harsh winters in Minnesota.
I hope the country has seen over this past month that Minnesotans, while generally reserved by nature, generate a warmth of community.
It’s that simple.
I hope the country has seen over this past month that Minnesotans, while generally reserved by nature, generate a warmth of community.
It’s that simple.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
'If we're going to honor the fight in Minnesota & reject Trump’s authoritarianism, it’s not enough to require ICE wear body cameras when they’re shooting us. We must reimagine the systems that got us here'
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
“The People of Minnesota Are Stronger Than the Federal Government That Seeks to Break Us”
The legal system empowered Trump’s ICE rampage. It is people who have the power to stop it.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
'If we're going to honor the fight in Minnesota & reject Trump’s authoritarianism, it’s not enough to require ICE wear body cameras when they’re shooting us. We must reimagine the systems that got us here'
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
get their asses Council Member @mollycoleman.bsky.social
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Yes, as people here in Minneapolis keep shouting, ICE’s Minnesota siege is, among other things, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. To randomly grab a single pedestrian who probably ends up being a citizen, they need 12 guys and to tear gas a bunch of people! It’s insanely inefficient!
IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Yes, as people here in Minneapolis keep shouting, ICE’s Minnesota siege is, among other things, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. To randomly grab a single pedestrian who probably ends up being a citizen, they need 12 guys and to tear gas a bunch of people! It’s insanely inefficient!
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Quick iconic comic cover edit to laud Ilhan Omar.
January 28, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Quick iconic comic cover edit to laud Ilhan Omar.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Trump received 13% of the vote in 2024 in the Minnesota district (in St Paul) that held a legislative race tonight, losing it by 71%.
Today, the GOP nominee got 4%, losing the race by 91%.
Today, the GOP nominee got 4%, losing the race by 91%.
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Trump received 13% of the vote in 2024 in the Minnesota district (in St Paul) that held a legislative race tonight, losing it by 71%.
Today, the GOP nominee got 4%, losing the race by 91%.
Today, the GOP nominee got 4%, losing the race by 91%.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
They detained four workers from a Mexican restaurant
yesterday here in Brainerd, two hours north
We now have 48 detainees in the Crow Wing County Jail
yesterday here in Brainerd, two hours north
We now have 48 detainees in the Crow Wing County Jail
I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
They detained four workers from a Mexican restaurant
yesterday here in Brainerd, two hours north
We now have 48 detainees in the Crow Wing County Jail
yesterday here in Brainerd, two hours north
We now have 48 detainees in the Crow Wing County Jail
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Happy update: One of these folks just received approval of their permanent resident status.
Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Happy update: One of these folks just received approval of their permanent resident status.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
We are hosting a virtual caucus training this Wednesday, Jan. 28th from 6:30-7:30pm!
The caucus process can be intimidating, but it's one of the best ways to make an impact on your community. Join us to develop your confidence and hone your skills!
RSVP
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The caucus process can be intimidating, but it's one of the best ways to make an impact on your community. Join us to develop your confidence and hone your skills!
RSVP
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sustain Saint Paul Caucus Training
The caucus and convention process can often be confusing and intimidating for people trying to get more politically involved, but it is one of the most important way Minnesotans can make an impact on ...
docs.google.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We are hosting a virtual caucus training this Wednesday, Jan. 28th from 6:30-7:30pm!
The caucus process can be intimidating, but it's one of the best ways to make an impact on your community. Join us to develop your confidence and hone your skills!
RSVP
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The caucus process can be intimidating, but it's one of the best ways to make an impact on your community. Join us to develop your confidence and hone your skills!
RSVP
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
Y'all.
You can't just "call" a general strike. You have to ORGANIZE one. That's why the MN strike worked.
You can't just "call" a general strike. You have to ORGANIZE one. That's why the MN strike worked.
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Y'all.
You can't just "call" a general strike. You have to ORGANIZE one. That's why the MN strike worked.
You can't just "call" a general strike. You have to ORGANIZE one. That's why the MN strike worked.
Reposted by Gretchen Pfau
a reporter asked “is mutual aid a form of resistance?”
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
a reporter asked “is mutual aid a form of resistance?”
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance