melissa feilmeier-marzen
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Education Minnesota/TEMPO | union proud | solidarity isn't just a word—it's how we win ✊ | guinness connoisseur| state of mind: derry girl | cyclones fan | married to a greek god with a dad bod
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Trump's new pick for Fed Chair makes an appearance in today's Epstein Files release:
January 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Trump's new pick for Fed Chair makes an appearance in today's Epstein Files release:
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ICE is quietly reshaping daily life in greater MN, too.
In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes
In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes
January 31, 2026 at 1:26 AM
ICE is quietly reshaping daily life in greater MN, too.
In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes
In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The chaos and fear ICE is bringing to our communities is disrupting learning. I'm proud to see educators meeting the moment by offering virtual learning options and doing all they can to keep students safe.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minnesota educators say ICE activity is causing problems in the classroom
Teachers say more students are opting into virtual learning. But educators say that while it is a short-term solution, it comes with long-term consequences.
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The chaos and fear ICE is bringing to our communities is disrupting learning. I'm proud to see educators meeting the moment by offering virtual learning options and doing all they can to keep students safe.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
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ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
How immigration detainees move around Minnesota and the nation
ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 PM
ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
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REGISTER NOW. How do national immigration enforcement policies impact K–12 schools? Join educators nationwide for a @aft.org webinar on Jan 28 to better understand the realities & school-based responses https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/immigration-enforcement-nation-risk @sharemylesson.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 PM
REGISTER NOW. How do national immigration enforcement policies impact K–12 schools? Join educators nationwide for a @aft.org webinar on Jan 28 to better understand the realities & school-based responses https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/immigration-enforcement-nation-risk @sharemylesson.bsky.social
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Staff at 211 Greater Twin Cities United Way, a line that connects Minnesotans with resources, report calls have increased more than 1,600 percent. Calls requesting rent assistance more than tripled in mid-January. Local officials are pushing for an eviction moratorium.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Staff at 211 Greater Twin Cities United Way, a line that connects Minnesotans with resources, report calls have increased more than 1,600 percent. Calls requesting rent assistance more than tripled in mid-January. Local officials are pushing for an eviction moratorium.
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Two Minnesotans—Renee Good, a devoted mother of three, and Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who served our veterans—are gone, killed by federal agents.
The Trump Administration is trying to block fair, transparent investigations into their deaths. We need justice and cannot let anyone hide the truth.
The Trump Administration is trying to block fair, transparent investigations into their deaths. We need justice and cannot let anyone hide the truth.
January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Two Minnesotans—Renee Good, a devoted mother of three, and Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who served our veterans—are gone, killed by federal agents.
The Trump Administration is trying to block fair, transparent investigations into their deaths. We need justice and cannot let anyone hide the truth.
The Trump Administration is trying to block fair, transparent investigations into their deaths. We need justice and cannot let anyone hide the truth.
Bauer has been a teacher for 25 years, a period that has included a rise of school shootings and the drills that have become common to protect against them. “But I never thought it would be our own government we had to protect the kids from…We kept them physically safe, but they saw what happened”
“We’re going to have to live with our discomfort in making other people uncomfortable.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Bauer has been a teacher for 25 years, a period that has included a rise of school shootings and the drills that have become common to protect against them. “But I never thought it would be our own government we had to protect the kids from…We kept them physically safe, but they saw what happened”
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 26, 2026
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 26, 2026
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We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
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As federal agents stormed Minneapolis and residents banded together to protect their own, Charles Homan saw a dystopian future become reality. “The federal agents looked more like a platoon of soldiers navigating a hostile foreign capital than conventional law enforcement in an American city.”
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
As federal agents stormed Minneapolis and residents banded together to protect their own, Charles Homan saw a dystopian future become reality. “The federal agents looked more like a platoon of soldiers navigating a hostile foreign capital than conventional law enforcement in an American city.”
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This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇
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Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents on Saturday, was a registered nurse who worked in the ICU at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. “He wanted to be helpful, to help humanity and have a career that was a force of good in the world,” a colleague said. trib.al/0Yb3jXF
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents on Saturday, was a registered nurse who worked in the ICU at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. “He wanted to be helpful, to help humanity and have a career that was a force of good in the world,” a colleague said. trib.al/0Yb3jXF
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Some immigrant parents, fearful of their children facing similar uncertainty if they were to be arrested, detained or deported are taking the extreme step of legally transferring parental authority to teachers, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors.
Fearing ICE, parents make plans for their children’s care
Some families give legal authority to others to make key decisions about a child’s life if a parent is detained and deported.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some immigrant parents, fearful of their children facing similar uncertainty if they were to be arrested, detained or deported are taking the extreme step of legally transferring parental authority to teachers, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors.
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A review of statements by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem finds several assertions unverified or contradicted by video and witness accounts.
Fact check: Federal officials’ claims about fatal Minneapolis shooting
A review of statements by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem finds several assertions unverified or contradicted by video and witness accounts.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A review of statements by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem finds several assertions unverified or contradicted by video and witness accounts.
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NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
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bsky.app/profile/vvv.... Got this on video here <3
Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
bsky.app/profile/vvv.... Got this on video here <3
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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JUST IN: ICE agents in Minnesota arrested an employee at the St. Louis Park Homewood Suites — where they were staying to help carry out Operation Metro Surge.
A federal judge just ordered the man's release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge just ordered the man's release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
JUST IN: ICE agents in Minnesota arrested an employee at the St. Louis Park Homewood Suites — where they were staying to help carry out Operation Metro Surge.
A federal judge just ordered the man's release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge just ordered the man's release.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...