The Reed
@rjmeelar.bsky.social
Leftist Duder, Former Occhiolist, Recovering Campaign Organizer, Potential Crafter, and Future Procrastinator. Interested in spreadsheets.
My response to those saying we should commit to voting blue no matter who in 2028
February 18, 2026 at 4:49 AM
My response to those saying we should commit to voting blue no matter who in 2028
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Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
It's also part of a very direct negation of the latest stupid tweet by Musk: people have given so much, two of them their lives, to defend a multicultural city and the rights of people not exactly like them. And that multiculturalism is American culture.
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
When the last stormtrooper choppers out do we get a ticker tape parade where we carry @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and our progressive representatives on our shoulders?
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February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
When the last stormtrooper choppers out do we get a ticker tape parade where we carry @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and our progressive representatives on our shoulders?
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New Strib poll confirms my rough guess: 1/3rd of Minnesotans are shitheads who support ICE, but 2/3rds are with us. 69% in the ‘burbs! (Abolish ICE, like Defund the Police, is a public-opinion loser. Still, 79% say ICE should abolished OR reformed.) www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-... (gift link) 1/
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM
New Strib poll confirms my rough guess: 1/3rd of Minnesotans are shitheads who support ICE, but 2/3rds are with us. 69% in the ‘burbs! (Abolish ICE, like Defund the Police, is a public-opinion loser. Still, 79% say ICE should abolished OR reformed.) www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-... (gift link) 1/
Everybody with “protect and serve” on their car in this state have been like. “Sorry, you are being kidnapped, beaten, or killed but we are afraid this is not our jurisdiction.”
when unknown men come into our government center to grab teenagers, is there anyone that verifies somehow that they are actually federal agents?
These assholes look like the psychotically violent henchmen in a mediocre movie
February 11, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Everybody with “protect and serve” on their car in this state have been like. “Sorry, you are being kidnapped, beaten, or killed but we are afraid this is not our jurisdiction.”
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This is true (and not confined to Minneapolis)
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This is true (and not confined to Minneapolis)
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Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
Donald Trump just turned to Steven Miller and said, “Smithers, have the Rolling Stones killed.”
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Donald Trump just turned to Steven Miller and said, “Smithers, have the Rolling Stones killed.”
Our money class still desperately wants to be collaborators and want us to tell them they are smart and wise. What would happen if activists stop telling ICE they have small penises and replace our fuck ICE chants with “you guys aren’t being your best selves” www.startribune.com/immigration-...
Opinion | Maybe a little both-sides-ism is exactly what we need right now
Calls for de-escalation and toning down the rhetoric in recent days are exactly what was needed, even if it might have felt like capitulation, Shannon Watson writes.
www.startribune.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Our money class still desperately wants to be collaborators and want us to tell them they are smart and wise. What would happen if activists stop telling ICE they have small penises and replace our fuck ICE chants with “you guys aren’t being your best selves” www.startribune.com/immigration-...
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There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.
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Sociologist: Most ICE agents motivated by desire for approval and to "affirm their masculinity in public." Those who commit violence are typically seeking status, power, acceptance. ICE observers work to deescalate by surrounding agents with disapproval.
Sociologist Nicole Bedera explains how observing ICE is a 'de-escalation' tactic
Twin Cities residents have taken to the streets to both protest and simply observe the thousands of ICE agents in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The federal government has accused ICE watchers of…
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February 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Sociologist: Most ICE agents motivated by desire for approval and to "affirm their masculinity in public." Those who commit violence are typically seeking status, power, acceptance. ICE observers work to deescalate by surrounding agents with disapproval.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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"Trump is a raging ball of racist, power-hungry id. He means what he says, he says what he means, no matter how ludicrous, monstrous, or completely untethered from reality. So, yes, Americans should be very, very concerned about his expressed desire to “nationalize” elections."
- Today's First Draft
- Today's First Draft
🚨 Trump: ‘Republicans Should Run Elections’
The US president all but calls to end American democracy, Kristi Noem caves while on thin ICE, and the Epstein files pit Bari Weiss against her newsroom?
zeteo.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
"Trump is a raging ball of racist, power-hungry id. He means what he says, he says what he means, no matter how ludicrous, monstrous, or completely untethered from reality. So, yes, Americans should be very, very concerned about his expressed desire to “nationalize” elections."
- Today's First Draft
- Today's First Draft
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ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
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A Powderhorn Park neighbor who has lived in the U.S. since 2003 was kidnapped by ICE because he had to go to work. His wife and 15- and 12-year-old daughters are hoping for his safe return. We are raising donations to help cover the legal fees.
gofund.me/840703938
gofund.me/840703938
Donate to Help Rosa's Family with Legal Fees for Luis, organized by Malia Burkhart
Hola, me llamo Rosa.
Vivo en Estados Unidos desde 2003 con mi espos… Malia Burkhart needs your support for Help Rosa's Family with Legal Fees for Luis
gofund.me
February 2, 2026 at 2:58 AM
A Powderhorn Park neighbor who has lived in the U.S. since 2003 was kidnapped by ICE because he had to go to work. His wife and 15- and 12-year-old daughters are hoping for his safe return. We are raising donations to help cover the legal fees.
gofund.me/840703938
gofund.me/840703938
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This week, my illegally detained neighbor -- an asylum seeker with a wife and two children -- will have a hearing that gives him a chance to get home to his family and get his asylum case back on track. But he will need to pay a $6000 bond.
www.gofundme.com/f/bring-our-...
www.gofundme.com/f/bring-our-...
Donate to Bring Our Neighbor Home from ICE Detention, organized by Maggie Koerth
Earlier this month, one of my neighbors — a legal asylum seeker doing everyth… Maggie Koerth needs your support for Bring Our Neighbor Home from ICE Detention
www.gofundme.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This week, my illegally detained neighbor -- an asylum seeker with a wife and two children -- will have a hearing that gives him a chance to get home to his family and get his asylum case back on track. But he will need to pay a $6000 bond.
www.gofundme.com/f/bring-our-...
www.gofundme.com/f/bring-our-...
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Large banner hangs over a building at Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue on a snowy morning.
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Large banner hangs over a building at Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue on a snowy morning.
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
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Statement from Portland, OR, Mayor Keith Wilson following today's unprovoked attack by ICE on peaceful protesters.
The image is an excerpt. The full letter is available at www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
The image is an excerpt. The full letter is available at www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
February 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Statement from Portland, OR, Mayor Keith Wilson following today's unprovoked attack by ICE on peaceful protesters.
The image is an excerpt. The full letter is available at www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
The image is an excerpt. The full letter is available at www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
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it’s been obvious from the start this campaign is going nowhere fast. can’t beat ilhan omar in this climate
Of the $19,056.86 in contributions,$3,540.04 is unitemized (meaning less than $200 per person).
Of the $15,516.82 in itemized contributions, this came from a total of 14 people.
Of the $15,516.82 in itemized contributions, this came from a total of 14 people.
February 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
it’s been obvious from the start this campaign is going nowhere fast. can’t beat ilhan omar in this climate