@sammy-mpls.bsky.social
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i think if you post like this without offering concrete steps people can take to prepare for and respond to interference or without any acknowledgement of the success (or lack thereof) of this strategy then you are basically engaged in voter suppression.
February 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
i think if you post like this without offering concrete steps people can take to prepare for and respond to interference or without any acknowledgement of the success (or lack thereof) of this strategy then you are basically engaged in voter suppression.
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It's clear the increased ICE/CBP funding under Trump is being used primarily as a tool of repression, not as a means of law enforcement, and that's all the more reason why Democrats should use this opportunity—while the public hates ICE and the GOP is on the defensive—to eviscerate both agencies.
ICE used facial recognition software on a MN resident who was trailing agents in her car. Three days later she received an email from DHS saying her Global Entry and TSA travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It's clear the increased ICE/CBP funding under Trump is being used primarily as a tool of repression, not as a means of law enforcement, and that's all the more reason why Democrats should use this opportunity—while the public hates ICE and the GOP is on the defensive—to eviscerate both agencies.
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here's a rent fun in mpls you can donate to right now, from organizers i know and can personally vouch for!
emergency rent support for North MPLS: venmo.com/u/NorthMplsMA
emergency rent support for North MPLS: venmo.com/u/NorthMplsMA
i keep seeing fundraisers for PPE. over and over. that’s a real sexy cause and there is no shortage of $$ going to it
please boost and donate to RENT FUNDS for people who have not been able to work and have their rent due within DAYS
please boost and donate to RENT FUNDS for people who have not been able to work and have their rent due within DAYS
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
here's a rent fun in mpls you can donate to right now, from organizers i know and can personally vouch for!
emergency rent support for North MPLS: venmo.com/u/NorthMplsMA
emergency rent support for North MPLS: venmo.com/u/NorthMplsMA
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Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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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 1:06 AM
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.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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ALL MN PROTESTERS
Absolutely nothing could be worse for our cause than violence and rioting. It is what ICE and Trump obviously want. Do not burn down our own city to protest invaders; they do not care; they will enjoy it. Do not do it. Do not let your fellow protesters do it.
Absolutely nothing could be worse for our cause than violence and rioting. It is what ICE and Trump obviously want. Do not burn down our own city to protest invaders; they do not care; they will enjoy it. Do not do it. Do not let your fellow protesters do it.
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
ALL MN PROTESTERS
Absolutely nothing could be worse for our cause than violence and rioting. It is what ICE and Trump obviously want. Do not burn down our own city to protest invaders; they do not care; they will enjoy it. Do not do it. Do not let your fellow protesters do it.
Absolutely nothing could be worse for our cause than violence and rioting. It is what ICE and Trump obviously want. Do not burn down our own city to protest invaders; they do not care; they will enjoy it. Do not do it. Do not let your fellow protesters do it.
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Need unambiguous statements of support by everyone — from Walz and Klobuchar and Smith to Schumer and Jeffries— for state and city law enforcement standing up to lawless DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Need unambiguous statements of support by everyone — from Walz and Klobuchar and Smith to Schumer and Jeffries— for state and city law enforcement standing up to lawless DHS.
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ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
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We’ve been living inside a 5 alarm fire for a decade. Fighting fascism is the most important thing any of us will ever do.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We’ve been living inside a 5 alarm fire for a decade. Fighting fascism is the most important thing any of us will ever do.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
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Based on a WW2 anti-Nazi poster where a bayonet stabs a Bible. Our enemy today is within, destroying the U.S. Constitution, which governs this land, and not a king.
If you were a patron, you'd have seen this already! www.patreon.com/emilyk
If you were a patron, you'd have seen this already! www.patreon.com/emilyk
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Based on a WW2 anti-Nazi poster where a bayonet stabs a Bible. Our enemy today is within, destroying the U.S. Constitution, which governs this land, and not a king.
If you were a patron, you'd have seen this already! www.patreon.com/emilyk
If you were a patron, you'd have seen this already! www.patreon.com/emilyk
This guy rules.
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
This guy rules.
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It's times like this when Kristi Noem's face being physically incapable of showing emotion is a real strategic advantage.
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It's times like this when Kristi Noem's face being physically incapable of showing emotion is a real strategic advantage.
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Man it sure is weird that there’s a manufactured economic crisis that will require historic reindustrialization on the cheap sans worker protections while unions are being marginalized and children prepared for labor and the oligarchs who own the president need support for automation technology.
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Man it sure is weird that there’s a manufactured economic crisis that will require historic reindustrialization on the cheap sans worker protections while unions are being marginalized and children prepared for labor and the oligarchs who own the president need support for automation technology.
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Please take the next shift, @smith.senate.gov
Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk.
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please take the next shift, @smith.senate.gov
Yes! More of this, please.
March 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Yes! More of this, please.
This is a fantastic thread.
In rereading Gene Sharp to get ready for lectures this week, I started thinking about the endless — and relatively unhelpful — discourse on BlueSky this week re the CR, congressional process, and whether or not anyone has an actual plan.
Some thoughts thru the lens of nonviolent action: /1
Some thoughts thru the lens of nonviolent action: /1
March 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is a fantastic thread.
"Tesla Full Self Drive by next year" is the new "Free beer tomorrow"
Tesla’s electric vehicle business accounts for almost all of its revenue but less than a quarter of its stock-market value. The bulk of its worth rests on hopes for autonomous vehicles Tesla hasn't yet delivered reut.rs/3XEmMku
Tesla’s stock defied gravity for years. Is Elon Musk’s EV party over?
Tesla’s stock has dropped by nearly half in three months. Even so, investors are still debating whether Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker remains overpriced.
reut.rs
March 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Tesla Full Self Drive by next year" is the new "Free beer tomorrow"
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In today's episode of doomerism isn't a strategy, here's a list of things you can do today to make the world around you suck a little bit less:
Pick ONE thing and do it.
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
Pick ONE thing and do it.
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
February 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In today's episode of doomerism isn't a strategy, here's a list of things you can do today to make the world around you suck a little bit less:
Pick ONE thing and do it.
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
Pick ONE thing and do it.
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
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One reason self-imagined lefties are nuts to attack Ryleigh Cooper is bc that's what Russ Vought wants.
Another is that her story, told locally, is the quickest way to educate people what government really is.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/28/r...
Another is that her story, told locally, is the quickest way to educate people what government really is.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/28/r...
Russ Vought Got His Trauma - But Not the Villains He Imagined - emptywheel
Russ Vought set out to make people like Ryleigh Cooper villains. Thus far, firings of government workers around the country have instead made the functions of government visible, and cherished.
www.emptywheel.net
February 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One reason self-imagined lefties are nuts to attack Ryleigh Cooper is bc that's what Russ Vought wants.
Another is that her story, told locally, is the quickest way to educate people what government really is.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/28/r...
Another is that her story, told locally, is the quickest way to educate people what government really is.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/28/r...
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"The Black mentor class is being fired, not just on television but throughout America."
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Value of Joy
By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.
www.thenation.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The Black mentor class is being fired, not just on television but throughout America."
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
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Why aren't (most) Democrats responding as is required to the hostile takeover of our government? They are presently only hearing from their customers (voters) and not the people who hired them (donors). Corporate America is so far quiet about the coup. Want Dems to step up? Pressure their donors.
February 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Why aren't (most) Democrats responding as is required to the hostile takeover of our government? They are presently only hearing from their customers (voters) and not the people who hired them (donors). Corporate America is so far quiet about the coup. Want Dems to step up? Pressure their donors.
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We, all of us, are customers of the corporations that actually tell our elected officials when to jump and how high. Some of us are their employees. That is where our power is. Do you bank with one of the only banks that exist (i.e. not credit union)? Call them and get everyone you know to do same.
February 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We, all of us, are customers of the corporations that actually tell our elected officials when to jump and how high. Some of us are their employees. That is where our power is. Do you bank with one of the only banks that exist (i.e. not credit union)? Call them and get everyone you know to do same.