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Nothing has changed substantively since Alex Pretti was murdered, but thanks to Chuck Schumer and his media tour telling everyone he successfully struck a deal to "rein in" DHS, millions of normies think everything is okay now.
Dem leadership is still sleepwalking and negotiating against themselves while middle aged working people freezing their asses off on the streets of Minnesota figured this out long ago and aren’t planning on standing down or giving an inch.
Exactly. People keep talking about “TACO,” but the “CO” never lasts for longer than a few days before he doubles down again.
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Nothing has changed substantively since Alex Pretti was murdered, but thanks to Chuck Schumer and his media tour telling everyone he successfully struck a deal to "rein in" DHS, millions of normies think everything is okay now.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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Good thing Democratic leaders told everyone to calm down because they got this with Schumer's push to "restrain, reform and restrict"
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Good thing Democratic leaders told everyone to calm down because they got this with Schumer's push to "restrain, reform and restrict"
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
Keeping their mouths shut would have been a better choice. 🙃
Well, anyone who's been waiting for the business community to save us, your prayers have been answered. Here they are in the nick of time with an incredibly weak "both sides" statement.
www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...
www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Keeping their mouths shut would have been a better choice. 🙃
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Michael Che on SNL: "I get that I.C.E. Agents are people, allegedly. And they have a job to do. But at some point, while you're pepper spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop and ask yourself, are we dicks?"
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Michael Che on SNL: "I get that I.C.E. Agents are people, allegedly. And they have a job to do. But at some point, while you're pepper spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop and ask yourself, are we dicks?"
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Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
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Worth tracking down tonight's Anderson Cooper's AC360, first ten minutes, w Sen @gallego.senate.gov .
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Worth tracking down tonight's Anderson Cooper's AC360, first ten minutes, w Sen @gallego.senate.gov .
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
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Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
Friends, thank you for stepping up! Over $40,000 worth of dash cams have been ordered so far for ICE observers in the Twin Cities!
Early orders are trickling in, but we’re getting them packed and deployed ASAFP - several were installed yesterday, these are ready, and 300+ are on the way!
Early orders are trickling in, but we’re getting them packed and deployed ASAFP - several were installed yesterday, these are ready, and 300+ are on the way!
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
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this reminds me that we are still $10k away from meeting this goal for the rent relief fund for undocumented families of students at roosevelt high school, where ICE maced students and teachers as they tried to kidnap children
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
January 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
this reminds me that we are still $10k away from meeting this goal for the rent relief fund for undocumented families of students at roosevelt high school, where ICE maced students and teachers as they tried to kidnap children
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
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Dozens of students at North Senior High School staged a mid-afternoon walkout on Friday in protest of ICE and the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Video by Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Video by Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Dozens of students at North Senior High School staged a mid-afternoon walkout on Friday in protest of ICE and the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Video by Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Video by Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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ICE OUT FOR GOOD!
Pittsburgh stands with Minneapolis!
Please bring a flower or small pebble to lay at a memorial. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2pm.
Meet at Three Rivers Heritage Park, corner of Hot Metal St. & S. Water St.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Pittsburgh stands with Minneapolis!
Please bring a flower or small pebble to lay at a memorial. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2pm.
Meet at Three Rivers Heritage Park, corner of Hot Metal St. & S. Water St.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
ICE OUT FOR GOOD!
Pittsburgh stands with Minneapolis!
Please bring a flower or small pebble to lay at a memorial. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2pm.
Meet at Three Rivers Heritage Park, corner of Hot Metal St. & S. Water St.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Pittsburgh stands with Minneapolis!
Please bring a flower or small pebble to lay at a memorial. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2pm.
Meet at Three Rivers Heritage Park, corner of Hot Metal St. & S. Water St.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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More songs: youtu.be/Cg-NuVg-Fp0?...
'Wheels on the Bus' with Ms. Rachel and Zohran Mamdani in Lower Manhattan
YouTube video by NY1
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January 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
More songs: youtu.be/Cg-NuVg-Fp0?...
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Just a reminder
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Just a reminder
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Emergency response vigil organized by @miracmn.bsky.social tonight.
January 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Emergency response vigil organized by @miracmn.bsky.social tonight.
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We also have to make reading less "precious" ie we need to make it clear that there are many ways to "read" and for example that audiobooks count as books.
January 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
We also have to make reading less "precious" ie we need to make it clear that there are many ways to "read" and for example that audiobooks count as books.
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I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.