Tom
@todobrillante.bsky.social
Lover of Duluth, soccer, teaching, board games, Bob Dylan, Florence, and Elizabeth...but not in that order.
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🔁 SHARE WIDELY: This Friday, Jan 23, Minnesotans are taking unified action.
✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.
We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.
🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!
#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.
We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.
🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!
#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
January 18, 2026 at 11:57 PM
🔁 SHARE WIDELY: This Friday, Jan 23, Minnesotans are taking unified action.
✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.
We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.
🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!
#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
✖️ No Work.
✖️ No School.
✖️ No Shopping.
We refuse to accept the violence ICE is inflicting on our communities.
🔗 Visit iceoutnowmn.com to learn more!
#ICEOutOfMN #DayOfTruthAndFreedom
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
Insulting that the most powerful man in Minnesota says that "we will not go quietly" after suggesting in the same video that, in response to the rising tide of fascism in our state, we have a nice moment of silence at our desks at 10am.
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Insulting that the most powerful man in Minnesota says that "we will not go quietly" after suggesting in the same video that, in response to the rising tide of fascism in our state, we have a nice moment of silence at our desks at 10am.
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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They need to arrest the guy who did this before Noem just whisks him out of the state.
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
They need to arrest the guy who did this before Noem just whisks him out of the state.
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Happy Confederate Surrender Day to my favorite item in the Minnesota History Center archive. It was captured by Private Marshall Sherman of the 1st MN Infantry in an 1863 battle where 70% of the regiment were killed, wounded or captured. Virginia has tried and failed to “recapture” it since 1960.
April 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy Confederate Surrender Day to my favorite item in the Minnesota History Center archive. It was captured by Private Marshall Sherman of the 1st MN Infantry in an 1863 battle where 70% of the regiment were killed, wounded or captured. Virginia has tried and failed to “recapture” it since 1960.
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I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
OK. Fine. Owl make my first BlueSky post.
But seriously, bad owl puns aside, I'm grateful to live in a place (Duluth!) where I can see things like this.
But seriously, bad owl puns aside, I'm grateful to live in a place (Duluth!) where I can see things like this.
February 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
OK. Fine. Owl make my first BlueSky post.
But seriously, bad owl puns aside, I'm grateful to live in a place (Duluth!) where I can see things like this.
But seriously, bad owl puns aside, I'm grateful to live in a place (Duluth!) where I can see things like this.