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Obviously we still have a lot of ICE here and it’s an open question whether life changes for our families in hiding, but these Border Patrol guys were the tip of the spear and now they’re being withdrawn under pressure

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Also not everyone in the streets or doing mutual aid is a Democrat

37 of the city's snow plows "broke down" overnight

richest country in the world & every bit of our infrastructure is crumbling

we will give tax breaks to billion dollar corporations to build data centers local communities don't want but we can't seem to find resources to fund basic fucking shit

Atlantic article saying Greg Bovino is out at Border Patrol

We Minnesotans call this a good start, but only a start. #ICEout

Doomers and popularists devastated, continue to insist "Trump can do anything he wants and no one can stop him" "immigration is his best issue so stop talking about it"

Reuters / Ipsos poll showing Trump going from bare majority approval for immigration to clear majority disapproval

Screaming "and yet it moves" at the popularists until Democratic elected officials stop listening to them

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

It takes two aluminum firms to build one power-hungry smelter,… Century Aluminum was eyeing Kentucky for a new smelter, but in a surprise move says it’s teaming up with Emirates Global Aluminium to build one in…

Today in climate and consequences. KY's refusal to build clean power leads to losing out on 1,000 union jobs and $2B in economic development as the aluminum industry looks to Oklahoma to build its new smelter.

oh no, I'd almost forgotten that name

The ultimate snub in trump world, no more poasting

Wow. Per @priscialva, DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately. He spent yesterday responding to people who were criticizing him and raising questions about his unverified claims about Pretti.

"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports

The absolute bare minimum accountability for instigating the murder of two people, lying about it, and terrorizing the Twin Cities for a month. Hearings and trials next. Abolish ICE.

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

UPDATED: Why are Pittsburgh's snow plows MIA? A recent storm highlighted issues with Pittsburgh's fleet of snow removal vehicles, and the app built to track them.

Are these the same 37 that were broken last year? Coincidence? www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/infra...

did well with what you got

More electeds are coming out against ICE because of the sustained and continued call to Abolish ICE. Don't ever listen to people who tell you that you want too much or that justice is too hard. The same result would NOT be happening if in the face of all this horror people asked for better training

A flyer that says we ride in unity, for all for Alex, with Alex’s face on it Saturday 1/31 1:00 meet 130 roll Wagshburn fair oaks park Ride together stand together

On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park

From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”

It couldn't be true that neighbors just care about each other

dystopia

MINNEAPOLIS WILL WIN

Photo of a house with a sign roped between two trees that says “WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS”

Photo of a lone protestor on a street corner with a sign “ICE OUT NOW FOR GOOD”.

Every single sign and every Minnesotan holding one gives me a small piece of hope to take into this DHS/ICE funding fight.

Thank you for being you, Minneapolis.

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How community solar turned a Superfund site into savings in Illinois A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible.

A lovely good news story -- a community solar project on a former Superfund site in Illinois provides big savings to the school district and community members: vist.ly/4p7kc h/t Kari Lydersen for @canarymedia.com

Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.

Non violent protest works. The people of Minnesota are showing the way. Trump and his Gestapo wanted a war. Now Republicans are leaving their party.

“National Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota,” he said.

Sounds like he needs a vest

new york magazine has a very nasty article out about my beautiful golden throne, which they say is the only thing keeping me alive. when I'm sitting on my big beautiful throne I am NOT ASLEEP!! I am directing the beacon of the astronomican, something sleepy joe did very badly may I add

Trump's policies are bad for the GOP

New York extends nuclear subsidies until midcentury The state’s utility commission voted to keep New York's nuclear fleet operating for an additional two decades, citing reliability and emissions benefits

The nuclear case for central planning/socialism www.eenews.net/articles/new...

Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging; Cleaner Air and Lower Driving Costs Across the Country Seattle - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Tana Lin of the Western District of Washington entered final judgment in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Transportation, a lawsuit challenging the ...

The NEVI program to install electric vehicle chargers nationwide is not dead. Trump's move to stop it deemed illegal. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

I don't know how to do this But I'm going to keep doing it anyway.

“My job asks me to direct your attention toward the horizon. But my own eyes are fixed on the acute violence happening right in front of me.” Another reason to treasure @emorwee.bsky.social — she can help us care about two things at once. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...