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Liz Reyer

@lreyer.bsky.social

MN State Rep, Senate candidate, family person, queer, researcher. My job: preserving democracy and caring for people & our planet. She/her

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The deadly complication of measles that killed my daughter 45 years later Subacute sclerosing pan-encephalitis (SSPE) is a rare complication of the measles affecting just 1 in 50,000 cases – but it can be prevented by the MMR

That headline says everything about time, and how it lies to us.

When a baby gets measles and survives, the story is supposed to end there. Fever breaks. Rash fades. Parents exhale. Life resumes. We file it under β€œchildhood illness” inconvenient, scary, but over.

21.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œWe are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done," journalist Garrett Graff wrote: "A superpower … suicide because the [Repub] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

22.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3617    πŸ” 1178    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Lived Through Before’: Labor’s Role in Minnesota’s ICE Resistance A conversation with Kieran Knutson, president of CWA Local 7250 in Minneapolis.

There are Rapid Response groups not just in Minneapolis. There are hundreds more throughout the state!
inequality.org/article/labo...

22.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stand strong, Massachusetts!

22.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pernicious Myth of Voter ID Laws: Stacey Abrams & Joyce Vance Explain A recording from Joyce Vance's live video

Thinking that Voter ID wouldn’t be so bad? Think againβ€”it’s the route to suppresing the vote. Have a listen! joycevance.substack.com/p/the-pernic...

22.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

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I get it. I’m told I scream during the night.

25.01.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They lie, and they lie, and they lie. And they kill peaceful people in the street and then lie about it.

25.01.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week at Democracy Docket: DOGE, True the Vote, and blackmailing Minnesota This week, we learned the Trump administration worked with election deniers to put voters’ personal data at risk. And Democracy Docket played a key role in pushing the story forward.

This week brought a stunning revelation about the Trump administration co-ordinating with election deniers to put voters’ personal data at risk. And Democracy Docket played a key role in pushing the story forward. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Holy shit.

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Quote from 1984: β€œThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Quote from 1984: β€œThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

25.01.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

25.01.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What lying fucks they all are.

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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

25.01.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NYT video analysis:

- Officers weren’t aware Alex Pretti had a gun until they pinned him on the ground

- An agent had already removed his gun when two other agents opened fire

- They shot him 10 times in the back as he lay on the ground

Let the MN BCA investigate now.

25.01.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.

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January 24, 2026 Press conference Mayor Jacob Frey, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, and Minnesota elected officials and City leaders will hold a media briefing to discuss this morning'...

Mayor Frey highlighting that Trump admin lawlessness is taken for granted.

Q: They defied a search warrant this morning. Think they'll abide court order from a federal judge?

Frey: Everybody listen to the question: will this admin abide by a court order?
www.youtube.com/live/GC8clX8...

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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.

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Thank you!

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Don’t be afraid to call a thing a thing.

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β€œYou don’t want to watch it” is true. It is brutal.

But if you have any doubt about what ICE and Trump’s other federal goons are doing you MUST watch it. Then try to justify it.

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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.

If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

24.01.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 20866    πŸ” 7059    πŸ’¬ 523    πŸ“Œ 261

The federal government continues to assault and kill peaceful observers in Minnesota. It. Must. Stop.

24.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE executed someone in the street outside the donut shop but it has not slowed down their active raids on homes and businesses in neighborhoods all around the cities so please be vigilant.

24.01.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 827    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

A running tally of who Trump’s DOJ is investigating:

- Governor Walz
- AG Ellison
- Mayor Frey
- Mayor Her
- Cty Atty Moriarty
- School board member
- Civil rights advocate
- Spouse of ICE shooting victim

And who it’s not:

- Agent who shot and killed Renee Good

24.01.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Minnesota stands with Maine!! #IceOut!!

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Easily thousands roaring "ICE out!"

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