Amy Gebhardt 🚫🧊

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 brown Minnesotan is here to tell you that this is the whitest take. I am fucking terrorized.

Some things to understand about people from Minnesota on here right now, a short thread:

The pattern has been that when we have a small victory, the next day they come with more viciousness.

(See last Fri, then Saturday)

Be extra careful today, friends. They are swarming.

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.

Did not expect to stumble on this photo in my feed 😂

The mothers of this generation spent the last decade mothering under a Trump-pandemic-Trump sandwich. It fundamentally altered our experience. We have been robbed of a soft motherhood journey. There is grief in acknowledging the mother we would have been in a safer society. There was no tenderness for us, only relentless triage. And yet... we kept caring for the children with steady stamina and abundant love. It's really impressive. Be kind to the moms pls. We've been holding it all together.

I want to speak to white women directly.

Not to shame you.
But to offer a necessary mirror.

Because what that reflection reveals isn’t just exhaustion. It reveals perspective.

Many of you are only now recognizing what it feels like to mother without tenderness,

Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.

not over yet, but I literally cannot express the depth of my gratitude for the all the observers, patrollers, plate checkers, dispatchers, commuters who continue to successfully protect this city, sometimes at the cost of their wellbeing or lives. so many neighbors were not stolen, because of you

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

A long haired grey and brown cat sitting on a dark grey couch. The sunlight is pouring in and she is facing the camera, looking peaceful

And then there is also Galactus Devourer of Worlds (Galactus for short), who is a beautiful weirdo.

A small, long haired grey cat cuddling on me. She’s snuggled close to my face and is covering it for the photo.

A small grey cat laying on my neck/face as I lay down and look into the camera for the picture

A long haired grey cat cuddling on a child

We also have Greg, who is also very snuggly, but only with a few very specific humans.

SO FLUFFY. I just wanna snuggle that floof.

A long-haired orange cat posing on the side of a light grey couch. His eyes are mostly closed and he resembles a very friendly lion.

It just feels like a good time for you to see my cat, Potato.

He may be the world’s greatest cat and literally anyone could walk in my front door and get high-quality snugs from him (except for nazis, of course; Potato has an excellent judge of character).

"Listen, we have killed and terrorized a LOT of Minnesotans in our time, so we speak from a place of authority when we say -- y'all are fucking outta control"

Transparently, part of what made me *really* learn this was when *my* kid became vulnerable (a rare scenario, given our demographic, but they have a chronic illness and we’ve navigated a lot re: pandemic, public health, etc).

Recognize the harm of individualism before it becomes about *your* kid.

8yo when I asked if they wanted to talk about anything happening in our cities right now: “no, you’re like a mama bear, so I know I’m safe” which is 🥹😭🩵

But here’s the thing: if there is even one child in our community who isn’t safe, none of our children our safe. Individualism just doesn’t work.

Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.

More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people

A lit candle in a glass jar sitting on a windowsill. The reflection in the window glass is visible

Disappointed to not see more candles on our street, but this one still burns brightly.

Stay strong, MN 💙🩵

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

Jeff Wheeler, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.

Friends. This is the long haul. Regulate yourself. Breathe. Act if you must today, but know that the work will be here tomorrow. Pick your lane. Connect to your people.

Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end.

I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.

Grief has become infrastructure in Minneapolis, a city mobilized by trauma | CNN During Januarys here, the days are dark and short, the ground is cold and hard, and the subzero air pierces and cuts.

One of my colleagues wrote a really beautiful piece about the spirit and resolve of Minneapolis. www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/u...

I had so much hope yesterday. And I want to hold onto hope but I feel just heartbroken.

MPR News Minnesota's Online Source for News That Matters

If you want to listen to the live MPR coverage it's here and it's fucking harrowing.

www.mprnews.org/listen

CAUTION - if you are planning to join this rally, be advised the situation is very tense right now -- lots of ICE and police blocking off the street, multiple rounds of chemical irritants deployed. More clashes and potential arrests expected. Bring PPE, stay safe.

Reminding every person who voted for Trump that you did this. You can’t be surprised. He told you exactly what this administration would do and that’s what’s happening. You voted for this.