Swing Left Twin Cities

What Do We Want?: Trump as Rock Bottom and Choosing a Better Future This article is free for educational and organizing purposes, but Dispatches From A Collapsing State depends on your support.

As the MAGA coalition unravels, a necessary reckoning and reordering must follow where we’ll decide what do we actually want from our next President?

Hot Takes Hijacked You All Week. This Depletion Helps Trump The commentary industrial complex trains you for hypervigilance, not resistance. One strategic pause can break the pattern and hand you back the steering wheel for your own attention.

Three small, specific things you can do when authoritarianism is overwhelming your system.

SNAP Into Action : MoveOn: People-Powered Progress Millions of people across the country are going to go hungry because President Trump’s administration wants to withhold SNAP funding for November.

The government has reopened, but the Trump administration is still trying to prevent SNAP benefits from going out to 42 million people. Our friends at @moveon.org have a handy list of things you can do about it.

Today is the day: the disastrous "Big Beautiful Bill" is back in the house, and a few votes could be the difference between protecting families and ripping healthcare away from 300 million Americans. Please call your representative today and urge them to vote "no". www.house.gov/representati...

Write Letters to Voters with Swing Left! · Swing Left Join us on Monday, Monday, July 21 from 6:00-8:00 pm for some letter writing, to move the needle on some of the most pressing electoral races and issues in our country. We’ll be meeting at Wandering ...

We’ve had such amazing outpouring of support for our letter writing efforts. Thank you!

Our next letter writing event will be from 6-8 pm on Monday, July 21 at Wandering Leaf Brewing Company in St Paul, MN. Please join us! Details and registration at www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

Image of the No Kings march in Saint Paul, MN. Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/content/ar-AA1GKgPx

Thanks everyone who visited our table at the Saint Paul No Kings march. MSN has a great photo: www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...

Also, Sen. Warren has a critique of the reconciliation bill at www.instagram.com/p/DKxXDjTx7h2/ . Tell your senators what parts you oppose! - www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Write Letters with Swing Left Twin Cities! · Swing Left Join us on Wednesday, June 25 from 6:00-8:00 pm for some letter writing, to move the needle on some of the most pressing electoral races and issues in our country. We’ll be meeting at Urban Growler, ...

Mark your calendar for SLTC's letter-writing event on June 25 in Saint Paul. Sign up at www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

Also, there's still time to join tonight's sign-making event and this Saturday's No Kings march in Saint Paul: www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev... and www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

NO KINGS Twin Cities · Mobilize The Hands Off Coalition of Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, Women's March MN, and the AFL-CIO MN are organizing the Twin Cities metro area event on June 14! EVENT LOCATION & TIMING CHANGE! * 11:0...

Make yourself heard: Join SLTC at the No Kings march in Saint Paul, MN on Saturday, June 14! Please see www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Also, you're invited to join us to make sign(s) on Wednesday, June 11 in the Diamond Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis. www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

Protest Sign-Making Event · Swing Left Join us at this FREE event where we’ll be making signs for the “No Kings” and “Kick Out the Clowns” protests being held on June 14 across the state and country. Please register to ensure we have enoug...

Support local protests: In preparation for the national protests on June 14, Swing Left Twin Cities is holding a sign-making event on Wednesday, June 11 in the Diamond Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis. Please sign up if you're in town! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students.

Uplifting news from this week: Harvard University has, at least temporarily, had some success in its legal battle to maintain academic freedom. See apnews.com/article/harv...

For more information on how you can help, Harvard has good info on their alumni page: alumni.harvard.edu/alumni_resou...

Make your voice heard! If you're in the Hastings, MN area this weekend, please consider attending the weekly protest against fascism from noon to 1:00pm on the corner of 4th and Vermillion streets, outside Hastings City Hall. Organized by Hastings Progressives.
www.facebook.com/events/10713...

Pop-Up in the Park: Mini-Canvass for Beginners and Veterans Alike! · Swing Left Developing canvassing ability is like building a muscle - it starts with low-intensity, light activity and strengthens over time. Join us for the first of 2025's mini-canvasses in beautiful Minnehah...

Please join us for a Swing Left Twin Cities Pop-Up Street Team at 2:00pm on Sunday June 1 to canvass in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis. This is canvassing at its most enjoyable. Good weather and a friendly, receptive audience. www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king Don’t let this happen

Action opportunity: Please urge friends and family to call their senators in opposition to Sec. 70302 of H.R.1 ("Big, Beautiful Bill"). This section, if passed, significantly reduces the power of the courts in reigning in executive abuses. Please see robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden...

Write Letters with Swing Left Twin Cities! · Swing Left Join us on Sunday, April 27 or Sunday May 18 from 3:00-5:00 pm for some letter writing, conversation, and community. We’ll be meeting in Pizza Biga (before the restaurant opens) from 3:00-5:00 pm, l...

Join us this Sunday, May 18, at 3:00 pm at Pizza Biga (before the restaurant opens), 4762 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis to write letters to democracy heroes, newsmakers, and voters. swingleft.org/event/regist...