Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒

Those in power have tried to convince us that resistance would be too tiring.

But let Minnesotans teach you that it’s actually energizing to be a part of a movement to change society for the better.

If you’re tired, get involved. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you start to feel better.

The only people scared of Trump and his goons are the Democrats in Congress.

80,000 people showed up for a training to learn how to do what the state executed two others for doing!

They should be scared of their base. Doubtful they will make it past their next primary.

Stephen Miller considers their child evidence of the false crime of "white genocide", and is looking for a pretense to strip its grandparents' citizenship, but you seem to have omitted this from your story as a reason that people might not be so happy. Let us know when you've corrected the omission.

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"

"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"

"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"

A win!

Mamdani is so, so good at this. By which I don’t mean “at politics “, though he is, but at using his office to make people’s lives better while reminding them what government can be.

AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist” The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.

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The American Federation of Government Employees Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist”

THEY ARE ALREADY FUCKING WEARING THEM.

good god.

Friends, I recommend you ALL get on the phones and or send emails first thing tomorrow telling @democrats.senate.gov NO FUNDING FOR ICE. NONE.

They are, per Chris Coons, planning to negotiate body cameras. This willl not change the violence, the invasions of our cities.

Great work guys. That’s the sort of ratio you want to see.

Autopsy raises questions about death at private ICE detention center The family of a man discovered dead in the shower room of a privately owned immigration detention center says the Trump administration is refusing to provide the full story of what happened.

(TW suicide) One person who died in ICE custody this year is someone I haven’t seen mentioned much—Chaofeng Ge. He was found hanging in a shower room at a processing center. It was declared suicide…even though his hands and feet were tied behind his back. ICE is refusing to give the family details

I hope her wife sees this.

It’s a really good mask for clearing your skin—that’s the main reason I periodically make it. Also, now I have some rose powder I add, and it’s fascinating as the rose powder initially makes the whole thing look maroon—and then it turns back to yellow!

Bovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones

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No matter what city ICE chooses next, Minnesota showed how the people can turn back any invasion with sustained, widespread, nonviolent, civil resistance.

When we're united, the people are more powerful than any occupying force.

Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner - Wikipedia

Renée Good and Alex Pretti did not die in vain. They gave their lives for the liberation of their fellow Americans—much like others who died in nonviolent campaigns in our history.

We will honor their sacrifices by continuing their fight until we win.

My friend recently compared what’s happening in Minnesota to Selma. I do not think that comparison is overblown.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

Ador le boxer mix in blue plaid coat with a light sprinkle of snowflakes on his face.

I think that’s the same coat my buddy has!

White dog curled up wearing a little blue jacket

Egg in an egg cozy

This part. Celebrate every victory, large and small. Celebrate each other. Celebrate the love and solidarity that hold you together. Never stop doing this. It's fundamental.

Rename the Mpls VA Med Center the Alex Pretti VA Medical Center

Well now.

Donate to Help Keep a Beloved Community Member in Her Home, organized by Liam Davis Temple Donate to help prevent eviction and keep a community member & belov… Liam Davis Temple needs your support for Help Keep a Beloved Community Member in Her Home

Can you help us keep this Minneapolis neighbor and her family safe from ICE?

One of her daughters has been on the frontline while also working to bring back neighbors kidnapped by ICE back to Minneapolis. It’s time for us to also show up for them.

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also just because he's under the bus doesn't mean it's over for him. we gotta be on the phones every day calling that driver, telling him to turn around and drive back over him.

Every victory is worth celebrating.

oh man are folks who are not in Minnesota telling Minnesotans not to celebrate tonight?

let them LIVE, my god.

also humorless inability to celebrate victories doesn't make you more serious, it just makes you more tired.

we all have off days! don't make them other people's problems, tho.

I'm not celebrating Bovino going under the bus because I think it means this is over.

I'm celebrating that we've entered the Shitheads Going Under the Bus era.

God I'm so pumped to trip more of them under it.

For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:

When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.