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Susie Hd

@sohayward.bsky.social

Religion, violence, & peace scholar-activist. Minneapolis-based justice organizer and UCC pastor. Formerly with US Institute of Peace, Harvard Divinity School. Views mine but I share.

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It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

25.02.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8426    πŸ” 4152    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 140
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Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure The issue in front of the US Supreme Court is seemingly mundane, about federal or state jurisdiction. But it is actually much bigger, encompassing some key questions of the 21st century.

The Supreme Court today heard arguments on a case about an oil pipeline under the Great Lakes.

While the immediate issue is about jurisdiction, the court decision could shape Native land rights, states’ ability to protect waterways, and the future of fossil fuels.

25.02.2026 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnesota faith groups sue DHS over access to immigrant detainees It's at least the second lawsuit challenging the federal government's policy of barring faith leaders from accessing some DHS facilities.

NEW: Three Minnesota faith groups/leaders β€” local ELCA and UCC bodies, and a Jesuit priest β€” are suing DHS over its refusal to grant them access to immigrant detainees at a federal building.

It's one of 2 related suits filed against the government in recent months. religionnews.com/2026/02/23/f...

23.02.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1074    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism Listen to American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism on RedCircle

If you haven’t yet listened to American Unexceptionalism- lessons in fighting religious nationalism & protecting democracy from overseas - find all episodes here: redcircle.com/shows/b92b74...

20.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faith in the Streets: A Pastor's Firsthand Account of ICE's Terror and the Neighbors Resisting It Podcast Episode Β· Straight White American Jesus Β· February 16 Β· 1h 10m

@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social & I recorded a postlude to our podcast American Unexceptionalism. I shared my experience in the resistance from Minneapolis, focusing on the role of faith. Thanks to @bradleyonishi.bsky.social for platforming the episode on SWAJ. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

20.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

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I have a Stand with Minnesota volunteer opportunity for people who speak Spanish and want to help get folks home from detention. If you are interested, please DM me for details!

13.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So Pete Hegseth gave Kristi Noem a laser she gave to Greg Bovinoβ€˜s agency who fired at a kidβ€˜s party balloon in civilian airspace and Sean Duffey had to be the adult in the room who closed airspace for 10 days just to get everyone’s attention & shut target practice down

12.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

This is really an instance of a very longstanding trend where secular pundits end up unwittingly aligned with fundamentalists in treating the crudest and most extreme version of any faith as the genuine article and everything else as somehow inauthentic.

06.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 740    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12
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When one mother was taken by ICE, another stepped in to donate breastmilk Moms in Minneapolis are donating diapers, food and time to help families who have been ripped apart by ICE.

In Minneapolis, for every story detailing the fallout of the federal crackdown, there are as many stories of people like Bri, a mom donating breastmilk for babies whose mothers are detained by ICE.

Bri's story:
19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...

02.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 356    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 14
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Opinion | Senator Tina Smith: I Won’t Vote to Fund ICE Until It Gets Out of My State Minnesotans have stood up for common decency and our founding principles.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

β€œWe need to rip ICE down to the studs and start over,” Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota writes. β€œIn the wake of this catastrophe, there is no reason we can’t come up with a way of enforcing our laws that doesn’t trample on our values and our Constitution.”

29.01.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 580    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 21

I’m a NO β€” not one more penny for ICE without stopping this violence. Two American citizens were killed by federal agents.

No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.

Get ICE out of Minnesota.

30.01.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5998    πŸ” 1073    πŸ’¬ 429    πŸ“Œ 62
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

25.01.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15086    πŸ” 4381    πŸ’¬ 479    πŸ“Œ 919
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H/T @mollyploofkins.bsky.social

25.01.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 424    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol

25.01.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2023    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 26
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

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Worth noting that among those participating in ICE/DHS watch in Minneapolis today β€” who Emmer appears to frame as β€œchaos agents” here β€” are literally hundreds of clergy.

22.01.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4184    πŸ” 1409    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 63
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

22.01.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14697    πŸ” 7008    πŸ’¬ 393    πŸ“Œ 532
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ICE targeted off-duty police officers in Twin Cities, local police say The police chief of one Minneapolis suburb said all of the officers who had been stopped there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were people of color.

Mark Bruley, police chief of a Minneapolis suburb, said an off-duty police officer had been β€œboxed … in” by ICE agents, who demanded with guns drawn to see paperwork.

β€œShe’s a U.S. citizen, and clearly would not have any paperwork,” he said.

21.01.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 274    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7
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Faith leaders say "hundreds of Minnesota places of worship" to participate in Jan. 23 anti-ICE rally Faith leaders held a news conference Tuesday in the Twin Cities to announce the participation of "hundreds of Minnesota places of worship" in "A Day of Truth and Freedom" β€” which calls for people to n...

www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.

If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.

But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.

A stain on our Congress.

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Dr. King put out the call to Selma. We’re putting out the call to Minneapolis.

Join us.

www.marchminnesota.org

19.01.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Will you also investigate the ICE agent who played a noisemaker over Catholic prayer for immigrants? Or times when I & other clergy & lay have been tear-gassed, assaulted, insulted, stalked, & in the case of professed Christian Renee Good, murdered, for living Jesus’ command to love God & neighbor?

19.01.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 350    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

A thing to keep in mind here: This issue of ICE/DHS barring clergy from offering pastoral care or religious rites to detainees is triggering lawsuits, protests (with arrests of pastors) and blowback from *Pope Leo.*

13.01.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 719    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4
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ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.

Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools β€” now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R

10.01.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2182    πŸ” 1451    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 165
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β€œI have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

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β€˜I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment - ICT At least five Native American men have been detained by ICE around Minneapolis following significant immigration raids

A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...

10.01.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1264    πŸ” 722    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 40
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

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WATCH: Prem Attends Memorial at Scene of Murder in Minneapolis See what Prem saw at the memorial for the 37-year-old mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis, plus interview with Omar Fateh and residents.

We visited Renee Good's memorial.

There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans β€” who too have been viciously attacked for weeks β€”Β warmly hosting everyone.

Flowers & stuffed animals galore.
Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water.
Grief. And belief.

Scenes from Minneapolis:

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