Thinking about the late Senator Paul Wellstone tonite...
"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Everything is fine
The reported 2300+ ICE agents here in #MN continue to abduct neighbors from their vehicles even tho the Trump administration announced plans for an end to the unlawful and deadly federal occupation.
Last night we saw drones and today we saw small planes circling our neighborhoods. #ICEOUT
🚨🚨🚨Operation Metro Surge is still active in the suburbs of Mpls.
Lots of ICE activity in Shakopee, Chaska and EP and other suburbs south of Mpls/St Paul.
#HartfordVisibilityBrigade spreading the love this am in CT! More love all around please!
Help us keep getting the messages out!!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
low-info voters are very responsive to national conditions. which is they they voted for trump in 2024, and now why they're even more anti-trump on affordability than high-knowledge (dem-leaning) voters
thanks to @verasight.io for partnering on this poll!
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
"The news this week that prosecutors sought grand-jury indictments against six Democratic lawmakers over a political video stands out as the most flagrant abuse yet of the administration’s criminal-legal powers."
The latest from the Editorial Board: https://wapo.st/3OcNEX9
To the surprise of many, on social media Hanson started condemning ICE activity:
"Tear-gassing a car full of kids (with an infant inside, no less) is bad police work. Breaking into a home without a warrant is bad police work. Arresting observers who are not obstructing is bad police work." #ICEOUT
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
– Ida B. Wells
Sadly, here's another example showing that this battle for our constitutional rights is a marathon, not a sprint.
"Deputy attorney general says administration will appeal order to release 5-year-old from ICE custody" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Shout out to the late great Bob Marley.
Some stand out moments from the #GRAMMYs tonight.
Noem has actually relaxed drug interdiction efforts on the frontiers, meaning that drug smuggling has almost certainly increased on her watch.
Bad Bunny at the Grammys:
"Before I say 'thanks to God,' I'm going to say 'ICE Out.' We are not savages, we are not animals, we are not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."
Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
Bon Iver says he is wearing a whistle at the Grammys
to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis
Here is exactly the problem: Noem is calling people who are going through legal asylum proceedings ‘dangerous criminals.’ Don’t let the administration gaslight the public. Contact your representatives and insist on real oversight of ICE and DHS, not fear‑mongering talking points.
"Luther Vandross is one of my favorite artists of all time," Kendrick Lamar says.
#GRAMMYs 🏆 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Thank you, Chanhassen. You understood the assignment:
"Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight"
We won't rest until all the innocent detainees have been brought back home.
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
Roberta Flack! ❤️❤️❤️ #Grammys #InMemoriam
A sign displayed next to "Know Your Rights" handouts seen at a clinic today:
"Meta glasses and any form of recording are strictly prohibited within the clinic premises."
Someone had to explain to me what "meta glasses" are. I appreciate how much this clinic's staff is caring for their patients.
#BringLiamHome
‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
#BRINGLIAMHOME
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
... and prohibitions on federal agents wearing masks in the state and switching license plates.
