Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that

the bare minimum for Democrat’s demands should be:
1. Close the camps
2. Bring everyone home
3. Reimburse the people who have had to pay their way home
4. Abolish ICE
5. Abolish DHS.
7. Public trials
8. Prosecute everyone
9. Fire Stephen Miller
10. Put Stephen Miller in prison

This excerpt from @adamserwer.bsky.social's latest points to something that Alex Pretti's vocation as a nurse brought to mind: What we're seeing in Minneapolis is resistance, but resistance based on care.

I've said before that what we need is a care economy. What we're getting is a care resistance.

As Parker's piece shows, you can actually get a much better idea of what's going to happen by just paying attention to what they say/do not in front of the media. Proj 2025, Trump's Heritage speech, all his first term actions are out in the public. No special access needed.

I think that's right. And would add how much they value access. They need eyeballs, and Trump=eyeballs, so they can't piss him off. Totally undercuts why they're there in the first place.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Final update: turned out ok! As I suspected, a little dry. But pretty tasty, and the curry flavor in lasagne fit better than I expected. 7/10 would try again and refine recipe.

"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."

Final before it goes in the oven. A bit worried about the moisture content, so I'll check it early and make sure the noodles are cooking.

Lasagne noodle layer

Lasagne with cheese layer

Lasagne with tomato curry layer

Layering lasagne

Cheese sauce in food processor with flecks of green kale

Final cheese sauce.

Adding kale cuz i want some veggies but blending is easier than chopping

Curry has lots of flavor so taking it easy with the creamy sauce. Just cashews, tofu, water, salt and a little cinnamon. Tastes like horchata.

Cashews and tofu in a food processor

Also doing it vegan so cashew cheese it is

Turns out the tomato sauce from the fridge is actually tomato curry. So the lasagne plan has been blown off-course. But we go forward, into the unknown.

Minnesota Republicans Brought This Violence to Our Home For the past few days, I have not been able to stop thinking about, well many things, but the one thing I keep circling back to is this: Minnesota Republicans brought this violence to our home. In M...

I can't stop thinking about this

Minnesota Republicans Brought This Violence to Our Home

On June 14th, Melissa Hortman, was murdered in her home by a man disguised as law enforcement.

Now, men disguised as law enforcement are murdering our neighbors in the street.

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When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.

This has to stop! MINIMUM demands at this point:
- ICE out of Minnesota now
- arrest and charge the shooters, those associated
- no more funding for ICE, associated depts
- abolish ICE, reallocate funding to real needs
- shut down the government to do so, halt tax payments to do so

In a primary between Klobuchar and a toy store, I’d vote for the toy store.

Should we be Google/Yelp reviewing the Whipple building?

He was already on the ground. This is government-sponsored sadism. That is, Trump-sponsored sadism.

Sharing what CM Chavez put aptly— increased ICE activity in South Minneapolis, many reports today coming out of the 12th Ward. Please be safe and take care. It is legal to observe and document. Make sure you’re connected to your neighborhood networks.

Immigration officers are caught on video violating policy, training, and settled law pretty much every day. The administration just cheers them on. What makes anyone think they're going to implement any of these "guardrails?" They think de-escalation is woke.

This is just giving them more money.

“Congress has already allocated funding that will create a camp system that could, on its own, surpass our existing (massive) prison system. The state is already trying to use modern surveillance methods to control communities both outside and inside the camps”

Flyer reads: ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA | A DAY OF TRUTH & FREEDOM | NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. | MARCH DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AT 2PM | JANUARY 23

I am joining over 50 unions and organizations, businesses, faith leaders and other elected officials for A Day of Truth and Freedom this Friday, 1/23. Together, we are calling for a unified statewide pause in daily economic activity to demand ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA NOW!

Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.

It’s also time for the moderates and All of Mpls folks of this city to show they care.

They aren’t really on the streets, they aren’t really observing, and they are on the sidelines.

Big thanks to the progressives actually showing up and holding it down.

Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing

The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...

The paper that regular platforms Nick Shirley does not need our money, so many other more deserving media places.

a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content