Minnesota Indivisible Alliance

Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.

"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there — and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials."

I’m grateful to Judge Biery for helping to bring Liam Ramos and his father Adrian home.

But it is a sign of how far we are from the normal rule of law that a judge even had to issue a decision like this one.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.

Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.

House votes to end partial government shutdown, setting up contentious talks on ICE The House has approved a spending bill to end a short-lived partial government shutdown. Now lawmakers will begin contentious negotiations over new guardrails for immigration enforcement.

This vote buys time, not solutions. The fight is now squarely on DHS and Republicans are on their back foot. Democrats have less than two weeks to press their advantage — they must hold the line and refuse to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP.

Over a hundred people at my precinct caucus. I live in St. Paul and have a pretty active DFL community here and also, that is a bonkers number of people to have at a precinct caucus.

What's been weird to learn is that other leaders of institutions act the same way. Some of them hoard and protect their influence like it's money because they, too, are rich. You don't get rich by giving your money away and (they seem to believe) you don't get powerful by exercising your power. But, in fact, that is often how power works: using power can help build power. At the very least, power holds no value unless it is exercised, which alone is a valid reason to exercise it. If you are powerful but never use your power, you are not powerful. I'm talking here primarily about the huge, obvious loci of power — the centers of power that exist in part to serve as checks on other centers of power. Congress vis-a-vis the presidency. The media relative to the government. Higher education in contrast to misinformation. But they often aren't serving as checks on what's unfolding, or are obviously and bizarrely using their power only sparingly, garden hoses aimed at protecting their own homes from the wildfire. So it's left to individuals, who have stepped up where institutions have not.

I wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing.
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Bravo. There's a lot of leverage out there if you look for it.

this literally looks like a scene from THE FIRST PURGE

Good time to reup this post from last month.

My resolution calling for the immediate repeal of the Laken Riley Act was adopted unanimously in Precinct 9-8.

This is a tangible action members of Congress can take today. If your member of Congress voted for this act that violates due process, it’s time to vote for a new person in office.

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.

Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.

Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March

🌟 Minnesota Indivisible Alliance endorses Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate.
As Lt. Governor, Peggy has delivered real results on child care, education, labor rights, and public health. She's a coalition builder who leads without ego and brings moral clarity.
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A Powderhorn Park neighbor who has lived in the U.S. since 2003 was kidnapped by ICE because he had to go to work. His wife and 15- and 12-year-old daughters are hoping for his safe return. We are raising donations to help cover the legal fees. 

gofund.me/840703938

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles

Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.

Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.

To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:

The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.

Hey, are you a Democrat who lives in a red area? Are you a Democrat somewhere that the Republican often runs unopposed?

Have you considered running?

DFL legislators need to insist on a compensation fund of tens of millions of dollars to offset economic harms of the ICE siege. It infuriates me that Mercado Central has to hold a $500,000 bake sale to hold onto their building. Tens of fucking millions.

Federal agents at powderhorn park

This morning, federal agents staged at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center lot and began to throw chemical irritants at observers. They also kidnapped an observer. Our parks are meant for our children, youth, and neighbors. They should never be militarized zones meant to separate families. 1/

1.5k+ people in a new warehouse in Maryland
1.5k+ more in Arizona
7.5k+ planned for Missouri
8.5k+ in a warehouse in TX — among the largest US jails of any kind
80k+ total once all the sites are complete

DHS has been quietly buying massive warehouses with the explicit purpose of warehousing people.

Video shared with me by attendee at the ICE protest in Portland, OR earlier this evening where federal agents tear gassed peaceful protestors—including children, disabled and elderly:

ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.

"Masked and heavily armed federal agents are just terrorizing brown and Black people, regardless of their citizenship status or criminal background. That includes children."

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A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup.

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Minnesotans:
The Whipple Building (ICE HQ) is down by the airport in Bloomington, right off 62. There’s loads of free parking. Also, loads of protesters, people from all over the country, and reporters from all over the world. When vehicles go by, some are SUVs with occupants averting their eyes…

Bash: Was it about trying to make a an example out of somebody who the president has sparred with?

Blanche: I don't even know that the president's even ever thought of Don Lemon.

Bash: He called him a sleazebag yesterday.

Defang ICE → Save the Midterms The fight over ICE isn’t just about civil rights. It’s about free and fair elections, too.

This time Trump presumably intends to have at his disposal a Pete Hegseth–directed military “sophisticated” enough to ensure he or his chosen successor doesn't lose an election. Enter ICE.