Okay twin cities, greater MN, circle up. That was awful. We knew January was going to suck and I think it sucked way harder than any of us could have guessed. We actually lost people to this fucking administration, and those we didn’t lose suffered physical harm and trauma.

And now it’s February.

I'm here in Minnesota and my heart goes out to the people protesting in Portland because holy shit are those federal agents unhinged oh my God. 😫

The sheer volume of riot munitions is unbelievable. The unrestrained violence of that cop riot

conservatives cannot abide the fact that they can't control the levers of culture the way they do the levers of power.

the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability

ICE must get take out✨

Apparently we’re at the (preventable) infectious disease outbreak at a camp where disfavored ethnic groups are concentrated stage.

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Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social

Schumer is fighting harder for Israel than he is for Minnesota.

Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen

The United States doesn’t care whether the people locked in its cages live or die.

He will turn Gaza into another Dubai. Not on our watch. Palestine is for Palestinians.

Hut that looks like a space geode with a Lisa Frank teal and purple color palette. It is sitting on an icy lake.

Person in an old hockey helmet riding a bike on a frozen lake. The front wheel is a hockey skate. That's right.

Large wooden monarch butterflies with signs that day "migration is beautiful" "abolish ICE," and "chinga la migra"

Small box of a hut on the ice, covered in silver sequins and with a pink stage projecting from the front.

art shanties. so odd and so delightful and so minneapolis.

I’m not allowed to safely use a public bathroom because a literal island of pedophiles said trans people might be sketchy.

… and somehow that’s barely a sliver of the things that happened thanks to a literal island of pedophiles making stuff up.

The moment the People's Filibuster met the Alex Pretti Unity ride -- genuinely powerful.

I understand the political calculus @governorwalz.mn.gov is making by not declaring an eviction moratorium (don't piss off the donor class during an election year) I think its just wrong in multiple ways.

Its also cruel.

“We were just trying to get him medication… But he was already gone.” Last week, the internationally renowned Indigenous chef Sean Sherman told reporter Nate Halverson that federal agents detained… Famed Indigenous chef Sean Sherman: My employee was taken.

"Nobody feels like it's safe to ride the public transport, the buses, the light rail" because federal agents are stalking transit stops.

"We shouldn’t have to worry if we’re going to have guns pulled on us on the way to work at all, but this is our reality.”
www.youtube.com/shorts/b9Rnd...

The men and women emailing with Epstein are the exact same people who believe that you shouldn’t have access to women’s and gender studies. Ask yourself why.

Like on the one hand, it's ... I dunno, reassuring? to have some confirmation

Ten years ago, it felt like things were getting better for trans folks. And then things changed. And we were like, this is coordinated. Someone *did* this, for their own evil gain

And we were right

Two men and two women - all African-American - pose with bicycles near a bridge. They are wearing the bicycle costumes common in the early 20th century: the men in plus-fours, the women in long skirts. They are all wearing hats.

Four bicycle riders stop for a photograph on the Alameda Avenue Bridge, Denver, Colorado
ca. 1905

Those last names, sigh.
Proximity to power will not protect people of color from the violence of White nationalism/supremacy.

After the SOTU, instead of the usual reply speech video, Dems should just record the whole caucus reading out the Declaration of Independence or something

The list of offenses is relevant, message is clear, and it would probably drive Rs insane to try and say anything against it

I'm glad to see some reporting on the risk to autistic individuals if they encounter a bunch of violent assholes who try to escalate every situation.

Streets as common space to meet with neighbors instead of streets as places for speeding automobiles yes please!

The Minneapolis Public Seating Authority dropped off about 280 lbs of bench at its local friendly traffic circle on Cedar Ave and 32nd St

A small child wields the Hammer of Truth and Justice to destroy the ice man of cruelty at the #Minneapolis #ArtShanties

40 people in a Target store sit in, with ICE Out now sign, righteously claiming their space and leadership, demanding Target corporation speak out against ICE.

Bright pink sign, handwritten letters- Target Stand with Minnesota

Target called the police on peaceful Minnesotans today, telling us we were on private property.

But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.

Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut

Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.

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35 years later. Still a fashion icon. 😆

Grateful to be in community with you all yesterday, Minneapolis bike friends.

📸: @eriknoonan.bsky.social

In the south side of Minneapolis, community members have started setting up filter blockades- which are make shift roundabouts. The intent is to slow down the erratic ICE driving behavior among other things. Full report to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social

I feel like we need an update to the "20 is plenty" signs for this

"20 is nice // slow down ICE"