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I was proud to author an ordinance in 2023 moving mandating a 30-day rental pre-eviction notice in Minneapolis.

Sadly, we’re barely going to pass the temporary 60-day notice tomorrow and then face the threat of a veto.

Thank you Saint Paul for being pro-human.

New: Internal tension at the Associated Press over use of AI. One of the AP newsroom leaders leading the company's AI initiatives told staff that many editors preferred an AI-written article to a human one, and told them when it comes to using AI in the newsroom "resistance is futile."

“I had never even changed my sex marker. All I did was change my name in December, so that’s the only way they could’ve flagged me.”

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

Dems should call for Hegseth to resign

911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center — NBC News EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

Jesus Christ

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CALL YOUR CONGRESS PERSON NOW!!!!!! Tell them:
— NO to KOSA
— NO to Section 230 reform
— NO to the SCREEN Act
— NO to the App Store Accountability Act
—NO age verification laws
—NO to digital ID systems

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!

There’s still an occupation on our state by the federal government.

We’re still asking community to patrol and observe the illegal actions committed by ICE.

Please continue to support our neighbors with mutual aid. Our neighbors are struggling to stay afloat.

Ask your electeds to do better.

Again, Congressman Ted Lieu says the Epstein files contain thousands and thousands of references to Donald Trump, some of them alleging he was R*P*NG CHILDREN.

Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”

NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"

What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.

Working in coordination with standwithminnesota.com, I’m raising rent funds for Minneapolis immigrant families in need. We now have a $5000 match offer (!) and are going to help as many families as we can to stay housed today.

V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater

Thank you so much! 🌷

And then there are tons of very active TV stations like @kare11.bsky.social and @wcconews.bsky.social. and community publications like @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social @thenorthnews.bsky.social etc and tons of independent media like @wedge.live and @unicornriot.bsky.social etc and others I can't find.

One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.

Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.

Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.

Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.

Get them out!

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 5 FEBRUARY 2026

THESE HORRIFIC TIMES

Message From
Dr Timothy Snyder
(On Tryanny)

Next Phase - ICE BIG RAMPUP

"A Nationwide Network of Vast Detention Facilities. We can all do something in our life to push back against this !
SPEAK UP..PROTEST
Make your VOICE HEARD"

Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov tonight my kid and I escorted a teacher home so they didn’t get kidnapped by ICE.

Then I got home myself to find that my neighbor had *just* been stabbed by a man on the Aldine bridge. That man was holding a sign that said “Come legally or don’t come at all”

DO SOMETHING.

What 'Less Lethal' Weapons Actually Do Rubber bullets and tear gas are not as innocuous as they sound

Been a hot minute since this was my main beat but an immediate and enduring lesson from writing this in the summer of 2020 is that many of the tools of policing have their origin & are in feedback loop with the tools of colonial riot control, across decades www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.

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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

The vote was to delay the rental assistance vote until March 19, 2026. I am glad that the motion failed 7-6.

WE NEED RENT ASSISTANCE NOW.

To recap the day:

This morning one friend was harassed by masked/armed Fed agents for legally observing.

This evening another friend was stabbed by a MAGA psycho.

As I type this my wife is notarizing documents for people who are afraid of being kidnapped.

This is not OK
@governorwalz.mn.gov

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

I am outraged by the despicable, cowardly attacks against Muslim New Yorkers in Bay Ridge last week—one of which was on a 12-year-old girl. This violence is unacceptable, and we know that all too often visibly Muslim, hijab-wearing women and girls bear the brunt of it.    Muslim New Yorkers deserve to live with safety and dignity, and to be able to walk our streets free from harassment, threats, or harm. Islamophobia has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Muslim New Yorkers is unacceptable.

Donate to Support Kaylee’s Journey to Stability and Security, organized by Kaylee Murphy Hello friends and kind strangers, my name is Kaylee Michelle Murphy. … Kaylee Murphy needs your support for Support Kaylee’s Journey to Stability and Security

Kaylee has had unstable employment after losing her job at Kim's. I speak straight from the heart when I say that the job market is really fucking terrible these days, especially in hospitality right now, especially if you're trans, especially for a union organizer.
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We have a right to gender affirming care, and that includes for trans kids. This decision by Children's is very disappointing and a demonstration of the times in which we live.