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Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.

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If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.

08.02.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1834    πŸ” 844    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 36
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

β€œI couldn’t imagine being the leader of a team where so many of the best players that are just so central to the mission decide they’ve got to walk away because they don’t want their integrity to be compromised,” he said.

07.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find that driving around by myself in a Mazda, obeying traffic rules. not hassling anyone, and being an older guy does the trick but good luck everyone.

07.02.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, the Yaris is kind of a giveaway in my case

08.02.2026 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Help Wanted: Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois

07.02.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Few Photos From White Bear Lake, and the Caucuses It’s been a few weeks since going to one of my favorite protest locations, White Bear Lake, MN. As usual, everyone was really friendly, with the protest organizer stopping by to talk to everyone (even...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

08.02.2026 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People kept telling me this is exactly the old Muppet Show and they were absolutely correct. A pure joy to watch. (And I'm VERY picky about my muppet canon.)

07.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 811    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5
From a Comrade
19h. C
One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin
Cities right now is that even the most long term
organizers who've been here for decades can't keep
track of all the resistance that is going on. There are
so many self-organized crews just doing work that in
any conversation with someone from another
neighborhood you might stumble over a whole
collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think
of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around
fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers
taking cars of detained people away for free. People
delivering food to families in hiding. So many local
rapid response groups that the number is uncertain
but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds-
especially when one considers that several
immigrant communities have their own non-English
rapid response networks usually uncounted in the
main English-language directories. People standing
watch outside daycares and schools.
This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative
and leadership, so many layers of self-organization,
that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to
repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or
movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of
course, that's built up through many years and
decades of organization, and not only through
explicitiv political campaigns or formations built
during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also
built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building,
workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic
relationship building among neighbors and
coworkers here.

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

From a Comrade
19h. C
One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin
Cities right now is that even the most long term
organizers who've been here for decades can't keep
track of all the resistance that is going on. There are
so many self-organized crews just doing work that in
any conversation with someone from another
neighborhood you might stumble over a whole
collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think
of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around
fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers
taking cars of detained people away for free. People
delivering food to families in hiding. So many local
rapid response groups that the number is uncertain
but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds-
especially when one considers that several
immigrant communities have their own non-English
rapid response networks usually uncounted in the
main English-language directories. People standing
watch outside daycares and schools.
This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative
and leadership, so many layers of self-organization,
that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to
repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or
movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of
course, that's built up through many years and
decades of organization, and not only through
explicitiv political campaigns or formations built
during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also
built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building,
workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic
relationship building among neighbors and
coworkers here.

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

message from MN

07.02.2026 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1097    πŸ” 435    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 73

May I present to you Joan Rivers interrogating Kermit about his sex life.

08.02.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

this is literally the experience of living in MN right now

08.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 454    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

08.02.2026 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Worth noting that this response actually concedes that what Pritzker said is true.

07.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9611    πŸ” 1275    πŸ’¬ 342    πŸ“Œ 113

Social media addiction doesn't affect everyone the same, but for sure it has cooked some people's judgement to the point you should question their ability to manage any position of responsibility.

08.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1642    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 5

The movie they make about Tulsi Gabbard's infiltration of US intelligence is going to simultaneously be a haunting look at the most damaging intelligence failure in US history and a hilarious romp about the stupidest fucking people alive

08.02.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 899    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

they have just been letting people out on the street without coats late at night and they have been relying on people there to deliver them gear/bring them home and uh, what does this mean for them

08.02.2026 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Cylon inspired whistles are amazing and I can’t wait to get them, and if you have ideas for some kind of fundraiser involving me and the Cylon whistles hmu. I am open to any and all ideas. By your command etc πŸ€–πŸš€

08.02.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He should come to Chicago in a few months if he wants his mind blown again.

Same dude spread the lie that a young woman slept with her BF’s dad, citing people on the Internet

07.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The guy at the urinal next to me was having an animated conversation on speakerphone while peeing and that's a new level of digital intrusion for me.

07.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps it was a mistake to empower a cadre of people who cut their teeth in the O'Malley/Devine/Alvarez eras of this office and hope for different results

07.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live: Arrests at Whipple after tense protest, somber scene at Good memorial The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy was struck in the head and a vehicle damaged. A memorial for Renee Good was held this afternoon at Powderhorn Park.

So, for the record, the Hennepin County Sheriff didn't seem to have a problem with the guy who allegedly drove by and pepper/bear-sprayed people without cause, but the people who were upset about that needed to be reigned in.

Got it... www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

07.02.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love that Tom Homan’s public strategy is essentially if you sell your neighbors out, we wouldn’t need so many agents. How about you fuck off?

07.02.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1314    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6

175,000 since Sunday.

07.02.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Well one of these good men was just arrested. Saw the posts, called on Signal to check in, got an open line and heard him being processed

If anybody hears where they're taking the folks they picked up (if they're not just processing there), please shout

07.02.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club

07.02.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2273    πŸ” 769    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 16
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"Why are they not pulling over people riding in the back of a f*cking U-Haul? I thought that was a crime? But no, they protect them." - ICE protester responds to Proud Boy Jake Lang SHOOTING paintballs and pepper spray at protesters in a drive by as police watched.

LIVE NOW ⬇️

07.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1027    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 38

There is no doubt to anyone who is a serious interlocutor that ICE is actively trying to kill people.

Noem should go to The Hague.

07.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of the suburbs around Minneapolis & St. Paul are getting hit hard, including people just walking and getting snatched off the street.
They also are continuing to be extra aggressive towards observers.

Like Carrie said: NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

07.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

jesus christ

07.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
111 Forest Lake Public Boat Ramp, Forest Lake, MN 55025, USA
Description:
ICE present at the Ice Fishing Classic, out of vehicles, interacting with attendees.

111 Forest Lake Public Boat Ramp, Forest Lake, MN 55025, USA Description: ICE present at the Ice Fishing Classic, out of vehicles, interacting with attendees.

scenes from my hometown of Forest Lake, Minnesota: "ICE present at the Ice Fishing Classic, out of vehicles, interacting with attendees."

07.02.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1288    πŸ” 450    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 31

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