Alison Frankel
@alisonfrankel.bsky.social
Senior advisor to the Ethics and Journalism Initiative at NYU. Ex-legal journo. Cat lady.
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I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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When the camera turns a corner at the 30-second mark & you see how far back the wave of people goes ❄️❤️
January 24, 2026 at 12:21 AM
When the camera turns a corner at the 30-second mark & you see how far back the wave of people goes ❄️❤️
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Journalists and bystanders are capturing what JD Vance really doesn’t want us to see.
Is this the country we want to live in?
Is this the country we want to live in?
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Journalists and bystanders are capturing what JD Vance really doesn’t want us to see.
Is this the country we want to live in?
Is this the country we want to live in?
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Northwestern University’s law school has persuaded a federal judge in Chicago to reject claims by a conservative group that the school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring reut.rs/3ZdoM3X
January 23, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Northwestern University’s law school has persuaded a federal judge in Chicago to reject claims by a conservative group that the school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring reut.rs/3ZdoM3X
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Local journalism may save us.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Local journalism may save us.
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
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"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
ICE has arrested four children in same Minnesota school district
School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers wi...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
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A US judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors from reviewing material seized during an FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home last week as part of investigation into the sharing of secret government information reut.rs/4jUthK4
January 21, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A US judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors from reviewing material seized during an FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home last week as part of investigation into the sharing of secret government information reut.rs/4jUthK4
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"The outrageous seizure" of @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's records "chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm." Anything less than immediate return "would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"The outrageous seizure" of @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's records "chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm." Anything less than immediate return "would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Live your life so that millions of people — perhaps billions — around the world are not rotting for your death.
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Live your life so that millions of people — perhaps billions — around the world are not rotting for your death.
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Editorial: One year ago, President Convicted Felon took an oath to serve the American people. Instead he's served himself, lining his pockets with at least $1.4 billion. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via @nytimes.com
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Editorial: One year ago, President Convicted Felon took an oath to serve the American people. Instead he's served himself, lining his pockets with at least $1.4 billion. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via @nytimes.com
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Though there's stiff competition, US Atty Pirro's grand jury probe may be this administration's most abusive yet.
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Searching for the Crime in Fed Chair Powell’s Testimony
Though there’s stiff competition, U.S. Attorney Pirro’s grand jury probe may be this administration’s most abusive yet.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Though there's stiff competition, US Atty Pirro's grand jury probe may be this administration's most abusive yet.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sear...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sear...
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"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation."
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January 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation."
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"organized, funded protesters" = parents and neighbors in hastily organized group chats trying to protect their friends and community members from being kidnapped
(and "paid" only in the form of maybe a friend buying their mocha when they cross paths at the coffee shop between mutual aid runs)
(and "paid" only in the form of maybe a friend buying their mocha when they cross paths at the coffee shop between mutual aid runs)
Kristi Noem: "When we did these operations in other cities across the country, we didn't see this kind of violence. We didn't see organized, funded protesters come in to conduct acts of violence against our law enforcement officers like we're seeing in Minneapolis."
January 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"organized, funded protesters" = parents and neighbors in hastily organized group chats trying to protect their friends and community members from being kidnapped
(and "paid" only in the form of maybe a friend buying their mocha when they cross paths at the coffee shop between mutual aid runs)
(and "paid" only in the form of maybe a friend buying their mocha when they cross paths at the coffee shop between mutual aid runs)
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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The entire world knows we have a president who's mentally ill. When are we as a nation going to start talking about that?
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The entire world knows we have a president who's mentally ill. When are we as a nation going to start talking about that?
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The FBI raid of a reporter's home is "a tremendous escalation by the administration in their intrusion into the independence of the press," @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman told @outfrontcnn.bsky.social.
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Washington Post questions ‘protections’ after FBI searches reporter’s home | CNN
The executive editor of the Washington Post is slamming the Trump administration for the search and seizure of multiple electronic devices from a Post reporter’s home, calling the action “extraordinar...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The FBI raid of a reporter's home is "a tremendous escalation by the administration in their intrusion into the independence of the press," @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman told @outfrontcnn.bsky.social.
📺 Watch:
📺 Watch:
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
A man who believes it’s fine to grope women against their will is exactly the kind of man who will attempt to grab Greenland just because “when you’re a star they let you do it.” The Access Hollywood tape told us everything we needed to know about Trump.
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
A man who believes it’s fine to grope women against their will is exactly the kind of man who will attempt to grab Greenland just because “when you’re a star they let you do it.” The Access Hollywood tape told us everything we needed to know about Trump.