Beth Menninga
@bethmenninga.bsky.social
Early childhood educator who is learning to garden, learning to paint, learning to grieve, and ponders what a caregiver state might look like. (She/her)
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something something learning loss
My good friend teaches at a school with a majority Hmong population. Out of 32 fifth graders in her class only 5 are coming in person. 5.
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 PM
something something learning loss
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📣 A powerful letter from a Duluth childcare provider. We made it easy for you to read it all.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
📣 A powerful letter from a Duluth childcare provider. We made it easy for you to read it all.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
TL;DR: This is awful and really hurting our kids. It needs to stop.
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A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
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It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
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Child care providers are filling transportation gaps for California's working families. Without us, parents who work long or early hours, like truck drivers and farm workers, wouldn't be able take their kids to school or pick them up after work.
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Child care providers are filling transportation gaps for California's working families. Without us, parents who work long or early hours, like truck drivers and farm workers, wouldn't be able take their kids to school or pick them up after work.
Important 🧵 on the grief and trauma we are living
Been thinking about how we’re not okay here in Minnesota and how events and the state of affaires are echoing in our day to day world. A thread.
cw: suicide
cw: suicide
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Important 🧵 on the grief and trauma we are living
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Omg! Local San Antonio news is at a protest in Dilley, Texas at the Family Prison where Liam Ramos is being held.
Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio.
Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.
Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio.
Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.
Protesters detained, hit by tear gas near Dilley family detention facility
YouTube video by KSAT 12
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Omg! Local San Antonio news is at a protest in Dilley, Texas at the Family Prison where Liam Ramos is being held.
Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio.
Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.
Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio.
Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.
“if there should come a day when I won’t be here to hold them all close, to pull their bodies into mine, to whisper to them, “You are safer here than anywhere else in the world because the arms that love you the most are holding you tight.”
Kao Kalia Yang is one of Minnesota’s greatest writers. I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing her a couple of times and she is every bit as lovely and poetic and magic as her work.
we are never getting over this
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 AM
“if there should come a day when I won’t be here to hold them all close, to pull their bodies into mine, to whisper to them, “You are safer here than anywhere else in the world because the arms that love you the most are holding you tight.”
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REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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gotta call it what it is
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
gotta call it what it is
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i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
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Eliminating immigrant jails (and jails for kids) is a vital demand.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Eliminating immigrant jails (and jails for kids) is a vital demand.
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Twin Cities has Been Through It
2016 Police kill Philando Castile
2017 Police kill Justine Damond
2020 Police kill George Floyd
2020 COVID
2021 Police kill Daunte Wright
2025 Annunciation massacre
2025 Assassinations of Melissa &Mark Hortman, attempts on John &Yvette Hoffman
2025-2026 (gestures)
2016 Police kill Philando Castile
2017 Police kill Justine Damond
2020 Police kill George Floyd
2020 COVID
2021 Police kill Daunte Wright
2025 Annunciation massacre
2025 Assassinations of Melissa &Mark Hortman, attempts on John &Yvette Hoffman
2025-2026 (gestures)
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Twin Cities has Been Through It
2016 Police kill Philando Castile
2017 Police kill Justine Damond
2020 Police kill George Floyd
2020 COVID
2021 Police kill Daunte Wright
2025 Annunciation massacre
2025 Assassinations of Melissa &Mark Hortman, attempts on John &Yvette Hoffman
2025-2026 (gestures)
2016 Police kill Philando Castile
2017 Police kill Justine Damond
2020 Police kill George Floyd
2020 COVID
2021 Police kill Daunte Wright
2025 Annunciation massacre
2025 Assassinations of Melissa &Mark Hortman, attempts on John &Yvette Hoffman
2025-2026 (gestures)
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The child care system is under attack. Threatening funding cuts undermines program integrity & risks care for children. And empowering “citizen journalists” to do the work of gov’t investigators endangers early educators & children.
S/o @kcpeeks.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
S/o @kcpeeks.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Attack on Child Care Funding Undermines Early Educators, Shortchanges Children, and Increases Costs for Families
The Trump administration leveraged allegations of fraud in Minnesota in an attempt to freeze essential child care funding, a move that reflects a dangerous, broader posture toward the early childhood ...
www.americanprogress.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The child care system is under attack. Threatening funding cuts undermines program integrity & risks care for children. And empowering “citizen journalists” to do the work of gov’t investigators endangers early educators & children.
S/o @kcpeeks.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
S/o @kcpeeks.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
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ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.
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Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
ICE’s No. 1 Ally
The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
Soul refresher: winter sun ( sign I’m feeling better and can putter with paints again). Inspired by a tutorial- my foggy brain needed a nudge! see alt text.
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Soul refresher: winter sun ( sign I’m feeling better and can putter with paints again). Inspired by a tutorial- my foggy brain needed a nudge! see alt text.
For those in other places, the brutality is happening around our state. I have a friend in Long Prairie ( with a large immigrant community) where they are doing similar mutual aid work with less resources.
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
For those in other places, the brutality is happening around our state. I have a friend in Long Prairie ( with a large immigrant community) where they are doing similar mutual aid work with less resources.
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I don't understand how this isn't part of the core Dem demands. Am I missing something?
According to this reporting, this nursing assistant, with no criminal record and who is pursuing the legal path to citizenship, was violently abducted by masked men because of the color of her skin.
All decent people must reject this and demand its end.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/s...
All decent people must reject this and demand its end.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/s...
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I don't understand how this isn't part of the core Dem demands. Am I missing something?
“Unlike some of her peers, Jessica Herod has not had staff detained by federal immigration agents, hecklers defecate in front of her door, or armed state investigators entering her daycare.
Still, Herod is worried.”1/
Still, Herod is worried.”1/
"Nightmare winter" is a bit of an understatement actually. Providing childcare is already hard. Worrying about keeping your staff and families safe from abduction is a whole new level.
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/01/inside-the-nightmare-winter-for-minnesota-child-care-providers/
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/01/inside-the-nightmare-winter-for-minnesota-child-care-providers/
Inside the nightmare winter for Minnesota child care providers
There is uncertainty around half-a-billion dollars in federal funding, not to mention state scrutiny and frightening threats.
www.minnpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“Unlike some of her peers, Jessica Herod has not had staff detained by federal immigration agents, hecklers defecate in front of her door, or armed state investigators entering her daycare.
Still, Herod is worried.”1/
Still, Herod is worried.”1/
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Bike rides are being organized all over the country for Alex Pretti this Saturday.
Find one in your city, and if nothing is planned, go for it!
bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...
Find one in your city, and if nothing is planned, go for it!
bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Bike rides are being organized all over the country for Alex Pretti this Saturday.
Find one in your city, and if nothing is planned, go for it!
bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...
Find one in your city, and if nothing is planned, go for it!
bikepacking.com/news/alex-pr...
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We are not here to generate shareholder value. We are here, as Vonnegut said, to fart around.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
I agree that it’s high fucking time that we stopped acting like we need to grovel and constantly justify the existence of some of our most incredibly elemental and ancient human pursuits.
Are the humanities the only disciplines whose classes begin with modules speaking to the importance of studying the humanities? "Why study the humanities?" and "Why the humanities are important" must be cliches.
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
We are not here to generate shareholder value. We are here, as Vonnegut said, to fart around.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
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As we all learned in school, a bill becomes a law when the People’s Republic of China sends it to the U.S. President and he signs it.
January 27, 2026 at 11:41 PM
As we all learned in school, a bill becomes a law when the People’s Republic of China sends it to the U.S. President and he signs it.
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In all of 2025, there were 8 substantiated homicides attributed to undocumented immigrants nationwide.
ICE and CBP have already killed 9 people in January 2026 alone.
The “dangerous immigrant” narrative collapses under scrutiny.
Full breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
ICE and CBP have already killed 9 people in January 2026 alone.
The “dangerous immigrant” narrative collapses under scrutiny.
Full breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
You’re More Likely to Be Killed by ICE/CBP Than by an Undocumented Immigrant
And the government is lying about it.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
In all of 2025, there were 8 substantiated homicides attributed to undocumented immigrants nationwide.
ICE and CBP have already killed 9 people in January 2026 alone.
The “dangerous immigrant” narrative collapses under scrutiny.
Full breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
ICE and CBP have already killed 9 people in January 2026 alone.
The “dangerous immigrant” narrative collapses under scrutiny.
Full breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
Democrats! Please stop texting for $ until ICE is out of our states and District! We are busy funding and defending our communities right now!
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
And anyone who is running.
Minnesotans will be at caucuses.
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
And anyone who is running.
Minnesotans will be at caucuses.
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Democrats! Please stop texting for $ until ICE is out of our states and District! We are busy funding and defending our communities right now!
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
And anyone who is running.
Minnesotans will be at caucuses.
@kenmartin.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
And anyone who is running.
Minnesotans will be at caucuses.