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Champ Champenstein 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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I’m in my Mac era: I’m gay and cutting the sleeves off all my tshirts.

CJ Grad Student. Queer Criminology. Comic book nerd (once again on hold). Board game winner.

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The gay agenda is to have everyone tuck in their shirt and roll up their pants.
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Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Sounds like another extremely bad situation in Minneapolis this morning.
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.

Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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Absolutely endless monster behavior from ICE & CBP. Detaining parents seeking urgent healthcare for their kids and who, in this case, had petitioned for asylum. All at the same hospital where they shot two people earlier this month.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
There are also three anti-trans bills going up next week for public hearing so we’re doing great.
Going through bills this morning being filed across the US and here's one for you. A bill in Nebraska that mandates the teaching of the "atrocities" of communism and how communism conflicts with American values.
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Turns out it requires a fuckload of union-backed, coalition-built, boots-on-the-ground organizing to accomplish rather than a half-assed slogan on the internet (like many folks have mentioned for *years* whenever this exact thing came up)
The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
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.
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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🚨Upcoming publication! #unosccj
January 22, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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friendly neighborhood barred attorney telling you to never put your ID on your phone
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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We have launched a survey to understand how LGBTQIA+ people and organisations in civil society are being affected by legal and regulatory changes on the definition of ‘sex’ and ‘gender’.

Share your thoughts and experiences with us by completing the survey using the link below:
lnkd.in/exjDw22C
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is educate normal people on complex subjects in ways that are engaging and digestible.
January 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees

ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals

Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care

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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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Been busy offline (stuff‘s happening in Minneapolis lol) but if you’re looking for hyper-local organizations to give time and/or money, here’s one for ya
www.joyceuptownfoodshelf.org
joyce uptown foodshelf
www.joyceuptownfoodshelf.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.

My story:

www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Do your civic duty: don’t ignore the jury summons
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Do I have any trans followers from Maine who are part of organizing efforts against ICE?

I'm in MA and can travel to report on Maine happenings, but I won't unless I can connect with people on the ground who would know my work and have reason to trust that I won't exploit people or sell them out.
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The United States is collapsing but at least I can watch some shitty movies.

Boiling Point was not shitty but sooooo good and a shocker of a film.

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
January 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.

PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-

Venmo @powwowgrounds

www.powwowgrounds.com
Pow Wow Grounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income

www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
Pay Kurt Kopatich using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/kpattonleather and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
www.paypal.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM