Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
@deardara.bsky.social
I'm a writer, a poet, a radio talker, I know it. I don't buy nonfiction, I grow it. Novelist. Magazines.
6 James Beard Awards, McKnight Fellow, FAWC teacher; NYC 4th gen, leading my best snowy, writing life in Mpls.
6 James Beard Awards, McKnight Fellow, FAWC teacher; NYC 4th gen, leading my best snowy, writing life in Mpls.
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This is such a cursed trend. Good for the good Samaritans of Minnesota, you make me proud.
ICE agents confronted by crowd at Minneapolis taco shop
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ICE agents confronted by crowd at Minneapolis taco shop
YouTube video by WCCO - CBS Minnesota
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February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This is such a cursed trend. Good for the good Samaritans of Minnesota, you make me proud.
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
The number of women I know personally who have been stalked and threatened online and literally nothing happened because it was first amendment or they were public figures or it wasn’t action—and they send 20 ICE agents to kick through this guys door. What babies.
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
Man arrested in immigration raid charged with cyberstalking
Kyle Wagner, 37, was arrested by federal immigration agents who broke into a south Minneapolis apartment building early Thursday. He faces cyberstalking charges that federal officials widely touted.
sahanjournal.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The number of women I know personally who have been stalked and threatened online and literally nothing happened because it was first amendment or they were public figures or it wasn’t action—and they send 20 ICE agents to kick through this guys door. What babies.
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
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"Our reporting has shown that most of the immigrants arrested have no criminal records, and that even those who do have largely been taken from state and county jails, not during the random street sweeps," @jcollins.bsky.social writes of local journalism's power: niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...
Free Speech in Deep Freeze - Nieman Reports
On the ground in Minnesota, where journalists are working to tell the truth about government-sanctioned violence and spin
niemanreports.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"Our reporting has shown that most of the immigrants arrested have no criminal records, and that even those who do have largely been taken from state and county jails, not during the random street sweeps," @jcollins.bsky.social writes of local journalism's power: niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...
Because it’s never been about protecting children, it’s about controlling them so they don’t grow up to be free. If it was about protecting children we would fully fund schools and PBS and universal healthcare and clean water and clean air.
It’s amazing/infuriating to me that GOP will pass a raft of laws based on “protecting children” e.g., banning books, drag shows, and access to social media. Yet, it’s considered “moral panic” to shame people for engaging w/ a person who is known to have sexually assaulted and trafficked children.
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Because it’s never been about protecting children, it’s about controlling them so they don’t grow up to be free. If it was about protecting children we would fully fund schools and PBS and universal healthcare and clean water and clean air.
They see school patrols walking to keep their friends from being kidnapped. They see teachers linking arms to guard the doors. They see a federal government who is basically telling them to drop dead. The kids of Minneapolis and St Paul are traumatized.
The kids are suffering. There's no way to shield them from what's happening here. Everyone is affected. They hear about families in hiding. They read "ICE kidnapped someone here" and "Fuck ICE" when we're in the car. They see us shopping for others. They hear the whistles. They are afraid.
February 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
They see school patrols walking to keep their friends from being kidnapped. They see teachers linking arms to guard the doors. They see a federal government who is basically telling them to drop dead. The kids of Minneapolis and St Paul are traumatized.
There! A hundred thousand people have now read this on Facebook. I feel like I’m passing around samisdat. This is really what it’s like.
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
There! A hundred thousand people have now read this on Facebook. I feel like I’m passing around samisdat. This is really what it’s like.
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This is 100% the vibe in our household and among all of our friends here right now.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
This is 100% the vibe in our household and among all of our friends here right now.
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
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RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
they made the entire administration out of the worst person you have ever known in every situation, vance is the worst person you ever met in college
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
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The ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.
This is incredibly moving. Good on this citizen for writing this and making it so clear. Worth the time:
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
This is incredibly moving. Good on this citizen for writing this and making it so clear. Worth the time:
Gift link. My kid reports that only 10 or 15% of her school is showing up anymore. We are under siege. I talked to someone in restaurants last night who said she heard from a hotel worker that ICE hotel reservations are extended through May. They are strangling us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Gift link. My kid reports that only 10 or 15% of her school is showing up anymore. We are under siege. I talked to someone in restaurants last night who said she heard from a hotel worker that ICE hotel reservations are extended through May. They are strangling us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Lol. St Paul would literally rise up and demand the return of every Tupperware they left here last time what are you doing bro we are one ❤️
A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Lol. St Paul would literally rise up and demand the return of every Tupperware they left here last time what are you doing bro we are one ❤️
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At least the Nazis went to the trouble of passing the Nuremberg Laws and making the brutality and totalitarianism street legal. The gutlessness of the American run at fascism is that they want to do it simply by pretending the Bill of Rights never existed or meant anything.
Rep. Mark Harris: "Some of these things are nonstarters. Having judicial warrants? To me, hat's a nonstarter. Being able to make off their mask, putting them at risk? That's a nonstarter. I would say anything that's going to hamstring the work of ICE, that's just not going to go anywhere."
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
At least the Nazis went to the trouble of passing the Nuremberg Laws and making the brutality and totalitarianism street legal. The gutlessness of the American run at fascism is that they want to do it simply by pretending the Bill of Rights never existed or meant anything.
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Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.
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Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
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.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
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If you're not from MN and wondering what it's like here, check out @deardara.bsky.social write up. deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...
Dara's Guide to Handling Reality
Minneapolis, inside the economic blockade zone where we are pioneering nonviolence, whistle edition
deardara.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
If you're not from MN and wondering what it's like here, check out @deardara.bsky.social write up. deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...
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This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
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Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Masked thugs on the streets.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
Measles outbreaks across the nation.
Blatant government corruption.
Coverup of group of elite sex offenders.
Ruling party trying to rig elections.
Leader building grandiose monuments to himself.
Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service.
Third world America.
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ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
This may be a wrongheaded opinion, but I’m beginning to suspect they’ll never send ICE large scale into any swing state, it makes everyone hate the GOP so much. I bet they just go to blue cities in blue states. California, Oregon, NY, maybe Boston. Watch your hotel registrations.
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
This may be a wrongheaded opinion, but I’m beginning to suspect they’ll never send ICE large scale into any swing state, it makes everyone hate the GOP so much. I bet they just go to blue cities in blue states. California, Oregon, NY, maybe Boston. Watch your hotel registrations.
I’m a little baffled, didn’t everyone know this the night it happened? I did. Because of Bluesky. Also they also lie, about the pivot and everything else.
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent
Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I’m a little baffled, didn’t everyone know this the night it happened? I did. Because of Bluesky. Also they also lie, about the pivot and everything else.
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A journalist and author living in Minneapolis describes what everyday life is like there now.
There was no pivot.
deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz
There was no pivot.
deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz
Dara's Guide to Handling Reality
Minneapolis, inside the economic blockade zone where we are pioneering nonviolence, whistle edition
deardara.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM
A journalist and author living in Minneapolis describes what everyday life is like there now.
There was no pivot.
deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz
There was no pivot.
deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.