Dylan NDR Edwards
@dylanndr.bsky.social
Maker of queer & trans comics (Transposes, Valley of the Silk Sky) and monsters (Feeping Creatures). he/him
http://www.studiondr.com/
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Strongly recommend reading this excellent thread
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But in Minneapolis, we can see the limits of MAGA’s assault.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
US-Regierung: Wie der Widerstand gegen Maga eine Chance hat
Der Minneapolis-Moment offenbart die Schwächen der Trumpisten. Und er zeigt, wo der Widerstand gegen den US-Präsidenten in Zukunft erfolgreich ansetzen kann.
www.zeit.de
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Strongly recommend reading this excellent thread
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
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There are certain people on this site (and in the halls of congress) who think everything is a distraction instead of understanding the federal government is very big and powerful and can do lots of (evil) things at once. There are no distractions just omnibattle
Seeing some replies about how the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are distractions, but targeting journalists is straight out of the fascism playbook. It's not to distract from other issues -- the regime wants to chill critical coverage because they know they're unpopular.
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
There are certain people on this site (and in the halls of congress) who think everything is a distraction instead of understanding the federal government is very big and powerful and can do lots of (evil) things at once. There are no distractions just omnibattle
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
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Working in government I learned that 99.99% of compliance is people thinking it’s the right thing to do or being afraid to break the law. Here, the government is threatening to prosecute masses of people for 100% lawful acts, but can only harass a teeny tiny fraction. So do it and don’t be scared!
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Working in government I learned that 99.99% of compliance is people thinking it’s the right thing to do or being afraid to break the law. Here, the government is threatening to prosecute masses of people for 100% lawful acts, but can only harass a teeny tiny fraction. So do it and don’t be scared!
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previously:
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
here is the abbreviated backstory on lemon www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
previously:
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
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The populace to the government every time there’s yet another new study saying that UBI works
January 30, 2026 at 5:52 AM
The populace to the government every time there’s yet another new study saying that UBI works
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he is unpopular, people hate what he's doing, and even some of his own base is tiring of the endless stream of horrors
Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 PM
he is unpopular, people hate what he's doing, and even some of his own base is tiring of the endless stream of horrors
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It's almost as if money is hoarded by the already wealthy and the lower middle to lower class uses it to.... BUY things.
2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe.
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
Fixing the $12 Billion Lie
How Mayor Mamdani Plans to Fix NYC's Existential Budget Crisis—And Why It Affects Every Single American Nationwide
www.qasimrashid.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's almost as if money is hoarded by the already wealthy and the lower middle to lower class uses it to.... BUY things.
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This is going to be so crucial as other cites are targeted—not least because people need to understand that there are *so many ways to help,* and if you don’t feel equipped to do one thing you can find something else that fits your abilities better. Not everyone has to be in the streets
I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is going to be so crucial as other cites are targeted—not least because people need to understand that there are *so many ways to help,* and if you don’t feel equipped to do one thing you can find something else that fits your abilities better. Not everyone has to be in the streets
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HOLD THE LINE. NO FUNDING FOR THE GESTAPO.
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
HOLD THE LINE. NO FUNDING FOR THE GESTAPO.
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My calls to reps are not only to abolish ice, but to also shut down the detention centers, seize the money being made off them, & redistribute that money as reparations to the people being imprisoned, tortured, & starved in them. The children must be released immediately, receive med, psych, $ care
January 29, 2026 at 6:38 PM
My calls to reps are not only to abolish ice, but to also shut down the detention centers, seize the money being made off them, & redistribute that money as reparations to the people being imprisoned, tortured, & starved in them. The children must be released immediately, receive med, psych, $ care
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This is hilarious!! 🤣 🤣
January 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This is hilarious!! 🤣 🤣
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If you're a journalist listening to Homan BLOVIATE about law and order right now and your immediate question isn't *what gives YOU the authority to speak about crimes and "law and order" when you accepted a $50,000 bribe and keep avoiding any accountability?* then you are ridiculous.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
If you're a journalist listening to Homan BLOVIATE about law and order right now and your immediate question isn't *what gives YOU the authority to speak about crimes and "law and order" when you accepted a $50,000 bribe and keep avoiding any accountability?* then you are ridiculous.
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Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
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And people were already suspecting that before Alex Pretti's murder. At both my local protest immediately after Renee Good's murder, and the one I was at Saturday morning, people had signs that read, "They Will Kill Again" and "They Would Kill You Too."
ICE immediately proved them right.
ICE immediately proved them right.
Suddenly the public is not reacting to a 'single tragedy' (in their view), but rather the horrifying question of 'is ICE going to execute a citizen in public on video every two weeks for the next year? three years?'
With the repeat - and such a *quick* repeat - the event becomes a pattern.
With the repeat - and such a *quick* repeat - the event becomes a pattern.
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 AM
And people were already suspecting that before Alex Pretti's murder. At both my local protest immediately after Renee Good's murder, and the one I was at Saturday morning, people had signs that read, "They Will Kill Again" and "They Would Kill You Too."
ICE immediately proved them right.
ICE immediately proved them right.
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I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
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Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
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“I’m really mad so thank you for letting me vent.
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America
World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“I’m really mad so thank you for letting me vent.
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Abolish ICE.
We keep us safe.”
@seandoolittle.bsky.social and other athletes opened up to us about the DHS murders and the campaign of state terror being waged in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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Holy fuck lol
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Holy fuck lol
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‘Political thunderstorm’: inside Trump’s attacks on the Somali community
‘Political thunderstorm’: inside Trump’s attacks on the Somali community
The US president’s clamp down on immigration and flouting of the rule of law in Minnesota is entrenching long-established reserves of solidarity
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
‘Political thunderstorm’: inside Trump’s attacks on the Somali community
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Y’all they were still scouting school bus stops this morning in the burbs, stalking restaurant workers in Minneapolis and abducting our neighbors. As far as I’m concerned nothing’s changed.
People power got Bovino out of Minnesota, but ICE is still here, and people are still being targeted and taken.
The observers, the food deliveries, the school patrols, everyone organizing–the shift in tactics by the Trump admin is only happening because of you.
The observers, the food deliveries, the school patrols, everyone organizing–the shift in tactics by the Trump admin is only happening because of you.
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Y’all they were still scouting school bus stops this morning in the burbs, stalking restaurant workers in Minneapolis and abducting our neighbors. As far as I’m concerned nothing’s changed.
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i would personally love to see noem drag miller down with her
"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios.""
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
i would personally love to see noem drag miller down with her