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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.
inthesetimes.com
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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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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So many union members and workers, some of whom struck today, out at the airport picketing among thousands and cheering on clergy as they were arrested. Lots of hugs, singing, sharing of hand warmers. inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
So many union members and workers, some of whom struck today, out at the airport picketing among thousands and cheering on clergy as they were arrested. Lots of hugs, singing, sharing of hand warmers. inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
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Opsec culture actively hurts us by limiting how many people can join our networks. It makes it harder to get neighbors in and makes them fearful of joining. Since our greatest security comes from sheer weight of numbers this actually makes us less safe.
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Opsec culture actively hurts us by limiting how many people can join our networks. It makes it harder to get neighbors in and makes them fearful of joining. Since our greatest security comes from sheer weight of numbers this actually makes us less safe.
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Opsec culture in activism legitimately needs to die
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Opsec culture in activism legitimately needs to die
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MINNESOTA SHUTDOWN: Clergy have blocked the road in front of Terminal 1 at MSP while a crowd of thousands sings "before this campaign fails, we'll all go down to jail, everybody has a right to live." Photos are members of UNITE HERE 17 who've been abducted. I'll be updating here throughout the day.
A Huge Group of Faith Leaders Are Blocking a Key Road Outside the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport
The major act of civil disobedience comes as throngs of residents are braving freezing temperatures to make their voices heard.
inthesetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
MINNESOTA SHUTDOWN: Clergy have blocked the road in front of Terminal 1 at MSP while a crowd of thousands sings "before this campaign fails, we'll all go down to jail, everybody has a right to live." Photos are members of UNITE HERE 17 who've been abducted. I'll be updating here throughout the day.
Solidarity with the people of Minneapolis in their struggle against ICE terror! #generalstrike
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Solidarity with the people of Minneapolis in their struggle against ICE terror! #generalstrike
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Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
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It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...
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But not Starbucks, who won't agree to let us keep ICE out of our stores. Shame!
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
But not Starbucks, who won't agree to let us keep ICE out of our stores. Shame!
I think Metro is correct, unfortunately, about the political challenge SB 79 creates for transit, but the solution is not to repeal SB 79, it is to reform Metro so that it is less structurally deferential to transit opponents.
By opposing implementation of SB 79, LA Metro is saying,
"We are happy to continue hobbling our existing service in the *hope* that people will oppose our expansion projects less than they already do."
"And we're doing this for equity reasons. Seriously."
"We are happy to continue hobbling our existing service in the *hope* that people will oppose our expansion projects less than they already do."
"And we're doing this for equity reasons. Seriously."
January 22, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I think Metro is correct, unfortunately, about the political challenge SB 79 creates for transit, but the solution is not to repeal SB 79, it is to reform Metro so that it is less structurally deferential to transit opponents.
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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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CA's AG, also openly supporting the protest movements: “Crowds are super important. That is the rawest, most powerful expression of our democracy. When people show up, whether it’s Hands Off or No Kings, we are speaking about what we will never accept and what we demand.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
CA's AG, also openly supporting the protest movements: “Crowds are super important. That is the rawest, most powerful expression of our democracy. When people show up, whether it’s Hands Off or No Kings, we are speaking about what we will never accept and what we demand.”
If Caltrans permits are so easy to get Mitchell should be pushing Metro to double track the I-10 segment of Metrolink
Supervisor Mitchell says Caltrans permission not a problem - anticipates Caltrans will approve permits. Mitchell sympathetic to construction impacts to businesses. Says Hawthorne long term benefits outweigh short term challenges.
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
If Caltrans permits are so easy to get Mitchell should be pushing Metro to double track the I-10 segment of Metrolink
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I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
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I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator
Tesla's new motto is “Building a world of amazing abundance.” I think that's it for the Abundance framing, pack it up.
NEW in Heatmap AM:
❎ Trump says Greenland deal developing, backs down on tariffs
🪨 2 geothermal startups raise $212 million combined
🇯🇵 World’s largest nuclear plant back online in Japan
Read up on the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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❎ Trump says Greenland deal developing, backs down on tariffs
🪨 2 geothermal startups raise $212 million combined
🇯🇵 World’s largest nuclear plant back online in Japan
Read up on the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/geotherma...
Two Geothermal Startups Raise a Combined $212 Million
On Trump’s Greenland thaw, Europe’s green steel win, and Tesla’s mission
heatmap.news
January 22, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Tesla's new motto is “Building a world of amazing abundance.” I think that's it for the Abundance framing, pack it up.
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The “General strike” isn’t a fantasy anymore. From coordinated walkouts to recent mass strikes, the groundwork is already here—and even Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is talking about it.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now
At first glance it sounds impossible — but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think.
inthesetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The “General strike” isn’t a fantasy anymore. From coordinated walkouts to recent mass strikes, the groundwork is already here—and even Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is talking about it.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
Several benign reasons USians aren't protesting more abt Greenland:
1. Protest is reactive and it's unclear what's happening rn. No one protested Venezuela until after the strikes despite warnings
2. Protest capacity is mostly aimed at ICE atm
3. No Greenland diaspora community to keep the focus
1. Protest is reactive and it's unclear what's happening rn. No one protested Venezuela until after the strikes despite warnings
2. Protest capacity is mostly aimed at ICE atm
3. No Greenland diaspora community to keep the focus
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Several benign reasons USians aren't protesting more abt Greenland:
1. Protest is reactive and it's unclear what's happening rn. No one protested Venezuela until after the strikes despite warnings
2. Protest capacity is mostly aimed at ICE atm
3. No Greenland diaspora community to keep the focus
1. Protest is reactive and it's unclear what's happening rn. No one protested Venezuela until after the strikes despite warnings
2. Protest capacity is mostly aimed at ICE atm
3. No Greenland diaspora community to keep the focus
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This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
This photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune
Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives.
Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
This is quite a difficult line to walk, as US police frequently instigate violence against peaceful protests which is then perceived as riots by the public. And many who fear this outcome err too far in the other direction, organizing actions that are so non-disruptive as to garner no attention.
A broad swath of Americans misunderstand property damage as "violence" and smart protests recognize this, generally trying to achieve both "disruptive enough to be effective" and "not being read as violent". The media enforces this bright-line of legitimacy, AND often ignores "legitimate" protest.
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This is quite a difficult line to walk, as US police frequently instigate violence against peaceful protests which is then perceived as riots by the public. And many who fear this outcome err too far in the other direction, organizing actions that are so non-disruptive as to garner no attention.
Affordable housing doesn't necessarily reduce VMT - depends a lot on siting. Affordable housing funding is always needed, but using it for VMT mitigation just defunds transit. Uphold @menorman.bsky.social thought cal.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/o...
Op/Ed: Why Affordable Housing Doesn’t Offset Vehicle Miles Traveled - Streetsblog California
Affordable, senior, and supportive housing advances critical equity and housing goals. However....
cal.streetsblog.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Affordable housing doesn't necessarily reduce VMT - depends a lot on siting. Affordable housing funding is always needed, but using it for VMT mitigation just defunds transit. Uphold @menorman.bsky.social thought cal.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/o...
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I talk about it a lot, but car dependency and car-centric infrastructure also serve as barriers to protest. Unlike European cities, the U.S. has fewer car-free spaces in which to protest, large roadways restrict mass gathering places, and we also see vehicles wielded as weapons to attack protesters.
I continue to believe that one of the things that fuels this “no protests” myth is that the US is a massive and sparsely populated nation that can’t continuously and consistently converge on one central city the way, say, the French can.
I remember how I was asked, live on German television, a mere 48 hours after No Kings II: “Why are there no protests?” And three months later, as the people of Minneapolis are standing in solidarity against the outrageous occupation of their city, I’m still getting that question in most interviews.
January 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I talk about it a lot, but car dependency and car-centric infrastructure also serve as barriers to protest. Unlike European cities, the U.S. has fewer car-free spaces in which to protest, large roadways restrict mass gathering places, and we also see vehicles wielded as weapons to attack protesters.
People don't trust Dems on the economy because their policies are watered down, milquetoast, means tested into oblivion, slow and hard to understand even if successful.
This is why low info voters went for Trump on the economy and also why everyone is mad at Schumer's affordability messaging.
This is why low info voters went for Trump on the economy and also why everyone is mad at Schumer's affordability messaging.
January 20, 2026 at 10:39 PM
People don't trust Dems on the economy because their policies are watered down, milquetoast, means tested into oblivion, slow and hard to understand even if successful.
This is why low info voters went for Trump on the economy and also why everyone is mad at Schumer's affordability messaging.
This is why low info voters went for Trump on the economy and also why everyone is mad at Schumer's affordability messaging.