Eric Holthaus
@ericholthaus.com
Meteorologist & climate journalist. Dad. Birder. Minneapolitan & 2026 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Optimistic to a fault.
Science news with attitude for The Guardian. Author of The Future Earth.
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The effects of trauma also don’t just disappear.
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 13, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The effects of trauma also don’t just disappear.
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Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
At least for now, there is no longer a legal basis for the EPA to take action on climate change.
History will see this for what it is — an embarrassing, anti-scientific backslide that will jeopardize the well-being of billions of people and countless ecosystems for centuries to come.
History will see this for what it is — an embarrassing, anti-scientific backslide that will jeopardize the well-being of billions of people and countless ecosystems for centuries to come.
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
At least for now, there is no longer a legal basis for the EPA to take action on climate change.
History will see this for what it is — an embarrassing, anti-scientific backslide that will jeopardize the well-being of billions of people and countless ecosystems for centuries to come.
History will see this for what it is — an embarrassing, anti-scientific backslide that will jeopardize the well-being of billions of people and countless ecosystems for centuries to come.
There have been multiple abductions this morning in NE Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, and Fridley — I'll believe that there's an ICE drawdown when I see it. Until then, we're assuming that — like always — the administration is lying to us.
We keep us safe.
We keep us safe.
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
There have been multiple abductions this morning in NE Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, and Fridley — I'll believe that there's an ICE drawdown when I see it. Until then, we're assuming that — like always — the administration is lying to us.
We keep us safe.
We keep us safe.
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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still looking for those photos of amy klobuchar on the streets standing up to ICE like we saw from jason chavez and elliott payne and doron clark, to name just a handful of electeds who are out here protecting people
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
still looking for those photos of amy klobuchar on the streets standing up to ICE like we saw from jason chavez and elliott payne and doron clark, to name just a handful of electeds who are out here protecting people
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If you read one thing today, please read this 🧵, the whole thing
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
If you read one thing today, please read this 🧵, the whole thing
I'll believe it when I see it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I'll believe it when I see it.
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You should make crop art about it.
-me as a therapist
-me as a therapist
Have you considered packing all of your feelings into a couple characters and examining them in excruciating detail over the course of 300,000 words of fiction?
-Me as a therapist
-Me as a therapist
Tell me about your daily habits & the people you see each day?
-me as a therapist
-me as a therapist
February 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
You should make crop art about it.
-me as a therapist
-me as a therapist
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The list of signatories shows how it’s not just Minneapolis or Saint Paul suffering under this occupation. It’s the entire state!
Our little breweries, bookstores, garden centers, and gyms are showing more bravery standing up against ICE than the cowardly response of 3M, Target, Best Buy, etc.
Gift link: www.startribune.com/immigration-...
Gift link: www.startribune.com/immigration-...
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The list of signatories shows how it’s not just Minneapolis or Saint Paul suffering under this occupation. It’s the entire state!
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Target still lets ICE roam free in their stores & stage in their parking lots, often this one at the Quarry in Mpls.
But they call the police in no time on peaceful teachers and neighbors.
Until Target calls for ICE to leave MN and congress to cut off DHS funding, we’ll keep coming back. #ICEOut
But they call the police in no time on peaceful teachers and neighbors.
Until Target calls for ICE to leave MN and congress to cut off DHS funding, we’ll keep coming back. #ICEOut
February 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Target still lets ICE roam free in their stores & stage in their parking lots, often this one at the Quarry in Mpls.
But they call the police in no time on peaceful teachers and neighbors.
Until Target calls for ICE to leave MN and congress to cut off DHS funding, we’ll keep coming back. #ICEOut
But they call the police in no time on peaceful teachers and neighbors.
Until Target calls for ICE to leave MN and congress to cut off DHS funding, we’ll keep coming back. #ICEOut
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This photo by @leilanavidi.bsky.social deserves the Pulitzer. This is the Minnesota resistance in a picture.
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
This photo by @leilanavidi.bsky.social deserves the Pulitzer. This is the Minnesota resistance in a picture.
Can vouch for this, today is great ☀️
Twin Cities folks: Go outside and get some sun, if you haven’t already today.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Can vouch for this, today is great ☀️
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Sinister Minnesotans above freezing weather check in
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Sinister Minnesotans above freezing weather check in
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Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...
Yuen: Even if ICE left tomorrow, the damage to kids is already done
“They’re all suffering,” says one Minnesota immigrant dad who has been sheltering in place with his children.
www.startribune.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...
It's my birthday and I'm going to a soup potluck to support my neighbors and eat some soup. Fuck ICE 🔥
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It's my birthday and I'm going to a soup potluck to support my neighbors and eat some soup. Fuck ICE 🔥
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Wrote a cat version of Bella Ciao and illustrated a zine with the lyrics that anyone can print and meow at home 🐈⬛💖🐈⬛💖🐈⬛💖 all models are angry local cats #bellameow #bellaciao #standwithMinnesota #fuckICE #abolishIcE #zine
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Wrote a cat version of Bella Ciao and illustrated a zine with the lyrics that anyone can print and meow at home 🐈⬛💖🐈⬛💖🐈⬛💖 all models are angry local cats #bellameow #bellaciao #standwithMinnesota #fuckICE #abolishIcE #zine
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Neighbors keep showing up for neighbors who are showing up for neighbors.
Keep doing the work Minnesota.
Keep doing the work Minnesota.
Standing watch at the neighborhood school, a woman pulls up to offer hot chocolate. Last week it was someone offering donuts. 🍩
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Neighbors keep showing up for neighbors who are showing up for neighbors.
Keep doing the work Minnesota.
Keep doing the work Minnesota.
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I mean, at some point it seems only reasonable and fair to ask this. It's not the first time and we waste money going to court. I'm over going around and around on this. When do we get off this fuckaroundabout? Retaliation by means of withholding essential funds is getting old.
When do we stop paying federal taxes as a state? Serious question @governorwalz.mn.gov
“The programs slated to be cut are in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I mean, at some point it seems only reasonable and fair to ask this. It's not the first time and we waste money going to court. I'm over going around and around on this. When do we get off this fuckaroundabout? Retaliation by means of withholding essential funds is getting old.
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Stumbled on some students’ signs at a Twin Cities school today
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Stumbled on some students’ signs at a Twin Cities school today
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some things are actually getting worse here.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
some things are actually getting worse here.
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📍whittier, mpls
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
📍whittier, mpls
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Congrats to @dieworkwear.bsky.social for getting the Amber Glenn Olympic Gold Medal Seal of Approval:
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Congrats to @dieworkwear.bsky.social for getting the Amber Glenn Olympic Gold Medal Seal of Approval:
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Still a need! 👇🏻
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Still a need! 👇🏻