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Governor Tim Walz warns of a national unraveling in an interview with @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social. “It’s worse than you think,” Walz says of the situation in Minnesota.
Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Governor Tim Walz warns of a national unraveling in an interview with @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social. “It’s worse than you think,” Walz says of the situation in Minnesota.
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Great
Now make a loud bold statement demanding ICE leave Minnesota immediately!
Now make a loud bold statement demanding ICE leave Minnesota immediately!
January 29, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Great
Now make a loud bold statement demanding ICE leave Minnesota immediately!
Now make a loud bold statement demanding ICE leave Minnesota immediately!
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Northfield is a town of 20,000 people in southeast #Minnesota, outside of the metro region. That 20,000 people includes two college populations. Agents in plain clothes raided a local bakery this morning, and masked agents continue to raid local apartment complexes. That's where we're at.
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Northfield is a town of 20,000 people in southeast #Minnesota, outside of the metro region. That 20,000 people includes two college populations. Agents in plain clothes raided a local bakery this morning, and masked agents continue to raid local apartment complexes. That's where we're at.
Know of any local shops selling the rebel alliance logo shirts or stickers? Prefer to buy local rather than ordering from a random online shop.
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Know of any local shops selling the rebel alliance logo shirts or stickers? Prefer to buy local rather than ordering from a random online shop.
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If your Representative or Senators start going "whew! I guess it's ok to give DHS funding now" be ready to get on their cases
Today’s retreat is absolutely an attempt to take pressure off of Congress to rein in ICE so that a funding package can get through.
That pressure has been effective. We can celebrate Minneapolis’ win but we need to keep the pressure on. They’re not going to stop forever.
That pressure has been effective. We can celebrate Minneapolis’ win but we need to keep the pressure on. They’re not going to stop forever.
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
If your Representative or Senators start going "whew! I guess it's ok to give DHS funding now" be ready to get on their cases
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
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It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 AM
It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.
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Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
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Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.
apnews.com/article/immi...
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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A lot of the media has messed up in describing all of these folks who are observing as protesters, they’re neighbors who quickly come out of their homes to document ICE presence knowing that their privilege is the only thing possibly standing in the way of a neighbor being disappeared or brutalized.
January 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A lot of the media has messed up in describing all of these folks who are observing as protesters, they’re neighbors who quickly come out of their homes to document ICE presence knowing that their privilege is the only thing possibly standing in the way of a neighbor being disappeared or brutalized.
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There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
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Only speaking personally, but today’s execution isn’t scaring me from protecting our neighbors, as some suggest is ICE’s goal. Nor am I angry with incandescent rage, in that I know such rage is unhelpful. Rather, I feel like it has forced me to truly accept that the same fate might befall me.
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Only speaking personally, but today’s execution isn’t scaring me from protecting our neighbors, as some suggest is ICE’s goal. Nor am I angry with incandescent rage, in that I know such rage is unhelpful. Rather, I feel like it has forced me to truly accept that the same fate might befall me.
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“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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Photo of anti-ICE rally and march in downtown Mpls in frigid weather.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Photo of anti-ICE rally and march in downtown Mpls in frigid weather.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
Haven’t heard crowd size estimates yet.
www.mprnews.org for live updates.
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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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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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It appears that the White House edited this image using AI
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It appears that the White House edited this image using AI
I finally get fed up enough to take the time to write a message to the GOP congress members in MN, but then because I don’t live in their district I can’t email them. How messed up is that?! As a tax payer I should be able to email anyone repressing the state.
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I finally get fed up enough to take the time to write a message to the GOP congress members in MN, but then because I don’t live in their district I can’t email them. How messed up is that?! As a tax payer I should be able to email anyone repressing the state.
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I think Trump has legitimately gone insane, like actual cooked brain and not just “he’s doing crazy stuff.”
COVID + assassination attempt + age + AI slop has turned him into America’s Mad King.
COVID + assassination attempt + age + AI slop has turned him into America’s Mad King.
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I think Trump has legitimately gone insane, like actual cooked brain and not just “he’s doing crazy stuff.”
COVID + assassination attempt + age + AI slop has turned him into America’s Mad King.
COVID + assassination attempt + age + AI slop has turned him into America’s Mad King.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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If you want to read something that doesn't make you end by concluding "well, shit, we're cooked," like everything else does, read this
"The first thing I noticed when I got to Minneapolis last weekend was the new language: The work C was doing has a name—“commuting”—a deliberately mundane term for pursuing, tailing, and deliberately irritating ICE agents moving through the city in unmarked cars." slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump and ICE Thought They Knew How to Handle Minneapolis. I Saw Up Close What’s Happening Instead.
ICE declared war on Minneapolis. The city had its own ideas.
slate.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
If you want to read something that doesn't make you end by concluding "well, shit, we're cooked," like everything else does, read this
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This is honestly like the median random resident vibe in Minneapolis and St. Paul right now
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is honestly like the median random resident vibe in Minneapolis and St. Paul right now
At this point the only reason I still get the @startribune.com seems to be the Sudoku. They hardly cover the Loons, they are dropping the Home of the Month partnership with AIA (to be fair this is a selfish one), and they moved printing to Iowa so the carbon footprint of my daily paper went up.
As #MNUFC reports for preseason on Saturday, just a note: I'm told the Star Tribune isn't planning much in the way of Loons coverage this spring.
Never say never, of course, but I had hoped that my work over the last two years would lead to more coverage, and that doesn't seem to be the case.
Never say never, of course, but I had hoped that my work over the last two years would lead to more coverage, and that doesn't seem to be the case.
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
At this point the only reason I still get the @startribune.com seems to be the Sudoku. They hardly cover the Loons, they are dropping the Home of the Month partnership with AIA (to be fair this is a selfish one), and they moved printing to Iowa so the carbon footprint of my daily paper went up.