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Mia Mingus
@miamingus.bsky.social
transformative justice. disability justice. pandemics. abolition. (she/her)

https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com
https://www.soiltjp.org
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When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.
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every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.

This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.

People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Trump regime ICE thugs have been spotted driving around Arizona attacking unarmed civilians at random with drive by pepper spray attacks. They are escalating their attacks on the public nationwide. #3E #GoodvsEvil
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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With the out of town weirdos sitting in their cars scrolling twitter waiting for reasons to jump out and do content, 75-100 protesters are gathered between Minneapolis City Hall and the Federal courthouse in Downtown Minneapolis calling for another strike this Friday.
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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During a freezing cold storm in Missouri, prisoners were being sent out to shovel snow at all hours of the day while small utility vehicles with snow plows and brushes remained idle. The air temperature was below 10 degrees and the wind-chill was -10 degrees continuously from Friday until Sunday.
Prisoners in Missouri Report Being Forced to Shovel Snow in Subzero Temperatures
Incarcerated people were reportedly punished with administrative segregation or discipline if they refused.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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🚨"Shut it down for Alex, shut it down for Renee, shut it down for every immigrant terrorized. Shut it down until ICE is no longer on our streets!" -Minneapolis ICE protesters chant about upcoming 2nd ICE general strike in Minnesota happening on Friday January 30th. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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It's impossible to express how it feels to repeatedly live through the exact same cycles over and over and over again. The reformers just consistently fucking everyone over.
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Every time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here.

So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.

Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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It's funny to me that the German media has dared to state the obvious when US media has generally shied away from accurately characterizing Bovino's Nazi-inspired look.
German media likens US border patrol official’s coat to ‘Nazi look’
Gregory Bovino’s outwear choice prompts German commentators to compare it to fascist aesthetic
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.

On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.

ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
people.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."

Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground in Minnesota

Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 01/27/2026 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul

www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik
I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing.

Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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This is the coolest fucking form of solidarity I have ever seen.

Bravo.
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).

www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).

www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
[photo of a frozen lake with a giant “ICE OUT” spelled out in lights]
Ice luminaries on Lake Nokomis, which is on a flight path from MSP airport. #ICEout
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Ice luminaries on Lake Nokomis, which is on a flight path from MSP airport. #ICEout
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM