Andrew Mortensen
@moretension.bsky.social
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here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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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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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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I would rather die, murdered by my own government in a high-viz vest, than live in a country where this shit is normalized.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I would rather die, murdered by my own government in a high-viz vest, than live in a country where this shit is normalized.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
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the people whose opinions I want are those who have lived in countries under the transition to authoritarianism, and I have not met one who is confused about what is going on in the US right now. If you teach history at Penn and don’t understand that, it’s time to quit.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the people whose opinions I want are those who have lived in countries under the transition to authoritarianism, and I have not met one who is confused about what is going on in the US right now. If you teach history at Penn and don’t understand that, it’s time to quit.
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🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
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I’m voting no on this spending bill that will put basic health care further out of reach for millions of families.
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’m voting no on this spending bill that will put basic health care further out of reach for millions of families.
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Americans can’t afford food and they can’t afford health care. We are in a cost-of-living crisis of Republicans’ making and we must address it now – not at a later, undisclosed date. Any deal that doesn’t address the cost of health care doesn’t work for the American people. We have to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Americans can’t afford food and they can’t afford health care. We are in a cost-of-living crisis of Republicans’ making and we must address it now – not at a later, undisclosed date. Any deal that doesn’t address the cost of health care doesn’t work for the American people. We have to keep fighting.
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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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Michiganders are receiving their outrageously high premiums caused by the Republican health care crisis and they can't afford it.
It is time they work with Democrats to lower health care costs and extend ACA tax credits.
It is time they work with Democrats to lower health care costs and extend ACA tax credits.
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Michiganders are receiving their outrageously high premiums caused by the Republican health care crisis and they can't afford it.
It is time they work with Democrats to lower health care costs and extend ACA tax credits.
It is time they work with Democrats to lower health care costs and extend ACA tax credits.
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Let’s be clear: The Trump Administration has the resources and the legal authority to fully fund SNAP benefits. Not only do they have the ability, but they have also been ordered by a court to do so. And they are still choosing not to.
House Democrats Respond to Trump's Illegal SNAP Cuts
YouTube video by House Democrats
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Let’s be clear: The Trump Administration has the resources and the legal authority to fully fund SNAP benefits. Not only do they have the ability, but they have also been ordered by a court to do so. And they are still choosing not to.
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You can now visit Healthcare.gov to see how much your health care premiums will cost next year. Unfortunately many will see their costs skyrocket.
October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You can now visit Healthcare.gov to see how much your health care premiums will cost next year. Unfortunately many will see their costs skyrocket.
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Republicans say they're not going to cut Social Security, yet they've closed 1000 offices, fired 7000 people, cut off phone services that seniors rely on, threatened to shut it down, and said it wouldn't matter if someone missed a month's payment.
April 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Republicans say they're not going to cut Social Security, yet they've closed 1000 offices, fired 7000 people, cut off phone services that seniors rely on, threatened to shut it down, and said it wouldn't matter if someone missed a month's payment.
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if we want to rebuild american institutions and earn back the world’s trust after this we cannot settle for half-measures. lots of people need to go prison. lots more need to be permanently stripped of wealth and power.
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
if we want to rebuild american institutions and earn back the world’s trust after this we cannot settle for half-measures. lots of people need to go prison. lots more need to be permanently stripped of wealth and power.
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your anger is warranted because all of this was avoidable.
April 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
your anger is warranted because all of this was avoidable.
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Asheville was beautiful last night, I needed that. Shit’s awful for a lot of folks right now, your friends and family are going to talk about the economy when you see or call them this week. Make sure you still talk to them about Palestine. Make sure you talk about protecting trans lives.
April 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Asheville was beautiful last night, I needed that. Shit’s awful for a lot of folks right now, your friends and family are going to talk about the economy when you see or call them this week. Make sure you still talk to them about Palestine. Make sure you talk about protecting trans lives.
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History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
March 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
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This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...
Hands Off National Day of Protest - Edmonds, WA
YouTube video by R
youtu.be
April 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...
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hey while we’re joining hands, thanks also to everybody who stayed home with their kids and kept their friends’ kids so their partners could go march. necessary work.
April 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
hey while we’re joining hands, thanks also to everybody who stayed home with their kids and kept their friends’ kids so their partners could go march. necessary work.