Myrl Beam
@myrlbeam.bsky.social
Teacher, nerd about south Minneapolis and the queer and trans left; wrote Gay Inc: The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics.
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Like I said, if Amy wants my vote, she’s driving to Texas and she’s coming back with Liam.
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Like I said, if Amy wants my vote, she’s driving to Texas and she’s coming back with Liam.
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I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.
Maine Senator Susan Collins said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed her that ICE will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says - The Boston Globe
Collins said in a statement that she had pushed Noem and other Trump administration officials to have ICE “reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state.”
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January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.
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Can Minnesota pay Tom Homan $50,000 to get ICE out?
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Can Minnesota pay Tom Homan $50,000 to get ICE out?
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Read this
we are never getting over this
Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…
lithub.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Read this
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i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
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“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
So thrilled about this! Christin is someone I’ve learned so much from and whose politics and insight I look to and trust.
My name is Christin Crabtree, and I'm running for Minneapolis School Board - At Large.
There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.
There are so many important ways to plug in right now, but if you're looking for one that's about building towards the flourishing schools and city we all deserve, I'd love your support.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
So thrilled about this! Christin is someone I’ve learned so much from and whose politics and insight I look to and trust.
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Reminder:
- Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing
- By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number
- Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed
- Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster
- Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing
- By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number
- Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed
- Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Reminder:
- Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing
- By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number
- Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed
- Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster
- Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing
- By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number
- Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed
- Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster
Yes
Greg Bovino specifically having his ass beaten into retirement by moms and teachers and union organizers and black women and a 32 piece band called Brass Solidarity is my jammmmmmm.
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Yes
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When I say this agency [ICE and CBP] CAN’T be reformed this is why.
January 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
When I say this agency [ICE and CBP] CAN’T be reformed this is why.
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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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love note #1422 came from eli in burlington vermont
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 AM
love note #1422 came from eli in burlington vermont
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Please boost. These people are there to farm outrage bait for the far right. They will take what you say/do and edit deceptively, remove/change context. Be warned. Warn others.
Heads Up Minneapolis!
MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today.
They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.
MAGA propagandists Cam Higby, Kevin Posobiec & Hailey West have been spotted undercover otg & filming people today.
They mean to twist your anger & sorrow into demonization. Avoid or nonviolently, but firmly, demand they leave. The less content you give them, the better.
January 26, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Please boost. These people are there to farm outrage bait for the far right. They will take what you say/do and edit deceptively, remove/change context. Be warned. Warn others.
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one of the gofundme campaigns sent to me today is only trying to raise $1,600 and has a horrific story of an experience of a Hmong elder.
they've only raised $10.
they've only raised $10.
Donate to Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident, organized by Tou Yang
My name is Tou and I am a former charter school Special Educatio… Tou Yang needs your support for Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident
www.gofundme.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 PM
one of the gofundme campaigns sent to me today is only trying to raise $1,600 and has a horrific story of an experience of a Hmong elder.
they've only raised $10.
they've only raised $10.
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
This is one of my old man shakes fist at clouds things, but why are people doing this?! People call themselves some whacky shit on signal for opsec and then livestream everyone’s actual faces. Stop doing this!
kash patel tweeted a screenshot from mercado media the FBI used as evidence for this arrest. livestreaming does the state’s work for them
January 24, 2026 at 1:25 AM
This is one of my old man shakes fist at clouds things, but why are people doing this?! People call themselves some whacky shit on signal for opsec and then livestream everyone’s actual faces. Stop doing this!
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the feds accusing Nekima Levy Armstrong of being an antifa agitator or whatever is truly sending me in a way no one from out of town will understand
The feds have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who led the protest in a Minnesota church over the weekend.
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
A woman who led a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service has been arrested
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
the feds accusing Nekima Levy Armstrong of being an antifa agitator or whatever is truly sending me in a way no one from out of town will understand
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we do not need outside agitators, the polycules of powderhorn park have been activated since day 1
"an influx of anarchists"
bovino is such a tool
bovino is such a tool
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
we do not need outside agitators, the polycules of powderhorn park have been activated since day 1
Im listening to my partner teach a grandparent and neighborhood guy how car seat LATCH systems work so he can give rides to kids whose parents can’t leave the house. Is just stymied by how SMALL kindergartners are. It’s sweet and so so sad.
January 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Im listening to my partner teach a grandparent and neighborhood guy how car seat LATCH systems work so he can give rides to kids whose parents can’t leave the house. Is just stymied by how SMALL kindergartners are. It’s sweet and so so sad.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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For those calling on MPD to start arresting ice agents for their illegal activities… my husband watched as ice pulled into the 2nd precinct and an MPD in uniform got into the back seat.
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
For those calling on MPD to start arresting ice agents for their illegal activities… my husband watched as ice pulled into the 2nd precinct and an MPD in uniform got into the back seat.
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
They are openly collaborating, in full view of witnesses.
I don’t know why you still think there’s “good cops.”
I’ve been re-learning g how much the sound of helicopters overhead unlocks a stress response se that is just …. something else.
Nothing like the occupation of your city by Federal Forces to unearth all the baggage you accrued during the previous occupation of your city by State Forces.
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I’ve been re-learning g how much the sound of helicopters overhead unlocks a stress response se that is just …. something else.
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Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
I’ve been really sitting with the fact the ICE was warned in 2014 to stop putting their bodies in front of cars, demanding that the cars move or they will shoot, and then shooting when they do and claiming the driver was trying to harm them.
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I’ve been really sitting with the fact the ICE was warned in 2014 to stop putting their bodies in front of cars, demanding that the cars move or they will shoot, and then shooting when they do and claiming the driver was trying to harm them.