Okay, Michele
@okaymichele.bsky.social
PNW ➡️ MN. Bikes, coffee. Took my profile with a Nikon CoolPix waaaaayyyyy back in the day.
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I was in those meetings. These people hate the community that has formed to protect our cities. Don't let their desire to get national attention take your eyes off the prize.
February 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I was in those meetings. These people hate the community that has formed to protect our cities. Don't let their desire to get national attention take your eyes off the prize.
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Pro-bono lawyers are increasingly difficult to find, and our group of neighbors is working to raise the funds by her due date, Feb 25.
If we can raise at least $8K by then, she has a fighting chance of living a life free of fear and staying in the U.S. with her family.
If we can raise at least $8K by then, she has a fighting chance of living a life free of fear and staying in the U.S. with her family.
February 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Pro-bono lawyers are increasingly difficult to find, and our group of neighbors is working to raise the funds by her due date, Feb 25.
If we can raise at least $8K by then, she has a fighting chance of living a life free of fear and staying in the U.S. with her family.
If we can raise at least $8K by then, she has a fighting chance of living a life free of fear and staying in the U.S. with her family.
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OK, gonna re-up this one more time here as I heard from Met Council staff yesterday that they've not received many public comments yet and the deadline for input is 5pm *tomorrow* - Sunday, Feb 15th!
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
🧵With ongoing hostile occupation by paramilitary thugs under oath to the Mad King, I've hesitated to note what now feels like a parochial topic. Met Council recently opened a public comment period on processes to award ~$300mil in transpo funding this year.
metrocouncil.org/News-Events/...
metrocouncil.org/News-Events/...
Public comment periods open for draft applications processes for transportation funding - Metropolitan Council
metrocouncil.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
OK, gonna re-up this one more time here as I heard from Met Council staff yesterday that they've not received many public comments yet and the deadline for input is 5pm *tomorrow* - Sunday, Feb 15th!
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
Hopefully some of you local to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro may have some time this weekend.
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It only took me a month, but I finally made a volunteer page on Stand With Minnesota. Because we are about to need a lot of freaking volunteers. Help us keep Minnesota housed!
Volunteer — Stand With Minnesota
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It only took me a month, but I finally made a volunteer page on Stand With Minnesota. Because we are about to need a lot of freaking volunteers. Help us keep Minnesota housed!
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We are going to win.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
We are going to win.
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This so perfectly describes elected Minnesota Republicans in this moment.
The vast majority of Republican politicians would rather be officeholders in a dictatorship than citizens in a democracy. They have chosen to be traitors.
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This so perfectly describes elected Minnesota Republicans in this moment.
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
The theme of Trump’s first year back in office: eliminate VA nurses in favor of immigration agents. www.ms.now/opinion/fede...
Opinion | Who got fired by the government in 2025 — and who got hired
Philip Bump: Data from the Office of Personnel Management lays out how the composition of the federal government shifted during Trump’s first year back in the White House.
www.ms.now
February 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
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Note: Judge Tenheim initially ordered these memos to be filed under seal, meaning the public wouldn't have access to them.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
![Tunheim ordered the rescission memo to be turned over by February 12. Although initially ordered to be submitted under seal, Law Dork is seeking to intervene in the case and one of Law Dork’s requests was to lift the sealing. Before ruling on the intervention request, on Thursday, Tunheim nonetheless lifted the sealing order, ordering instead that “[s]uch documents shall be filed but not under seal.“
As such, the government filed the documents — not under seal — on Thursday night. Although still not remotely accessible because Tunheim has not yet ruled on Law Dork’s intervention and requests, they are public court documents, so Law Dork is publishing them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibkmgtkmod3c52ztgld4w3tpszh3eyqkroiiivdjpzgkroffeoi74@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Note: Judge Tenheim initially ordered these memos to be filed under seal, meaning the public wouldn't have access to them.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
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I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
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The uncertainty of if it has ended or if it will ever end is an intentional part of the state terrorism and political violence of the Trump regime.
I know we are all exhausted, but we need to stay at this. We need to protect our neighbors and democracy.
I know we are all exhausted, but we need to stay at this. We need to protect our neighbors and democracy.
February 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The uncertainty of if it has ended or if it will ever end is an intentional part of the state terrorism and political violence of the Trump regime.
I know we are all exhausted, but we need to stay at this. We need to protect our neighbors and democracy.
I know we are all exhausted, but we need to stay at this. We need to protect our neighbors and democracy.
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ICE still all over Shakopee today.
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
ICE still all over Shakopee today.
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Talk to your white Christians. They voted for this.
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Talk to your white Christians. They voted for this.
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The city's automated bike counters have picked up almost 200,000 cycling trips since the day of the blizzard and the settling in of a deep, deep freeze, showing that New Yorkers can and will bike in any conditions nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/11/d...
Data: New Yorkers Keep Biking In This Cold, Cold World - Streetsblog New York City
Even in the city's historic deep freeze, New Yorkers are getting around by bicycle, according to publicly available data.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The city's automated bike counters have picked up almost 200,000 cycling trips since the day of the blizzard and the settling in of a deep, deep freeze, showing that New Yorkers can and will bike in any conditions nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/11/d...
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loring park neighbors launched a fundraiser for albi kitchen. the cafe’s owner owns the entire building and has lost rent now that the quality learning center daycare is gone and her own business has suffered from all the negative attention after the nick shirley video
chuffed.org/project/1689...
chuffed.org/project/1689...
Support Innocent Victim of Viral Right-Wing Attack
In Somali, “albi” means heart. Before 2026, when the surge of federal agents, right-winged agitators and social media influencers came to town, Albi Kitchen was thriving. A place of community and lovi...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
loring park neighbors launched a fundraiser for albi kitchen. the cafe’s owner owns the entire building and has lost rent now that the quality learning center daycare is gone and her own business has suffered from all the negative attention after the nick shirley video
chuffed.org/project/1689...
chuffed.org/project/1689...
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I recommend following Elliot Payne and Jason Chavez to know what’s really going on in Minneapolis. Can’t trust the sellout media
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 5:32 PM
I recommend following Elliot Payne and Jason Chavez to know what’s really going on in Minneapolis. Can’t trust the sellout media
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Anyone want 2 tickets to the gopher women's bball game tonight? 7pm
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Anyone want 2 tickets to the gopher women's bball game tonight? 7pm
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Don’t let up. We need everyone out until every single last one of them is gone.
This morning Tom Homan announced operation metro surge would end soon. I’ll believe it when I see it. We still need people out and staying vigilant until every last agent is gone and everyone wrongly taken to Texas or anyone else is back home.
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Don’t let up. We need everyone out until every single last one of them is gone.
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You know how I repeatedly have pitched MN Department of Correction's corrections website?
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
www.c-span.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
You know how I repeatedly have pitched MN Department of Correction's corrections website?
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
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tell it to the hague, buddy
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
tell it to the hague, buddy
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Just like all of Trump's other sycophants, Homan never speaks from a position of weakness. But let this be clear: the occupation of Minnesota was an unmitigated disaster. Not only for the immense harm committed against us. But also because it will destroy Republican majorities across the nation.
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Just like all of Trump's other sycophants, Homan never speaks from a position of weakness. But let this be clear: the occupation of Minnesota was an unmitigated disaster. Not only for the immense harm committed against us. But also because it will destroy Republican majorities across the nation.
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If families can safely leave hiding…if kids can safely go back to school…if small businesses can safely open their doors again…
Then this is a massive, massive win for the people of Minnesota.
We don’t know yet if this is true. For now, it’s words. But I have (very fragile) hope for our community.
Then this is a massive, massive win for the people of Minnesota.
We don’t know yet if this is true. For now, it’s words. But I have (very fragile) hope for our community.
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If families can safely leave hiding…if kids can safely go back to school…if small businesses can safely open their doors again…
Then this is a massive, massive win for the people of Minnesota.
We don’t know yet if this is true. For now, it’s words. But I have (very fragile) hope for our community.
Then this is a massive, massive win for the people of Minnesota.
We don’t know yet if this is true. For now, it’s words. But I have (very fragile) hope for our community.
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Once they're gone, the operation switches to: Bring Our Neighbors Home.
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Once they're gone, the operation switches to: Bring Our Neighbors Home.
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Considering the previous "draw down" was purely symbolic, I'm skeptical about what this will functionally mean. That said, for the sake of the people of Minnesota, I pray it's true and that this campaign of terror will soon be over.
!!! BREAKING: Border czar Tom Homan announces ICE's surge in Minnesota will conclude.
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Considering the previous "draw down" was purely symbolic, I'm skeptical about what this will functionally mean. That said, for the sake of the people of Minnesota, I pray it's true and that this campaign of terror will soon be over.
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Encouraging our Chicago allies who survived Operation Midway Blitz to please post here about that post-”drawdown.” IIRC heat died down but ICE is back doing same shady shit only shadier. Celebrate the win (when it actually happens, not just a liar‘s words) but know this is a strategic retreat.
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Encouraging our Chicago allies who survived Operation Midway Blitz to please post here about that post-”drawdown.” IIRC heat died down but ICE is back doing same shady shit only shadier. Celebrate the win (when it actually happens, not just a liar‘s words) but know this is a strategic retreat.