Dave
@davemn80.bsky.social
Minneapolitan anti-fascist working in local government to solve problems, waiting for the great leap forwards. Occasional posts about baseball and soccer (YNWA). I bike and I know things.
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On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
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"According to a doctor who says they treated Pretti at the scene, Pretti had at least three bullet wounds in his back." abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
A minute-by-minute timeline of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents
In total, 10 shots were fired in less than five seconds, according to a forensic audio analysis of the videos conducted for ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"According to a doctor who says they treated Pretti at the scene, Pretti had at least three bullet wounds in his back." abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Eviction filings are increasing: 164 filed last Wednesday, 83 on Thursday, 165 on Friday.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Eviction filings are increasing: 164 filed last Wednesday, 83 on Thursday, 165 on Friday.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
The financial aid requests we're hearing from clients at HOME Line are coming at a VASTLY higher rate now than during the first 6 months of the pandemic.
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Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a 'cover up,' and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation." n.pr/4bjqIyW
Senate Democrats and Republicans call for investigation into killing of Alex Pretti
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a 'cover up,' and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation."
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a 'cover up,' and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation." n.pr/4bjqIyW
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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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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
I have now seen present-day Minneapolis cited as similar to previous sites of sectarian violence e.g. Mogadishu, to "how civil wars start," and now to the American Revolution.
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I have now seen present-day Minneapolis cited as similar to previous sites of sectarian violence e.g. Mogadishu, to "how civil wars start," and now to the American Revolution.
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My wife has been begging me to create Book It for Grown Ups for years, so here we go! Pizza Hut Retro Style, we doin' Black History Month Book It!
Announcement!
Black Hart & Black Garnet Books are teaming up for Black History Month! All month long, if you come in and show a receipt from Black Garnet for a book you’ve purchased, you get 50% off a Heggies Pizza!
Black Hart & Black Garnet Books are teaming up for Black History Month! All month long, if you come in and show a receipt from Black Garnet for a book you’ve purchased, you get 50% off a Heggies Pizza!
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
My wife has been begging me to create Book It for Grown Ups for years, so here we go! Pizza Hut Retro Style, we doin' Black History Month Book It!
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Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
The Border Patrol Has Been a Cult of Brutality Since 1924
Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
interc.pt
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
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so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game???
ok George Soros
ok George Soros
Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game???
ok George Soros
ok George Soros
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From Pat Buchanan to "The Camp of the Saints," @gregsargent.bsky.social masterfully traces the dark ideological lineage behind Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant extremism.
The Dark Ideology Behind Stephen Miller's Immigration Crusade: Part II
He believes immigration threatens Western civilization itself, echoing the same xenophobia once directed at his own ancestors
www.theunpopulist.net
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
From Pat Buchanan to "The Camp of the Saints," @gregsargent.bsky.social masterfully traces the dark ideological lineage behind Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant extremism.
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In the past 10 days, Trump has pardoned or reduced the sentences of 10 people convicted of fraud and other white-collar crimes.
www.ft.com/content/55da...
www.ft.com/content/55da...
Donald Trump begins 2026 with a blitz of white-collar pardons
Recipients of US president’s clemency include father of a donor and a woman receiving a second reprieve
www.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In the past 10 days, Trump has pardoned or reduced the sentences of 10 people convicted of fraud and other white-collar crimes.
www.ft.com/content/55da...
www.ft.com/content/55da...
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After Saturday's tragic shooting, I wrote about why Minnesota "officially" isn't doing more to resist ICE — and why Trump's actions are so dangerous. www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
Why Minnesota Can't Do More to Stop ICE
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn't trigger something like civil war.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
After Saturday's tragic shooting, I wrote about why Minnesota "officially" isn't doing more to resist ICE — and why Trump's actions are so dangerous. www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
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This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
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Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.
She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’
Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.
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Good morning especially to the pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers who absolutely decimated this within hours.
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities?
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
This is your moment. Let's ride.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
(non 'zon in follow up!)
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Good morning especially to the pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers who absolutely decimated this within hours.
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕
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Agents keep detaining Native Americans— especially if they live outside the reservation boundaries.
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Agents keep detaining Native Americans— especially if they live outside the reservation boundaries.
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
(This Standing Rock tribal member in Minnesota was released at 5 am the next day.)
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Secretary of State Steve Simon’s statement on the outrageous request from the US Attorney General www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Secretary of State Steve Simon’s statement on the outrageous request from the US Attorney General www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...
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Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.
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They are grabbing and bursting testicles.
That’s sexual assault.
We already know women detainees have been raped, assaulted and in some cases sterilized.
This is sick stuff. They want to inflict maximum pain.
They’re abusers drunk on power.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That’s sexual assault.
We already know women detainees have been raped, assaulted and in some cases sterilized.
This is sick stuff. They want to inflict maximum pain.
They’re abusers drunk on power.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse
Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They are grabbing and bursting testicles.
That’s sexual assault.
We already know women detainees have been raped, assaulted and in some cases sterilized.
This is sick stuff. They want to inflict maximum pain.
They’re abusers drunk on power.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That’s sexual assault.
We already know women detainees have been raped, assaulted and in some cases sterilized.
This is sick stuff. They want to inflict maximum pain.
They’re abusers drunk on power.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Those who were violent and those who were not have equal responsibility to be nonviolent" should lead to some pretty obvious conclusions. Unless you're NYT editorial in which case, "both the perpetrators and the victims had a responsibility not to do it but never mind who did it."
This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.
!["The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreid6g5bmlf3gyxj2egzcy33hkwiaqgrzuoh3yhbpenmvdmvyyobfq4@jpeg)
January 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
"Those who were violent and those who were not have equal responsibility to be nonviolent" should lead to some pretty obvious conclusions. Unless you're NYT editorial in which case, "both the perpetrators and the victims had a responsibility not to do it but never mind who did it."
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Gift link www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Gift link www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
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29 point collapse on immigration. From Rasmussen. Yeesh.
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
29 point collapse on immigration. From Rasmussen. Yeesh.
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Not only is this happening, but even worse, a lot of vulnerable people don’t know people with stable status of their own who can take care of their kids.
Some immigrant parents, fearful of their children facing similar uncertainty if they were to be arrested, detained or deported are taking the extreme step of legally transferring parental authority to teachers, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors.
Fearing ICE, parents make plans for their children’s care
Some families give legal authority to others to make key decisions about a child’s life if a parent is detained and deported.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Not only is this happening, but even worse, a lot of vulnerable people don’t know people with stable status of their own who can take care of their kids.