Mara Brust
@marabrust.bsky.social
Mom, attorney taking on insurance companies and other monied interests, urbanist, bicyclist, retired ballerina.
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Dear neighbor,
We are seeing an escalation of ICE activity in our neighborhoods and across Minnesota. Please take precautions and be safe. Continue to help your neighbors with rides, food, patrolling, and more. 1/
We are seeing an escalation of ICE activity in our neighborhoods and across Minnesota. Please take precautions and be safe. Continue to help your neighbors with rides, food, patrolling, and more. 1/
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Dear neighbor,
We are seeing an escalation of ICE activity in our neighborhoods and across Minnesota. Please take precautions and be safe. Continue to help your neighbors with rides, food, patrolling, and more. 1/
We are seeing an escalation of ICE activity in our neighborhoods and across Minnesota. Please take precautions and be safe. Continue to help your neighbors with rides, food, patrolling, and more. 1/
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This holiday season, we ask you to take action. Shop at immigrant-owned businesses in Minneapolis: buy groceries, share a meal, purchase gifts, and spend time in our vibrant commercial corridors.
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This holiday season, we ask you to take action. Shop at immigrant-owned businesses in Minneapolis: buy groceries, share a meal, purchase gifts, and spend time in our vibrant commercial corridors.
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
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Horrendous. kneeling on a pregnant woman’s back, then dragging her across a parking lot.
This cannot be defended as LEO procedure which creates police immunity
This cannot be defended as LEO procedure which creates police immunity
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Horrendous. kneeling on a pregnant woman’s back, then dragging her across a parking lot.
This cannot be defended as LEO procedure which creates police immunity
This cannot be defended as LEO procedure which creates police immunity
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Phillips Neighbors! Join me on Sunday at 2pm for an important conversation about how we keep each other safe in these times (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 2742 15th Ave South). 1/
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Phillips Neighbors! Join me on Sunday at 2pm for an important conversation about how we keep each other safe in these times (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 2742 15th Ave South). 1/
I'm proud of my law partners who worked diligently to secure this result for our client, giving her the opportunity to finally feel heard and believed.
So proud, and in awe, of the work done by @marabrust.bsky.social’s firm. www.startribune.com/jury-awards-...
www.startribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm proud of my law partners who worked diligently to secure this result for our client, giving her the opportunity to finally feel heard and believed.
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Just so we are clear: ICE went into a day care center—a private business—without a judicial warrant, and unlawfully kidnapped a worker in front of parents and children.
VIDEO: Day care teacher detained by ICE agents on Chicago’s North Side
A day care teacher was taken into ICE custody Wednesday morning at the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood.
wgntv.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just so we are clear: ICE went into a day care center—a private business—without a judicial warrant, and unlawfully kidnapped a worker in front of parents and children.
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What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody
State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.
gothamist.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
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Hey so if you get a fever during the first trimester, Tylenol is the only OTC remedy to lower it. And a high fever during the first trimester of pregnancy can cause neural tube defects in the fetus that are incompatible with life. Babies are going to die because of this dumb fuck's news conference.
Trump: "I just recommend strongly that you don't use Tylenol ... I just want to say it like it is. Don't take Tylenol. Don't take it! Fight like hell not to take it."
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hey so if you get a fever during the first trimester, Tylenol is the only OTC remedy to lower it. And a high fever during the first trimester of pregnancy can cause neural tube defects in the fetus that are incompatible with life. Babies are going to die because of this dumb fuck's news conference.
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For months, people across the city volunteered, organized and talked to their neighbors before endorsing Omar Fateh at the DFL convention.
In the last month, the wealthiest people in the city, led by All of Mpls, have been “working tirelessly” to overturn a democratic vote in a smoke-filled room.
In the last month, the wealthiest people in the city, led by All of Mpls, have been “working tirelessly” to overturn a democratic vote in a smoke-filled room.
August 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For months, people across the city volunteered, organized and talked to their neighbors before endorsing Omar Fateh at the DFL convention.
In the last month, the wealthiest people in the city, led by All of Mpls, have been “working tirelessly” to overturn a democratic vote in a smoke-filled room.
In the last month, the wealthiest people in the city, led by All of Mpls, have been “working tirelessly” to overturn a democratic vote in a smoke-filled room.
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Supportive anecdata: since I got my new e-bike three months ago, I've put nearly 900 miles on it and roughly 25 miles on our car.
that's right!
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
July 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Supportive anecdata: since I got my new e-bike three months ago, I've put nearly 900 miles on it and roughly 25 miles on our car.
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the MPD officer who shot amir locke is now leading their new use-of-force. how is this current status reformable? it just gets worse
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke heads MPD’s new use-of-force training
Police chief Brian O’Hara said Sgt. Mark Hanneman, who’s been with MPD for nearly a decade, is an “outstanding” trainer committed to bringing positive change to MPD. But Locke’s family and other comm...
www.mprnews.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
the MPD officer who shot amir locke is now leading their new use-of-force. how is this current status reformable? it just gets worse
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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This is not state neutrality. It is itself a clear message to impressionable children that their own existence, and the existence of their families, is a taboo topic. Other kids hetero families, of course, can be freely discussed. They're normal and fine.
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is not state neutrality. It is itself a clear message to impressionable children that their own existence, and the existence of their families, is a taboo topic. Other kids hetero families, of course, can be freely discussed. They're normal and fine.
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It might not seem like a big deal to let parents opt kids out of LGBTQ books. But opt-outs put a HUGE burden on educators to provide advance notice of every book. To avoid that burden, educators may simply avoid LGBTQ books. Effectively eliminating them from schools.
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Supreme Court set to rule on if Maryland parents can opt kids out of LGBTQ books in school
The Supreme Court is set to determine whether public schools can legally refuse to give parents the right to pull their children from lessons on LGBTQ topics.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It might not seem like a big deal to let parents opt kids out of LGBTQ books. But opt-outs put a HUGE burden on educators to provide advance notice of every book. To avoid that burden, educators may simply avoid LGBTQ books. Effectively eliminating them from schools.
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Cuomo’s base is the same as Mayor Frey’s. They prioritize corporations over working people.
Frey’s campaign isn’t about abundance. It’s about vetoing a historic city budget for workers, disinvested communities, immigrants + BIPOC residents, and unhoused residents.
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
Frey’s campaign isn’t about abundance. It’s about vetoing a historic city budget for workers, disinvested communities, immigrants + BIPOC residents, and unhoused residents.
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
Minneapolis progressives swoon over Zohran Mamdani's NYC win
In Mamdani's upset, they see a roadmap for unseating Mayor Jacob Frey
www.axios.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cuomo’s base is the same as Mayor Frey’s. They prioritize corporations over working people.
Frey’s campaign isn’t about abundance. It’s about vetoing a historic city budget for workers, disinvested communities, immigrants + BIPOC residents, and unhoused residents.
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
Frey’s campaign isn’t about abundance. It’s about vetoing a historic city budget for workers, disinvested communities, immigrants + BIPOC residents, and unhoused residents.
www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
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yesterday’s supreme court ruling found that a state or federal agency can deny people like me medical care we need to survive if conversion therapy is provided.
it is a recipe for a horrific future for our country that few of you seem to understand or appreciate.
it’s genocidal, by many metrics.
it is a recipe for a horrific future for our country that few of you seem to understand or appreciate.
it’s genocidal, by many metrics.
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
yesterday’s supreme court ruling found that a state or federal agency can deny people like me medical care we need to survive if conversion therapy is provided.
it is a recipe for a horrific future for our country that few of you seem to understand or appreciate.
it’s genocidal, by many metrics.
it is a recipe for a horrific future for our country that few of you seem to understand or appreciate.
it’s genocidal, by many metrics.
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Immigration lawyers and advocates say federal agents are conducting interviews, or “wellness checks,” on unaccompanied minors in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Worthington and Windom.
Written by Katelyn Vue
Written by Katelyn Vue
Federal checks on unaccompanied minors worry Minnesota immigrants
Immigration lawyers and advocates say federal agents are conducting interviews, or “wellness checks,” on unaccompanied minors in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Worthington and Windom.
sahanjournal.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Immigration lawyers and advocates say federal agents are conducting interviews, or “wellness checks,” on unaccompanied minors in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Worthington and Windom.
Written by Katelyn Vue
Written by Katelyn Vue
@roberthaider.bsky.social is such a dad he spent his father's day rescuing an orphaned baby raccoon. Couldn't have picked a better co-parent.
Happy Father’s Day to this little critter’s old man, despite abandoning its offspring.
June 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@roberthaider.bsky.social is such a dad he spent his father's day rescuing an orphaned baby raccoon. Couldn't have picked a better co-parent.
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How is it that the raid happened ten days ago and the media are still writing stories based on red herrings coming from the mayor, the chief, and their allies?
It should never be controversial to let residents know that ICE is in our community.The last thing we want is having community members most impacted be unprepared and to be taken as collateral damage.
The federal government is Ignoring due process and the city is underprepared.
The federal government is Ignoring due process and the city is underprepared.
June 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
How is it that the raid happened ten days ago and the media are still writing stories based on red herrings coming from the mayor, the chief, and their allies?
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This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."
Suspect showed few signs of political extremism before lawmaker shootings
Friends and associates say Vance Boelter, who was apprehended late Sunday and charged with murdering a state lawmaker and her husband, was mild-mannered and did not appear to be fixated on politics.
www.startribune.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."
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Photos: Thousands marched today in the No Kings rally, despite warnings from law enforcement in the wake of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman’s assassination. Poets, musicians, and activists spoke and blessed her memory. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/t...
Thousands rally peacefully for No Kings protest hours after Hortman assassination • Minnesota Reformer
The suspect, now identified as Vance Boelter, was still at large as droves arrived at the march’s staging area at St. Paul College.
minnesotareformer.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Photos: Thousands marched today in the No Kings rally, despite warnings from law enforcement in the wake of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman’s assassination. Poets, musicians, and activists spoke and blessed her memory. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/t...
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The same day that ICE and other federal agencies showed up at a taqueria on Lake Street in full tactical gear, faces concealed, astride armored vehicles .... ICE, nationwide, arrested a record number of immigrants in a single day, as part of a cross-agency operation
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
ICE arrests record number of immigrants in single day, including hundreds at scheduled appointments
Many of the people arrested at appointments had been released under a program for those deemed not to be threats to public safety.
www.nbcnews.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The same day that ICE and other federal agencies showed up at a taqueria on Lake Street in full tactical gear, faces concealed, astride armored vehicles .... ICE, nationwide, arrested a record number of immigrants in a single day, as part of a cross-agency operation
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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A militarized and masked raid involving ICE, aided by the MPD, and with multiple federal agencies that refuse to tell the press why they were there or who they were ... is still actually pretty blatant fascism. Regardless of what they tell the mayor the raid was about later.
Ah I should have seen the Mayor using this to attack his opponents.
June 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A militarized and masked raid involving ICE, aided by the MPD, and with multiple federal agencies that refuse to tell the press why they were there or who they were ... is still actually pretty blatant fascism. Regardless of what they tell the mayor the raid was about later.
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part of an email that just went out from @jchavezmpls.bsky.social -
June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
part of an email that just went out from @jchavezmpls.bsky.social -
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MPD was there before we were
The Minneapolis Police Department’s only role was assisting with crowd control and keeping the community safe as a large number of residents and bystanders had gathered at the scene. They have not been involved in anything related to immigration enforcement.
June 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
MPD was there before we were
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It is very important to remind people, at every opportunity, that Mayor Jacob Frey has sole and exclusive authority over the Minneapolis Police Department.
This is Jacob Frey's MPD assisting Donald Trump's feds in a raid on Minneapolis.
This is Jacob Frey's MPD assisting Donald Trump's feds in a raid on Minneapolis.
They tried lie about an ICE presence. MPD assisted with closing off the area. This is completely wrong.
June 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It is very important to remind people, at every opportunity, that Mayor Jacob Frey has sole and exclusive authority over the Minneapolis Police Department.
This is Jacob Frey's MPD assisting Donald Trump's feds in a raid on Minneapolis.
This is Jacob Frey's MPD assisting Donald Trump's feds in a raid on Minneapolis.