Aimee Witteman
@aimeewitteman.bsky.social
Pro-housing decarb strategist. Midwest kid in D.C.⚡️
Also into democracy, bikes, and Lake Superior shipwrecks. Personal Account.
Also into democracy, bikes, and Lake Superior shipwrecks. Personal Account.
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NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force.
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Big, big news! This is probably the coolest of the many jobs I have shared here!
🚨COME BE MY DEPUTY🚨
🚨JOIN THE BEST TEAM WORKING IN CLIMATE POLICY AND POLITICS!🚨
This. Will. Go. Fast.
🚨COME BE MY DEPUTY🚨
🚨JOIN THE BEST TEAM WORKING IN CLIMATE POLICY AND POLITICS!🚨
This. Will. Go. Fast.
Deputy Policy Director
Chicago, Illinois, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Big, big news! This is probably the coolest of the many jobs I have shared here!
🚨COME BE MY DEPUTY🚨
🚨JOIN THE BEST TEAM WORKING IN CLIMATE POLICY AND POLITICS!🚨
This. Will. Go. Fast.
🚨COME BE MY DEPUTY🚨
🚨JOIN THE BEST TEAM WORKING IN CLIMATE POLICY AND POLITICS!🚨
This. Will. Go. Fast.
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Great to see RRIF and TIFIA reforms moving forward. Next step: doing for transit what this does for TOD. Electrification + automation stand out as good candidates for capital, not grants.
Great news on meaningful RRIF/TIFIA for TOD streamlining+strengthening (🧵)
NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester and Curtis Introduce Bill to Spur Housing Construction Near Transportation Hubs
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and John Curtis (R-Utah), both members of the Senate Committees on Environment and Public Works and Commerce, Science, and Transportation, ...
www.bluntrochester.senate.gov
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Great to see RRIF and TIFIA reforms moving forward. Next step: doing for transit what this does for TOD. Electrification + automation stand out as good candidates for capital, not grants.
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Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
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For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
Timeline cleanse courtesy of mother nature and geologic time.
Sunrise in the towering hogbacks formed by Benton Group, 100 million years ago.
Sunrise in the towering hogbacks formed by Benton Group, 100 million years ago.
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Timeline cleanse courtesy of mother nature and geologic time.
Sunrise in the towering hogbacks formed by Benton Group, 100 million years ago.
Sunrise in the towering hogbacks formed by Benton Group, 100 million years ago.
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NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.”
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
January 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.”
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
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This is the way and every single Democrat should be on board.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is the way and every single Democrat should be on board.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do.
Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.
A friend protesting in Minneapolis was arrested and detained for 8 hours. He says agents took very little information while he was detained. They didn’t know what officer or what agency was charging him and they kept asking him if he knew.
January 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A friend protesting in Minneapolis was arrested and detained for 8 hours. He says agents took very little information while he was detained. They didn’t know what officer or what agency was charging him and they kept asking him if he knew.
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More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Some good news today: Washington Gas (finally) came back out and capped our gas service at the main #electrifysky ⚡️
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Some good news today: Washington Gas (finally) came back out and capped our gas service at the main #electrifysky ⚡️
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Excellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today.
No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.
No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.
Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
Minnesota Could Prosecute the ICE Shooter. Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Shortly after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, city leaders began looking into whether the officer had violated state criminal law.
slate.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Excellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today.
No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.
No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.
From Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, sworn in just a few days ago. Thinking of friends and family and protestors in MSP tonight.
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
From Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, sworn in just a few days ago. Thinking of friends and family and protestors in MSP tonight.
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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No surprise MN in crosshairs as it represents fascists' nightmare: largely white state that embraced newcomers who have not merely survived but risen to leadership. MN has long battled the far right divide in order to conquer politics - throwback to how:
wordstowinby-pod.com/greater-than...
wordstowinby-pod.com/greater-than...
Greater Than Fear – Minnesota - Words to Win By
In Minnesota, GOP operatives read in Clinton’s slim victory an opportunity to gain ground with their racially coded, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic appeals.
wordstowinby-pod.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
No surprise MN in crosshairs as it represents fascists' nightmare: largely white state that embraced newcomers who have not merely survived but risen to leadership. MN has long battled the far right divide in order to conquer politics - throwback to how:
wordstowinby-pod.com/greater-than...
wordstowinby-pod.com/greater-than...
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Jim Geraghty: “No two countries with a Trump-branded property have ever fought a war against each other — at least, not while they’ve had that Trump property.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | How a ‘Trump Tower Copenhagen’ could deter Greenland conquest
No two countries with Trump-branded properties have ever fought a war against each other.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Jim Geraghty: “No two countries with a Trump-branded property have ever fought a war against each other — at least, not while they’ve had that Trump property.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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This is very bad news for Greenland
DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law
The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This is very bad news for Greenland
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This. In all the political back and forth and media coverage it's appalling - and deeply colonizing - how little concern or voice has been given to Greenland's actual inhabitants, who are overwhelmingly Indigenous.
From my column of nearly a year ago, a reminder that Trump’s Greenland gambit is an attempt to steal an indigenous nation that is working toward its own independence: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/o...
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This. In all the political back and forth and media coverage it's appalling - and deeply colonizing - how little concern or voice has been given to Greenland's actual inhabitants, who are overwhelmingly Indigenous.
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On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
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Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...