Brandi Bennett
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Brandi Bennett
@bbennettesq.bsky.social
· Jun 22
What is the point of having a Congress if they won't exercise their congressional power over regulation, budgeting, appointments, and war?
The unitary executive renders the legislature wholly irrelevant.
We have a King.
Am Unamerican unpatriotic betrayal of the founding ideals of this country.
The unitary executive renders the legislature wholly irrelevant.
We have a King.
Am Unamerican unpatriotic betrayal of the founding ideals of this country.
Add Bondi to the list of officials to be Impeached. Between Epstein and Good/Minnesota, she's corrupted the DOJ beyond the pale and possibly beyond recovery. Gonna need to clean house down to the lowest paralegal.
The DOJ is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a top official said Sunday.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe
Frey and the governor’s office both said Sunday that the DOJ has not contacted them about the investigation.
bit.ly
January 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Add Bondi to the list of officials to be Impeached. Between Epstein and Good/Minnesota, she's corrupted the DOJ beyond the pale and possibly beyond recovery. Gonna need to clean house down to the lowest paralegal.
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You cannot have a taxpayer funded and equipped partisan militia and expect your democracy to survive.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
You cannot have a taxpayer funded and equipped partisan militia and expect your democracy to survive.
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Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
The 4th Amendment is dead in Minnesota. ICE is breaking into homes without a judicial warrant as if a city of peaceful residents is Fallujah & threatening all inside with automatic weapons.
This does not make us safer and violates the civil liberties of Americans and immigrants.
ICE Delenda Est.
This does not make us safer and violates the civil liberties of Americans and immigrants.
ICE Delenda Est.
Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The 4th Amendment is dead in Minnesota. ICE is breaking into homes without a judicial warrant as if a city of peaceful residents is Fallujah & threatening all inside with automatic weapons.
This does not make us safer and violates the civil liberties of Americans and immigrants.
ICE Delenda Est.
This does not make us safer and violates the civil liberties of Americans and immigrants.
ICE Delenda Est.
Doing very badly at taking a break for self care.
Every single person in Minneapolis-St Paul carries something like this now.
Every single person in Minneapolis-St Paul carries something like this now.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Doing very badly at taking a break for self care.
Every single person in Minneapolis-St Paul carries something like this now.
Every single person in Minneapolis-St Paul carries something like this now.
It's happening not just in Minnesota.
Hospitals should never be grounds for immigration enforcement unless there's a signed judicial warrant and no disruption of care.
We must not become monsters.
Hospitals should never be grounds for immigration enforcement unless there's a signed judicial warrant and no disruption of care.
We must not become monsters.
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
It's happening not just in Minnesota.
Hospitals should never be grounds for immigration enforcement unless there's a signed judicial warrant and no disruption of care.
We must not become monsters.
Hospitals should never be grounds for immigration enforcement unless there's a signed judicial warrant and no disruption of care.
We must not become monsters.
Is this the brief inconvenience of a Kavanaugh Stop?
St. Paul woman, U.S. citizen, released from ICE detention after two days
www.twincities.com/2026/01/17/s...
www.twincities.com/2026/01/17/s...
St. Paul woman, U.S. citizen, released from ICE detention after two days
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was released around 7:45 p.m. Friday without charges.
www.twincities.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Is this the brief inconvenience of a Kavanaugh Stop?
@akivamcohen.bsky.social @legalminimum.bsky.social
This guy is making himself the main character having a meltdown and blocking Minnesotans who criticized him. Now he's claiming defamation. Pretty sure this is your time to shine.
This guy is making himself the main character having a meltdown and blocking Minnesotans who criticized him. Now he's claiming defamation. Pretty sure this is your time to shine.
January 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
@akivamcohen.bsky.social @legalminimum.bsky.social
This guy is making himself the main character having a meltdown and blocking Minnesotans who criticized him. Now he's claiming defamation. Pretty sure this is your time to shine.
This guy is making himself the main character having a meltdown and blocking Minnesotans who criticized him. Now he's claiming defamation. Pretty sure this is your time to shine.
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundum.
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundum.
I would like to go back to arguing about hypothetical worst case scenarios for data privacy law, not live through them, thank you very much.
January 15, 2026 Press Release share.google/asIUAwmgJmGp...
January 15, 2026 Press Release share.google/asIUAwmgJmGp...
Attorney General Ellison releases consumer alert on DHS’ digital surveillance and how to protect your privacy
Attorney General Ellison urges the people of Minnesota to take steps to protect themselves online from the federal government’s overreach and lawlessness.
share.google
January 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I would like to go back to arguing about hypothetical worst case scenarios for data privacy law, not live through them, thank you very much.
January 15, 2026 Press Release share.google/asIUAwmgJmGp...
January 15, 2026 Press Release share.google/asIUAwmgJmGp...
This man was part of my community.
And this is a concentration camp. Whether the men who enter ICE are already broken or the system breaks them, it doesn't matter. Every ICE agent must be treated the way Nazis were post WW2.
Abolish ICE. Prosecute them all.
And this is a concentration camp. Whether the men who enter ICE are already broken or the system breaks them, it doesn't matter. Every ICE agent must be treated the way Nazis were post WW2.
Abolish ICE. Prosecute them all.
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
January 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
This man was part of my community.
And this is a concentration camp. Whether the men who enter ICE are already broken or the system breaks them, it doesn't matter. Every ICE agent must be treated the way Nazis were post WW2.
Abolish ICE. Prosecute them all.
And this is a concentration camp. Whether the men who enter ICE are already broken or the system breaks them, it doesn't matter. Every ICE agent must be treated the way Nazis were post WW2.
Abolish ICE. Prosecute them all.
Freedom of Association now dead too.
NOEM IS LYING. I have seen people get taken! It was the same each time: armed men racing out of a blacked-out SUV, seizing a screaming or fleeing pedestrian, and pulling them into the car without any attempt to even learn their identity. Always a person alone on the street. Always a person of color.
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Freedom of Association now dead too.
So do I have to thank them for their service before or after they kick in my door and shoot my dogs?
About 1,500 soldiers w/ 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed on prepare-to-deploy orders with a mission in Minnesota in mind, defense officials tell me tonight. Unclear if some or all of them ultimately will go.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
January 18, 2026 at 6:16 AM
So do I have to thank them for their service before or after they kick in my door and shoot my dogs?
Wapo confirms ABC's reporting.
Can we call it Treason yet?
Impeach. Prosecute. Hang.
Can we call it Treason yet?
Impeach. Prosecute. Hang.
They are going to do it.
It's all to set up martial law.
War against Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's all to set up martial law.
War against Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Wapo confirms ABC's reporting.
Can we call it Treason yet?
Impeach. Prosecute. Hang.
Can we call it Treason yet?
Impeach. Prosecute. Hang.
Jesus fucking Christ.
I did not have being Ground Zero for Civil War 2.0 in my 2026 threat assessment, people.
I did not have being Ground Zero for Civil War 2.0 in my 2026 threat assessment, people.
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Jesus fucking Christ.
I did not have being Ground Zero for Civil War 2.0 in my 2026 threat assessment, people.
I did not have being Ground Zero for Civil War 2.0 in my 2026 threat assessment, people.
Haha. I got blocked by Simon Rosenberg for criticizing his running a @dfl.org fundraiser in the middle of Occupation Minneapolis.
Here's the posts that got me blocked.
I'll never cut a check for Dems who engage consultants who ignore the actual constituents.
Here's the posts that got me blocked.
I'll never cut a check for Dems who engage consultants who ignore the actual constituents.
January 18, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Haha. I got blocked by Simon Rosenberg for criticizing his running a @dfl.org fundraiser in the middle of Occupation Minneapolis.
Here's the posts that got me blocked.
I'll never cut a check for Dems who engage consultants who ignore the actual constituents.
Here's the posts that got me blocked.
I'll never cut a check for Dems who engage consultants who ignore the actual constituents.
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i think, however, this is a crystal clear example that the next cold war is actually democracy vs autocracy and the battle lines run right through every single advanced democracy. there aren't really any safe harbors.
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
i think, however, this is a crystal clear example that the next cold war is actually democracy vs autocracy and the battle lines run right through every single advanced democracy. there aren't really any safe harbors.
& failed miserably since MAGA controls the Fedgov & we barely held MN even here despite a MN GOP running losers & with deep ties to convicted sex traffickers. You want to brag about those results while continuing to criticize people & calling them bots? Money means nothing if you don't use it well.
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
& failed miserably since MAGA controls the Fedgov & we barely held MN even here despite a MN GOP running losers & with deep ties to convicted sex traffickers. You want to brag about those results while continuing to criticize people & calling them bots? Money means nothing if you don't use it well.
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“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
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They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
Why aren't there Babe the Blue Ox inflatable costumes for ICE protests? 🤷♀️
January 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Why aren't there Babe the Blue Ox inflatable costumes for ICE protests? 🤷♀️
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This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
Gonna beat this into the ground. This is the most famous person in the Minnesota Hmong community:
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Gonna beat this into the ground. This is the most famous person in the Minnesota Hmong community:
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“Neighbors are showing up in droves. Organizers told me their Signal chats were maxing out… & even after the horror of Good’s killing, the new volunteers weren’t seasoned activists, they were regular people who finally reached a point where doing nothing felt worse than the risks of doing something”
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
“Neighbors are showing up in droves. Organizers told me their Signal chats were maxing out… & even after the horror of Good’s killing, the new volunteers weren’t seasoned activists, they were regular people who finally reached a point where doing nothing felt worse than the risks of doing something”
This is laughable considering how abandoned the ppl in the Twin Cities feel about leadership here and the absolute lack of support.
This is bottom up, people first resistance.
This is bottom up, people first resistance.
NEW!! "DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents" Reminder that the first people Hitler put in camps were his political opponents. This is right from the FASCIST playbook! www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This is laughable considering how abandoned the ppl in the Twin Cities feel about leadership here and the absolute lack of support.
This is bottom up, people first resistance.
This is bottom up, people first resistance.