Becca Esche
@beccasaintpaul.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 she/her. queer. adored by two idiots. cat lady. civic engagement fairy. duuuuuvallll forever in my heart. St Paul, Minnesota is home.
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
Walleyes maybe
“don’t take the bait!!!” THEY’RE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS, NOT TROUT
January 17, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Walleyes maybe
"Mama, I heard you crying after my performance!"
"I was cry laughing!!"
"You were loud!"
My girl is the best and I did cry! I'm an incredibly proud mom and everything else is horrible. Gotta soak in the beautiful things.
"I was cry laughing!!"
"You were loud!"
My girl is the best and I did cry! I'm an incredibly proud mom and everything else is horrible. Gotta soak in the beautiful things.
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
"Mama, I heard you crying after my performance!"
"I was cry laughing!!"
"You were loud!"
My girl is the best and I did cry! I'm an incredibly proud mom and everything else is horrible. Gotta soak in the beautiful things.
"I was cry laughing!!"
"You were loud!"
My girl is the best and I did cry! I'm an incredibly proud mom and everything else is horrible. Gotta soak in the beautiful things.
When your own Mayor isn't doing enough.
BREAKING: U.S. Justice Department investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede ICE - CBS
January 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
When your own Mayor isn't doing enough.
Thursday still exists! So four days, but it will also be the dawn of a new reality, where some schools will be partially empty and teachers spread more thinly.
If you're playing at home, this means that SPPS will be missing an entire week of school.
My kid's field trip to the arboretum got canceled. Luckily, it was on the day of the general strike so keeping her home that day will be easier.
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Thursday still exists! So four days, but it will also be the dawn of a new reality, where some schools will be partially empty and teachers spread more thinly.
This is St Paul, too. The kids are hurting, and parents are struggling as well.
This is Minneapolis:
Weekly school newsletters includes: "Our community is facing so much grief, fear and confusion" & "stay safe this weekend."
Annual school community events are cancelled. Field trips cancelled.
Standardized testing is happening now, but kids trapped at home can't be tested.
Weekly school newsletters includes: "Our community is facing so much grief, fear and confusion" & "stay safe this weekend."
Annual school community events are cancelled. Field trips cancelled.
Standardized testing is happening now, but kids trapped at home can't be tested.
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is St Paul, too. The kids are hurting, and parents are struggling as well.
If you're playing at home, this means that SPPS will be missing an entire week of school.
My kid's field trip to the arboretum got canceled. Luckily, it was on the day of the general strike so keeping her home that day will be easier.
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
If you're playing at home, this means that SPPS will be missing an entire week of school.
My kid's field trip to the arboretum got canceled. Luckily, it was on the day of the general strike so keeping her home that day will be easier.
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
My kid's field trip to the arboretum got canceled. Luckily, it was on the day of the general strike so keeping her home that day will be easier.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
I look to the kids when I get weary, always.
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I look to the kids when I get weary, always.
If I die in the cold in St Paul, at least I'll be dripped out in Jags gear.
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
If I die in the cold in St Paul, at least I'll be dripped out in Jags gear.
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These clowns came into OUR neighborhoods with THEIR violent riots and violent gas and violent flash bangs.
Get out with that crap.
Get out with that crap.
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
These clowns came into OUR neighborhoods with THEIR violent riots and violent gas and violent flash bangs.
Get out with that crap.
Get out with that crap.
Imagine standing on a freezing corner in broad daylight in a high visibility vest while paramilitary goons cruise by you in droves. It's terrifying. We're alone out there. SPPD officers passed me yesterday- refused to make eye contact.
I have a colleague telling me he and his neighbors have had to form volunteer patrol squads to protect children as they go to and from school with zero assistance from anyone in authority?
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
January 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Imagine standing on a freezing corner in broad daylight in a high visibility vest while paramilitary goons cruise by you in droves. It's terrifying. We're alone out there. SPPD officers passed me yesterday- refused to make eye contact.
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The city is bumping, the whistles are blowing, everybody looks good. There is much pain in the world but not in this room.
Bro, people are going to build entire lives around the neighbors they’ve found in these anti-ICE signal chats. Marriages, lifelong friendships, weird hobbies. It is actually breaking my brain. I am almost crying in the club (chat).
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The city is bumping, the whistles are blowing, everybody looks good. There is much pain in the world but not in this room.
Also us living in poverty don't have passports! They are like $195 a piece! 🥴
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Also us living in poverty don't have passports! They are like $195 a piece! 🥴
Went to the World Snow Sculpting Championship in Stillwater. Seeing art, especially impermanent art, from sculptors all over the world is inspiring. Reminds me of what we're fighting for. (I'm partial to the all women team from Aotearoa)
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Went to the World Snow Sculpting Championship in Stillwater. Seeing art, especially impermanent art, from sculptors all over the world is inspiring. Reminds me of what we're fighting for. (I'm partial to the all women team from Aotearoa)
Don't tread on *me* personally, but I'll tread on others happily. Rules for thee and all that.
So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Don't tread on *me* personally, but I'll tread on others happily. Rules for thee and all that.
All my Florida peeps "You poor baby, you moved out of Florida to only be faced with this?!" 🫡
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
All my Florida peeps "You poor baby, you moved out of Florida to only be faced with this?!" 🫡
Ate lunch at El Burrito on the west side and gave out whistles/zines at the Girl Scouts office. Every. Little. Thing. Matters.
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Ate lunch at El Burrito on the west side and gave out whistles/zines at the Girl Scouts office. Every. Little. Thing. Matters.
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We protect us.
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
We protect us.
One of these days I'm going to be able to afford to do ceramics again! Then there will be all of my hurt, anger, and love in a palpable form.
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
One of these days I'm going to be able to afford to do ceramics again! Then there will be all of my hurt, anger, and love in a palpable form.
Knowing your neighborhood intimately is your best friend in urban tactical engagement. Go for a walk today.
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Knowing your neighborhood intimately is your best friend in urban tactical engagement. Go for a walk today.
good thing she hasn’t seen the average Minnesotan at this point. I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like hell warmed over.
I’ve now seen videos from both the mayor of Minneapolis and the governor Tim Walz, and both of them look like they have not slept in weeks
Frey: "This is not sustainable. This is an impossible situation our city is being put in. We cannot be at a place in America where we have 2 governmental agencies literally fighting one another. We are put in this position b/c we have approximately 600 police officers & there are 3,000 ICE agents."
January 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
good thing she hasn’t seen the average Minnesotan at this point. I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like hell warmed over.
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dawg holy shit on the stream they are saying that the abandoned car has the names of agents, phone numbers, emails, maps of where they are staying on and on and on
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
dawg holy shit on the stream they are saying that the abandoned car has the names of agents, phone numbers, emails, maps of where they are staying on and on and on