Joe Pick
@dadofpicks.bsky.social
Elected to my local school board, BUT Opinions are my own. 4 kids, 3 dogs, husband - farm grown, Iowa native. Big fan of education, youth advocacy, movies, being a good human. Firm believer in Neighborism.
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So how do we push back against ICE and CBP, and run the damn ball against authoritarianism? One carry at a time. Just pick one. Don’t over commit.
Call. Connect. Contribute. And just as importantly, utilize R&R. Just take care of today.
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Call. Connect. Contribute. And just as importantly, utilize R&R. Just take care of today.
open.substack.com/pub/joepick/...
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social absolutely cackling at the fact you talked about Nebraska basketball (complimentary), renamed it “the real Corn Hole,” and knowing Nebrasketball dropped their first game shortly thereafter. A+ no notes
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social absolutely cackling at the fact you talked about Nebraska basketball (complimentary), renamed it “the real Corn Hole,” and knowing Nebrasketball dropped their first game shortly thereafter. A+ no notes
Holy shit. We have a federal agency that is putting Americans in a database, and they are coincidentally gunned down days later? Where in the hell is the leadership of either Democrats or Republicans to burn DHS/ICE/CBP to the GROUND?!
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Holy shit. We have a federal agency that is putting Americans in a database, and they are coincidentally gunned down days later? Where in the hell is the leadership of either Democrats or Republicans to burn DHS/ICE/CBP to the GROUND?!
We heard this argument quite often in 2024, when the petition to repeal vouchers was on the ballot. So parents, who get the tax benefits/voucher money, also get to decide if it’s worth it? Why don’t we just let oil companies get paid by the government and decide the regulations…oh wait.
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
We heard this argument quite often in 2024, when the petition to repeal vouchers was on the ballot. So parents, who get the tax benefits/voucher money, also get to decide if it’s worth it? Why don’t we just let oil companies get paid by the government and decide the regulations…oh wait.
Squabble up
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Squabble up
So whistles are America’s Most Wanted device?
Buying another spool.
Buying another spool.
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 AM
So whistles are America’s Most Wanted device?
Buying another spool.
Buying another spool.
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Looking forward to hosting the World Cup in a couple months!
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Looking forward to hosting the World Cup in a couple months!
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Every time a fascist cries about community organizers jamming them up with whistles and tactics, I make another batch.
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Every time a fascist cries about community organizers jamming them up with whistles and tactics, I make another batch.
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Today has been tough in south Minneapolis. A lot of ICE, a lot of drama. I’m almost ready to eat dinner and then log in to a school protector training and… the helicopters start in. I want Minnesota to ban the use of tear gas, flash bangs, and all other forms of chemical weapons. And helicopters.
January 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Today has been tough in south Minneapolis. A lot of ICE, a lot of drama. I’m almost ready to eat dinner and then log in to a school protector training and… the helicopters start in. I want Minnesota to ban the use of tear gas, flash bangs, and all other forms of chemical weapons. And helicopters.
How can you not be romantic about college football
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
How can you not be romantic about college football
Things are terrible right now, which can lead some folks to alcohol or drugs.
But have you ever tried at age 44 to stand up too fast from your office chair, proceed to walk around the building to stretch your legs, and about 20 steps in you feel light headed and wonder is this it? What a rush.
But have you ever tried at age 44 to stand up too fast from your office chair, proceed to walk around the building to stretch your legs, and about 20 steps in you feel light headed and wonder is this it? What a rush.
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Things are terrible right now, which can lead some folks to alcohol or drugs.
But have you ever tried at age 44 to stand up too fast from your office chair, proceed to walk around the building to stretch your legs, and about 20 steps in you feel light headed and wonder is this it? What a rush.
But have you ever tried at age 44 to stand up too fast from your office chair, proceed to walk around the building to stretch your legs, and about 20 steps in you feel light headed and wonder is this it? What a rush.
We are in it. This isn’t the beginning- we are in it, in it. When Sesame Street is posting for support…
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We are in it. This isn’t the beginning- we are in it, in it. When Sesame Street is posting for support…
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my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter.
name a fucking high school after him.
name a fucking high school after him.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter.
name a fucking high school after him.
name a fucking high school after him.
Subscribing permanently to Neighborism. So much so it’s now in my profile. @adamserwer.bsky.social wrote one of the best pieces I’ve read this week (month? Year?) and will be sharing.
Also poignant was pointing out the fear of these thugs, and hopefully a purposeful love will indeed melt ICE.
Also poignant was pointing out the fear of these thugs, and hopefully a purposeful love will indeed melt ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Subscribing permanently to Neighborism. So much so it’s now in my profile. @adamserwer.bsky.social wrote one of the best pieces I’ve read this week (month? Year?) and will be sharing.
Also poignant was pointing out the fear of these thugs, and hopefully a purposeful love will indeed melt ICE.
Also poignant was pointing out the fear of these thugs, and hopefully a purposeful love will indeed melt ICE.
Take my money.
Showing Minnesota, they have friends everywhere.
Need one for Nebraska (and not the AI slop people are ripping, as a former graphic designer major once upon a time they hurt my soul).
Showing Minnesota, they have friends everywhere.
Need one for Nebraska (and not the AI slop people are ripping, as a former graphic designer major once upon a time they hurt my soul).
From the mind of @bdsa83.bsky.social to a shirt. Online now, in stores soon. Raising money for a local group in MSP that wishes to remain anonymous. www.raygunsite.com/collections/... #raygun #RebelLoonAlliance
Stickers, etc, to follow!
Stickers, etc, to follow!
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Take my money.
Showing Minnesota, they have friends everywhere.
Need one for Nebraska (and not the AI slop people are ripping, as a former graphic designer major once upon a time they hurt my soul).
Showing Minnesota, they have friends everywhere.
Need one for Nebraska (and not the AI slop people are ripping, as a former graphic designer major once upon a time they hurt my soul).
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
Stephen Miller costing Trump the Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most glaring blind spots for this administration. 👀
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Stephen Miller costing Trump the Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most glaring blind spots for this administration. 👀
Run. The. Damn. Ball.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Run. The. Damn. Ball.
@janecoaston.bsky.social is Minneapolis Trump’s Stalingrad? Many people are wondering…
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 AM
@janecoaston.bsky.social is Minneapolis Trump’s Stalingrad? Many people are wondering…
Well, his press conference where he threatened anyone calling them “Gestapo,” which he pronounced with a hard Schtap…probably made Stephen Miller happy (what a terrible image) -
Hope they have the right size booster seat for his ride home.
Hope they have the right size booster seat for his ride home.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Well, his press conference where he threatened anyone calling them “Gestapo,” which he pronounced with a hard Schtap…probably made Stephen Miller happy (what a terrible image) -
Hope they have the right size booster seat for his ride home.
Hope they have the right size booster seat for his ride home.
We’re getting word that Bovino has found a discarded lego where he will take up shelter for this evening - but as is custom for his class he does have a smoldering ember resembling his kind’s tiki torches to keep him warm.
sources describe an incident in which a packing bovino was "jumanji-d" inside a toiletry bag for unknown period of time.
Reporting live from Minnesota, Bovino picked up his helmet, fashioned from half a ping pong ball, wound up his motorcycle and cruised away
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
We’re getting word that Bovino has found a discarded lego where he will take up shelter for this evening - but as is custom for his class he does have a smoldering ember resembling his kind’s tiki torches to keep him warm.
Reporting live from Minnesota, Bovino picked up his helmet, fashioned from half a ping pong ball, wound up his motorcycle and cruised away
I'm getting reports that Greg Bovino has placed a crisp dollar on a toothpick and is now sailing out of town on a leaf
National outlets reporting that a gull grabbed one of Greg Bovino’s french fries and he was carried off when he refused to let go
January 26, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Reporting live from Minnesota, Bovino picked up his helmet, fashioned from half a ping pong ball, wound up his motorcycle and cruised away
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.