Gretchen Hovan
@ghlearn.bsky.social
Former teacher, history educator. Currently and always a fan of books, human rights and civil rights, baked goods. Still getting to know Mpls after all these years. Protect, believe, love trans kids and adults ALWAYS
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I know this won’t get a lot of attention beyond “well it’s New Hampshire, what did you expect” but I want you all to know there are a lot of kids and families of color here and we all deserve better than this kind of garbage representation
Leaked Signal chat shows NH House education chair advocating whites-only schools
The group chat allegedly shows NH House Education Committee Chair Kristin Noble suggesting test scores would rise if students were split into white and
granitepostnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I know this won’t get a lot of attention beyond “well it’s New Hampshire, what did you expect” but I want you all to know there are a lot of kids and families of color here and we all deserve better than this kind of garbage representation
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I just want it to be really clear, to people from out of the area, if they see pictures of fires in Minneapolis: THEY WERE STARTED BY ICE. NOT BY PROTESTERS. NOT BY RESIDENTS.
So not only are they shooting our citizens they are setting the city on fire. #MFD did respond. Someone get an Air Quality check in #Minneapolis with the volume of Flash Bangs & Chemical Irritants.
🚨BREAKING: Multiple fires have broken after ICE unleashed ANOTHER ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical gas at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I just want it to be really clear, to people from out of the area, if they see pictures of fires in Minneapolis: THEY WERE STARTED BY ICE. NOT BY PROTESTERS. NOT BY RESIDENTS.
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An Eviction Moratorium will help people shelter in place without fear of losing their home due to lost income.
Traffic calming measures could slow down ICE and CBP and prevent potentially deadly dangerous driving.
Banning chemical weapons could protect all of our health.
Traffic calming measures could slow down ICE and CBP and prevent potentially deadly dangerous driving.
Banning chemical weapons could protect all of our health.
January 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
An Eviction Moratorium will help people shelter in place without fear of losing their home due to lost income.
Traffic calming measures could slow down ICE and CBP and prevent potentially deadly dangerous driving.
Banning chemical weapons could protect all of our health.
Traffic calming measures could slow down ICE and CBP and prevent potentially deadly dangerous driving.
Banning chemical weapons could protect all of our health.
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
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Following David's lead, I also posted on FB and was surprised by the positive response. Spread the word about what's happening here. People want to know.
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Following David's lead, I also posted on FB and was surprised by the positive response. Spread the word about what's happening here. People want to know.
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The great @usefulnoise.bsky.social made a request that we all write something about what life in Minnesota is like for folks who live elsewhere or might be outside our normal neighbothis-Bluesky footprint. So I went to cursed Facebook and wrote this. Maybe it will help you share your own thoughts.
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The great @usefulnoise.bsky.social made a request that we all write something about what life in Minnesota is like for folks who live elsewhere or might be outside our normal neighbothis-Bluesky footprint. So I went to cursed Facebook and wrote this. Maybe it will help you share your own thoughts.
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St. Paul high school students arriving at the Minnesota Capitol
More arriving in the distance. It's a long walk and currently 16°
More arriving in the distance. It's a long walk and currently 16°
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
St. Paul high school students arriving at the Minnesota Capitol
More arriving in the distance. It's a long walk and currently 16°
More arriving in the distance. It's a long walk and currently 16°
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People are freezing and there are unverified rumblings that ICE is hitting warming centers - whether or not it's true, just the rumors will keep people from seeking safety. Please help a trusted person we know reach folks who are freezing and scared.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
People are freezing and there are unverified rumblings that ICE is hitting warming centers - whether or not it's true, just the rumors will keep people from seeking safety. Please help a trusted person we know reach folks who are freezing and scared.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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The Powderhorn Park neighborhood has been the biggest target of immigration enforcement in Minnesota. It’s home to a large immigrant community who is now struggling to pay rent. Kidnappings are on the rise because people cannot stay home. Please help us out. Link is in my bio.
gofund.me/350c67697
gofund.me/350c67697
Donate to Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief, organized by Powderhorn Neighbors
We are a small group of Powderhorn neighbors, and we have cre… Powderhorn Neighbors needs your support for Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief
gofund.me
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The Powderhorn Park neighborhood has been the biggest target of immigration enforcement in Minnesota. It’s home to a large immigrant community who is now struggling to pay rent. Kidnappings are on the rise because people cannot stay home. Please help us out. Link is in my bio.
gofund.me/350c67697
gofund.me/350c67697
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Ignore the headline, read the story:
"The same school bulletin that encouraged activism to monitor ICE last month also shared how Good and her wife had 'brought pots for us to paint' to a school event: 'We will sell them at our plant sale in the spring. They look beautiful!'"
"The same school bulletin that encouraged activism to monitor ICE last month also shared how Good and her wife had 'brought pots for us to paint' to a school event: 'We will sell them at our plant sale in the spring. They look beautiful!'"
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Ignore the headline, read the story:
"The same school bulletin that encouraged activism to monitor ICE last month also shared how Good and her wife had 'brought pots for us to paint' to a school event: 'We will sell them at our plant sale in the spring. They look beautiful!'"
"The same school bulletin that encouraged activism to monitor ICE last month also shared how Good and her wife had 'brought pots for us to paint' to a school event: 'We will sell them at our plant sale in the spring. They look beautiful!'"
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Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
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What they’re describing is protected first amendment activity. The first amendment protects us, as the press and as people.
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
What they’re describing is protected first amendment activity. The first amendment protects us, as the press and as people.
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this kind of straightforwardly tyrannical behavior from government officials isn't, of course, unknown in US history, even recently, but it's worth saying again that it fundamentally violates the US's whole system of government, which binds agents of the state and citizens alike to the rule of law
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
this kind of straightforwardly tyrannical behavior from government officials isn't, of course, unknown in US history, even recently, but it's worth saying again that it fundamentally violates the US's whole system of government, which binds agents of the state and citizens alike to the rule of law
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We have whistles,
they have guns.
Look what we face. Everywhere.
they have guns.
Look what we face. Everywhere.
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
We have whistles,
they have guns.
Look what we face. Everywhere.
they have guns.
Look what we face. Everywhere.
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this is war. I don't know why this isn't the language that everyone uses. The Feds are waging war on civilians.
Honestly have lost count in the chaos but this is the third (?) gas incident today
Federal authorities have tear-gassed a crowd outside the Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling. Follow updates here. bit.ly/3Lakres
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
this is war. I don't know why this isn't the language that everyone uses. The Feds are waging war on civilians.
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He doesn't *need* to declare martial law if he can just send a bunch of people there and say "do whatever the fuck you want lol"
I think folks holding on to "he needs a reason" are missing the fact that even assuming he's gonna go through the formalities is giving him too much credit.
I think folks holding on to "he needs a reason" are missing the fact that even assuming he's gonna go through the formalities is giving him too much credit.
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
He doesn't *need* to declare martial law if he can just send a bunch of people there and say "do whatever the fuck you want lol"
I think folks holding on to "he needs a reason" are missing the fact that even assuming he's gonna go through the formalities is giving him too much credit.
I think folks holding on to "he needs a reason" are missing the fact that even assuming he's gonna go through the formalities is giving him too much credit.
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What is currently going on in Minneapolis is far past the 'what if he declares martial law' hypothetical for the practical impact it is having on people's lives. (And deaths.) They are going door-to-door, sometimes kicking those doors down, demanding papers on the street and shooting folks.
So we’re all clear that Trump is escalating ICE raids so he can trigger retaliatory violence and then declare martial law to interfere with midterm elections, right?
January 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
What is currently going on in Minneapolis is far past the 'what if he declares martial law' hypothetical for the practical impact it is having on people's lives. (And deaths.) They are going door-to-door, sometimes kicking those doors down, demanding papers on the street and shooting folks.
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There should be a much, MUCH larger discourse and reporting on how whoever is running DHS' social media is an overt white supremacist who is literally posting Nazi memes on a daily basis. Doesn't matter that it's almost certainly some edgelord 4chan intern; it's still happening and it's obscene.
“We’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the Mannerbünd.
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
There should be a much, MUCH larger discourse and reporting on how whoever is running DHS' social media is an overt white supremacist who is literally posting Nazi memes on a daily basis. Doesn't matter that it's almost certainly some edgelord 4chan intern; it's still happening and it's obscene.
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Dear neighbor,
I want to take some time to share 3 different stories regarding racial discrimination perpetuated by ICE in the Phillips area of South Minneapolis.
On January 8th, four unhoused Indigenous men were kidnapped by ICE under a bridge near Little Earth. 1/
I want to take some time to share 3 different stories regarding racial discrimination perpetuated by ICE in the Phillips area of South Minneapolis.
On January 8th, four unhoused Indigenous men were kidnapped by ICE under a bridge near Little Earth. 1/
January 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Dear neighbor,
I want to take some time to share 3 different stories regarding racial discrimination perpetuated by ICE in the Phillips area of South Minneapolis.
On January 8th, four unhoused Indigenous men were kidnapped by ICE under a bridge near Little Earth. 1/
I want to take some time to share 3 different stories regarding racial discrimination perpetuated by ICE in the Phillips area of South Minneapolis.
On January 8th, four unhoused Indigenous men were kidnapped by ICE under a bridge near Little Earth. 1/
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Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
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@governorwalz.mn.gov
They are now abducting constitutional observers.
Why is the MN National Guard not protecting our constitutional rights against these lawless occupiers?
They are now abducting constitutional observers.
Why is the MN National Guard not protecting our constitutional rights against these lawless occupiers?
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov
They are now abducting constitutional observers.
Why is the MN National Guard not protecting our constitutional rights against these lawless occupiers?
They are now abducting constitutional observers.
Why is the MN National Guard not protecting our constitutional rights against these lawless occupiers?
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I hope more people are thinking about how dangerous cop cities are right now and how they have to be shut down now.
January 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I hope more people are thinking about how dangerous cop cities are right now and how they have to be shut down now.
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Do folks outside of MN realize this includes suburban cities? The door dasher, the person dragged out of Target, this isn’t a thing you can avoid in the Twin Cities region just by avoiding a certain neighborhood. It’s an infestation and the roaches are everywhere.
I don’t know how to explain to all of you outside the Twin Cities metro how bleak it is to live here right now - and yet somehow I am even more certain of the goodness of my community than I ever have been.
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Do folks outside of MN realize this includes suburban cities? The door dasher, the person dragged out of Target, this isn’t a thing you can avoid in the Twin Cities region just by avoiding a certain neighborhood. It’s an infestation and the roaches are everywhere.