Joe Gerteis
@joegerteis.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in culture, politics, and race. BJCP Grandmaster beer judge. Family motto: “Dignity; always dignity.”
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I’m so fucking tired of internet radicals commenting on the most successful nonviolent resistance campaign in the US for over a generation. Go play video games, jerkwads.
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I’m so fucking tired of internet radicals commenting on the most successful nonviolent resistance campaign in the US for over a generation. Go play video games, jerkwads.
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Starting to think these weren’t really applied with the consideration required by law
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Starting to think these weren’t really applied with the consideration required by law
true, and still ... it boggles my agnostic mind that the symbolism is so on-the-nose www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
true, and still ... it boggles my agnostic mind that the symbolism is so on-the-nose www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
Counterpoint about Scandinavian cultural heritage: polite rule following and passive-agressive avoidance is *so* deeply rooted in Minnesota. The fact that everyday people are out on the street anyway should tell you that you are in trouble.
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Counterpoint about Scandinavian cultural heritage: polite rule following and passive-agressive avoidance is *so* deeply rooted in Minnesota. The fact that everyday people are out on the street anyway should tell you that you are in trouble.
Ok so now we are stomping on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendments in Minnesota. What have I missed…8th? 11th?
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
January 30, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Ok so now we are stomping on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendments in Minnesota. What have I missed…8th? 11th?
Boosting this MNPost list of songs about resistance in Minneapolis (and St Paul). Especially check out the local ones by LAMAAR and Jeremy Messersmith … way better than the Bruce and Billy Bragg ones IMO www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...
‘Streets of Minneapolis’: 32 protest songs inspired by the city's ICE resistance
MinnPost contributor Jim Walsh compiles a playlist by songwriters who are tapping into their talent, anger, artistry and empathy to support Minnesota.
www.minnpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Boosting this MNPost list of songs about resistance in Minneapolis (and St Paul). Especially check out the local ones by LAMAAR and Jeremy Messersmith … way better than the Bruce and Billy Bragg ones IMO www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
I don’t usually recommend business section columns. But credit where it’s due: Star Tribune’s Evan Ramstad brings the focus to the conditions of detention — sometimes witn charges, often not — a part of the local story that hasn’t gotten enough attention.
www.startribune.com/ramstad-open...
www.startribune.com/ramstad-open...
Ramstad: Open the Whipple Federal Building now
One of the first things Tom Homan should do is reveal the place and conditions in which Minnesotans have been detained.
www.startribune.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I don’t usually recommend business section columns. But credit where it’s due: Star Tribune’s Evan Ramstad brings the focus to the conditions of detention — sometimes witn charges, often not — a part of the local story that hasn’t gotten enough attention.
www.startribune.com/ramstad-open...
www.startribune.com/ramstad-open...
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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Disgusting & heartbreaking!
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Disgusting & heartbreaking!
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
I cannot believe this world has got me agreeing with Sepp fucking Blatter
January 26, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I cannot believe this world has got me agreeing with Sepp fucking Blatter
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Girl are you a p-value? Because I keep overinterpreting you while everyone tells me I shouldn't
Girl are you Linear A because I could spend a lifetime trying to figure you out
Yeah I'm almost as excited as when I discovered that the undeciphered script linear A has its own Unicode block 𐛌 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_...
January 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Girl are you a p-value? Because I keep overinterpreting you while everyone tells me I shouldn't
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Goddamn this is a jeremiad
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Goddamn this is a jeremiad
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
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Tarot of the Saints
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Tarot of the Saints
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"Let Us Prey" #HHS #ICE
© 2026 #Steve_Sack / #Minneapolis_Star_Tribune / #Cagle_Cartoons #SteveSack
#Pulitzer_Prize Winner Editorial Cartooning 2013
#Pulitzer_Prize Finalist Editorial Cartooning 2004 2013 2016 2017
© 2026 #Steve_Sack / #Minneapolis_Star_Tribune / #Cagle_Cartoons #SteveSack
#Pulitzer_Prize Winner Editorial Cartooning 2013
#Pulitzer_Prize Finalist Editorial Cartooning 2004 2013 2016 2017
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"Let Us Prey" #HHS #ICE
© 2026 #Steve_Sack / #Minneapolis_Star_Tribune / #Cagle_Cartoons #SteveSack
#Pulitzer_Prize Winner Editorial Cartooning 2013
#Pulitzer_Prize Finalist Editorial Cartooning 2004 2013 2016 2017
© 2026 #Steve_Sack / #Minneapolis_Star_Tribune / #Cagle_Cartoons #SteveSack
#Pulitzer_Prize Winner Editorial Cartooning 2013
#Pulitzer_Prize Finalist Editorial Cartooning 2004 2013 2016 2017