Leona Lee
@leonalee.bsky.social
Please Mask Up! Disability Rights, Affordable and Accessible Housing, and Disabled Debtors Cohort with the Debt Collective. https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/disabled-debtors-cohort/ and silly cats & Chicago stuff.
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
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The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
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ICE shot another person in Minneapolis and then launched gas throughout the whole street—minutes after Walz told Minnesotans to "protest peacefully," as if we're not watching fascists violently kidnap, horrifically brutalize, and fucking shoot our neighbors.
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 AM
ICE shot another person in Minneapolis and then launched gas throughout the whole street—minutes after Walz told Minnesotans to "protest peacefully," as if we're not watching fascists violently kidnap, horrifically brutalize, and fucking shoot our neighbors.
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It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
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4 Lakota men were kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis. 3 of them were taken to what used to be a concentration camp for Native people, and the only people talking about it are other Indigenous people. I am angry but mostly numb, I am so used to this at this point. We are always forgotten.
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
4 Lakota men were kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis. 3 of them were taken to what used to be a concentration camp for Native people, and the only people talking about it are other Indigenous people. I am angry but mostly numb, I am so used to this at this point. We are always forgotten.
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From 1/14/2026
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
From 1/14/2026
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
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Help me out:
Last week, there were stats on here about the number of federal jobs lost in different agencies during 2025.
Has that been written up? Does anyone have a link? I want to cite it!
Last week, there were stats on here about the number of federal jobs lost in different agencies during 2025.
Has that been written up? Does anyone have a link? I want to cite it!
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Help me out:
Last week, there were stats on here about the number of federal jobs lost in different agencies during 2025.
Has that been written up? Does anyone have a link? I want to cite it!
Last week, there were stats on here about the number of federal jobs lost in different agencies during 2025.
Has that been written up? Does anyone have a link? I want to cite it!
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Do you have stuff to write with?
Do you have some wallpaper glue?
Do you know how to make a wheatpaste?
Do you have some practice doing things in real life in case, for whatever reason, we don’t have the internet?
Do you have some wallpaper glue?
Do you know how to make a wheatpaste?
Do you have some practice doing things in real life in case, for whatever reason, we don’t have the internet?
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Do you have stuff to write with?
Do you have some wallpaper glue?
Do you know how to make a wheatpaste?
Do you have some practice doing things in real life in case, for whatever reason, we don’t have the internet?
Do you have some wallpaper glue?
Do you know how to make a wheatpaste?
Do you have some practice doing things in real life in case, for whatever reason, we don’t have the internet?
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Hey so we all know how to print and fold a zine right?
In case we have an internet outage and won’t be able to look up how to do it.
Maybe practice for me a few times tonight just in case. Just to make me feel better.
youtu.be/keX3nBEcw2Y
In case we have an internet outage and won’t be able to look up how to do it.
Maybe practice for me a few times tonight just in case. Just to make me feel better.
youtu.be/keX3nBEcw2Y
How To Fold A Zine
YouTube video by Sunderland Culture
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Hey so we all know how to print and fold a zine right?
In case we have an internet outage and won’t be able to look up how to do it.
Maybe practice for me a few times tonight just in case. Just to make me feel better.
youtu.be/keX3nBEcw2Y
In case we have an internet outage and won’t be able to look up how to do it.
Maybe practice for me a few times tonight just in case. Just to make me feel better.
youtu.be/keX3nBEcw2Y
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“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
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This is closed but would anyone in DC want to get together in person for this?
Join our reading group for When Things Fall Apart: forms.gle/vXcm8kUPfV9C...
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
This is closed but would anyone in DC want to get together in person for this?
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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We need honesty about what US policing actually is or there's no possible way to something different.
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
We need honesty about what US policing actually is or there's no possible way to something different.
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One thing I hate is how many people will hear "we reopened a former concentration camp" and it'll be the first time they found out we had those.
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...
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 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
One thing I hate is how many people will hear "we reopened a former concentration camp" and it'll be the first time they found out we had those.
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The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private information of its Jewish faculty and students.
Read our statement below.
Read our statement below.
AAUP Joins Suit Opposing EEOC Subpoena of Jewish Faculty and Students
The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private...
www.aaup.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The national AAUP, alongside AAUP–Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the private information of its Jewish faculty and students.
Read our statement below.
Read our statement below.
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The Trump administration is demanding "lists of Jews" from the University of Pennsylvania.
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is demanding "lists of Jews" from the University of Pennsylvania.
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
The AAUP condemns this as “a profoundly invasive & dangerous demand that intrudes deeply into the freedoms of association, religion, speech and privacy enshrined in the First Amendment.”
Read more below 👇
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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...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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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Please see below if you have a SAMHSA grant that was cancelled.
This is a trustworthy group doing excellent work on documenting the destruction of research in the U.S.
This is a trustworthy group doing excellent work on documenting the destruction of research in the U.S.
We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...
If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Please see below if you have a SAMHSA grant that was cancelled.
This is a trustworthy group doing excellent work on documenting the destruction of research in the U.S.
This is a trustworthy group doing excellent work on documenting the destruction of research in the U.S.
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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Bro, they are closing schools because teachers need time to make virtual options for non-white students because lawless federal paramilitaries are terrorizing them.
Annnnnddddd St Paul schools are closing next week for 2 days to prepare for virtual learning options.
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Bro, they are closing schools because teachers need time to make virtual options for non-white students because lawless federal paramilitaries are terrorizing them.