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Rob Levine
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Photographer, drone pilot, writer, editor, web developer, media critic (not necessarily in that order). Proprietor at edhivemn.com, roblevinephotography.com, intheairphotography.com, threatenedwaters.com. Minneapolis
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roblevine82.bsky.social
I wish people would stop posting shit from RT Rybak - he is not your friend! For more than a decade he has been leading a business philanthropy coalition to destroy public education in Minnesota. racketmn.com/how-the-minn...
How the Minneapolis Foundation Bankrolls the Destruction of Public Schools - Racket
With hopes of creating an education “marketplace,” the business foundation floods the city with charter schools while vilifying teachers' unions.
racketmn.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
Republicans have created a dystopian world
allenk81.bsky.social Allenk_81 @allenk81.bsky.social · 1h
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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nharper.bsky.social
Same. I get that it's technically illegal, but the city enterprise (Frey) has offered *zero* solutions at best, and at worst, harassed ICE protestors.

I'll stop supporting the blockades when the city comes up with a better idea of how to protect our neighbors.
viamarsala18.bsky.social Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 12h
You’ll never hear me shit on the blockades. They’re working and I think it is genuinely the right move with how large a presence we have out there.
minneapolis-spring.bsky.social Minneapolis Spring @minneapolis-spring.bsky.social · 15h
The blockade received enormous support from cars driving by and visitors attending the vigil nearby in Powderhorn Park. Numbers grew throughout the day - with the largest group at the end. The blockade ended around 4:45 when protestors collectively decided to disband for the evening.
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
roblevine82.bsky.social
Total turnaround at @cnn.com - they've obviously had it with Republican liars
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
Memorial for Renee Good yesterday in Powderhorn Park, ground zero for the Republican incel goon army invasion
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
This is the US right now: An armed camp because Republican billionaires are making war on the rest of us

www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
Santa Clara is one of the most militarized places in America right now
Santa Clara will be monitored by a literal army of law enforcement and military.
www.sfgate.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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natepentz.bsky.social
This is one reason why i have stopped caring about CM Vetaw not doing jack shit. This is what folks are waking up to when our "business leaders" staying silent.

We are realizing we don't need them to get shit done in our community. Get on board or get out of the way.
seachanger.bsky.social malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 1d
message from MN
From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here. From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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natepentz.bsky.social
This is why the are already dropping the felony charges against the 22 folks arrested last week. They don't have the goods and no one to do the work to prosecute.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 7h
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Trump administration is “overwhelmed” with immigration cases.
ICE chief counsel in Minnesota retires amid growing number of immigration cases | CNN Politics
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Tru...
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
YES. Observers have spent too much time worrying about anonymity and secrecy in an effort to avoid after-the-fact consequences. But those consequences are extremely unlikely - first, you’re doing nothing illegal, and second, they literally don’t have the legal manpower to prosecute almost anyone.
natepentz.bsky.social Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 3h
This is why the are already dropping the felony charges against the 22 folks arrested last week. They don't have the goods and no one to do the work to prosecute.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 7h
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Trump administration is “overwhelmed” with immigration cases.
February 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
You'll never ever read about this in @startribune.com where every day is Reefer Madness

nypost.com/2026/02/07/h...
Researchers ‘surprised’ by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40
Pass the pot to Grandma — her brain might thank you.
nypost.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
Trump obviously had Epstein killed

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Jeffrey Epstein's death statement dated a day before he killed himself
A federal document announcing Jeffrey Epstein's death has surfaced in newly released files, but it is dated August 9, 2019 - one day before he was officially found dead in his jail cell.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
We're the most propagandized people in the world - and a big part of that is that we don't even recognize it

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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tj-stiles.bsky.social
It just guts me that the Washington Post lost a *quarter of a million* subscribers because of Bezos's sucking up to Trump, and his reaction is, "Obviously the Post should stop covering books and international affairs."
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
After non-endorsement, 250,000 subscribers cancel The Washington Post
Post staffers press for answers on loss of readers and trust after owner Jeff Bezos explained why the paper would no longer endorse presidential candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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unicornriot.bsky.social
Far-Right J6er Jake Lang Throws Nazi Salute at Protesters Outside Whipple Building

On Saturday, Jake Lang was in the back of a U-Haul as it drove by protesters trolling them while his friends shot paintballs at the crowd and another dumped ice out the back.

More: unicornriot.ninja/2026/ice-in-...
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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pylesofbooks.bsky.social
The March for Life bringing measles to DC feels like another thing that would be written for a satire but since satire is dead it's reality.
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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viamarsala18.bsky.social
There’s no defeating the people on this I’m afraid. We might not agree on every single thing but we agree on the big things, and that’s that we won’t let you take our neighbors, we want ICE gone forever, and we will stop at nothing to help each other.
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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viamarsala18.bsky.social
With apologies to our twin and the burbs and greater MN, this is part of why I think it really kicked off in Minneapolis: we knew no one was coming to save us. Statewide liberals find us distasteful. Our mayor all but hates us. We have some strong as fuck council members and state reps and sens, but
seachanger.bsky.social malena @seachanger.bsky.social · 1d
message from MN
From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here. From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
roblevine82.bsky.social
@governorwalz.mn.gov calls out his goons to assault people peacefully protesting an ICE torture chamber but won’t lift a finger to protect his own citizens from the Republican incel goon army. What a traitor
carriemesrobian.bsky.social Carrie Mesrobian @carriemesrobian.bsky.social · 19h
I'm a Columbia Heights resident. ICE is still here, terrorizing, breaking laws, harassing people, causing chaos. Tell your family and friends. No matter what this administration's minions report: Nothing Has Changed.
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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nancabell.bsky.social
This IS happening, WI border is literally 30 minutes top, from downtown Minneapolis 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
February 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
@governorwalz.mn.gov did this
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h
RAW FOOTAGE: Minnesota State Troopers charge into anti-ICE protesters with multiple arrests after an unlawful assembly had been declared. One journalist says: "It was a free-for-all, I was grabbed twice, but ultimately let go after showing my Press badge." Make sure this gets seen! Share widely.
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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chochs.bsky.social
Angie Craig crossed the @sbworkersunited.org picket line to get that coffee and then brought it to the DFL elected officials meeting. Folks, that L stands for LABOR. The fact that she clearly doesn’t care is one of many reasons why @peggyflanagan.bsky.social is the clear choice.
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d
i’m in st. paul for the statewide DFL elected officials convocation. i see jason garcia of the minneapolis park board and soren stevenson of the city council

angie craig brought starbucks coffee
February 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
Left: Aug 20 2025 Wapo editorial The Texas gerrymander freakout What’s happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. Right: Feb. 7 2026 Wapo editorial Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia Voters will get a chance to reject anti-democratic gamesmanship in an April referendum.
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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squidtips.bsky.social
Rightwing dipshits are invading Signal chats of newly forming ICE Watch/Rapid Response groups, creating an environment of generalized fear in many communities

In my new video I explain how we can protect ourselves, and the difference between Security Culture and Theater

youtu.be/l9r0WY6ie5I
Fear, the Revolution killer: Rapid Response OpSec and Security Theater
YouTube video by SquidTips
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Jake Lang was shielded by masked men wielding non-lethal weapons while driving past a protest in a U-Haul truck.

@BgOnTheScene
February 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
roblevine82.bsky.social
I don't know how Minnesota recovers from this. It's bad enough to have the Republican incel goon army run wild, and the mayor and the governor refuse to use their officers to protect us. Now Walz is using his goons to assault people peacefully protesting an ICE torture chamber. This is dystopia
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM