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ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
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An entire state of stubborn rule-followers obsessed with fairness.
Now seems as good of a time as any to reshare my favorite fun fact about Minnesota. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
Minnesota Repeatedly Refuses to Return Captured Confederate Battle Flag to Virginia?
One Reddit user quipped: "Well, what are the rules for capture the flag?"
www.snopes.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
An entire state of stubborn rule-followers obsessed with fairness.
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Not more than a little disappointed in you @governorwalz.mn.gov
We could've had the MN National Guard helping protect schools and daycares, but they're called up for a pretty peaceful looking protest march around downtown Minneapolis? One that sprung up as counter against far-right anti-islamists?
We could've had the MN National Guard helping protect schools and daycares, but they're called up for a pretty peaceful looking protest march around downtown Minneapolis? One that sprung up as counter against far-right anti-islamists?
Live updates: The Minnesota National Guard has been mobilized and will be "staging to support local law enforcement and emergency management agencies." Personnel were called up to active duty for at least 72 hours as of last night.
Live: Counterprotesters chase off Jake Lang’s group from downtown Minneapolis
Hundreds of counterprotesters outnumbered the conservative influencer’s supporters protesting Islam on Saturday.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Not more than a little disappointed in you @governorwalz.mn.gov
We could've had the MN National Guard helping protect schools and daycares, but they're called up for a pretty peaceful looking protest march around downtown Minneapolis? One that sprung up as counter against far-right anti-islamists?
We could've had the MN National Guard helping protect schools and daycares, but they're called up for a pretty peaceful looking protest march around downtown Minneapolis? One that sprung up as counter against far-right anti-islamists?
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The Minnehaha creek trail is a great place to walk and ride bikes.
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The Minnehaha creek trail is a great place to walk and ride bikes.
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I didn’t know we had flutes and honks. I quite like this, it makes us sound like angry geese which feels very right
it's also just a wild accent to hear people get angry in. weirder than hearing a swiss german have a meltdown. just all these little flutes and honks on top of the rage
January 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I didn’t know we had flutes and honks. I quite like this, it makes us sound like angry geese which feels very right
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During Covid every level of govt was able to support businesses that had to close. Now much of the $ came from feds. However, off the top of my head, the city, county, and state could:
-suspend payments of sales tax, liquor licenses
-offer zero or low interest loans
-suspend payments of sales tax, liquor licenses
-offer zero or low interest loans
Heartbroken to hear that Los Ocampo has made the tough decision to temporarily close all locations. You can support their workers here.
You can support their staff during the closure here
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ta...
You can support their staff during the closure here
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ta...
Donate to Support Our Staff Relief Fund, organized by Julian Ocampo
My parents opened the first Taqueria Los Ocampo in Minneapolis on Lake and 5th back in 200… Julian Ocampo needs your support for Support Our Staff Relief Fund
www.gofundme.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
During Covid every level of govt was able to support businesses that had to close. Now much of the $ came from feds. However, off the top of my head, the city, county, and state could:
-suspend payments of sales tax, liquor licenses
-offer zero or low interest loans
-suspend payments of sales tax, liquor licenses
-offer zero or low interest loans
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In case you’re wondering why people fight like dogs to protect this place:
Hey, is it OK if I repost some photos of Minneapolis in normal times?
The greatest day of the year is tomorrow. Better get your butt over to Bloomington Ave.
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In case you’re wondering why people fight like dogs to protect this place:
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I'm bad at favorites, but this is one of my top five places to get a burrito around here. Help support their staff
Heartbroken to hear that Los Ocampo has made the tough decision to temporarily close all locations. You can support their workers here.
You can support their staff during the closure here
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ta...
You can support their staff during the closure here
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ta...
Donate to Support Our Staff Relief Fund, organized by Julian Ocampo
My parents opened the first Taqueria Los Ocampo in Minneapolis on Lake and 5th back in 200… Julian Ocampo needs your support for Support Our Staff Relief Fund
www.gofundme.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I'm bad at favorites, but this is one of my top five places to get a burrito around here. Help support their staff
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Do you even go to this school?
Yes, the campaign attacking this work is clearly mostly inauthentic accounts. These kinds of swarms are common on Twitter. Never experienced it here on Bluesky before.
In a time of crisis we all need to do our part. This is what I do, and am proud of our contribution 4/
bsky.app/profile/bass...
In a time of crisis we all need to do our part. This is what I do, and am proud of our contribution 4/
bsky.app/profile/bass...
The more I read those critics the more I think they are GOP/ Russian trolls. Who ever they are the agenda seems to dissuade us from creating any sense of unity. And to instil a sense of distrust of any dem leader. This approach worked in 2024. They’re doing it again. I say ignore and block.
January 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Do you even go to this school?
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January 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Walz comment, via NBC: “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, sources say
The Justice Department is investigating whether the two Democratic officials impeded immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, according to sources.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Walz comment, via NBC: “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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underappreciated detail in the Politico piece on UATX: there is a statue of Bari Weiss in the library
January 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
underappreciated detail in the Politico piece on UATX: there is a statue of Bari Weiss in the library
Threw his ~Leica~
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Threw his ~Leica~
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So friends, I (a professional political consultant) launched a campaign to divert resources from Minnesotans with dire and immediate needs to a political organization that will hopefully use that money to pay me consulting fees. I am definitely the good guy here.
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
So friends, I (a professional political consultant) launched a campaign to divert resources from Minnesotans with dire and immediate needs to a political organization that will hopefully use that money to pay me consulting fees. I am definitely the good guy here.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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I joined people in my church to stand watch at the doors during our spanish language mass and check the parking lot for feds before people leave. Most churches, including catholic ones, serving majority immigrant or POC congregations are doing this.
Barron is a bishop in MINNESOTA for God's sake
Barron is a bishop in MINNESOTA for God's sake
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I joined people in my church to stand watch at the doors during our spanish language mass and check the parking lot for feds before people leave. Most churches, including catholic ones, serving majority immigrant or POC congregations are doing this.
Barron is a bishop in MINNESOTA for God's sake
Barron is a bishop in MINNESOTA for God's sake
Holy cow! A Naomi Kritzer / Will Stancil crossover episode …
I went on a ride along with Will today because I was trying to understand how a mobile patrol works. If you've ever fantasized about being either Spider-Man or Ned Leeds I would recommend going to Defend612 to volunteer. (Spider-Man: patrol. Ned Leeds: dispatch/notetaking/plate checks.)
I don’t want to jinx anything, but ICE presence in South Minneapolis has been MASSIVELY down the last two days, and also far less militarized. Very few masks and uniforms, and efforts to disguise their vehicles. Community watch has been suffocating them, I think.
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Holy cow! A Naomi Kritzer / Will Stancil crossover episode …
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give your money to something actually useful www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
January 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM
give your money to something actually useful www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔
This x100
I don't want ICE to leave Minnesota. I want them not to exist at all.
No community deserves what is happening to our state.
Please, if you live somewhere else, know that you will be next unless we shut this whole thing down.
No community deserves what is happening to our state.
Please, if you live somewhere else, know that you will be next unless we shut this whole thing down.
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
This x100
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Well well well well well
In the 2nd shooting as well as the first, the eyewitness testimony and video evidence does NOT support the official DHS story. #FedsLie
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Well well well well well
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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If there is one lesson we should have learned in the first two weeks of the Trump administration, it's that appeasement will teach them that you won't fight back.
And yet... here we are.
And yet... here we are.
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
If there is one lesson we should have learned in the first two weeks of the Trump administration, it's that appeasement will teach them that you won't fight back.
And yet... here we are.
And yet... here we are.
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Following the vandalism of at least 11 government vehicles or rentals driven by federal law enforcement at a hotel in Eagan, Minnesota last night, it's safe to say—you don't want to stay at a hotel that hosts ICE, or even park your vehicle there. You don't want to host them at your hotel, either.
January 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Following the vandalism of at least 11 government vehicles or rentals driven by federal law enforcement at a hotel in Eagan, Minnesota last night, it's safe to say—you don't want to stay at a hotel that hosts ICE, or even park your vehicle there. You don't want to host them at your hotel, either.
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God I wish they were conspiring to prevent ICE from doing their job
BREAKING
The US Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Full Story: bit.ly/4sLrISO
The US Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Full Story: bit.ly/4sLrISO
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
God I wish they were conspiring to prevent ICE from doing their job