ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing.com
asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
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fuck ice. fuck cops. fuck colonialism and capitalism.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
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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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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 3:00 AM
Honestly have lost count in the chaos but this is the third (?) gas incident today
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There’s reports that there will be 1,000 more agents coming to our city. We need that same surge in residents out patrolling our streets. Even if you can’t patrol, come work from a coffee shop on one of cultural corridors so you can be there to show up for our neighbors.
January 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
There’s reports that there will be 1,000 more agents coming to our city. We need that same surge in residents out patrolling our streets. Even if you can’t patrol, come work from a coffee shop on one of cultural corridors so you can be there to show up for our neighbors.
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I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
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If they start talking about their feelings? Out loud? Shit is dire
Check in on your MN friends. Ask how they're doing. If they say:
"Pretty good, you?" They're probably ok.
"Just fine, howryou?" They're struggling, exhausted, hanging on but close to the edge.
"Oh, doin ok" Send help. The situation is desperate.
"Pretty good, you?" They're probably ok.
"Just fine, howryou?" They're struggling, exhausted, hanging on but close to the edge.
"Oh, doin ok" Send help. The situation is desperate.
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
If they start talking about their feelings? Out loud? Shit is dire
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We are a small group of neighbors in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, and we have created this fund to administer individual support to meet the urgent needs of families in crisis in our neighborhood. Please give/share if you can! tinyurl.com/helpinglongfellow
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We are a small group of neighbors in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, and we have created this fund to administer individual support to meet the urgent needs of families in crisis in our neighborhood. Please give/share if you can! tinyurl.com/helpinglongfellow
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🚨Leaked docs about the ICE-led deployment to Minneapolis: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
Immigration Agents Terrified by ICE Backlash
Leaked documents show Border Patrol needs volunteers for Minneapolis surge
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 AM
🚨Leaked docs about the ICE-led deployment to Minneapolis: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
fuck ice. fuck cops. fuck colonialism and capitalism.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
fuck ice. fuck cops. fuck colonialism and capitalism.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
my people’s homelands are at the headwaters of the mississippi, which is a mishearing of misi-ziibii, which means long river in anishinaabemowin (ziibiing, my username, means by the river)
i was raised on the west bank of minneapolis, the west bank of the river. she has always been my home.
i was raised on the west bank of minneapolis, the west bank of the river. she has always been my home.
January 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
my people’s homelands are at the headwaters of the mississippi, which is a mishearing of misi-ziibii, which means long river in anishinaabemowin (ziibiing, my username, means by the river)
i was raised on the west bank of minneapolis, the west bank of the river. she has always been my home.
i was raised on the west bank of minneapolis, the west bank of the river. she has always been my home.
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For lawyers in Minnesota who want to resist the ICE occupation: forms.gle/YK9mVYTft1Lt...
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
Minnesota Immigration Legal Response Clearinghouse intake form
MILRC is an attempt to coordinate legal resources between the various coalitions and organizations responding to the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. By submitting information, you agree that we may...
forms.gle
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
For lawyers in Minnesota who want to resist the ICE occupation: forms.gle/YK9mVYTft1Lt...
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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ICE is now ramming civilian cars through red lights in Minnesota. — they are tax payer agitators ‼️
January 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
ICE is now ramming civilian cars through red lights in Minnesota. — they are tax payer agitators ‼️
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We started to get reports of observers being harassed by ICE and talked to a woman who was threatened with arrest and insulted (it seemed unique then). Then we rode along with activists and observed a chaotic ICE action not far from where Good was later killed. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
‘Tinted windows and out-of-state plates’: How ICE watchers look for agents in their neighborhoods
Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make their job as difficult as possible and protect their immigrant neighbors.
www.mprnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
We started to get reports of observers being harassed by ICE and talked to a woman who was threatened with arrest and insulted (it seemed unique then). Then we rode along with activists and observed a chaotic ICE action not far from where Good was later killed. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
Places to Donate to in Minnesota
Buy/Donate Materials: Help buy dashcams for legal observers Bethel Church Food Pantry TC Food Justice: Donate food Mutual Aid Funds: Lyndale School Mutual Aid Fund Rent Relief Fund for Southside Fami...
docs.google.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
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ICE rammed into a car at 34th and Park And then began to question the immigration status of U.S. Citizen Latino’s they crashed into.
They also deployed chemical irritants into the eyes of the press. Abolish ICE now.
They also deployed chemical irritants into the eyes of the press. Abolish ICE now.
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
ICE rammed into a car at 34th and Park And then began to question the immigration status of U.S. Citizen Latino’s they crashed into.
They also deployed chemical irritants into the eyes of the press. Abolish ICE now.
They also deployed chemical irritants into the eyes of the press. Abolish ICE now.
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it’s not hyperbole either, it’s actually happening right now. a RN at another hospital was threatened by ICE over the weekend as well.
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
it’s not hyperbole either, it’s actually happening right now. a RN at another hospital was threatened by ICE over the weekend as well.
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Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop, which regularly becomes a community hub when Minneapolis is in need, are still in need. People doing ICE watch/rapid response are using it to organize, rest, and refuel. Often for free when people donate food and coffee, for those who can't afford to buy from the shop
January 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop, which regularly becomes a community hub when Minneapolis is in need, are still in need. People doing ICE watch/rapid response are using it to organize, rest, and refuel. Often for free when people donate food and coffee, for those who can't afford to buy from the shop
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
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There’s been heavy ICE activity around Lowry & Central today. If you have capacity to come out or work from a coffee shop on Central we need more people out to keep our neighbors safe. defend612.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
There’s been heavy ICE activity around Lowry & Central today. If you have capacity to come out or work from a coffee shop on Central we need more people out to keep our neighbors safe. defend612.com
there is a lot of anxiety about surveillance right now.
my advice as someone who has done a lot of direct action:
it is easier, and less crazy-making, to just assume you do NOT have privacy and that you are being tracked. it is so much better than constantly being paranoid.
my advice as someone who has done a lot of direct action:
it is easier, and less crazy-making, to just assume you do NOT have privacy and that you are being tracked. it is so much better than constantly being paranoid.
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
there is a lot of anxiety about surveillance right now.
my advice as someone who has done a lot of direct action:
it is easier, and less crazy-making, to just assume you do NOT have privacy and that you are being tracked. it is so much better than constantly being paranoid.
my advice as someone who has done a lot of direct action:
it is easier, and less crazy-making, to just assume you do NOT have privacy and that you are being tracked. it is so much better than constantly being paranoid.
Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
Friends, thank you for stepping up! Over $40,000 worth of dash cams have been ordered so far for ICE observers in the Twin Cities!
Early orders are trickling in, but we’re getting them packed and deployed ASAFP - several were installed yesterday, these are ready, and 300+ are on the way!
Early orders are trickling in, but we’re getting them packed and deployed ASAFP - several were installed yesterday, these are ready, and 300+ are on the way!
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!
this may be a very dumb suggestion, but if the goal of a lot of this is ICE getting footage to put on social media, what if people started sabotaging the videos with things that would make them unusable.
like…giant pictures of dicks? giant dongs always in their shots?
like…giant pictures of dicks? giant dongs always in their shots?
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
this may be a very dumb suggestion, but if the goal of a lot of this is ICE getting footage to put on social media, what if people started sabotaging the videos with things that would make them unusable.
like…giant pictures of dicks? giant dongs always in their shots?
like…giant pictures of dicks? giant dongs always in their shots?
working on a new button to hand out
January 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
working on a new button to hand out