Sharon Erickson Nepstad

@snepstad.bsky.social

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Sociologist, University of New Mexico (USA), studying social movements, revolutions, religion, civil resistance. Guardian of way too many pets and plants. In solidarity with Minneapolis!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.

That amounts to $456,621 per hour.

But how are you doing?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, David Darmofal

MPR News @mprnews.org · 17h

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers

The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...

www.mprnews.org

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The safest place in America for a debased criminal is to be in the Epstein files.

Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when CIA Director David Petraeus was forced to resign in 2012 when his extra-marital affair was exposed? It was a national security concern bc it made him susceptible to blackmail. It's amazing how quickly those security expectations disappeared!

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 2d

To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:

The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 4d

The winds of public opinion are at our back. We will press this Administration until we see impartial investigations, the departure of federal forces, and an end to this campaign of retribution.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 4d

Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 5d

I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 5d

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 5d

“Visible state violence against sympathetic civilians was the beginning of the end for Jim Crow. It may be a turning point now, too.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...

Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State

www.nytimes.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 5d

I reached out to the director of Norway’s Resistance Museum, a collection of artifacts selected by surviving members the resistance.

“It is no coincidence that two red knitted caps occupy a central place alongside submachine guns, hand grenades, and radio transmitters.”

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts

Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Tushnet, Aaron Sojourner , and 2 more Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Tushnet, Aaron Sojourner, Julia Lynch, Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 5d

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.

They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.

They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts

Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Ken Caldeira, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman , and 2 more Ken Caldeira, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, David Darmofal

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The investigation is the coverup

Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake.

www.publicnotice.co

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 6d

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7d

This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Amir Attaran, Melissa R. Michelson , and 3 more Diane Ravitch, Amir Attaran, Melissa R. Michelson, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Olivier Mannoni, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 8d

Chris Madel didn’t just exit the Minnesota governor race, he walked away from the Republican Party itself, saying he cannot support “retribution” against the people of this state. When punishment replaces governance and fear replaces law, even party insiders bolt.

The cracks are widening🔥

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8d

This penguin speaks for all of us.
#Greenland

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 9d

Damn proud of Minnesota.

Reposted by Elizabeth Pisani, Rebecca Tushnet, Silvia Secchi , and 5 more Elizabeth Pisani, Rebecca Tushnet, Silvia Secchi, Julia Lynch, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Nancy M. Wingfield, Suzanne Conklin Akbari

Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 9d

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

User @backintimeag:
The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9d

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Michael Wagner , and 40 more Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Michael Wagner, Tony R. ‎Walker, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Robert W. Wallace, David H. Kaye, Valerie P. Hans, Juliet Lodge, Nick Pearce, Heike Delitz, Michelle Everson, Ameet Sarpatwari, Laurent Pech, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Holger Nehring, Tom Griffin, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Craig R. McClain, Lee Jones, Ian Loader, Christian Fisch, Jos Akkermans, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Serge Slama, Christina Pagel, Claire Sécail, Karine Espineira, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Dan Immergluck, Roos Vonk, Dunlap, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal, Deborah M. Kolb, Kristina McElheran

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 9d

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Reposted by Michael Wagner, Axel Bruns, Sharon Erickson Nepstad , and 2 more Michael Wagner, Axel Bruns, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Maksym Polyakov, Mary James

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10d

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

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