MN Aleta
banner
aaborrud.bsky.social
MN Aleta
@aaborrud.bsky.social
M4All doc. I love bison, wild places, hakurei turnips & the farmers that grow them. Waiting for the spiritual revolution that will turn this mess upside down.
Reposted by MN Aleta
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.

Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.

The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
If this is what we know about the place, imagine what hasn’t even come out yet
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Without Birthright Citizenship, you too could be ripped from your home in the middle of the night.

Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Minnesotans are known for three things:

❄️ Shoveling each other out in the snow
💜 Sticking with the Vikings through every season
🤝 Showing up for our neighbors when they’re under attack

📣 If you come for one of us, you come for all of us. That’s just who we are. #GreaterThanFear
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.

via @stateline.org
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/medi...
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.In…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
this is literally what the nazis did. the nazis claimed that that 98 percent of prostitution worldwide was controlled by Jews.
Tom Emmer pushes racist lies on Fox: "80% of the crimes being committed in the Twin Cities and Minnesota are being committed by Somalis"
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Remember, Tracy Beth Hoeg, who will likely present the VAERS data on COVID vaccines in kids to ACIP is a quack. She peddles "orthobiologic platelet rich plasma, proliferative therapy such as dextrose as well as bone marrow aspirate."
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
In 2016, I said "voting is a chess move, not a valentine," and I'm happy it caught on. I think Lizzo said it last year!
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Using our Somali neighbors who fled violence and oppression as pawns is immoral and disgusting, and puts their lives at risk.

When Trump stokes racism & hatred to incite people, we must speak out. Glad to stand with many colleagues, religious & community leaders to support our neighbors.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Love thy neighbor, no exceptions!

Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf is one of the members of the clergy who was arrested over the weekend while praying and peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
The Manufactured Home Residents Collective has kicked off a month of action across Minnesota to win a Manufactured Housing Bill of Rights.

From Lakeville to Chaska, Mankato to Blaine and Inver Grove Heights, these leaders are showing up to take on private equity and win stability for all. 👏
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Sincere question: Do Democrats not understand how the ACA works? Do they not understand they are bankrupting people

Maybe the GOP was never going to fully cave on extending the tax credits but the “deal” the Dems settled for is worthless to most ACA users!
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
This Senate decision is about to make health care access in America WORSE than we can imagine.

Health insurance premiums will surge, some families may end up paying more than HALF of their income for insurance, millions will lose coverage and thousands will die.

We deserve better. #M4A
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.

Now, it is something that we do.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Can we finally put to bed the idea that we should be meek and "safe" and run to the middle??

Universal (or at the very least, affordable) childcare and healthcare. Housing that fits our families and our budgets. Trans rights. Repro rights. Free and fair elections.

And oh yeah, hope and joy.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Essentially it is this, yes.
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
Slap this quote on the side of Air Force One, the White House, your front lawn, everywhere. We should hear this on every media outlet and echoing through the streets.
JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
🔥 @ag.state.mn.us is right — St. Paul needs Administrative Citations to protect our people from corporate lawbreakers.

✅ St. Paul, Vote YES on Question 1 by Nov. 4 so everyone can live with dignity, no matter where we live or work.

🗳️ Make your plan to #BeAVoter at mnvotes.org!
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reposted by MN Aleta
🏘️ Minnesota’s manufactured homeowners aren’t just going to sit back while private equity buys up our parks, hikes our rents, and cuts our amenities.

💪 We’re coming together to fight for our right to live with dignity, stability, and community.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/vi...
Residents of manufactured homes fight for rights as rents rise
Several people met with lawmakers to kick off a campaign to organize manufactured home park residents to address what they say are skyrocketing rents and unsafe living conditions.
www.cbsnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM