Crystal Brakke
crystaldbrakke.bsky.social
Crystal Brakke
@crystaldbrakke.bsky.social
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Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."

Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
If you are also into spending your feelings in moments of abject rage, may I recommend: www.heartberry.com/products/ice...
"ICE OUT" Fundraiser - Hoodie
At times like these, we want to DO SOMETHING. As artists, we can create the visuals of movement, and we hear you loud and clear that this is a design you want to represent. We do not want to make prof...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Playboy has entered the Minneapolis media coverage chat. Smitten Kitten is the best of us, and always has been.

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The Sluts Will Save Us: The Minneapolis Sex Shop Resisting ICE
Smitten Kitten, a sex shop in Minneapolis, has become an unlikely community hub for people protesting ICE.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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MINNEAPOLIS WILL WIN
Bovino retreating from Minnesota per CNN's Priscilla Alvarez
January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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He was legally observing
He was helping other legal observers
He was helping other potential victims
He was not brandishing a gun
May Alex Pretti’s memory be a blessing
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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A summary of my local Bsky feed:

- Go look at the sunset!
- Water balloons defeat Nazis
- Ways to help your neighbors
- Fancy sledding in Powderhorn
- Fuck ICE
- I love Minnesota

Love, Joy, Solidarity, Community

That’s MY Minnesota. And I will share it with anyone who also loves their neighbor.
January 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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In a dog walk around my Minneapolis neighborhood, 14 degrees but feels like 7, I encountered three people in high viz vests patrolling, 2 people heading to a meeting of local businesses, too many anti-ICE signs to count and children happily sliding down a steep hill of pure ice.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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A short time ago: Students at Roosevelt High School in South Minneapolis held a walkout after returning to classes that were cancelled last Thursday and Friday.

MPS cancelled classes following the presence of armed federal agents who released tear gas around children outside school doors.
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
my first and perhaps only post here, because sam & joel are coming to save me.
January 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM