J.elbows
@drajanr.bsky.social
Minnesota, USA. Here for Covid-conscious and anti-capitalist content in English und Deutsch. Mostly lurking, might repost.
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A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents.
By Shubhanjana Das
By Shubhanjana Das
Family of man swept up in St. Paul raid say agents had no warrant
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members of a second man swept up in the operation say they were taunted and humiliated during a ...
sahanjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents.
By Shubhanjana Das
By Shubhanjana Das
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Saint Paul! Community Ice-Breaker Saturday!
Saint Paul, come get a whistle, practice, and map community defense and care! 🧵1/2
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Saint Paul! Community Ice-Breaker Saturday!
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Save the date for the next one! Sunday Nov 2nd at 1:30pm at Powderhorn!
Hundreds of neighbors came out today for whistles and training at Powderhorn Park.
Minneapolis neighbors are getting organized.
Minneapolis neighbors are getting organized.
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Save the date for the next one! Sunday Nov 2nd at 1:30pm at Powderhorn!
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I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
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Tired: "call your local congressman and calmly yet firmly explain why they should reconsider."
Wired:
Wired:
June 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tired: "call your local congressman and calmly yet firmly explain why they should reconsider."
Wired:
Wired:
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![The late DFL House Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, along with their dog Gilbert, lie in state at the MN Capitol on Friday. [shown: two caskets and a pedestal with an urn of ashes]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tm3djotsgwdkml5jn5rpubhd/bafkreihwmvw7g2zlpw6bwmt6jljwvfaxainv3gfks2qctbr3t4eqqjib5m@jpeg)
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President Joe Biden pays his respects to assassinated Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman as she lies in state at the Capitol alongside her husband, Mark, and dog, Gilbert.
June 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
President Joe Biden pays his respects to assassinated Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman as she lies in state at the Capitol alongside her husband, Mark, and dog, Gilbert.
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I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
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BREAKING: New York City's comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
bit.ly
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
BREAKING: New York City's comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.
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Millennials.
Born too late to own a home
Born too early to be spry enough for the coming revolution
Born too late to own a home
Born too early to be spry enough for the coming revolution
June 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Millennials.
Born too late to own a home
Born too early to be spry enough for the coming revolution
Born too late to own a home
Born too early to be spry enough for the coming revolution
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This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
June 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
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The only kings and queens we have in America are the people that turned up today in spite of the threat of violence.
👑 Your crown my lieges.
👑 Your crown my lieges.
June 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The only kings and queens we have in America are the people that turned up today in spite of the threat of violence.
👑 Your crown my lieges.
👑 Your crown my lieges.
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NEW: In the last few hours, Minnesota authorities warned people against attending protests, with a killer on the loose.
This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
DEFIANCE. 👏
#NoKings #50501Movement
(📸 Daviss)
This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
DEFIANCE. 👏
#NoKings #50501Movement
(📸 Daviss)
June 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: In the last few hours, Minnesota authorities warned people against attending protests, with a killer on the loose.
This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
DEFIANCE. 👏
#NoKings #50501Movement
(📸 Daviss)
This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
DEFIANCE. 👏
#NoKings #50501Movement
(📸 Daviss)
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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
June 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
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The reason Trump keeps getting away with his crimes is because police are looking for a guy 6’ 3”, 239 pounds.
June 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The reason Trump keeps getting away with his crimes is because police are looking for a guy 6’ 3”, 239 pounds.
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"if I can't dance, it's not my revolution." - Emma Goldman
June 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"if I can't dance, it's not my revolution." - Emma Goldman
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Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
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UPDATE: David Huerta has been released from the hospital but remains in custody.
His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice."
Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice."
Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
June 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
UPDATE: David Huerta has been released from the hospital but remains in custody.
His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice."
Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice."
Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
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BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered a batch of documents to be unsealed Wednesday in response to a request from a media coalition that includes CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered a batch of documents to be unsealed Wednesday in response to a request from a media coalition that includes CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
Judge orders tranche of documents in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case to be made public
A group of more than a dozen news outlets had asked U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis to make a group of documents filed in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case available to the public.
www.cbsnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered a batch of documents to be unsealed Wednesday in response to a request from a media coalition that includes CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered a batch of documents to be unsealed Wednesday in response to a request from a media coalition that includes CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
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U-Haul's slogan is “Moving Made Easier” but it’s turning into “Hate on the Move.”
Hey @UHaul.com — you better figure out how to stop renting trucks to Patriot Front, or you’re going to be known as the official moving van of white supremacists.
Hey @UHaul.com — you better figure out how to stop renting trucks to Patriot Front, or you’re going to be known as the official moving van of white supremacists.
May 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
U-Haul's slogan is “Moving Made Easier” but it’s turning into “Hate on the Move.”
Hey @UHaul.com — you better figure out how to stop renting trucks to Patriot Front, or you’re going to be known as the official moving van of white supremacists.
Hey @UHaul.com — you better figure out how to stop renting trucks to Patriot Front, or you’re going to be known as the official moving van of white supremacists.
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Please use this image as the reply post to all dems who're trying to compromise right now. You have my blessing.
I got stoned last night and made this and then forgot to post it anyway I stand by it
May 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Please use this image as the reply post to all dems who're trying to compromise right now. You have my blessing.
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A good morning to read about birthright citizenship from the perspective of the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the plaintiff whose case in 1898 affirmed that birthright citizenship is guaranteed to the children of undocumented migrants born in the U.S. wapo.st/3F9Djae
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
wapo.st
May 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A good morning to read about birthright citizenship from the perspective of the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the plaintiff whose case in 1898 affirmed that birthright citizenship is guaranteed to the children of undocumented migrants born in the U.S. wapo.st/3F9Djae
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This is horrifying. What sort of sadists do this to someone?
" ... at the end of the day, when you hold your hand on your chest and you say 'liberty and justice for all,' it should mean something to all of us.”
Interview with the NH man who was detained for two months and mistreated for no good reason. Just an appalling story.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Interview with the NH man who was detained for two months and mistreated for no good reason. Just an appalling story.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention
The green card holder, originally from Germany, plans to pursue legal action for 'dehumanizing' ordeal.
www.wgbh.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is horrifying. What sort of sadists do this to someone?
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I would like to see actual resistance to fascism rooted in a bipartisan concern for public health that advocates for clean air, masking, vaccine uptake, real funding for Long Covid and other chronic diseases, plus an actual climate emergency plan that centers equilibrium over endless growth.
May 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I would like to see actual resistance to fascism rooted in a bipartisan concern for public health that advocates for clean air, masking, vaccine uptake, real funding for Long Covid and other chronic diseases, plus an actual climate emergency plan that centers equilibrium over endless growth.