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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara is from Belleville, NJ. In 2025, My Chemical Romance received the key to the city (township) of Belleville.
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Kare 11 livestream from the scene of another shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis.
www.youtube.com/live/xN6PO0W...
BREAKING: Report of shooting involving federal law enforcement in north Minneapolis
The City of Minneapolis says it's aware of a report of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in north Minneapolis.https://www.kare11.com/article/news/...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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DHS confirms agent shot a man in Minneapolis: The agency said a man from Venezuela was shot and a law enforcement officer was injured following a traffic stop Wednesday night.

The Star Tribune is working to confirm these details.
Live: Federal agent shoots, injures man in north Minneapolis
Gov. Tim Walz addressed Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in the state. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minnesota.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Federal agents appear to be leaving the scene of a reported shooting in north Minneapolis. We're on the scene. Follow updates here. bit.ly/49EmT4O
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I'm at an indie theater for a screening of a 1950s Italian film and everyone else here is a man. absolute nightmare fuel, or gender affirming care?
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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Local pizza joint leads insurgency against federal paramilitary forces.

Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
white women still think showing up in a handmaid's tale outfit is profound
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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Video of woman taken from bus stop in Minneapolis today. "They just jumped out, four people on a random woman sitting at the bus stop. That's crazy bro. And grabbed her. They didn't ask for ID or nothin."
youtu.be/E4HluOwT8B0?...
New video shows encounter with federal agents in Minneapolis
MS NOW Senior Contributing Editor Michele Norris reports from Minnesota to detail what it is like on the ground there as federal agents continue their crackdown in Minneapolis. This comes after the…
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
it's okay that you eat something called "cottage cheese taco bowl" I just don't want that kind of lifestyle shoved down my throat. embrace tradition (corn tortillas)
January 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Bought a CD player and it seems to have stopped detecting CD use and I am devastated
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
i imagine my neighbors appreciated fried potato week over sautéed cabbage week
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
day 2 of chicken nuggets served on a bed of sautéed cabbage
chicken nuggets served on a bed of sautéed cabbage
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I exclusively give cash to people tryna buy a 40
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
chicken nuggets served on a bed of sautéed cabbage
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
incredibly proud of the city i live in and grateful for the decision to move here tbh
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
tshirt idea: "peanut butter is a legume spread." nondescript peanut butter jar
January 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
read Dune
January 11, 2026 at 10:41 AM
fine, I'll say it. I wish I was born in Minnesota, not Iowa. I wish I was raised Catholic, not Protestant. And, I wish I had lived in the city, not New Jersey fuckin PSYCH (the Catholic one is real, though)
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM
my precious (imstagram)
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
laugh react and unfriend tbh
January 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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@mfelocal59.bsky.social & @educationmn.bsky.social are standing up for students’ right to safe, welcoming public schools — speaking out against ICE activity near school buildings and making clear that protecting kids is a moral responsibility.

🗣️ www.fox9.com/news/educati...
#PublicSchoolProud
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
from world-famous Paterson, NJ
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM