Lorrie Wood (Clewara Hedwi)
@lwood999.bsky.social
Well-meaning somewhat ominous cryptid.
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fwiw this is the kind of stuff that is going to get us through, not playing rambo
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
fwiw this is the kind of stuff that is going to get us through, not playing rambo
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Fun fact: Black Panthers doing perfectly legal (at the time) open carry in CA in the 1960s spurred then-Governor Reagan to sign the Mulford Act into law in 1965, prohibiting it.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Fun fact: Black Panthers doing perfectly legal (at the time) open carry in CA in the 1960s spurred then-Governor Reagan to sign the Mulford Act into law in 1965, prohibiting it.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
These people have no consistent politics outside a desperate, leering need to keep hold of power and privilege.
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It's the Karen presidency. Everything going on is because one dumb old asshole didn't get his way and now it's everyone's problem
every single goddam crisis happening right now is self imposed
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's the Karen presidency. Everything going on is because one dumb old asshole didn't get his way and now it's everyone's problem
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
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Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled
www.twincities.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
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January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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PLEASE ARE THERE NOT TEN RIGHTEOUS SENATORS IN SODOM WHO CAN SHOW UP AND GRAB THE WHEEL HERE
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 AM
PLEASE ARE THERE NOT TEN RIGHTEOUS SENATORS IN SODOM WHO CAN SHOW UP AND GRAB THE WHEEL HERE
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This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
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Your favorite politicians can't say "Abolish ICE," even though they know that the USA protected its borders just fine before ICE was formed just 20 years ago.🤷🏿♂️
They can't say it even though they know that ICE's mission is violent, unnecessary, anti-democratic, and explicitly white nationalist.🤷🏿♂️
They can't say it even though they know that ICE's mission is violent, unnecessary, anti-democratic, and explicitly white nationalist.🤷🏿♂️
January 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Your favorite politicians can't say "Abolish ICE," even though they know that the USA protected its borders just fine before ICE was formed just 20 years ago.🤷🏿♂️
They can't say it even though they know that ICE's mission is violent, unnecessary, anti-democratic, and explicitly white nationalist.🤷🏿♂️
They can't say it even though they know that ICE's mission is violent, unnecessary, anti-democratic, and explicitly white nationalist.🤷🏿♂️
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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I can’t stop saying this enough. We are no longer protesting. We are resisting an out of control federal government, and our local government is not helping.
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I can’t stop saying this enough. We are no longer protesting. We are resisting an out of control federal government, and our local government is not helping.
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He really is doing all of it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
He really is doing all of it.
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Demonstrator says ICE in Minneapolis are staging in Wisconsin at Baymont by Wyndham and sending them into Mpls; says the person registering the rooms is named John Stamil.
Has packets of instructions and phone numbers and names they say is from an ICE agent.
Has packets of instructions and phone numbers and names they say is from an ICE agent.
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Demonstrator says ICE in Minneapolis are staging in Wisconsin at Baymont by Wyndham and sending them into Mpls; says the person registering the rooms is named John Stamil.
Has packets of instructions and phone numbers and names they say is from an ICE agent.
Has packets of instructions and phone numbers and names they say is from an ICE agent.
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A concert? in Seattle?? with proactive covid-safety measures??? in MY feed????
It's more likely than you think!
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It's more likely than you think!
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Clean Air Events...Presents: Mollylele, Mai Li Pittard, Susan Palmer & Ian Johnson
Clean Air Events presents Mollylele, Mai Li Pittard, Susan Palmer & Ian Johnson — a COVID-safer evening of ukulele folk, Yiddish cabaret-punk klezmer, and jazz in Lower Queen Anne, Seattle. Sliding sc...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
A concert? in Seattle?? with proactive covid-safety measures??? in MY feed????
It's more likely than you think!
cleanaireventspresents.ticketspice.com/mollylele
It's more likely than you think!
cleanaireventspresents.ticketspice.com/mollylele
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On Jan. 14, a U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing framed as an inquiry into the safety of medication abortion. In reality, it will be an opportunity for the committee’s antiabortion majority to showcase junk science and misleading narratives to undermine access to mifepristone.
Junk In, Junk Out: What to Expect From the Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Medication Abortion
What to expect from the Senate HELP Committee hearing on medication abortion: undermining decades of scientific consensus on the safety of mifepristone
msmagazine.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
On Jan. 14, a U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing framed as an inquiry into the safety of medication abortion. In reality, it will be an opportunity for the committee’s antiabortion majority to showcase junk science and misleading narratives to undermine access to mifepristone.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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If You Think MAGA Journalism Is Bad Now, Just Wait. The mayhem in Minnesota is partially the fault of one pup “reporter” chasing clicks. www.thebulwark.com/p/if-you-thi...
If You Think MAGA Journalism Is Bad Now, Just Wait
The mayhem in Minnesota is partially the fault of one pup “reporter” chasing clicks.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
If You Think MAGA Journalism Is Bad Now, Just Wait. The mayhem in Minnesota is partially the fault of one pup “reporter” chasing clicks. www.thebulwark.com/p/if-you-thi...
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I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.