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Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

This is who runs this account

February 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

Im reasonably sure this whole MN situation is due to Tom Emmer wanting to be governor and possibly president

January 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

Leopards eating faces part infinity

Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 16d

Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...

Voting for Trump — and regretting it
Sharif, the Madina Mall shop owner who fears she may have to return to the bad old days of having a boss, gave out an exasperated sigh.

“Would you believe if I told you I voted for this man?” she said, referring to Trump.

Sharif is not politically active, but in 2024, some campaigners came to her shop and told her that Trump would be good for business and against the LGBTQ agenda.

“I was immediately hooked,” she said. She voted Republican for the first time.

Now, chagrined, she said, “I never thought the man I put in office would come for my family, make me financially struggle and cause me so much fear that I carry my passport when I go to the bathroom,” she said, pointing at the mall’s bathrooms.

“I feel as though the weapon I built is coming to kill me and my people,” she said.

January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

Apartheid ended largely because South Africa was banned from international sporting events!

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 17d

Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.

January 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

I've been hearing a lot of helicopters in the past 24 hours. I live in St Paul across the river from MSP, and this is an unusual amount of activity

January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

I will say, it's obviously much harder than it seems to oppose authoritarianism. In history class, we think--why did ordinary Germans allow this, they should've fought back! Im proud of my neighbors for resisting, but its a bright spot amidst a sea of Vichy collaborators.

January 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

Minnesota lawyers, here's a place to start if you want to help. Im retired and don't have a license anymore; otherwise I'd sign up

Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24d

For lawyers in Minnesota who want to resist the ICE occupation: forms.gle/YK9mVYTft1Lt...

So many folks in our legal community are ready and eager to get involved. But right now, a lot of work is being done in a decentralized way, by groups without bandwidth to organize. Let's coordinate efforts.

Minnesota Immigration Legal Response Clearinghouse intake form

MILRC is an attempt to coordinate legal resources between the various coalitions and organizations responding to the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. By submitting information, you agree that we may...

forms.gle

January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

I find this deeply satisfying

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 27d

Man I really underestimated how bad it’s gotta feel to get verbally abused through a bullhorn by someone with a Minnesota accent

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 27d

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 6:08 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

Philando Castile

George Floyd

Renee Good

Im so tired of seeing law enforcement killing innocent people

January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM

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Sherrilyn Ifill

@sifill.bsky.social

Make it viral.

January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM

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Daniel Suitor

@danielsuitor.com

This is the video.

January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM

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Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

Read former special counsel Jack Smith’s transcript before the House Committee on the Judiciary here:

judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C.
DEPOSITION OF: JACK SMITH
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Washington, D.C.
The deposition in the above matter was held in room 2237, Rayburn House Office
Building, commencing at 10:05 a.m.
Present: Jordan, Biggs, McClintock, Nehls, Kiley, Fry, Grothman, Knott, Onder,
Harris, Fitzgerald, Gooden, Cline, Schmidt, Raskin, Lofgren, Scanlon, Balint, Moskowitz, Goldman, Cohen, Neguse, Crockett, Johnson, and Jayapal.

December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM

Natalie Wyatt-Brown

@nataliewb.bsky.social

My dentist is apparently a republican and was complaining that Lindell is too crazy to be governor. He's connected enough that he knew Lindell's plans weeks before the announcement. Somehow I don't think Trump's endorsement will take him over the top

Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · Dec 21

Trump endorsed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor saying he "deserves" it after his "legal and financial woes" from pushing 2020 election conspiracy theories. Qualifications: bankrupt from lying about voter fraud. Perfect for this administration. Peak idiocracy.

December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM