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Little Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 2h

“I cannot accept that we would send someone to an unfamiliar country and leave safety as somebody else’s problem,” said Iowa City Councilor Mazahir Salih yesterday. “I cannot accept that a family continues to be separated without even those responsible blinking an eye.”

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Hundreds rally to free Iowa City mother seized by ICE and facing third-country deportation; Miller-Meeks asks for stay from DHS - Little Village

Early last Thursday morning, ICE agents seized a longtime Iowa City resident as she was preparing to drive to work with her sister. Fatou Traore came to the United States in 2005 from the Ivory Coast ...

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Little Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 2h

“The kids are asking about her, and I don’t have answers,” Fatou Traore's 19-year-old son said of his younger brothers. “All I can do is tell them stay strong, your mom will be home soon.” “It’s really hard on me, too, but I try my best not to show that. Because I have people to stay strong for.”

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Hundreds rally to free Iowa City mother seized by ICE and facing third-country deportation; Miller-Meeks asks for stay from DHS - Little Village

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Jene O'Ween @luckymud.myatproto.social · 2h

I'm really looking forward to eventually having a mayor that doesn't hate us.

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bowie deschanel @raisingonebrow.bsky.social · 3h

One thing that stands out in the redacted document is that a high ranking officer - presumably Axel Henry - was on board with ICE; saw immigration as a black-and-white issue. SPPD were of course collaborating with ICE, and Mayor Her did nothing to stop it.

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 6h

it is so crazy the world cis men get to live in and they don’t even know

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 6h

Cops are not there to help you when you’ve been viciously violated: exhibit 1,000,000,000

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 7h

Good family attorneys sue fed officials/agents under the KKK Act. Attorney Ben Berkman: "Renee's death was the predictable result of a coordinated campaign by senior administration officials, a campaign to silence Somali and Hispanic Minnesotans and to silence anyone who dared to raise their voice."

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 8h

People think of executions the same way they do the cops where there's an assumption that because it's such a heavy responsibility it must be all experts and pros back there instead of frequently incompetent/apathetic/underfunded bureaucrats trying to find the most efficient way to end a life

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Becca Esche @beccasaintpaul.bsky.social · 10h

In March, Mayor Her refused to hire outside investigators to look into SPPD's collusion with ICE/abuse of chemical weapons. I guess this is why.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 12h

it’s good to remind people today we aren’t going to trauma-inform our way to “more humane” forms of caging and execution

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 21h

It is not permitted to request jury nullification during a trial but it is permissible to discuss it abstractly. Jury nullification is the synthesis of two rules. First, the prosecution cannot appeal a jury verdict of not guilty. Second, a jury issuing a verdict of not guilty need not explain itself

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 19h

Even when it's not botched, the death penalty is barbaric and should be abolished. Minnesotans are no less safe because we don't have state-sponsored murders.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20h

There's basically no way to have a constructive conversation about this online, especially when people are so reasonably hurt and upset.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20h

I am incensed by sexual violence, and also angry that the systems that have disappointed people are actually working as intended. A system's purpose is what it does. It's pretty hard to make progress without acknowledging that.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Statement from Christa Pike's lawyers: ”Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a lawful execution. ... Christa is being treated at a nearby hospital. We have not been informed as to her condition.” www.lawdork.com/p/the-big-pr...

Statement from Christa Pike's attorneys Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason from the TN
Office of the Post Conviction Defender, and Stephen Ferrell and Luke Ihnen from Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee
Tonight the State of Tennessee once again failed to carry out a lawful execution. We take no pleasure in being right, but the concerns raised by Ms. Pike proved to be true: difficult vein access, blown veins, degraded pentobarbital, no emergency medical care available when things inevitably go wrong, all under a protocol that remains veiled in secrecy.
Christa is being treated at a nearby hospital. We have not been informed as to her condition.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 21h

In no circumstances ever should the state be murdering people. Judicial or extrajudicial. Period.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 30/09/2026

Twin Cities, united in fruitlessly hoping their mayor resigns

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

misandry is not real there are no exceptions

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Democrats have finally found what they believe is a winning message: Reminding voters that former President Trump pressured Republicans to kill a bipartisan bill that would impose tougher border controls and make it harder to get asylum.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Harris' immediate goal is to signal to moderate voters that she will be an aggressive enforcer of the law and keep migration in check.
After struggling on the issue, Democrats have finally found what they believe is a winning message:
Reminding voters that former President Trump pressured Republicans to kill a bipartisan bill that would impose tougher border controls and make it harder to get asylum.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

show me a democrat that ran in 24 on a humane and compassionate response to the republican plan of ethnic cleansing. there were none

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neuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

but, also, no it fucking was not covered as much and as seriously as it should have been, i remember discussing this with friends at the time. it was treated as a distasteful but shallow promise with very little dedicated coverage. our leaders in both politics and the media failed to lead (again).

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 29/09/2026

it is very hard to experience things that are very bad but getting slowly better with every inch of improvement paid for dearly and then see it washed away

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the fact that dems are up in the polls is because a moldy loaf of bread would be up in the polls against republicans under current conditions but certain people are going to claim backpedaling on trans rights was a good strategy because of it

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/09/2026

mukhtar ibrahim, founder of the sahan journal, and ubah ali, a former WCCO reporter, have just launched the somali brief, an independent media outlet where somali americans can tell their own stories www.thesomalibrief.com

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The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ok i heard choosin’ texas for the first time last year and could probably name 10 ed sheeran songs so everybody has to listen to my election opinions. i didn’t make this rule

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“steal plant coming to iowa” it’s actually “rob sand” but call him whatever idc

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Rock Hard Caucus @rockhardcauc.us · 28/09/2026

RHC 267 is out! Here's a clip of us discussing the Johnson County Sheriff keeping a guy in jail several days past his sentence so ICE could come get him. Vote no on the new jail 😊 Listen to the full episode wherever you get podcasts or click here: www.patreon.com/rockhardcauc...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 28/09/2026

It's too grim to face the situation we are in, every time these cases come out in the news, which is there there is no law, policy, or policing remedy to sexual violence, and definitely not one that is capable of ending sexual violence.

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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Second and third ring suburbs have been hit hard in the last few weeks.

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Machine Gun Netiquette @nodurians.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

look, this type of communist talk may go over just fine in Kentucky, but good luck trying it in Washington state

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The Rooster @rooster.info · 28/09/2026

Damn it’s that easy???

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

today the letter that made me cry said that getting books makes her feel like she has a choice in something because she says what kind of books she wants and we listen to her

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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yo!

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ceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026

over the next few years you are going to see kids posting infinite variations of “millennials always wait until the end of the transaction to scan their card 🙄” and it is your sacred duty to not let that turn you into a turbochud

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

obviously statler and waldorf explored each other's bodies. but did they roast one another the entire time

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Among the ICE abductions reported yesterday was a ~7:20 a.m. incident in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood. Per video shared online, ICE agents surrounded a car with a child in it, smashed the window and took the man in the driver's seat, as the woman next to him cried and prayed.

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ashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hate him. I will hate him forever. to me, that’s his legacy

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/09/2026

Please help Sanctuary Supply Depot help our neighbors! They do such important work on a tight budget, and they are in need of funds to meet demand right now. linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

before my family moved back to iowa when i was a kid i didn’t get why my mom was so sad about it all the time and still got her hometown paper and cried about it to michael buble songs and shit. i owe her an apology about this one (1) thing

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please help. People's needs always increase this time of year but this year is even greater than usual, and when we run out of tents people are sleeping unsheltered. Finances are tight for everyone but how far are any of us from homelessness?

Weeknight drop-ins have tripled we are tired and out of money. Please donate via the links in our bio so we can continue to support unhoused people.

We cannot keep up with the demand caused by current situations in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, we need financial support.

$18K would allow us to give out additional $0.10 weekly (tent tarp sleeping bag hygiene kit undies) per week through February.

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the thing about the iced coffee is that basically no one looking can get a job right now every employer is a tyrant and if you’re unemployed for too long this country will let you die

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Abby Sliva @abbysliva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The iced coffee discourse is a psyop by big employer to present the illusion that they are holding job interviews

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Iced coffee thing seems like pretty obviously trying to prime people to blame themselves for struggling in a market weighed down with ghost jobs and AI bullshit

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bowie deschanel @raisingonebrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't want to alarm people but I do want to inform: ICE activitiy is picking up in the Twin Cities. We're not at Surge levels, but it's something we predicted: As Trump gets shut-out on other parts of his agenda, he will return his focus to cruelty to immigrants and people of color.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.

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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)

A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

there is literally no good reason to be skittish about this issue in this state in this year. NONE.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

Typically, when cities are burning in the United States it’s been in response to policing not in the absence of it.

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Flan @flanknits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Drop in traffic at @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social has tripled over the last few months, as needs have increased due to city actions in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul. We need to boost fundraising so we can increase capacity - please help if you can! SupplyDepotMpls.com for all the links

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