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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

so fun fact: recently during the fraud investigations being redone by this season’s feds, MN’s rate of medicaid/medicare fraud was well below the national average nationally, it’s ≈ 6% each year; in minnesota it’s like ≈ 2.5% we know this is vindictive at this point

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/02/2026

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas. Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe. This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Tonight, my Minneapolis neighborhood gathered on street corners and in our local park to mourn Alex Pretti. This is our FOURTH vigil in eight months. No community should have to go through what we're going through.

A photo of a vigil at MLK Park in Minneapolis after the murder of Alex Pretti.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 24/01/2026

see, the problem you have now is not just that you're part of a reviled gang of murdering coward thugs, it's that you have no actual cause with which to justify yourself you've chosen to serve people who believe in nothing beyond their own power, and made enemies of anyone who cares about anything

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab

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Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz

Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home

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Sara @saralovesyou.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It takes less than a minute to call and leave a message in support of this. I think it’s a very reasonable action for the governor to take.

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Defend The Vote @wedefendthevote.org · 19/01/2026

ICE funding could cover a third of SNAP, the entire school lunch program, Section 8 housing vouchers, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a quarter of federal spending on K - 12 education, and a fifth of the costs of disability insurance. www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...

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Opinion | How the money in ICE’s ballooning budget could have been used to help Americans

Philip Bump: Had the Trump administration spent on assistance for Americans in need, rather than on a punitive effort to uproot immigrants — here’s how it might have looked.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including
citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them
ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the
president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal
government doesn't act extrajudicially.
Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota

A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.

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Heather Silsbee @hsilsbee.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Please read this Facebook post from Darnella Frazier about her sister Rekeya, who is in federal custody. For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.

Public Facebook post from Darnella Frazier:
This is my sister. Rekeya Frazier.

Last Wednesday, a number of ICE agents approached her and her boyfriend. They were in an unmarked vehicle and were not all fully dressed in their uniforms. In the world we live in today, you don't know what's real and fake, or what to trust anymore.

Allegedly her boyfriend's student visa was expired and they were questioning him about his immigration status. In the process of doing that, he got extremely scared and hopped in the back seat of my sister's car, allegedly pointing his gun at my sister while she drove to the nearest police station in complete fear. Meanwhile her boyfriend, Bamigboye was on the phone with the police.

My sister is not a criminal. Why would she drive to the police station if she intentionally committed a crime? She was scared, as most of us would be.

Rekeya is 23. A manager, A CNA who's spent countless days saving lives and coming home to her dogs every night. She loves make up, she loves fashion, cooking, and she is very creative. She's built her own little harmless life.

I'm sharing this because my sister is more than a mugshot and a headline. There are REAL families behind these stories.

My sister is currently in federal custody with no voice or outlet. So I will use mine. An expired student visa does not make you a criminal. Neither does seeking help when you feel you are in danger.

If you have read this far, please help spread the word. #SeeSomethingSaySomething

4 photos, 3 of which show Rekeya, a young Black woman dressed up and happy. The 4th is a screenshot of an Alpha News headline with Rekeya and Bamigboye's mugshots with the headline "Two charged with assaulting federal HSI agent who feared 'he was being abducted'"

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Nothing like this should happen anywhere

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines. I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.

Excerpt from "Something Lost, Something Gained," page 229: Welcome to Trump's America. If you live in a major city, the first thing you'll probably notice are the soldiers patrolling the streets outside your window.

NBC News headline: National Guard troops in DC begin carrying firearms

Washington Post headline: Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown

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chelsea g. summers @chelseagsummers.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Affordable housing, nutritious food, clean water, time off, the internet, breathable air, universal healthcare, quick and clean mass transit, and living wages are not luxuries. They're the baseline of human rights.

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So much horror and heartbreak here with good people and their dog assassinated by a violent Christian nationalist zealot brainwashed by popular organizations because this family tried to help people of all backgrounds and situations. Yeah, Jesus would be thrilled at all this hatred sweeping nation.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

i wrote this in late february. now the wave is really crashing. and it still feels like far too many people are pretending it’s not.

I recently told someone that being a journalist right now is like standing on the edge of a beach and watching a tsunami approaching. Other journalists, government workers and activists are on the shoreline with me, and we can all see it clear as day. And we agree we need to warn the others inland.
So we start making calls and telling people this catastrophic wave is about to hit, but the people inland still can’t see it and don’t believe us. Everything looks fine where they are; it’s dry and comfortable. “Let us know when it gets closer,” they say. We try to communicate that every moment of preparation counts, but it’s no use. They’ll only believe it when it’s crashing on their heads.
This week feels like the wave is about to crash.

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 07/06/2025

Please take the time to read, listen, and share this today. Share it via Bluesky or where you can. Spread it via word of mouth. THIS is just one small impact this bill would have. The ability for those to receive services and work in the community would be gone. We cant stand for this

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Waffle House is planning to add 400-kilowatt fast chargers at 50 of its 2,000+ locations across the country. heatmap.news/electric-veh...

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There Is a Perfect Charging Stop, and It’s Waffle House

Smothered, covered, and recharged.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 28/05/2025

before and after today’s glacier collapse that buried 90% of blatten, switzerland

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The persistent claim is that there are so-called "able-bodied" people on Medicaid, and that this is a mistake (they “should never have been on the program”), or worse, “fraud”. This is a mischaracterization of the goals of the current Medicaid program open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

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Medicaid debate: Focus on "able-bodied" Medicaid recipients is aimed at scaling back Obamacare

In the Medicaid debate now raging on Capitol Hill, there is a great deal of confusion about basic facts about the Medicaid population. Some of it stems from mischaracterization of those on Medicaid.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This tacky piece of shit looks like they found a design team from 1979 and paid them in cocaine.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The headline is deeply misleading. You can’t suspend habeas corpus just “for migrants.” As we’ve seen, ICE will pick *anyone* up. If you have legal status but no right to habeas corpus, you’ll have no ability to challenge your detention or deportation. Suspension for some is suspension for all.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

🧵 Essential read

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 07/04/2025

What is certain, however, is that right now, people are scrambling to protect their businesses, their retirements, and their corporate empires. And regardless of what ideology anyone has, when you fuck with people's money, they will fight back /end

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

It's critical for people to be active, getting organized at the state level not just in conventional political ways but also to operate within and buttress their state govts for Trump's coming onslaught talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/get-a...

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Get Active at the State Level Too

I get asked a lot about what ordinary people should do to...

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The admin officials talking about using tariffs to return manufacturing to the US a.) do not know anything about trade, b.) do not understand how tariffs work, c.) do not understand how global supply chains work, d.) do not understand what a modest percentage of overall output, trade or jobs...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me

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Heidi Przybyla 🎤✍️ @heidireports.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment. The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

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The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow

In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

You youngsters wouldn't know this. But: phone people for Soc Sec admin are actually *great.* My wife has been dealing w them before/after death of her mother, at 102. Entirely diff from AI-based, phone-tree-maze, outsourced hell of airline/insurance/warranty phone "support." Informed + competent.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

"A little disruption" is what Trump calls economic hardship for all Americans outside the 1%. "A little disruption" is code for "it's going to hurt you more than it hurts me." "A little disruption" is a warning that the folks living in the billionaire bubble are going to make your lives miserable.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is your periodic reminder that if you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, AJC, ChiTrib, LA Times, Star Tribune, and much more all the way back to the 80s. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule!

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eLibrary Minnesota: News & Magazine resources: Home

Resources for news and magazines in ELM.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care. They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely. This won’t just harm people. This will kill people. They own this.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior. We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.

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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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