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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Right, it’s such a huge deal, and so bad, so far-reaching, so beyond anything that’s come before that…we should just keep it shut. To preserve the wonderful peace & security we’re enjoying right now. BY THE WAY THE ONLY WAY TO GET HOPE IS BY EMPTYING PANDORA’S BOX.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 05/02/2026

“Residents have every right and should be demanding that, ‘Hey, state authorities, police, local police: Protect us. Arrest people who kill us, who batter us, who point guns at us and threaten and assault us without legal cause to do so.’” www.propublica.org/article/why-...

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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”

It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

My musical contribution to the times. It's to the melody of The Rambling Rover, my favorite version of which was done by the late great Andy Stewart.

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Together We'll Change The World

YouTube video by Fred Keller

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floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

That means ~815k Minnesotans participated in the shutdown and ~310k in the strike. That would make Minnesota’s January 23 general strike one of the largest in history.

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Please allow people to work from home and have an eviction moratorium. These two things can help people suffering a lot more than calls for this to end.

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MisterMPLS @mistermpls.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 31/01/2026

if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here. we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The French had a better solution back in the day.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Who wore it better?

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

18 people demonstrating out in the cold this evening in Sandstone, MN...Stauber country.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner: “This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.” #ICEoffOurStreets

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 29/01/2026

With so much info flying around, just want to uplift this link to specific calls-to-action from a coalition of *Minnesota* immigrant rights orgs: iceoutnowmn.com (resharing without the image; that's a longer conversation but the link is still worth amplifying)

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

So they'll take footage. They'll never release it. So we know who kills another US citizen or deports a child. They're won't be any recourse or punishment, only pardons. This is like like dabbing with a hanky after you shat yourself. How about "release the Epstein Files and shut down DHS"?

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Another corporate Clinton-style democrat who can't seem to read the emotional tone of the room. If it's her or Mike Lindell, I'll vote for her. Otherwise...any. other. liberal.

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Also don't pretend secrecy can truly protect you. We are citizens, not MI5/CIA/KGB. Musk liberated so much personal info during DOGE purges that you're already on a list. And that's another thing: Let's all get on the list. When we're all on the list what will they do?

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Pete Stauber: Had you 1/100th of the bravery & conviction of Ilhan Omar, you'd pull your turtle head out of Trump's ass & answer some questions. Quit selling us out. Get your grubby hands off the Boundary Waters. Dismantle DHS, remove Noem, Miller, and the rest, and get in line with the state.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“I think it’s time to pull out of Minnesota, that battle is lost," a Border Patrol agent said in a private chat I obtained: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads

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ICE Unloads

Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”

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Anton Treuer @antontreuer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Ningizo = S/he melts Bonus sentence: Ningizo mikwam = the ice melts Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice #melt

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Even in Minnesota's hinterlands the organizing strengthens. Took part in a marvelous training and community building call last night and I'm energized. Every step leads us closer to the mountain top.

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Seeing as how he's a 2nd gen Italian immigrant couldn't we call him Il Douche?

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

:) Been on social media long enough to not take affront when I can't see body language. Good on you. I'm not on the front lines here in outstate MN but I donated this past wknd. Share the love

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Harlan Ellison called it an Aladdin's Cave of Wonders once and it is. A significant portion of my meager income winds up there liberating my books that somehow Greg has in his store.

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floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Whittier, Minneapolis vibe check

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We'll fucking swap em for the unredacted Epstein Files

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

You think you need to just break the Twin Cities and you'll have us. MF'ers, there's waves of us.

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 25/01/2026

They’re losing

From the New York Times: Representative James Comer, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said on Fox News that President Trump should consider removing ICE agents from Minneapolis and sending them to another state. If "there's a
chance of losing more innocent lives or whatever," Comer said, "then maybe go to another city and let the people of Minneapolis
decide: Do we want to continue to have all of these illegals?"

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Can we in MN turn ICE Barbie's unhinged demands into our version of the Epstein Files? Promise to deliver them, get ICE the fuck out, and then say...uhhh...ope? Not sure where those little buggers got to

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I wrote a book of true stories from MN History and the songs that I wrote to go with them. Many of these show how people came together when times were tough. It's un-Minnesotan to brag on oneself so I'll undercut the pitch by saying I didn't make the cut in the MN Book Awards

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Drifting Down the Kettle – Book | The Deep North - The Skally Line

Minnesota History in Stories and Songs with words and music by Fred Keller Minnesota History in Stories and Songs with words and music by Fred Keller

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The Jack of Kingfield @thejackofkingfield.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Mood in minneapolis right now

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We may have to absorb this now so people across the country can see and learn. But there will be a reckoning one day.

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

How many human rights violations are you prepared to overlook? While the thugs do whatever they want, we are pretending that phone calls will pressure them? Unbelievable.

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Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/b…

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Fred the mando picker @mandofred.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

As many as 80 in Cloquet and numerous other smaller places--those of us in greater MN are doing the work.

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