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Gretchen Pfau

@mariliel.bsky.social
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Campaign wonk, data scientist, feminist, social justice Catholic, bookworm, knitter, morris dancer, and aspirational gardener.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 3h
If you’ll just consult the chart:
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 7h
Soldiers positioned at voting locations is not legal behavior. These are Mississippi National Guard troops at a DC ballot dropbox yesterday. We demand the governors of Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia get your soldiers OUT NOW.
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Dan Wade @dwade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They're bringing back the fucking middle passage.
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ally @inaneenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In Ray Bradbury's story "The Veldt", a couple allow their fully automated house, complete with a nursery that brings to life anything it's occupants imagine, to raise their children. Eventually the children imagine lions into existence to eat their parents.
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charlie @charliestdennis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My name is Charlie “Chuck” St. Dennis, and I’m asking that you write me in on your ballot this November. I don’t have experience as a law enforcement officer, nor am I old enough to file to run. Those are two things that Bob has that I don’t.
Write in Chuck St. Dennis for Ramsey County Sheriff
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charlie @charliestdennis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ramsey County, we have a problem. His name is Bob Fletcher.
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The Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.” story via Cait Kelley www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you live in the following states, TODAY is the last day to register to vote before the midterm elections: Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Texas IWillVote.com
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
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AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 02/10/2026
Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more)
On September 9, 2026, Respondents permitted Pablo F. to exit the building where 
he was detained, but he was immediately swarmed by four ICE officers and handcuffed as 
soon as he stepped outside. (Doc. No. 25-3 at 4:48:45–4:49:26.)3
 The officers drove him
to the back of the Whipple building and returned him to a holding cell. (Doc. No. 21 ¶¶ 8–
9; Doc. No. 25 ¶ 5.) During this encounter, officers dislocated Pablo F.’s shoulder. (Doc. 
No. 21 ¶ 7.)4
 Pablo F. now bringsthis Motion seeking to enforce the Court’s Order granting 
the Petition.Again, Respondents make no attempt whatsoever to support their assertion that 
Pablo F. was released. Absent any such argument, the Court cannot agree that a reasonable 
person would have felt free to leave when exiting the detention facility and immediately 
being stopped by ICE officers. Likewise, absent some argument, the Court necessarily 
concludes that Pablo F. was subject to restraints not shared by the public generally when 
he took one step outside of the detention facility and was immediately stopped by ICE 
officers who forcibly returned him to a detention cell. Because Respondents do not make 
any legal argument that Pablo F. was ever meaningfully released from custody, the Court 
grants the motion and orders Pablo F.’s release.6
6 To be clear, Pablo F. is not arguing, and the Court is not concluding, that an order of 
release in a habeas matter renders unlawful any future arrests. Rather, the Court reaches 
the narrow conclusion that because Respondents advance no legal argument in this case to 
support their assertion that Pablo F. was released from custody, and because the 
uncontested facts show that ICE officers immediately swarmed Pablo F. as soon as he 
stepped out of the building, Pablo F. was not released from custody.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICE has learned to go to where people are less likely to resist. WY. TX. FL. AZ. Infuriating.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
A lot of people are responding with the idea that real judges wouldn’t conduct themselves in this manner and y’all should volunteer for CourtWatch.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 25/09/2026
rolled out of my bed this morning and barreled down Linwood for 10 minutes to have the privilege of watching a neighbor get kidnapped with his son in front of a YMCA and high school, busses full of kids watching, while a kcpd officer joyfully cooperated. It was a car crash. How did ICE know?
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 22/09/2026
We're now well outside the rolling window from when St. Paul's 60-day eviction notice ordinance went into effect, two full 60-day cycles beyond it, and St. Paul evictions are down 13% year over year, while Minneapolis is up 7%. Sure seems like the alleged glut of delayed evictions never came to be
While St. Paul’s eviction filings remain substantially lower year to date (13.3% below 2025) filings increased 12.4% in August.
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Dan Wade @dwade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a big part of why I don't put much stock in the KSTP poll showing a dead heat between Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya. I'm not buying that in Minnesota, a state that felt the full weight of the Trump administration's malice, is 10ish points redder than the national average.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hi if you are in Minneapolis and are this 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog, get medical attention immediately!
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICE activity has been picking up again in Chicago A LOT. If you were previously involved with ICE watch efforts, now is a good time to reengage. I’m going to start wearing a whistle again.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 16/09/2026
In any first-past-the-post electoral system, voting is *always* about harm reduction. That's it.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026
we are all macklemore* *kind of cringe, morally righteous
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Minnesotans who want to know what to do with their PCR: I've got you. Here's a list of a bunch of close legislative races you can donate to (or volunteer in! some are close to the metro!) naomikritzer.com/2026/09/12/e...
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Election 2026: Where To Spend Money/Time
Every year, Minnesota residents can each make a $75 political contribution to a state or local candidate (or major party), fill out a form, and get that money refunded. This is called the Political…
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The measurable impact of Minnesotans helping neighbors during the height of the ICE occupation. Holy shit.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My 16-year-old Korean friend was picked up by the cops for walking by a middle school. "Anyone from the Middle East is an Ay-rab." They dumped him at the edge of town, and told him not to do it again...
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Gretchen Pfau @mariliel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is your regular reminder that if survey results are published, it is almost never a push poll. Push polls are pure marketing to try to trick the "respondents" into listening to messaging. No one is running one of any length, or trying to analyze the data.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
local12.com
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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primevil @primordial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For the non-Minnesotans: yes, there was also a shooting in Minneapolis tonight. We are keeping eyes on both things. We've been living in this weird liminal space between joy & horror for months now. You do just have to take the joy when you can.
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Alice @nolas-socks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Every one of those brave and inspiring people you hear about on the news was exhausted and terrified the whole time. They were sad and angry and wanted to crawl into a hole and not come out. They wished they could have stayed in bed. Then they did it anyway. But they did it scared and sad and tired.
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Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When the story of Metro Surge is told in media, don't for a moment, through the outpouring of solidarity and community building, despite the heroism, forget that it sucked ass every single day and some days it was like the sun had been blocked from the world
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David Zeller @texaszeller.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
From a loss, to a draw that would feel like a win, to an actual win, to a draw that feels like a loss. The #MNUFC experience!
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This one hadnt made it to my feed and hit me pretty hard. Amazing @athenahollins.bsky.social
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Minnesotans love our third spaces, we love our special events, we love our little treats, we love Doing Our Civic Duty, and we love anything we can claim is *distinctly Minnesotan* whether it is or not, and the MN State Fair is like the center of allllllllllll those Venn Diagram circles at once.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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@DHSgov
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
An incredible story. The Iranian Christian woman who wrote “help” on the glass on the hotel in Panama has finally found permanent safety; in Canada. The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
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Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home (Gift Article)
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
but the nice thing is that you don't have to be rich to do it like you can be the Dolly Parton of wherever you are just by supporting your local library or donating to nonprofits that serve trans kids or putting food in free fridges or wearing a mask when you fly
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/08/2026
ICE shot civilians in the street.
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Jaime Fear Her 👻 @bogrosemary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Happy first day of school to my kiddo and thousands more here in occupied DC, right? This is just a little over 30mins ago in front of Wheatley Education Campus, PK3-8th, where we’ve been pushing back against the NG and federal agents (FBI today) staging at and patrolling around our school. #FreeDC
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MaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🪣 Please share💧 I'm calling on every resident of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to select one or more boulevard trees and to give them a big, slow drink of water today via jars, buckets or hoses. Our trees are in crisis and you can make a huge difference. ❤️👍🌳🌲🍁
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musicianapolis @generalmusician.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Uncanny Spider-Man #2 replaced with Spider-Man about to punch someone.
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