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SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA
TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT
STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS.
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX.
ICE OUT NOW
SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)

SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS. WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX. ICE OUT NOW SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)

tonight:

24.01.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership ofΒ 250,000 landless poor and is r...

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

24.01.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 15440 πŸ” 6228 πŸ’¬ 368 πŸ“Œ 224

the june lake & bloomington federal raid in minneapolis feels like so long ago. but because crime watch kept naming me directly, i met with an experienced activist afterwards and they said something that stuck with me, like β€œat the end of these four years, we’re all gonna be on a list”

23.01.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers

22.01.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 11618 πŸ” 3770 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 110

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.

It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyesβ€”dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.

This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

20.01.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 7884 πŸ” 1918 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 59

They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.

18.01.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 9427 πŸ” 2816 πŸ’¬ 350 πŸ“Œ 99
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Come to our cottage! πŸ₯° And by cottage, we mean our upcoming "Know Your Rights" Business Canvasses in Longfellow today from 1:30-3:30 and in North Minneapolis on Sunday, January 25th from 3:30-5:30. Find the signup links here: buff.ly/rnvJcLx

18.01.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Local pizza joint leads insurgency against federal paramilitary forces.

Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...

14.01.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 3361 πŸ” 1021 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 98
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If you think this is just β€œonline-radicalized protesters,” you’re not paying attention. People have seen the videos: folks dragged from cars, tear-gassed, kids pulled off the job.

Prosecutors are resigning, cops aren’t being investigated, and somehow the victims get labeled β€œterrorists.”

14.01.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 3152 πŸ” 1010 πŸ’¬ 175 πŸ“Œ 47
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And a few more #ICEoutMN #ICEoutforGood #AitkinMN

13.01.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few pictures from tiny Aitkin (MN) today. Folks here have been protesting weekly for almost a year now. Today we said #ICEOutforGood

13.01.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@governorwalz.mn.gov

Hello Governor,

While we're under siege here, it'd be a great time for you to use the emergency power to pause evictions. I know you can't actually do much, but you can do that. Thanks.

12.01.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.

They sing: β€œThis is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”

11.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 3978 πŸ” 1082 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 73

Stay strong, Minnesota. We gotta have each other’s backs.

12.01.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope someone makes a compilation reel: ICE vs. ice. These guys are dipshits.

12.01.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So now he’s holding the Fed hostage? Great.

12.01.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities.

This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.

11.01.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 5755 πŸ” 2011 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 81
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledges to surge hundreds more right wing paramilitary fighters into Minneapolis neighborhoods to make sure the nice older lady next door gets a face full of pepper spray.
youtu.be/9E4zpAsoJYU?...

12.01.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The Nobel Committee has rejected Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's idiotic attempt to share the Nobel Peace Prize with the orange felon.

Good, they need to strip it away from her now she disgracefully tried to trade it to a tyrant for political power.

12.01.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 5904 πŸ” 1145 πŸ’¬ 271 πŸ“Œ 67

This is terror. #FUCKIce

11.01.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can’t make this shit up. 12 ice agents and 6 cars trying to break into the car they locked themselves out of

10.01.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 946 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 37

A brutal reminder of the human toll of our convenience… Here’s a picture of a person who was abducted by ICE being forced to board a deportation flight still wearing their Amazon delivery uniform.

11.01.2026 05:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Many news outlets, including CBS News New York, were excluded from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first official City Hall press conference Wednesday.

CBS was in touch with the mayor's team all day. Our reporters were told the room was at capacity. We offered to go in with just a cellphone and were told "maybe," but ultimately, we were excluded, along with other outlets.

The decision is raising questions about media access and transparency.

Many news outlets, including CBS News New York, were excluded from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first official City Hall press conference Wednesday. CBS was in touch with the mayor's team all day. Our reporters were told the room was at capacity. We offered to go in with just a cellphone and were told "maybe," but ultimately, we were excluded, along with other outlets. The decision is raising questions about media access and transparency.

LOOOOLLLLL

State propaganda organ denied access to opposition leader event, whine about it

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

11.01.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 1046 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 26
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they want you to think minneapolis is dangerous. more of brass solidarity band performing today at powderhorn park at the anti ICE protest after their agent killed renee good. the band is made up of community members around george floyd square and they bring joy to every action they appear at

11.01.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 1910 πŸ” 515 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 34
Photo through the windshield of a car showing an armored police vehicle driving on Nicollet

Photo through the windshield of a car showing an armored police vehicle driving on Nicollet

This is Minneapolis:

-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you

10.01.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 9961 πŸ” 3015 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 167
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

10.01.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 32569 πŸ” 16606 πŸ’¬ 4444 πŸ“Œ 3643

This is devastating. ICE terrorizing two women β€” one a mother holding her newborn baby, the other a Door Dash driver who’d just brought her a meal. Just another day of the occupation of Minneapolis.

11.01.2026 05:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a lot of people think the cops should be allowed to shoot you dead if you disrespect them. No word on what you should be allowed to do when the cops disrespect you.

10.01.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 7206 πŸ” 1574 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Panning the crowd at MIRAC ICE OUT! Rally in Minneapolis. Impossible to capture the scale. Thousands of people, in frigid temps, saying we love our neighbors & our city #FuckICE #ICEout #Minneapolis

11.01.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn’t come close, but I think this gives me some sense of what my Black and Native and immigrant neighbors experience all the time. It’s not right, you’re not wrong to be angry. I hate what this American nightmare has done to all of us and to our relationships. We are powerful together.

11.01.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0