“I get so tired of the idea that progressives have gone too far in asserting that every human being deserves human rights when people are being shot in the streets of Minneapolis.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
Months of work and millions of dollars raised by thousands of our residents to help keep people in their homes comes down to the signature of one person. We’re calling on Mayor Frey to sign Pause Evictions, Save Lives. This policy temporarily gives residents 30 more days to help prevent evictions.
For those helping Minnesota families impacted by ICE: @cubmn.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on 3/12 at 6:30pm on how to set up payment plans for past-due utility bills, access utility bill assistance programs, and other helpful info.
Register here: cubminnesota.org/utility-bill...
Most people might interpret this as a common-sense approach to buy immigrant families time to catch up and stay housed after ICE forced them into hiding, without income, for months. Mayor Frey, on the other hand, appears poised to veto it despite the catastrophic implications.
Utility Bill Assistance & Know Your Rights Webinar | March 12, 6:30pm Text over a blue background. Picture of a utility bill with cash spread out over it.
Are you struggling to keep up with utility bills? Are you helping your neighbors behind on their electric or gas bills?
Register for CUB's Utility Bill Training to get up to speed on the ins-and-outs of utility bills. Register here: www.bit.ly/UtilityBillTraining
📅March 12 6:30pm
📍Zoom Webinar
Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai to Chief Brian O'Hara: “You show up to the scene and you see federal agents pointing their weapons at people, and you don’t feel a duty to protect the residents of this community and instead choose to leave the scene?” (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.
“To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”
"I fear some [council members] are indifferent." Have you paid someone's rent, organized a fundraiser, gone on patrol, found someone an attorney, done someone's laundry, delivered groceries, held a baby of someone sheltering in fear? "If not you may be too far removed to have good judgment."
A major beneficiary of this news is private equity giant BlackRock, which recently acquired the utility that will provide power to this data center. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission signed off on BlackRock's Minnesota Power takeover despite strong objections from consumer advocates.
WCCO YouTube thumbnail of Bovino launching gas grenades into Mueller Park. headline: "did you see feds commit crimes in Minneapolis?"
Hennepin County Attorney debuts new evidence portal. Submit evidence you may have of federal agents conducting lawless rampages.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
Note: this is different from the now-closed portal for evidence related to the Renee Good and Alex Pretti murders.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis-based Xcel raked in $2 billion in profits for 2025. That's 4000x what @cubmn.bsky.social is trying to raise to keep immigrant families safe and warm.
Imagine sheltering in place without power, much less putting life back together after a federal occupation upended everything.
While Xcel and CenterPoint quietly agreed to pause disconnections for February, it's March now.
After rent was due again yesterday, assistance funds are sapped. Compounding the problem, many households are months behind on gas and electric bills. That's hundreds of dollars, or more, owed. For each.
Immigrant families in MN are facing yet another crisis you haven't heard much about: utility shutoffs.
ICE has forced folks out of work for months but bills are due. @cubmn.bsky.social has raised enough for 60+ households, but thousands more need help keeping the lights on: bit.ly/UtilityBillFundMN
It’s day 89 of the ICE occupation of MN.
It may seem as if everyone in MN is furiously raising rent for our neighbors, trying to prevent a massive eviction crisis on top of the federal occupation.
That’s because Minnesotans know that we keep each other safe, and no one is coming to save us.
In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.
“The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government to comply with court orders." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/27/c...
NEED MET! I will apply any extra funds to other urgent needs, or folks can give here too: www.givemn.org/story/folwel...
NEED MET! This rent is covered plus a little extra we’ll put toward other urgent needs. Stuff is real bad but people are so good. Thank you all for seeing and supporting Minnesota.
Now we’re at $850/$900! You people are the absolute best. It has been so beautiful to see people showing up for each other, over and over again.
Ope! Make that $750/$900! Let’s get this immigrant family’s rent paiddd
Holy cow, $700/$900 now means we’re over three-quarters of the way to meeting this rent need. Just a little ways left to go…
$650/900! So close to getting this rent covered. If we hit the goal it’ll be the sixth one(!!!) we cover for March. You guys rule.
Venmo @karleekarleekarlee 🏠
Heck yeah, we’re already at $600/$900 for this family! They live in a neighborhood that’s been heavily impacted by the federal occupation.
Venmo @karleekarleekarlee if you want to pitch in too.
Rent is very due and Minneapolis aid funds are very depleted. Thousands of people haven’t been able to work in nearly 3 months due to ICE.
Trying to help one more family that needs $900 to stay housed. I’ll kick in $400. Venmo @karleekarleekarlee if you can help cover the rest. Sharing helps too!
It's just insane the degree to which the federal government has simply declared war on a U.S. state. A punitive war with no discernible objective other than to immiserate its people. bsky.app/profile/apne...
need a rent fund to give to? here is a good one!
Rent is due in days and there's still a gap to meet the needs of immigrant families at our neighborhood school. Many can't access other assistance. If we raise $5000 by Friday, KeepMNHoused.com will match it. Double your money here (select "Folwell Community Fund"): www.givemn.org/story/folwel...
The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:
Yesterday with your help, we paid the rent for five Minneapolis immigrant families in need. Rent’s coming up, donations are down, and there’s still so much need here. Let’s help as many as we can today!
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and give if you can! Thank you!
ICE agents grabbed a 16-year-old asylum seeker--which they aren't supposed to do
They kept him from his parents -which they aren't supposed to do
They shipped him out of state, to a Christian ministry, which they aren't supposed to do.
Then they *lost* him.
www.startribune.com/how-ice-labe...
