NEW: U.S. officials say Iran has placed around a dozen naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Source: CBS News In this conversation, Sanho explains that it isn’t Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, technically, it’s the insurance companies.

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 5mo ago

Trump, Iran, and how the drug war helped bring the two together I spoke to one of my favorite Bluesky follows @sanho.bsky.social about the horrors we all have to endure because white men can't get it up.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..." Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis. Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫 1/

Bruce Springsteen@brucespringsteen.net · 6mo ago

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

Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera. Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.

I enjoyed talking with @jojofromjerz.bsky.social about what life is like in Minneapolis during Trump's Operation Metro surge, which is still brutalizing Minnesotans this week despite what Trump would have you believe

What Minneapolis Is Like Under Siege: With Aaron Rupar

Jo sits down with Aaron Rupar to discuss his first-hand experience in Minneapolis.

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ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.

Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year. *That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."

Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...

How legacy media fell for Trump’s fake “pivot” in Minnesota

No, Trump did not "change course."

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"

Thx for the support last Friday for the MN General Strike Public Notice subscriptions raised $14,314, which we rounded up to $5k each for Midway-Hamline Diaper Fund, Every Meal, & People Over Papers If you’re looking to help, check out Stand With MN. As my dad used to say, take care of each other

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

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Important. There has not been a deescalation.

So, this evening I updated the Wikipedia page about the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

in English with alt text

make sure you share these clips on your network. this is our best weapon against the fascists.

MinnMax@minnmax.com · 6mo ago

"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

Miller, too.

Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately. Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House. We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

I don't know if people realize just how on our own we are in Minneapolis...but we're lucky to be on our own with people like this.

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

Always embarrassing to see #IA01's Miller-Meeks (who did not endorse Trump before the #Iowa caucuses) bowing and scraping to please him now. She needs Trump's ongoing support as she's facing a MAGA primary challenger who got 44% in the 2024 GOP primary.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks at the Trump rally: "They're playing this song -- Macho Man. Every hard-working woman deserves a Macho Man. And I see a whole lot of it all around me! But the number one macho man you're gonna hear from in a little while."

"AG Bondi’s letter is an outrageous attempt to coerce Minnesota into giving the federal government private data on millions of U.S. Citizens in violation of state & federal law — after repeated failed attempts to pressure my office into providing it." www.kare11.com/article/news...

The Minnesota National Guard has arrived to help protect Minnesota protesters. Currently, they’re offering the protesters donuts, hot chocolate, and coffee. LFG 🍩☕️

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota National Guard will assist local police amid growing protest to 2nd fatal shooting of a protester.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Minnesota National Guard warmly greeting and handing out snacks to peaceful protesters! 🫶 👏 ✊

Minnesota National Guard arriving in Minneapolis!!

Hitler only took two months to fully control Germany. Trump still hasn't got complete control after a year. Which shows his hirelings are incompetent, but they will keep killing until they get their way. Do something. Waiting for elections is not a strategy.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"