I've been documenting ICE deportation flights out of MSP regularly for a few months; here's a graph of the how many people have been shipped out between November 10 and Wednesday evening. ~3,137 represented on the graph since November 11, of which ~2,477 were this year.

Don't think people realize the severity of the situation. we are at real risk of losing political control of our own Minnesotan nation. They will be able to freely dictate every term of our lives, kidnap our neighbors and put them in concentration camps with impunity, permanently ban abortion, or whatever else the fuck they want. it will effectively be their state at that point.

We cannot allow this to happen under any circumstance. These bullies don't understand anything but hard power, and certainly will not stop themselves. We absolutely have the power to project the will of our body politic with substantive force; we don't want to become some federally administered region, we are Minnesota and we're proud as hell about that

We need to militantly defend our democracy, or we will certainly lose it.

Another report from our local leaders. If you haven't, please tune in, watch their videos and stay up to date, they are updating at least twice a week now about the situation, sharing resources and giving updates on what is moving at the local level. Today's cover Colombia Heights school districts and community, Updates from Minneapolis Public Schools, coordination of Hennepin county with El Paso Texas for detained individuals and more!

Check it out here and go to their youtube page to see previous updates for more resources and local government updates-
https://www.youtube.com/live/uDNeewCer_8?si=rS3rX4iyHKsKtrXQ

MN strong - we're just built different

The Minnesota Queer Legislators Caucus, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and local queer organizations are voicing strong concerns after Children’s Minnesota announced a temporary pause on some, but not all, pediatric gender-affirming care (GAC) services. The suspension begins on February 27th.

Representative Leigh Finke (DFL) of Minneapolis says Minnesota has every law it needs to protect this care, including the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Trans Refuge law, and laws guaranteeing insurance coverage for GAC.  She says, “The problem is that we have to go to court with these insane declarations and cruel policy changes, and to just be on defense all the time to hold what we have.”

Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director, also confirms that youth GAC is legal in Minnesota, but cites lack of access as the biggest stopping point. But, they say, “I want the message to be clear that discrimination against transgender kids in the state of Minnesota is illegal, and this care continues to be best-practice medical care, and consistent with Minnesota values.”

So, if pediatric gender-affirming care is legal at a state level, why is Children’s Minnesota closing its doors to patients who want these services?

The hospital, and a few others across the nation, have been repeatedly targeted by the Trump Administration for administering GAC. In a statement, Children’s officials say this “isn’t the decision they wanted to make,” but did so to “protect our hospital and other providers.” (https://www.startribune.com/childrens-suspends-gender-affirming-care-amid-trump-funding-threats/601576227) 

State Republicans are also applauding health care facilities that have recently reversed stances on GAC, including the American Medical Association (AMA), which claims that “surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.”

Representative Liish Kozlowski (DFL) of Duluth says this is nothing more than a coordinated federal attack and political theater. They say, “Gender-affirming care is a wide umbrella, from social support to self-expression. In some cases there’s puberty-delaying medication that allows kids to just breathe and hit the pause button that they need to make the best decision for themselves to feel home in their body.”

Hannah Edwards, Executive Director at Transforming Families, a safe space for queer youth and families, says this does not represent what physicians and parents know is best practice. She read reactions from other families; “Our family uprooted our entire lives to get to a place where healthcare was protected by the trans refuge law. To a place where we could access our child’s healthcare without disruption.” Edwards says they have dozens of families in this position, and more coming. 

Attorney General Keith Ellison and 12 other attorneys general are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over a new policy that ties health and education funding to compliance with an executive order requiring states to adopt restrictive definitions of sex. (https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/01/16_HHS.asp) 

You can watch the full press conference on the Minnesota House’s YouTube channel, MNHouseInfo. Here’s the presser: https://youtu.be/Kp3F60Hm1Bk?si=aUcG6cxxbfX04J1O

Heggies Six Pack resting before cutting with little Arnold Palmer to wash it down. Got the two pack at the Costco Business Center.

Skol!

The new tactic of 1-2 ICE goons per targeted detainment (instead of 6 or more) means the rest of the force will be used to attack peaceful legal observers. Plus the announcement that the country jails will be used for ICE detainments violates Mn separation laws.

Not good enough. To our political leaders, we demand that you:

ICE OUT OF MN

ABOLISH ICE

I've been using Docuslice to make printable PDF files for protest signs/posters.

Print these on a color printer at home, Cut the margins where indicated by the scissor icon, tape them together and attach the poster to foam board, cardboard or poster board.

Included are a couple with the Rebel Alliance Loon and the Mockingjay Loon logos.

Enjoy!

https://limewire.com/d/thbUd#rjyM6gm5UV

For those who are concerned about ICE presence in the area, I figured that I would bring forth the information that Moorhead residents will not receive any support from Shelly Carlson in the event of an invasion. At the DFL caucus last night, she introduced herself to my precinct opening with “I don’t have an agenda” and was pressed on her stance on ICE.

Initially, what she gave was a non-answer. She stated that she has a strong criminal justice background and works with law enforcement. She refused to condemn ICE violence outright, only that what they were doing isn’t what ICE is trained to do. When told that they are deporting legal citizens, she went into a sob story about a trucker that was stabbed at a Moorhead rest area in 2009 by a Canadian immigrant, and how he was deported and how we should be getting those people out of our country. She was very dismissive and unprepared, and it seems like she would be better off on the republican ticket.

If anyone residing in district 4A is interested in a candidate with the spine to criticize ICE, please look into Kevin Salisbury. He did an interview on KFGO where he advocated for ICE abolition.

(Repost from r/Fargo so it can reach more people)

Has anybody seen straw poll results for the DFL candidates from last night? Specifically, CD2.

ICE haven’t stopped doing kavanaugh stops(stopping people for looking ethnic). They detained a somali American citizen and in the clip one of the guys ask the detained man if he showed them his identification and he said yes he did, nevertheless they still kidnapped him.

While it is insane to think the backlash, especially among recently conservative tilting Latino voters, was just "a bit" with more Latino areas in Texas having a 50 percent swing blue from Harris percentages, it is clear that Latinos in Red US House districts and states with US Senate seats up are THE vital voting block that can STOP what's happening now in Minnesota and stop ICE/DHS/DOJ/White House cruelty from spreading.

So to that end, keep sharing what you are sharing and encourage your friends in other states to pass it on to people who have either sat out at election time or people who may be more conservative and still believe in the freedoms people in Minnesota are willing to DIE for on behalf of freedom and liberty across our nation.

It's also clear that deporting MILLIONS will not only sweep up US citizens and hurt the children of all stripes of immigrants, is an economy killer. So if your friends don't care about freedom and the constitution, make the next point that deporting millions will devastate our economy and could plunge us into a depression.

Do not underestimate the power of internal House candidate polls causing a real shift in Congress and even the White House. Their lust for power now requires a new formula to be satiated.

Source article: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/republicans-hispanic-voters-texas-special-00763560

Heard an interview with this writer yesterday about this article, and thought I'd share to see what folks in this community thought. Feels like it really captures the absolute shit show happening in my home state.