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Heather Digby Parton responds to Trump's declaration Wednesday that we are living in “the greatest period of anything we’ve ever seen”:

"The right’s cramped vision of American greatness, with its sour, white nationalist ideology and cruel authoritarian methods, is a good reason to be pessimistic. But the resilience of the American people from Minneapolis to Milan is telling a different story."

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Minnesota #resistance
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https://www.salon.com/2026/02/12/this-isnt-trumps-golden-age-its-ours/

Salon.com

This isn’t Trump’s "Golden Age" — it’s ours

Under Donald Trump’s leadership, Americans are more pessimistic than ever. But there’s reason for hope

#minnesota #resistance #ice #immigrants #trump

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 weeks ago

"For all of our gloom about the future, it appears we aren’t giving up. Perhaps the Golden Age really is upon us after all. It’s just not the one Donald Trump thinks it is."

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Minnesota #resistance
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 weeks ago

"We grew up in Stevens County. We are farm kids, 4-H kids, and Morris Tigers. We attended Faith Lutheran and Zion Lutheran Churches, and we were raised by a community of neighbors who always looked out for one another. That community instilled in us values we still carry today, and for that we are grateful."

Liz (Wendt) Leino, Jenny (Wendt) Roark, Ed Spohr, Mary Spohr, Sara Spohr quoted by Angela Denker

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Minnesota #resistance
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https://angeladenker.substack.com/p/dissonance-and-departure-in-minnesota

Dissonance and Departure in Minnesota

A special edition of News with Nuance ...

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 weeks ago

"We are told that federal agents only arrest the 'worst of the worst,' and that neighborhood observers are violent protestors. Our experience is very different.

We have seen our neighbors racially profiled and wrongfully detained, all who are here legally, with no criminal record. Our children witnessed federal agents descend on their school at dismissal time, spray students with chemical irritants and wrongfully detain their teachers."

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Minnesota #resistance
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 weeks ago

"The fundamental reasons Homan was sent in and Bovino was sent packing remained. The people of Minneapolis had demonstrated a sustained commitment to resisting ICE and CBP actions through tracking, observing, documenting and warning about federal immigration enforcement across the city."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Minnesota #resistance
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/taking-the-wins

Taking the Wins

There’s good news to report on many fronts, and we should not only enjoy them but understand what they mean going forward.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 weeks ago

"They used whistles, communication apps, community organizing and their own cars and bodies to make detentions and arrests harder to conduct. And they turned out by the tens of thousands in subzero weather to make their voices heard."

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Minnesota #resistance
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