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Minnesota toy shop hit with shock audit by Trump officials after criticizing ICE on TV, owners claim

So, 6 weeks in, many of the pop up food distribution networks helping get groceries to immigrant families trapped in their homes because of ICE have been disassembled by ICE, or run out of funds, or run out of people.

Because of that, the one I volunteer with sometimes, which I will personally vouch for and which is an escalation of a longstanding free food network, has taken on helping more and more families.

And they have about one week left of funds.

It’s all volunteers, and the space is donated, but they’re running out of money for buying food for the bags. And they do a good job getting things cheap and offering culturally specific options, and I really want them to keep going.

If you can, please donate, and if you can’t donate, consider spreading the word?

You can also find them on Bsky for more deets, right here.

(and no, they don't only prepare or send out vegan food. They're focusing on the needs of the people they're serving, not their own food choices)

In case you didn't already here, 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti was executed in Minneapolis today

The National and non-MN news have unfortunately not been fully covering how awful ICE has been in MN so I wanted to share some details for anyone who is not from or familiar with the Twin Cities, as someone in the Twin Cities who is decently connected with legal observers around the area:

Prior to being publicly executed, Alex Pretti was taking part in legally observing ICE and was assisting another legal observer who had fallen trying to distance themselves from ICE.

ICE has been viciously attacking legal observers. They are pepper spraying observers mere inches away from their eyes. They are using chemical weapons and carcinogenic gases. They are intentionally trying to take phones from people recording them.

Alex Pretti was killed at East 26th St and Nicollet Ave, almost right in front of a popular donut shop. This area of Nicollet Ave is lined with local restaurants and small businesses, many of whom have been struggling while ICE conducts an occupation of the Twin Cities and in particular had lost business by participating in the general strike yesterday. Therefore, Minnesotans wanted to go out in droves this weekend to make up for the lost income yesterday. This is all to say, ICE deciding to patrol and enact violence on this area of Minneapolis was vengeful and intentional. They were looking for protestors, observers, and people who are resisting ICE.

I am begging you and your fellow MN voters to vote in the August 11th Minnesota primary election so we can have Peggy Flanagan as a senator instead of Angie Craig who voted to empower and support the federal agencies that have invaded and occupied our state and continue to harm our communities.

this one’s for the homeland …

i had the urge to draw minnesota/twin cities miku again, so here we are. funny that the original post started to get some attention again as i was working on this.

borderless below: