Kate Black

so @dropkickmurphys.com better not think they can get away with only playing ‘The Men Behind the Wire’ at the fundraiser show today. I’m expecting it at tonight’s show too

A mural of a migrant and child on the side of BroTex in Saint Paul, where ICE abducted 14 workers and several observers in November in what was a sign of things to come across the Twin Cities. Fuck ICE.

Mural on the side of BroTex in Saint Paul, where 14 workers and several observers were abducted by ICE on 11/18/25.

For me, this was the start of the occupation. A week later they terrorized the East Side guns drawn with SPPD’s assistance.

Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months after the denial of his asylum application has died in the hospital.

A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said Wednesday.

Some Minneapolis council members critical of MPD reaction or inaction to ICE agents Police chief Brian O’Hara said he’s mostly pleased with how the department performed during the months-long ICE enforcement surge. However, some council members pushed back on that assessment.

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...

Was part of a community iftar for observers at the mosque in my neighborhood tonight; this was so special

I simply have no patience for this many instances of “should”

“Tarzhay” is French for letting ICE stage in your parking lots, letting ICE brutalize your teenage employees and kidnap your customers.

There’s actually even more nerd detail missing- the Hennepin PD office will continue to include drastic cuts yr to yr until all remaining County-employed PDs retire. The holdout of county-employed PDs are
those hired prior to a 2000 Ventura era change to the structure of MN’s court system

video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground

we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

Watching Dr.No for the first time and just marveling at the fact that all aesthetics peaked in the 60’s

I’m about one news story away from becoming one of those nuns who protests war every day

ICE detained two of my very close neighbors today for exercising their right to protest. February 2026

I also demand that Oprah apologize for her crimes against humanity

A proper Mancini’s spread

Minnesota right now is both incredibly strong at the neighborhood and community level and absolutely beat to all hell. And kind of broke. People are close to eviction and other people are digging deep to help them.
Cutting off Medicaid to this deeply hurting population is so cruel and vengeful.

Very normal to emerge from an evening work meeting to the newest war waged on my state by the federal gvt

Map of 13 states that offer Paid Leave, with text that reads " Minnesota is one of 13 states plus DC to enact a Paid Leave program  Only seven countries worldwide do not have some sort of paid leave program  73% of American workers lack access to paid family leave • States that have implemented paid leave programs have seen:  Stronger employee retention  Better health and development outcomes for children  Higher labor market attachment for women and labor force participation generally  Greater economic security for families"

Proof that we *can* have nice things

Minnesota is in its 8th week of Paid Leave being a reality. Nearly everyone is covered. And the program has been rolled out successfully, with over 20,312 people approved for leave already

Take a look at the whole presentation www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/Vc...

From the report: "The figure above shows a set of day-specific estimated effects of the agent surge on employees working measured in percentage points. Each blue dot represents how many percentage points away the number of employees clocking in was from its expected value. Expectations are measured based on trends in other metro areas with similar trends in the years leading up to this period. The grey area describes a margin of error."

The DHS agent surge in Minnesota reduced employees working in the MSP metro by 2.8%, total hours worked by 1.9%, and open business locations by 1.7% through mid-February. Estimated impact: $106 million in lost wages.

new research from @aaronsojourner.org and @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social

Remembering Jambu ~ April 28, 1985 – February 19, 2026 - Como Zoo Conservatory Como Park Zoo and Conservatory is heartbroken to share the passing of Jambu, a beloved male Sumatran orangutan who made Como his home for over thirty years. Jambu was humanely...

I cried reading the obituary for an orangutan in my neighborhood municipal zoo so you have to, too comozooconservatory.org/remembering-...

I might need Marshmallow

SAINT PAUL IS BACK

I decided the US goalie is the US player with the best vibes & whoever edits his Wikipedia apparently agrees with this cabinet appointment. Also, he wrote children’s books about mental health?!

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

4. Epstein files

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Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.

And you know why?

Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

They're stealing our money.

Beyond factual inaccuracies &false equivalencies btwn constitutional right&an optional transaction,what sort of voting scenario are these goons trying to paint?Is their idea that multiple people show up to my polling place pretending to be me&then we compare photos to determine the real Kate?

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

NOW: Demanding justice for all those shot and killed by federal agents over the last 2 months, protesters marched from Stewart Park to the memorial of Alex Pretti.

Pretti was shot and killed by border patrol agents on January 24, 2026.

Minneapolis February 16, 2026