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Good morning from Minneapolis, where I understand from my reading that residents are using their key-fob car alarms to warn of the presence of ICE agents.

Now, you and I both know that car alarms are among the more-ignored of urban nuisances. But not anymore! They take on added significance as the war with the federal government grinds on.

See something? Blow something! Hear something? See something!™

Throw sand in the gears—these are the days of our lives.

It's cold and icy in the Mill City. Quite early Sunday morning it's 0℉; mostly cloudy; light winds; Fair barometer; visibility 10 miles at the airport.

- A clipper will bring light snow and very gusty winds today. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for western, central, and southern MN due to blowing snow and reduced visibility causing potentially hazardous travel.

- A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect tonight into Monday morning with forecast wind chill values of -25 to -35 F.

- Below to much below normal temperatures for the rest of the week with the next chance of snow midweek.
—National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Layer up! Jumpers, choppers, and balaclavas! Caps-with-flaps! Mufflers! Barn coats! The resistance marches on its YakTrax!

Enjoy your stay.

#mnwx #RagTag #Minneapolis #Minnesota #ICE #UncheckedAggression #DogsOfMastodon #CarAlarms #resist

A familiar stance for Pepper, the black, tan, and white Australian kelpie we borrow from friends: a steadfast pull on the leash with all four paws gaining purchase on the snowy ground. Fifty pounds of muscle. Let's go! he says.

You know kids, to fight the capital it takes commitment. Kinda like home cooking vs mcdonalds. Im talking about fedi vs corporate media in case it wasn't clear.

Take #foodnotbombs. Do they distribute KFC over FB and twitter? No. They cook the damn grub by themselves. And show up where they're needed. Zuck don't make a buck off them, nor people they feed. Nor does Ronnie, nor Sanders. Ragtag is good.

#leftie #social #ragtag

disappointing if he went back to twitter...he was the original reason I joined up with the #ragtag group of folks on the fediverse

THE OTHER THINK TANK:

While Heritage’s ill-fated #Project2025 has gotten all the headlines, another outside group has been quietly plugging away at transition efforts with much less fanfare.

The ♦️America First Policy Institute♦️ ( #AFPI )
has (smartly) avoided #Heritage’s braggadocio -- but has similarly done mountains of #unofficial #transition work while maintaining close ties to Trump:
#Linda #McMahon chairs the group’s board, and CEO #Brooke #Rollins is Trump’s former Domestic Policy Council director and has been personally in touch with the former president.

Operating outside the Trump campaign,
🔸AFPI has interviewed more than 1,000 potential administration hires,
🔸drafted scores of executive actions Trump could quickly sign and
🔸solicited recommendations for the first 100 days of a second Trump term.

“AFPI is not becoming the transition,” one insider told Hailey and Meridith. “But by virtue of how they are situated and that we are in a very late timeline for this work, AFPI and the transition may be a distinction without a difference.”
Not everyone is happy with the arrangement.
In GOP circles, we’re told, AFPI is seen less as a visionary policy shop than a #ragtag collection of operatives.
And Democrats will certainly seize on the group’s associations with 2020 #election #denialism and, a la Project 2025, their support for other #hard-#right positions

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/08/29/3-trump-transition-issues-that-arent-project-2025-00176701