Friday, January 30, 2026

Minneapolis Shows There's Still People Power Even in Trump's America

The Minneapolis revolt tells us this: even in Trump's America, the people have power too After months of community resistance, the president backed down. Leadership from below succeeded when politics as usual failed

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Minneapolis strong.

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-- Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755.bsky.social) Jan 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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"The hub of this work is south Minneapolis, last in the world's headlines six years ago as the site where George Floyd was killed by police officers.

Some of those who rose up in the Black Lives Matter protests of that period have clearly reawakened their old networks.

Others note that Minnesota regularly tops measures of social trust: in other words, its residents are among the most likely to place their trust in their neighbor across the road, rather than the leader at the top of the pile."

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-29 01:12 PM

"People are doing something wildly dangerous. They are singing and dancing"

www.dailykos.com

Sounds like a Street Executable Offense in Trumplandia.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-29 03:48 PM

Trump on Mpls: "Do these people really want to have rapists and drug dealers and people from prisons and murderers, do they really want to have them in the community? It's really insurrectionists and agitators and they're paid ... everybody has a beautiful sign with brand new wood. Leather panels."

bsky.app

The mush-brained orange pedo is weaving again.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-30 12:40 PM

Some of those who rose up in the Black Lives Matter protests of that period have clearly reawakened their old networks.
#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-29 01:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

Speaking of BLM, how are those luxury homes and cars the leaders bilked from donors looking.

#4 | Posted by fishpaw at 2026-01-30 01:08 PM

100 billion in fraud will wake up a lot old networks.

#5 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-30 01:37 PM

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