Mary Burke
Loon fancier, bread baker, movie lover, gorehound.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeNEW: House Republicans Friday unveiled an amended version of their voter suppression bill that, if it became law, would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by Mary Burke2 people were abducted by ICE this am from outside a laundromat a few blocks from today’s Renee Good vigil location at Powderhorn Park. Terrorizing another family & the community before people gather to mourn. Just terrible.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeMill City Farmer’s Market, Minneapolis
- Reposted by Mary Burke“Look for the punks. You will always find punks who are helping.”
- In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc. A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeBy the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
- Reposted by Mary BurkeI know everyone here knows it but just to repeat for everyone *else*... Nothing has changed on the ground. It's still as awful as before. Don't believe this man. And we won't stop protecting our neighbors.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeThis fed-sponsored “lawful carry event” tomorrow that requires IDs to be scanned is the Steve Buscemi “fellow kids” meme writ large, but with a gun instead of a skateboard. NEVER GO TO ANY “PROTEST” THAT REQUIRES REGISTRATION OR IDS. Especially if organizers are surely the feds. Duh.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeJust monstrous.
- Reposted by Mary Burke"[State Rep] Hicks says...Ubreu had been detained after federal agents rammed into his car and broke his car window on Civic Center Drive in Rochester. He had been delivering groceries for mutual aid work through his church when he was detained." Here legally. A recent kidney transplant recipient.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeMy sister lives in Baldwin and ICE has been on the ground taking people for weeks, including dairy workers. As someone who grew up in rural northwestern Wisconsin, abducting and disappearing folks in less population-dense areas is TERRIFYING.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeTRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
- Reposted by Mary BurkeTwin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests - CBS Minnesota share.google/becCjcjvfGiG...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeThe public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!
- Reposted by Mary BurkeThe PRESIDENT. Of these United States. Has a personal vendetta. Against a FIVE YEAR OLD. In a BUNNY hat.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeJake Lang, who was pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection, posted video to his social media of him destroying the sculpture hours after veterans held a press conference next to it to share their concerns with the ongoing immigration enforcement operation.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeI have really enjoyed being an election judge. It has increased my confidence in our systems, and deepened my connection to my community. It’s a few hours of training and one long day, maybe a half day. You should sign up!
- Reposted by Mary BurkeICE was already PREFUNDED for 4 YEARS in the OBBB passed in July. The money is in a slush fund. So if you give away the rest you give away everything. Do these people think we are stupid? They must. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
- Reposted by Mary BurkeThis is an authoritarian power grab, full stop. Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government. This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeQuick reminder everything they say is a fucking lie. We are facing a major healthcare crisis due to the occupation. Pregnant people are regularly missing care & do face an impossible choices. Occupying agents ABSOLUTELY enter hospitals for enforcement purposes and have since they arrived.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeLove that they're creating new forms of fake cop science that will be used credulously by the legal system
- Reposted by Mary BurkeHey @governorwalz.mn.gov, I think Minnesota would like to join the World Health Organization, too. California already did it, and today, Illinois did, too. Make it happen! www.yahoo.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeAs an election worker, shit like this makes my head explode The number of checks & cross checks surrounding both absentee ballots & voting in person makes any kind of large scale voting fraud nigh on impossible But these assholes just keep on pushing the false party line & maga suckers eat it up
- i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by Mary Burke67% of the homicides in Minneapolis and 50% of the homicides in all of Minnesota this year have been committed by federal agents. Read that again.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeTwo days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars. And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeAlso: 2,300 ICE agents is still almost exactly the number of local police officers from the ten largest police forces in Minnesota COMBINED. As such, can report there's been no change on the ground today in my community.
- This Homan presser is completely incoherent. He started by announcing a drawdown of 700 agents (good!) but then pivoted to whining about "rhetoric" (bad) and suggested there will be more bloodshed if it doesn't stop (grim). Not clear to me that anything is actually changing on the ground here in MN.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeOh, look at the racist pedophile stating the obvious as if his input is needed for anything.
- 🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by Mary Burke1. I think most liberals are probably familiar with one part of what has become known as Wilhoit’s Law – that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control. This is how composer Frank Wilhoit put it in 2018: crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
- Reposted by Mary Burkethey’re just the biggest goddamn titty babies
- Reposted by Mary BurkeDonald Trump has been telling us that if he doesn't like the outcome of the elections he will seize ballots. He wants Republicans to take control of voting. He wants to take over elections in Democratic states. People should be concerned and we all need to be ready.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeThe messaging is already starting for whatever evidence Tulsi Gabbard is about to fabricate. REMEMBER: Every person in the Trump administration 1.0 said there was NO outcome determinative FOREIGN ELECTION INTERFERENCE in 2020.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeOh hey, this is the incident Brace was talking about in the last Trueanon episode. (Is Brace EHB's friend lol?)
- Reposted by Mary Burkeyou’re never going to believe this but the people who have lied about every single thing they’ve done seem to have lied again
- "Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeATTENTION. We have created a T-shirt to celebrate our neighbors fighting back against fascists. All profits will go to the Hamline Midway Supply Hub, helping our neighbors sheltering at home. This is a pre-order. You have until Feb 20th to order this sexy beast. www.blackhartstp.com/new-products...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeAccording to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep. PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeTwo agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of paramilitary tactical units—including ICE’s two Special Response Teams (SRT), CBP’s one SRT, and the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC)—whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeCan comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet. But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeUp at Silverwood Park in St Anthony, MN, they built an ice carousel. Drill a hole in the ice, put in an outboard motor, cut the ice in a big circle, fire up the outboard, ice carousel. People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeWe don't live in a free country and people really should start acting like it. (For example: stop using Gmail.)
- Reposted by Mary BurkeOne of my absolute favorite bookshops sent out a newsletter saying they could really use some love. Once Upon a Crime is a killer shop and they have been demonstrating, observing, helping to collect mutual aid, you name it. Stop by or order online! onceuponacrimebooks.com
- Reposted by Mary BurkeThis is why Noem is now on board with body cameras in Minnesota. There need to be laws passed to protect citizens against this abuse. Unfortunately, a shed load of Democratic lawmakers are on board with such surveillance (see Dem support for Patriot Act and the like).
- Facial recognition cameras, AI-powered social media analyzers, license plate readers, fake cell towers, cell phone spyware—ICE has broadened its arsenal of surveillance tech, alarming privacy advocates, lawmakers, and ordinary community members. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/03/h...
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- Reposted by Mary BurkeOh my god. They are such babies. "Your finger guns are hurting our feeeeeeeeeelings"
- Reposted by Mary BurkeBy the way, this was the Bush administration's argument in support of warrantless wiretaps.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeIt says something that John Roberts apparently doesn't think a clerk's ethical obligations as licensed attorneys would prevent the leaking of scandalous information about the inner workings of the Supreme Court.
- Reposted by Mary BurkeI'm sure body cameras will stop any activity like this* . . . . *sarcasm #ICEOutOfMN #FuckICE #AbolishICE
- Reposted by Mary BurkeWoman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home. www.kare11.com/article/news...
- Reposted by Mary BurkeUsing the FaceApp smile feature on gruesome renaissance art is fun
- Reposted by Mary BurkeLast fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security. (Published Aug. 2025)
- Reposted by Mary BurkeBodycams are useful at trial. But the crime has already been committed at that point. Someone's dead. Or injured. Or degraded, stalked, abused, raped, assaulted, tortured. And you can't take that back. This is not a solution to the unchecked inhumanity of ICE. #AbolishICE #FuckICE
- Reposted by Mary BurkeBulk sales of tickets to Melania are being promoted through emails from WH Faith Office advisor Paula White-Cain using her National Faith Advisory Board list. People are encouraged to purchase 30 tickets at a time to “support our First Lady.” meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...
