As I think everybody knows by now (or should at any rate), things are horrific in Minneapolis as we approach month two of the paramilitary siege and attempted occupation. I cannot begin to describe the extent of the daily horror, nor will I even attempt to do so – the reporting by local, national, and international media has been phenomenal, and the headlines and images above and below hopefully provide some sense of the terror, the resistance, and the outpouring of support globally.

As we stated at the beginning of 2025 and emphatically repeated throughout the year, as awful as anyone