The US Senate is scheduled to deliberate and vote on the appointment of the Director of The Bureau of Land Management at 8:30 a.m. Central Time, Wednesday, Feb. 25. The person chosen to lead the Bureau wields extraordinary power over wildlife habitat, and land-use decisions. This agency controls 245 million acres of public land. The President’s nominee is an avowed anti-public lands advocate with strong ties to the oil and gas industry.

The SAVE Act make it difficult for tens of millions of us to vote: requiring voters to show a U.S. passport or birth certificate — when they register to vote, photo identification when they cast a ballot; and force states to provide the federal government access to state voter registration rolls, and mandate monthly purges of those rolls.  Online, automatic, and mail-in registration would no longer be allowed.  

Congress needs to act to assert its powers and prevent Trump from illegally starting a war with Iran.

The current administration seeks to prohibit federal funding under Medicare and Medicaid (for hospitals) and Medicaid and CHIP (for other healthcare providers) for what it calls “sex-rejecting procedures” for children under the age of 18 (under 19 for CHIP payments). The proposed rules would deprive children who qualify for public benefits of the gender-affirming healthcare they and their doctors decide is appropriate.

Republicans are moving quickly to pass a bill, called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, requiring voters to show proof of citizenship both to register and at the polls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — a move that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans.  They are also considering other, more radical versions of the bill, including the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act

Hennepin County Sheriff Witt claims that her department does not aid ICE except “when protecting people’s safety.” However on multiple occasions at the Whipple Building Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies have violently arrested protesters who were non-violently exercising their First Amendment rights. 

Governor Walz has the unique authority to declare an emergency that would allow him to impose an eviction moratorium. The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and more than 70 organizations, have called on the Governor to enact this moratorium.

Contact Senators Klobuchar and Smith, and your Congressional representative, to demand that they vote “no” on any short-term or long-term funding for DHS unless it includes the full set of constraints, does not provide any additional funds for ICE and CBP, and demands to remove all ICE agents from Minnesota.

The House of Representatives voted January 21 to strike down a 20-year ban on mining in the watersheds of both the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park. (House Joint Resolution 140).  That opens up 225,504 acres of pristine national forest land to mining by Chilean-owned mining company.   Minnesota Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber, who consistently supports mining interests at the expense of public land, introduced the resolution in Congress. 

The resolution now goes to the Senate, which must vote “no” on this measure.

Insisting that any bill that funds DHS must not include additional funding for ICE, and must include meaningful limits on ICE. Current bill includes an additional $10 billion for ICE (over and above the $75 billion already appropriated), and only includes some weak restrictions. With yet another Minnesotan murdered by ICE, we need to keep the government shut down as long as necessary to force ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota. 

Tens of thousands of Twin Cities residents have stepped up to this attack on our cities by protesting, guarding schools, delivering meals, and in countless other ways.  But we can do more.  We can demand that Congress use the tools they have to end this lawless violence, and withhold their votes from any bill that would increase ICE's already massive budget.

Minnesota Rep. Pete Stauber has introduced legislation that would reopen the door to sulfide-ore mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) and neighboring Voyageurs National Park. This proposal represents another attempt to advance mining activity with significant risks to water quality in one of the most ecologically valuable regions in the country.

4th Amendment Campaign Against Target … Organize 5 people to visit Targets to demand Target Commit to be a 4th Amendment Workplace

Demand your Senator Vote to Stop Trump’s war on Venezuela … contact members of congress demanding action to stop Trump’s war of aggression

Contact multiple people and agencies to call for the immediate inclusion of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Hennepin County Attorney and the Minnesota Attorney General’s office in the investigation into the death of Renee Nicole Good including access to all evidence.

We must speak out together, and demand ICE out of Minnesota now. The federal agent in question should be arrested, charged, and prosecuted. We must call on congress to demand a cease of ICE’s operations until an investigation into this incident is completed.