geri katz

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Minneapolis, she/her. Lefty Jew, recovering union staff, healthcare nerd, history hobbyist. Tell your dog I said hi. 🍉

Sun visible through smokey sky; park setting.
Cover image from the album "Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael"
Image of a Bluesky notification reading "FLAVOR FLAV liked your post"
Close up of UC Davis campus map, showing the dairy building next to Tercero Hall dorms.
Screenshot with a round photo of Emily Saliers next to text that reads “Emily Saliers liked your comment.”
A 1914 era Saxon car in front of the MN. Capitol.
TV showing Rep Walter Hudson speaking against a gun violence prevention bill.
My mom holding baby me, in a very 1970s looking dining room.
Cover of the Jayhawks “Paging Mr Proust” featuring a photo of the TWA terminal.
Departure board in old TWA terminal at JFK airport in NYC.
Auditorium full of people, many standing with their backs to the stage.
Screenshot of ticktock video with photos of two white men, and a headline from the Daily Mail reading “Charlie Kirk ‘mentor’ and cheerleading tycoon dies in freak pickleball accident.”
Large wooden cross with Easter display in front lawn of MN state capitol.
Screenshot of interview with new Target CEO reading “AP: Why hasn't Target taken a stronger stand against ICE? I know businesses have to legally allow agents in stores. FIDDELKE: When I think about navigating the start of the year here, especially in our hometown in Minneapolis, the thing that we have kept front and center every single day is the safety of our team. And so the safety of the team and the safety of our guests has been our North Star for decision making, and that’s guided every decision that we’ve made.”
U of M aquatic center filled with fans.
Official portrait of former FTC Chair Lina Khan in front of flags.
Photograph of Charles Lindbergh statue on the grounds of the MN Capitol.
Text over a photo of masked ICE agents that reads: BREAKING NEWS! IMMIGRATION CZAR HOMAN ANNOUNCES: 2,300 ICE AGENTS WILL CONTINUE KIDNAPPING FAMILIES IN MN. Below the text is the logo for Minnesota 50501.
Black text on blue border: BREAKING NEWS! IMMIGRATION CZAR TOM HOMAN ANNOUNCES 2000 ICE AGENYS TO STAY IN MN KIDNAPPING OUR FAMILIES
Screenshot of Instagram reel featuring Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen on the left, comment section on the right full of people thanking him.
Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared very deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
View of Nicollet Ave looking north toward 28th st, a cloud of tear gas and crowds of people.
Screenshot of Olson’s newsletter: “More I E agents arrive today - the videos aren’t getting better, the whistles are getting louder. rumors and suggestions that Gov. Tim Walz will resign are rising, but reality is that isn’t likely. Reports that the resistance is partially funded by tax dollars, should be explored further.”
Video of an ice chopper chopping ice on a sidewalk.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik wearing the worst-fitting pantsuit of all time, with pants that entirely cover her feet and touch the floor.
Art by Ricardo Levins Morales featuring image of Woody Guthrie and text “All you fascists are bound to lose”
Beeker the Muppet, mouth agape with anxiety.
Sign on light post reading ICE ABDUCTED SOMEONE HERE in front of a building with a vibrant mural.
Hundreds of people at a vigil, with signs and flags, with a beautiful two-story tall mural of an immigrant family in the background.
Light post with a pink sign reading “ICE ABDUCTED SOMEONE HERE”, in front of a building with a vibrant mural on the wall.
Shoulder of a federal agent featuring a black and gold patch with an ancient viking image, crossed axes, and "Minnesota SRT DEA"
Help us keep a renter housed. Background info: a hidden leak in the wall behind her shower caused her to be charged over 3 times her normal water bill. The landlord has denied her a payment plan...The bill is in her landlord's name which has made it impossible to access the full amount of emergency utility assistance available to her. She has lived in this house for 4 years, has kept up on her rental obligations previous to this, and has a Section 8 voucher. If an eviction goes on her record, regardless of the outcome, it will jeopardize her voucher....How you can help: she has been served a 14 day pre eviction notice for nonpayment of utility charges. We are raising $425 by Tuesday Nov 18...Cashapp: $RayCatCash. Venmo: @Regan-Reeck
Maroon t shirt with an I Voted sticker.
Image of blue tshirt with yellow text reading “New York Jews for Zohran Freeze the Rent Childcare for All Fast Free Buses
Vlad Guerrero Jr and Shohei Ohtani laughing at first base
Max Scherzer leaving the field, a fan in the stands saluting him.
Bo Bichette standing behind Vlad Guerrero Jr with his arms around him.
Scene from the Godfather Part II, Fredo and a henchman in a fishing boat a moment before Fredo is murdered.
Image of a bumper sticker on a gold car. Sticker has a black and white photo of Gordon Lightfoot, next to “Stop honking! I’m crying to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.”
Screenshot of MLB Facebook post, captioned "This kid is heading to the World Series" above a photo of a 3? year old Vladimir Guerrero Jr in a Montreal Expos uniform, holding a blue baseball cap.
Gingko tree in front of a house
Black and white photo of FDR’s girlfriend Lucy Mercer.
Photo of NY Yankees Aaron Judge, with caption "YANKEES ARE ONE LOSS FROM ELIMINATION"
Email from Jamie Holt at DHS to MPD Chief O'Hara thanking MPD for their support.
Email from Jamie Holt at DHS to MPD Chief O'Hara thanking MPD for their support
Israel’s embrace of Christian Zionists is especially remarkable for another reason. Some evangelicals interpret passages from the Bible to mean the Messiah will reappear­­ only when Jews who have scattered to the corners of the Earth return to Israel. Once Jesus comes back, those who accept him will be saved, and everyone else—including recalcitrant Jews—will perish and be damned to hell. “I don’t want to say [evangelicals with these beliefs] don’t care what happens to the Jews, but they understand that there are some things in their theology that are necessary for the salvation of the world,” Rabbi Jack Moline, president emeritus of the religious pluralism advocacy group Interfaith Alliance, told me. “You have to break the eggs to get the omelet.”
Robert Redford playing Bob Woodward in All the President’s Men, seated in a newsroom talking on the phone.
MPLS Alerts: Active police situation at the Annunciation Church on 509 W. 54th St. No active threat to the community at this time; shooter is contained. Avoid the area of W. 54th St from Lyndale to Nicollet Ave. to allow emergency personnel to help victims. Families of children at the school can go to the reunification zone at Annunciation School, 525 W. 54th St.
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, smiling and riding citibikes side by side in a bike lane.
Sped up video of Toronto Rogers Centre dome opening during a Blue Jays game.
Illustration of a jar of iced coffee in front of a rainbow background, with the caption "ICE belongs in our coffee not our community" and the Pride at Work logo.