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🗳️ A Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota dropped out of the race, blaming President Trump’s immigration operation in the state and calling it “an unmitigated disaster.”

📈 According to a new poll, support for abolishing ICE is surging among Republicans, with 19% who “somewhat or strongly support” abolishing ICE, up from 12% earlier this month.

People doing good

Knitters are protesting ICE presence in Minnesota with red hats, inspired by another historic act of resistance

Minnesota yarn shop Needle & Skein is encouraging knitters and crocheters near and far to take part in a project inspired by resistance to Nazi Germany in the 1940s, when “Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of protest against Nazi occupation of their country.”

Within two years, the organizers wrote on social media, the Nazis had made the hats “​​illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute.”

The shop shared a $5 knitting or crochet pattern for their “Melt the ICE” hat, with all proceeds going to local immigration aid organizations to distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.

Why is this good news? Whether attending protests or joining rapid response networks, Minnesotans are finding so many ways to resist the presence of ICE in the state — and this form of craftivism, or the act of using handicrafts, art, and textiles as a form of activism, is one of those ways.

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​A baby tree kangaroo was just born and its “pouch cam” is offering insights for one of the world’s most endangered species. In the wild, Goodfellow’s tree kangaroos can only be found in the dense tropical rainforests and deciduous forests of Papua New Guinea, where their survival has been threatened by widespread deforestation due to logging, mining, and palm oil plantations.

​After vanishing for more than a century, an ancient species is thriving again at Cape Cod National Seashore. Horseshoe crabs are 445-million-year-old arthropods that serve as a vital food source for countless turtles, birds, and fish on the Atlantic Coast, and the seashore has been hard at work bringing them back from the brink.

​The “grandmother” of Juneteenth was just honored with a new Barbie doll. Opal Lee, now 99, famously completed a long-distance walk at the age of 89 from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in order to raise awareness about Juneteenth.

​A new combination drug is raising hopes for survival for patients with a stubborn cancer. (Gifted link) More than 80% of patients who got the therapy were still alive without their cancer spreading after nearly three years, compared with 30% of patients in a control group who received a standard treatment, the clinical trial found.

Mental health

‘Unwinding’ with screens might actually make you more stressed. Here are 4 things to try instead

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Businesses doing good

A Vietnamese restaurant in Minneapolis sheltered protesters from tear gas — and fed them pho

When ICE agents shot and killed civilian Alex Pretti on January 24, Minneapolis’s Nicollet Avenue faced immediate chaos. A pair of news reporters and presumed protesters were ushered into a nearby restaurant by its owner, Tracy Wong, to escape tear gas and “less lethal” bullets.

In a video going viral on social media, Wong can be seen ushering people through the door, shouting, “Come in, come in. This is my home.”

Despite feeling “very scared” herself, Wong proceeded to care for her guests by making them pho and encouraging them to continue welcoming others into her space.

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More Good bits

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