Minnesota does not need permission slips. We don’t need a committee meeting. We don’t need some guy with a badge and a quota deciding who belongs here. We need people who look at the mess and go, "Ope, absolutely not."

This mark is the Minnesota Rebel Alliance loon, wings up like it’s ready to block a door, hold a line, or just stare down the nonsense until it blinks first. It’s a symbol for anyone fighting fascism, ICE raids, deportations, and the whole cruel little machine that treats neighbors like paperwork.

If you’re the type who keeps your phone charged for mutual aid texts, who knows where the med kit is, who walks a friend to their car after an action, welcome. If you show up for immigrant rights, equality, and basic human decency, congrats, you’re already in. No secret handshake. No gatekeeping. Just Minnesota stubbornness with a pulse.

Wear it on the street in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and everywhere in between. Take it to a Wolves game, a Twins day game, a Lynx night at Target Center, a Wild watch party where everyone is yelling at the refs like it’s their full time job. Let it live at the U of M, in the North Loop, around Powderhorn, over in Cedar-Riverside, anywhere people still believe community is a verb.

This is Strange Gang energy: art that looks clean, but carries teeth. It’s not a costume. It’s a signal. It says you’re paying attention, you’re not neutral, and you’re not letting your state get dragged backward by cowards with talking points. When the moment hits, it helps you find your people fast.

And yeah, huge thanks to Bernie Anderson for this design. It’s simple, sharp, and unmistakably Minnesota, like lake wind and a side eye.

Keep it for yourself, gift it to the friend who never stops organizing, or grab it as a souvenir that doesn’t pretend everything is fine. North Star state, keep your head up. Keep your people safe. Keep going.