Everyone on the ground has seen terrible things. The overall action has died down, but the terror still quietly happens.
If you're looking for something to do before the blizzard this weekend, join me at Hook & Ladder tonight!
I’m very grateful for everyone that reads my stuff, but I think it’s important more people read this piece so they can put together what is actually happening with the Dept of War 👇
With protesters, volunteers, and observers outside the ICE detention center in Fort Snelling: “The only thing MN wants is peace.”
New, at Can We Still Govern?: Christian Gläßel and
@ascharpf.bsky.social have studied the formation of secret police in other countries. They explain the parallels with Trump's immigration enforcement.
The key factor is career incentives not ideology. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
"It’s impossible to hear the secretary spout these rhymes and not picture how he must have practiced them in front of the mirror in his rumored makeup studio at the Pentagon, imagining himself the hero of an action movie."
www.salon.com/2026/03/13/p...
#ICE has been terrorizing residents in South Burlington, Vermont. The people there have met them with intense resistance protecting their neighbors.
would be cool to have a mayor who doesn't solely communicate to city council via veto letters
Following a nearly four-hour negotiation around a sacred fire Sunday night at Mni Owe Sni, Indigenous youth leaders and Lakota spiritual leader Arvol Looking Horse agreed that the prayer camp near the Whipple Federal Building will close Wednesday evening.
A federal judge in Minnesota has denied a request to order U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop using practices alleged to be racially biased, while a lawsuit against the agency continues.
A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds DHS is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for simply filming or observing officers.
Belle Cushing is one of the reporters behind the investigation. She spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about it.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has vetoed a proposal to extend the city’s eviction timeline. Instead, he proposed allocating $1 million in city funding to rental assistance as an alternative way to help residents pay their bills.
Despite an Atlanta megachurch pastor saying otherwise, organizers of the boycott against Target for ending its DEI initiatives say their work continues.
“We speak for us, and we will never sell out our community for crumbs or a seat at Target's corrupt table," said organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong.
A former federal prosecutor who drew attention during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota when she told a judge she hated her job now says she is running for Congress. Julie Le is running as a Democrat in Minnesota’s 5th District — the seat held by Democrat Ilhan Omar.
Hundreds of Minnesota attorneys volunteered to help challenge immigration detentions in federal court during a surge of arrests, forming a rapid pro bono legal network across the state.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee heard testimony this week about a proposal that would change the language around Minnesota's state grain, wild rice. The language includes adding Dakota and Ojibwe to the bill as well as recognizing the plant’s "inherent" right to exist and thrive.
The number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota has dwindled in recent weeks, but many immigrants are still living in fear of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A Cold Spring family is among those whose lives were upended by the enforcement surge and haven't yet returned to normal.
Very painterly Minneapolis sunset. Off in the distance, the honk of returning geese. Earliest spring in the #North.
Have to say, it’s quite unsettling that a U.S. administration is blatantly broadcasting the fact that they are working in cahoots with their billionaire benefactor to set up yet another propaganda network to try and prop up their incredibly disgusting and unpopular war.
Eisenhower overthrowing democracy in Iran also needs acknowledging and reckoning with in this story.
Trump has raked in at least $30 million…from his own cabinet.
20 members have funneled millions right into Trump’s pockets through political donations, visits to his properties, stock holdings in his companies, and other donations.
The grift never ends.
President Trump wants more classical architecture in D.C. But that desire recently reached a strange new place: a soon-to-be modernized elementary school on the eastern edge of Ward 7. Federal officials are stepping deep into local design decisions: 51st.news/dc-schools-f...
I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...
Meanwhile, in Vermont…
People are getting gassed for protesting ICE. Yep, that’s still going on. America sure is great, isn’t it?
#Vermont #ICE #SouthBurlington
Spotted this on a pole behind independence hall. I recently saw someone say they found collage to be the best way to work through things and I didn’t really see it at the time but
Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center
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What a world
The White House recently released a video intercutting scenes of bomb strikes with video game footage.
Their message appears to be, "Look how fun it is to slaughter people!"
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection effort as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.
I think I have wrestled the WE KEEP US SAFE t-shirt & sticker ordering site to the ground and will uncork it Friday morning. Thanks for your patience everyone.
