Jeff Boissoneault

Congrats again — well deserved!

Research on pain and addiction, especially alcohol use

Prohibiting Law Enforcement Staging on City-owned Property. Passed by Council and signed by Mayor Her on Feburary 4, 2026.

Overview of areas that are prohibited for federal law enforcement to access within the City of Saint Paul.

Mayor Her has signed Ordinance 26-5, passed by the City Council, to respond to federal ICE activity in Minnesota. The ordinance prohibits law enforcement staging or operational activity on city-owned property, and restricts access to non-public city spaces. Learn more at stpaul.gov/metro-surge

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

The Feb. 1 front page of the Star Tribune

The front page of tomorrow's Minnesota Star Tribune: Feb. 1, 2026

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

Congrats on the submission! Always an accomplishment, but especially now.

A St. Paul Animal Control officer, wearing a uniform and badge, lovingly holds a French Bulldog with a red leash. The text reads, "Concerned about pets during recent federal enforcement actions? Contact Animal Services: 651-266-1100 stpaul.gov/animal-services." There's a blue logo with a white building icon in the top left corner.

Recent federal immigration enforcement actions have raised concerns about pets who may be left without care. In Saint Paul, call Animal Services at 651-266-1100 if you’re worried about an animal. We’ll check in and focus on the animal’s safety: stpaul.gov/animal-services

Congratulations on the submission! And couldn't agree more.

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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

One of those captcha things. This one says ‘select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 26, 2026

Alex Pretti, wearing a green sweater with his VA badge on.

This is Alex Pretti.

This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.

#ScientistsAgainstICE

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Masked federal agents in Minnesota just shot and killed another person.

We must put a stop to Trump’s ICE. Now.

Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings.

BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.

ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE.

📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Scenes from today's protests. This is what Minnesota looks like. This is who we are. We show up for our neighbors. Such amazing energy on a brutally cold day.

Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march.

Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Hot damn that's an order.

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I appreciate RTs to help get the word out as well :)

“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.

The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

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