Colleen Kelly

President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich or Biden’s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

"Biden’s pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trump’s second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion."

www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

Now: Dropkick Murphys hit the stage for a benefit in Minneapolis across from where Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents.

“We cannot thank you enough for all you’ve done on behalf of freedom and democracy in America”

This is who the Minnesota WILD GM wanted in the US Men's locker room to celebrate. Someone who is actively covering up the murders of 2 Minnesotans.

i literally just emailed her again, about this, and said "i look forward to your generic reponse"

ABOLISHCE A fundraiser FOR THE PEOPLE DROPKICK MURPHYS® FRIDAY, MARCH 6", ", 1:00 PM. -8:00 PM Black Forest Inn, Parking Lot on Nicollet Ave 26th and Nicollet, Alex Pretti Memorial FREE ADMISSION Fight fascism and support the warriors who've stepped up to protect our neighbors and our democracy. GIVE TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS STILL FIGHTING AND HELPING Dropkicks set at 4:00 p.m. Prior to Sold Out Show at Palace Theatre Dropkick Murphys Wild Colonial Bhoys Danza Ketzal Brass Solidarity Kiss the Tiger Sophie Hiroko Chutes Obi Original Shackletons Laamar Neighbors Helping Neighbors Show Up For Eat Street Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Rent Support For Bancroft Families SPONSORS Black Forest Inn MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION Whittier SẢM = 7250 MINNESOTANS FORA UNITED IRELAND

Dropkick Murphys will be performing at an Abolish ICE fundraiser on March 8th at Black Forest Inn in Minneapolis

With:
Wild Colonial Bhoys
Danza Ketzal
Brass Solidarity
Dropkick Murphys
Kiss the Tiger
Sophie Hiroko
Chutes
Obi Original
Shakletons
Laamar

RIP Alex Pretti

Minnesota child: Is it cold out?

Minnesota mom: No, it’s nice. Sunny. No wind.

Narrator: It was 10 degrees.

My kids, as 4 & 6 year olds, would call it “mom’s driving music”

The level of anger normal Minnesota people have at their elected representatives is palpable. It's not about party, but the perceived failure of local/state electeds to do anything of substance to protect residents who pay their taxes and get left facing off alone against masked, armed men.

What a heart-warming, accurate picture of the Minnesota resistance. Bringing light to the darkness.

Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans

Wonderfully written NY Times piece by a local dad involved in the resistance, really echoes with a lot of what we’re feeling: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o... (gift link)

Cardinal Tobin celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass for detainees in Newark ICE facility NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — The Newark bishops are the only confirmed U.S. bishops who plan to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass in an ICE detention facility.

NEW via @fiona-ndre.bsky.social, @fiona-murphy.bsky.social and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: Cardinal Tobin celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass for detainees in Newark ICE facility (note: this is NJ, not in IL, where there are disputes about allowing this to happen) —> religionnews.com/2026/02/18/c...

Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant He was observing after Alex Pretti’s killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.

A Marine veteran who witnessed Alex Pretti shooting claims that federal agents held a gun to his head, detained him, seized his phone, took fingerprints and DNA without a warrant, and held him for eight hours before releasing him without charges into subzero temperatures.

Missed this one: God Bless the Immigrants (Sarah Streitz)

I have this playlist on repeat

Spotify playlist ICE OUT NOW Minneapolis: City of Heros (Billy Bragg), Streets of Minneapolis (Bruce Springsteen), Join Ice (Jesse Welles), Who'll Stand With Us? (Dropkick Murphys), Pretent You Remember (Tom Morello), Big Crime (Neil Young), Bad News (Zach Bryan), La Cumbia De La Migra (Los Journaleros del Norte)

ICE OUT NOW Spotify playlist: Control Alt-Rigth Delete (The Briggs), ICE ICE Abolish It (Trypta Mane), This Ground is Home (Natalie Lovejoy), Breaking News (The Neighborhood Kids), Minnesota Nazis (NOFX), No Kings No Crown (Paul Metsa, Alan Sparhawk)

Specific to the BS we are living through now, I crowdsourced this playlist a couple weeks ago.

I watched this recap. Awful that they changed the order!

What?

How cool is it that that a woman who went to medical school in Minnesota and learned to cross country ski here is the first Mexican female to compete in the sport in Olympics. And Jessie Diggins met her at the finish line. The video is heart-melting.

Regina Martínez Lorenzo is the first Mexican woman to compete in Olympics cross-country skiing.

Other racers waited at the finish line to hug her. Brazil’s Bruna Moura, an 3 medalists, Karlsson, Ebba Andersson of Sweden, and Jessie Diggins from the US.

She learned to ski while in med school in MN.

I watched a video of a wine mom in Kansas City casually torching a proposed ICE facility with lighter fluid in broad fucking daylight, and then saw a tweet from Amy Klobuchar about grocery prices and, Jesus, please try to keep up

Absolutely beautiful Steve Sack

n of 1: my undergrad child is planning to pursue a PhD in history, and abhors all chatCPG and gen AI with a passion that warms my soul

Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

I appreciate that this post has been updated to credit the photographer @leilanavidi.bsky.social

Ironic to be writing about photography without crediting the photographer. Also saw several extremely high profile posts yesterday. Even “alt text” on a post would be … something

Once again, completely uncredited. This photo is by @leilanavidi.bsky.social / @startribune.com
Journalism deserves monetary support and recognition. it doesn't just happen magically ...

balding man with gray hair and beard stands in the snow in his front yard, clad in a dark gray bathrobe. he's holding a phone up, recording a video of ICE activity on his street. photo taken in Minneapolis the week after Renee Good's murder.

The number of ICONIC observers in bathrobes here in the Twin Cities is higher than it should be.

(Photo by Stephen Maturen, Getty Images.)

Photo by @leilanavidi.bsky.social

Photo by @leilanavidi.bsky.social / @startribune.com

*heard
fucking autocorrect