Mike Finn

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Loudest supporters of rent control in both cities lost. Granted, Carter eventually dismantled it in the face of clear evidence it was failing at its objective while kneecapping development; Fateh had it as a policy position even with the recent events St Paul as a backdrop

Agree. It's easy to make campaign promises; much harder to administer a city, particularly one with a reportedly dysfunctional council. I don't think the end result will be much different and I wish Her well.

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

I will not be commenting further on this game

Row the boat Ski U Mah Go Gophers (fuck Iowa)

View from Saint Paul is not quite as optimistic; I'm actively self meditating.

I dunno the gophers tried real hard to lose to Perdue, not sure I'd be too concerned

I like the cut of his jib

China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

No real good options. What am I doing to do, move to Mendota Heights for the sweet sweet Dakota county taxes but eat a 6-7% mortgage? No thanks.

The DFL and DNC should be shouting about this legislation, subsequent enforcement, and labor participation from the rooftops! It's political malpractice to not be pushing this in every state possible

REM

Used ones are really cheap, wouldn't surprise me if they're ending up in Austin after getting auctioned off from other locales if demand is high. I see plenty in MN

a timeline graph for tariffs

Finally updated the tariff calculations to incorporate the 50% copper tariffs, 40% tariff on Brazilian imports, and 5-31% tariff on imports from 94 countries that Trump has signed over the last 24 hours—overall tariff rates rise more than 2%, and are now 16% higher than pre-Trump

Holy shit

I work in metal fabrication. From what I have seen, the amount of private equity and venture capital money chasing data center builds is going to make the dot com bubble look like child's play when it eventually pops.

I've only been doing it at stoplights. Relieves congestion and keeps me from being the squishy part of any inattentive pile-ups. Haven't encountered any ragey autos, yet. Knock on wood.

They should have just told the damn kids. Gentle parenting is just a series of lies.

It's been a joke for years now, IMO. Not sure the ownership makes a difference, they don't push back on any oligarchy narratives

Interest rates are a combination of the risk-free rate (Treasury notes are a proxy for this) and a risk premium. The risk premium is already going to go thru the roof due to fiscal policy (running huge deficits) and will go even higher due to risks in mismanaged monetary policy.

When my follower count reaches 500, I will give one roll of Charmin Ultra Soft from my personal TP stash to each of 5 randomly-selected, MN-based followers.

Why You Should Fear a MAGAfied Fed The next Fed chair will debase himself for Trump

Paul Krugman: Why You Should Fear a MAGAfied Fed open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Which potential expansion market would be better served by the Wild relocating there? Or put another way, how does the current economic climate impact stadium renovation? Wolves/wild private arena somewhere in the metro?

Yes! I moved across the river four years ago and have made a ton of great STP friends.

this is my new favorite thing

Terrific work by the team at Racket and I'm proud to reside in Saint Paul, home of the TP reviewer.

It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.

This is a lovely, heartbreaking piece from Colorado by a friend of the Hortman’s son.