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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.

Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.

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The ‘One Other Thing’ That Comes With Every Trump-Era Dinner The Agriculture secretary suggests one corn tortilla, one piece of broccoli, one piece of chicken, and one inscrutable last thing.

Corn tortilla. Broccoli. Chicken. And one other thing. Maybe a carrot! Maybe a bit of cheese! We assumed that it had to be food. That was our mistake, I think. Assuming that the One Other Thing had to be food.

true friends remember the name of your *second* child

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

Trump Is Extremely Clear About His Plan for Greenland—Er, Iceland? A lot has happened in the span of a day.

lot of back and forth today in the Room 101 where you get taught the party line

Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis

"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.

"Two of them are high-schoolers.

"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."

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"I should say so," O'Brien said. "For a moment there, I suspected you of the thoughtcrime of believing that Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States, would be willing to torch the country's credibility, set fire to its alliances, and tank the entire economy to acquire some territory in the North Atlantic whose name he could not even remember." The member of Congress sighed. "No, " he said. "No, you're right. We'd better do Iceland too. In case." He shut his eyes.

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"I should say so," O'Brien said. "For a moment there, I suspected you of the thoughtcrime of believing that Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States, would be willing to torch the country's credibility, set fire to its alliances, and tank the entire economy to acquire some territory in the North Atlantic whose name he could not even remember." The member of Congress sighed. "No, " he said. "No, you're right. We'd better do Iceland too. In case." He shut his eyes.

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Trump Is Extremely Clear About His Plan for Greenland—Er, Iceland? A lot has happened in the span of a day.

After several marathon sessions in Room 101 of the Ministry of Trump, the Republican member of Congress was beginning to see the strategic necessity of destroying NATO to add Greenland to the United States. It still came only in flashes. He was perspiring heavily, as was O’Brien.

ICE has arrested four children in same Minnesota school district School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers wi...

"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

Trump Is Extremely Clear About His Plan for Greenland—Er, Iceland? A lot has happened in the span of a day.

After several marathon sessions in Room 101 of the Ministry of Trump, the Republican member of Congress was beginning to see the strategic necessity of destroying NATO to add Greenland to the United States. It still came only in flashes. He was perspiring heavily, as was O’Brien.

Trump Is Extremely Clear About His Plan for Greenland—Er, Iceland? A lot has happened in the span of a day.

lot of back and forth today in the Room 101 where you get taught the party line

If I walk up to you with hammer and say “I could break your knees if you don’t give me $20 but I won’t,” would you feel relieved that I’d ruled out breaking your knees?

Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Greenland, Iceland
someone tell him the one he really wants is “the rich, fertile land just a bit to the south of Vinland” and maybe we can still get out of this

Comic. [Two people floating with objects surrounding them.] PERSON with ponytail: You know, NASA and Roscosmos actually originally named it The *International Station*, but a translation issue led someone to accidentally transcribe the formatting.

International Station

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Trump-Administration Officials Describe an Elementary-School Drop-Off Once they’ve identified you as the enemy, your every action looks sinister.

Their tiny accomplices climbed out, carrying bags on their backs full of scribbled writings—Codes, perhaps? Or manifestos?—in crayon and pencil and Magic Marker. Some of them were armed with Uncrustables, suspicious, round, sandwich-like objects full of jelly and peanut butter.

ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow A Minnesota man told Reuters he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.

US citizen says he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing half-dressed.
He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he said.

Trump-Administration Officials Describe an Elementary-School Drop-Off Once they’ve identified you as the enemy, every action looks sinister.

Trump Administration Officials Describe A Routine School Drop-Off

Trump-Administration Officials Describe an Elementary-School Drop-Off Once they’ve identified you as the enemy, every action looks sinister.

Trump Administration Officials Describe A Routine School Drop-Off

true collectors prefer a Nobel Prize in mint condition with the recipient’s name clearly visible but lightly-used in the original packaging is still pretty valuable

icicles hanging from my nose, my breath forming a cloud in front of me, fleece mittens shoved in my pockets, I stagger to the coffee shop

barista: cold brew?

me: (nodding through a gigantic scarf that muffles my whole face) cold brew.

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota to quell ICE protests Protesters clashed with authorities in Minneapolis as city officials called for calm after an immigration enforcement officer shot a man in the leg.

Breaking news: President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, raising the prospect of sending U.S. troops into Minneapolis to quell ongoing protests against a recent federal immigration enforcement surge.

Today the Trump admin moved to terminate TPS for Somalia.

The number of people impacted is unclear. USCIS told the Congressional Research Service last year there were 700, today the White House told Fox News it was 2,700, and the Federal Register Notice says 1,100. So lots of confusion on totals.

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms

if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...

In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.

Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.

fed chair with the steel chair

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms

if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus The ceremony will feature roadkill hors d’oeuvres, goblets of beef tallow, and a sewage plunge.

The ceremony will feature light roadkill hors d’oeuvres, goblets of beef tallow, and a sewage plunge, and will include a memorial tribute to the parasitic worm that perished after eating a portion of his brain, but whose influence continues to be deeply felt.

another argument against monarchy is how much time the king wastes grunting and straining to push rocks away while a big snake lurks behind a portcullis