Matt Keliher

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

This is horrifically cruel. “A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional Center died Monday at a Scottsdale hospital due to complications from an infected tooth, a local official in Chandler said Tuesday.” An excruciating and wholly preventable death. No words are adequate.

Close to 650 federal agents remain in Minnesota weeks after border czar announced end of operation There are still more than quadruple the 150 agents Tom Homan said there would be in the state by the end of last week.

They’re still lying to us.

www.startribune.com/close-to-650...

ICE moving toward closing El Paso detention camp, report says The Washington Post reported that a document was distributed to ICE staff indicating the agency was drafting a letter to potentially terminate the facility’s $1.2 billion contract.

New: A hastily constructed immigration detention facility in El Paso currently experiencing a measles outbreak is in the process of being closed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a report from the Washington Post.

This rules.

Yes, That Mancini’s: How a Legendary St. Paul Steakhouse Raised $35K for the Resistance - Racket ‘The Gathering for Good’ brought the West 7th neighborhood together.

One St. Paul native dubbed Mancini’s “the supper club most likely to be chosen for cop retirement parties.” But, this winter, the timeless steakhouse became an unlikely hub of anti-ICE activism.

Hospital officials raise alarms about tax changes, funding cuts in governor's proposed budget Representatives from MaineHealth and Northern Light Health warned that the additional costs will only exacerbate the financial challenges that have forced many hospitals to scale back services, partic...

Graham Platner: "We should use federal funds to reopen shuttered hospital systems in rural America."

Janet Mills: www.mainepublic.org/health/2026-...

I know people don't like to hear it but this is just one example out of a billion as to why you must not withhold your vote in protest.

Oh hey the extraordinary bookseller, Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books, is testifying now.
www.youtube.com/live/Pb-x4kL...

St. Paul Council Members HwaJeong Kim, Nelsie Yang and @mollycoleman.bsky.social are leading their City Council to vote today to extend the eviction notice to 60 days in St. Paul as well.

This is a commonsense policy to keep families in their homes as rent assistance is rolled out.

Minnesota Fraud, Trump’s Lawsuits, and His Big Pentagon Budget Republican hyperventilation doesn't make a small problem into a bigger one

The fraud in Minnesota is a problem, but it is trivial compared to other frauds that are largely ignored by politicians and in public debate deanbaker22.substack.com/p/minnesota-...

Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.

It used to be that corporations would compete on price to earn your business. Now, they compete with you to determine the limits of their extraction based on your online, personal activity. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...

This morning, the MN House Commerce committee will hear two bills related to surveillance pricing discrimination. And all the same SF, SV type suits come out of the woodwork to oppose common sense regulations on market activity that is deeply harmful to Minnesota consumers.

Ant is on an all time heater tonight. Call him Wolfgang Puck cuz he's got everything cooking.

We also just murdered this guy’s parents, his wife, and his son so good luck getting a peace deal

It's publication day! (I signed 240 of these yesterday, before an event with the inimitable Jeff Chang, at San Francisco's Booksmith at the Internet Archive).

"The CIA conspired to make me less cool than I was when I was 25" is the most succinct Gen X manifesto I've ever heard

Maryland, New Mexico Become Latest Blue States to Ban Local Contracts with ICE Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, joining eight other states with similar prohibitions.

A recent bill in New Mexico that bans local and state agencies from partnering with ICE also effectively shuts down three counties’ detention programs and prevents any future ones.

Wow: In the early vote, it's a blow-out *so far*.

Rodney Sadler, the progessive pastor and activist, leads state Representative Carla Cunningham 75% to 18%.

(Stay tuned as we see how the Election Day vote compares, but that's an ominous start for the incumbent.)

Context:

Sgt. Nicole M. Amor, of White Bear Lake, among soldiers killed amid Iran strikes A soldier from Minnesota was among those killed in last weekend's military strikes against Iran, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

How many more Minnesotan deaths will Donald Trump be responsible for?
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As I think about where Minnesota might be in this moment without the brave leadership of our AG, you bet I’m only going to support a senate candidate who will proudly campaign alongside our other statewide candidates and lift every single DFL boat.

Brooklyn Park man 'lured' outside his home by ICE agents deported to Mexico A Brooklyn Park man who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month has been deported to Mexico.

The man was detained last month after two women, who were ICE agents, knocked on the man’s door to ask for help with their car. The man, who is an auto mechanic, was surrounded by agents after he left his home to offer assistance.

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Damn. Prices on Costco's Jamón ibérico are going to skyrocket.

TIL that a program I helped start back in 2017 to help raise awarrness and sales for bookshops in the twin cities is now charging those shops money to participate in the program as a "sponsor" and I think that really sucks!

I should have another coffee and clean my glasses because I thought this was Trump's signature on a new EO.

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I don’t think it’s insane, it’s the phones. The average person doesn’t rationalize things as statistics, they respond to things they can see and algorithmic video is full of videos of crime and unruly cities that they interpret as things getting worse because they’re seeing it more on their phones.

The first bill out of the Trump administration was the Laken Riley Act. Only one Minnesota Democrat voted to support it.

Since then, the president has used it to separate families and detain thousands of people without due process. Nothing can undo the damage that has been done.

This is both unsurprising and completely shocking. We're in trouble folks.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.