Two of the 15 defendants charged in an 8-felony-count federal conspiracy for their activism during ICE's deadly Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, spoke to Unicorn Riot about their case a week after their home was raided by federal agents. Full story / interviews at website.

The country is being run like a Trump casino headed for bankruptcy www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Thanks to @major7mag.bsky.social for sharing my poem “Smoke”! Grateful for their fun publication.

They are coming for our water, Minnesota. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

Unbelievably chilling, shameful collaborationist behavior by a medical association Ta-Nehisi Coates: “We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”

started / going

I support the people of New Jersey and those in need at Delaney Hall. Perhaps you can help them out?

BREAKING: A Russian attack drone has struck a residential building in Galați, Romania, according to reports from the scene. Romania is a NATO member state. Initial reports indicate multiple people were injured.

Zohran Mamdani: "We will protect tenants from bad landlords block by block. We will support tenant unions block by block. We will deliver some of the strongest and most expansive tenant protections in the United States of America block by block."

Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ‘93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them. www.brockovichdatacenter.com

@shannongibney.bsky.social’s important new picture book WHERE IS MY SISTER was released this week by @uminnpress.bsky.social. You can find the book at @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social and other independent bookstores!

Minnesotans have said enough is enough. We are demanding action to protect our kids. House Republicans need to show some courage and tell Minnesotans where they stand.

'Monstrous' Trump Rule Change Could Slash Benefits to 400,000 Adults With Down Syndrome and Other Disabilities "As they push to build a $400 million ballroom, they are stripping disabled Americans of their meager benefits."

It's always Reagan. punk bitch

New mixtape up for you! It will be one of our last. Details in my editor's letter Now playing: Volume 27 www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

My poem’s in a mixed tape. I’m so cool. www.major7mag.com/post/smoke-o...

Thank you Henrick Karoliszyn, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @jeremymauser.bsky.social, Lizzy Turner, Colin Brightwell, @darklake.bsky.social, @joshshepard.bsky.social for your lovely work Their songs are up on the master playlist, give it a follow: t.co/sIV6Q5IKRO

Seems to me like Trump is desperately begging Iran to sign a replica of the Obama JCPOA he tore up. All for the low low price of thousands dead, global instability, high energy prices, and a toll on ships through the once-free strait of Hormuz.

Join us on SUNDAY, April 19th at Icehouse in Minneapolis to celebrate Truartspeaks with performances by Douglas Kearney, Desdamona, Valerie Deus, @seemore.bsky.social, and many more. Doors open at 3:00 and show starts at 4:00. Hope to see you there!

Time for Canada to save Minnesota! www.savetheboundarywaters.org/updates/what...

I blame Reagan for everything.

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

Combining two of today's topics with this video of Bruce Springsteen at a No Nukes concert in 1979 in NYC. #BruceSpringsteen #nonukes www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVfh...

In his later years, Hertzel remembered, her father confided, "'There were just so many of you. There wasn't enough love to go around.' I thought that was heartbreaking. It's wrong. There's always enough love."

Author, activist, parent, and educator @shannongibney.bsky.social's important oped on the current funding crisis for Minneapolis Public Schools: racketmn.com/after-the-ic...

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

Won't link to it, but a MAGA facebook page w/ 8 million followers reviewed us: "a raw, aggressive performance" "power to the people in classic communist style" "a direct call to economic disruption" "Secret Rivers revealed the real venom driving these events: contempt for federal authority" ok!

there it is, all 7 continents

Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI.

Judge Katherine Menendez rejected a lawsuit by the Department of Justice claiming Minnesota’s Dream Act discriminates against U.S. citizens from other states. Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social

TONIGHT!

we might see 70 percent disapproval!

Excited to be teaching my Stop Making Sense poetry workshop at the @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 11 10-3 pm. Join us for some wild poetry fun! loft.org/classes/stop...

I’m honored to be in conversation with Anthony Cebellos about his new book GLASSFUL OF PRAYER on Tuesday, March 17th at Magers and Quinn in Minneapolis. Registration recommended. www.magersandquinn.com/event/Anthon...

That ends the Frankenstein portion of the evening.

Our ICE OUT: MINNESOTA WRITERS RESPOND TO ICE reading on Friday, March 6 in Baltimore brought 160 people to hear our essential words. Thanks co-sponsors @literaryhub.bsky.social and @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social helping to raise money for MonarcaMN and Pillsbury House! @awpwriter.org #AWP

I'm out of words here

Come hear about the joys, challenges, and freedom of being an mature writer: we promise we will be honest, truthful, and fun. Saturday. Noon. @awpwriter.org #AWP2026 @thesusanito.bsky.social @deniselow9.bsky.social

Just realized that with Abolish ICE at +11, it's polling over 30 percentage-points ahead of Trump approval. Guess that means if the media wants to be representative, it should give at least like 40% more airtime to people who support abolishing ICE to Trump supporters

AWPers: Friday, March 6 at Checkerspot Brewing 1:45-2:45 p.m. in Baltimore, MN authors will be reading and raising money for Monarca and Pillsbury House. Beverages and food will be available for order. Sponsored by @literaryhub.bsky.social, @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social, and @kimbiliofiction.com.

From MPR News, photographer Jeff Schafer got a drone shot of this “Kaleidoscope of Love” event in Powderhorn yesterday.

I think the last time the USA created regime change solely through bombing was in Cambodia, when a massive carpet bombing campaign so destabilized the country that the Khmer Rouge came to power and wiped out the Royal government—the American ally. Genocide followed.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

Looks like a ship’s hold

@literaryhub.bsky.social's @jonnydiamond.bsky.social is publishing amazing essays from Twin Cities writers. Letter from Minnesota: How We Get Through the Darkest Nights by poet and children's book author Molly Beth Griffin about the strength of chosen family and community. lithub.com/letter-from-...