my mom died of metastatic colorectal cancer at 59. she died of it because she lost insurance & couldn’t afford colonoscopies or other screening to detect it early. when she was diagnosed, the prognosis was 10 years. she made it 2. this should never happen to anyone in a supposedly great country.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

jfc the photos of the damage are awful www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities...

You can’t have an abortion but you can kill your grown daughter if she disagrees with you

They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.

A MAGA freak in Texas murdered his own daughter in cold blood after they had an argument about Trump. A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges. Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.

ICE had the worst of the worst after all. Not in custody, but on payroll.

Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.

A union contract is worth its weight in gold.

So, the March for Life appears to have brought Measles to DC. www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...

Norms between adversaries are usually better maintained by mutual deterrence than by mutual forbearance.

As a real practical question, how could you have normal social relations with the ghouls who do this? How could you accept them as kids sports coaches, for example? I’d never trust a person associated with this.

Lawless thugs all the way down

over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

“Every statement I make today is backed up by sources—solid sources,” Powell told the world. “These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"

Low-wage workers saw their real wages decline in 2025, a sharp reversal from the historically fast real wage growth they had experienced over the previous five years. For all the details, check out my latest research with @joe-fast.bsky.social @epi.org www.epi.org/blog/low-wag... #EconSky

I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.

This is maybe the platonic ideal of a guy who watches videos about being an alpha male: getting your shit rocked by 15 year olds before being arrested

This Homan presser is completely incoherent. He started by announcing a drawdown of 700 agents (good!) but then pivoted to whining about "rhetoric" (bad) and suggested there will be more bloodshed if it doesn't stop (grim). Not clear to me that anything is actually changing on the ground here in MN.

“Minnesotans turned out in historic numbers to exercise their democratic rights at precinct caucuses,” said DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom. “Tonight is more proof that we will never stop fighting for our neighbors.”

This remains the correct take on candidate moderation

We need to call them witnesses, not observers. Witness Tampering is a federal & state felony. (MN Stat. § 609.498 -Tampering With a Witness) Prosecutors don’t need to prove the underlying crime happened - only that someone tried to threaten, influence, intimidate, or retaliate against a witness.

In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.

A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social

the Republican Party will get worse before it gets worse, but God willing it will also get a whole lot smaller

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

One of our finest hours as a state and he wants to give credit to tourists. Like saying the 1st MN was really guys from Iowa.

The most important part of the Rehmet campaign (in my humble opinion as a local political scientist whose opinion nobody asked for) is that Rehmet ran as a union man. Rehmet is a union president, and this was an unapologetically pro labor campaign.

HUGE: Democrat Taylor Rehmet has flipped Texas Senate District 9 blue, pulling off a major electoral upset in a district Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Congrats, Senator-elect Rehmet!

Congrats to @iamunion.bsky.social

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet just won a *massive* landslide to flip a deep-red Senate district. He's up by 14 points in a Trump+17 seat—an overperformance of more than 30 points. How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:

DFL legislators need to insist on a compensation fund of tens of millions of dollars to offset economic harms of the ICE siege. It infuriates me that Mercado Central has to hold a $500,000 bake sale to hold onto their building. Tens of fucking millions.

Some filing deadlines have passed, but...If you're a Democrat and you've ever thought of running for office: Get cracking. And state and local Dem parties? Get every damn slot filled, top to bottom of the ballot. Sure, more solid GOP seats won't become competitive, but more than ever youneverknow.

Will be there in 64B for the Mighty @epmurphymn.bsky.social

This is the way

The best summary of the NiMBY mind ever

Shout out to @megl.bsky.social , putting up better numbers than both Morgan Freeman and Christmas

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Bovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones

One of the true internet classics!!!

When ICE is killing Minnesotans left and right, everyone's voice matters. This is no time to sit on the fence.

Twin/Tone’s Paul Stark weighing in with words of sorrow and encouragement.

We’ve done nothing and we’re all out of ideas

JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.

Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word.