"Golden once again": Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. Feb. 23, 2026

i'm gonna go die in the woods! !!

so excited for my close personal friend Brock Faber

I COULD CHEW THROUGH REBAR RIGHT NOW THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT

USA USA USA USA USA USA

The shots on goal difference!! Damn. Give Hellebuyck a baseball bat.

BOLDY

Minneapolis passed a new ordinance in 2024 that eased the regulatory burden of turning vacant office space into new housing. Since then, Mpls has added 574 new homes by converting commercial office space into residential housing, the sixth most in the country. Read more: streets.mn/2026/02/09/p...

City of Minneapolis is considering two proposals for redeveloping the SE corner of the Nicollet Kmart site. In coming weeks city staff will recommend one option to the City Council for approval. View the proposals and take the survey by March 5: www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/p...

Help shape the future of the New Nicollet redevelopment. Take our survey about the Phase 1 development proposals for the former Kmart site at Nicollet Avenue and Lake Street. Give your feedback by March 5 at 4 p.m.: https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/new-nicollet/survey/

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is suspending evictions for its rental properties in response to the ICE surge. It's the first local government body in Minnesota to enact a rent moratorium because of immigration enforcement.

Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️

Coming in Friday's @startribune.com: Team USA is golden again. www.startribune.com/2026-winter-...

put it in the Louvre

Minnesotans filming ICE:

Took AN HOUR to drive from NE Minneapolis to my apartment in Highland Park

To the people of Minneapolis: You’ve shown up, you used your voice, and you are standing up for your community. Thank you.

And here's the thing - doing good for others *feels* good. Taking joy in helping neighbors increases our strength and fuels our continued resistance.

“I will be brave, like you, every day. RIP." “Rest in power Alex. Never forgotten. We fight in your memory” “Thank you for protecting our community with love.” “Thank you for standing up for whats right” Alex Pretti Memorial Minneapolis February 16, 2026

“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

real g’s move in silence like lasagna

oh so it actually is that good

“I’m obsessed with curling” “I love figure skating” NO!!! We all need to be slalom-maxxing!!

Local residents, immigrant rights groups and a couple City Council members marched in a protest against ICE in northeast Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon. Read the latest: bit.ly/3MMvefi Video: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune

I'm going to promote the heck out of this: The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation. More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...

The more than 80 declarations, which the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota included in an ongoing class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, offer the clearest account yet of observers’ treatment at the hands of the thousands of federal agents who flooded the state.

Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.

Operation Metro Surge resulted in a $203 million impact on Minneapolis. Every penny is a loss to the City’s economy, people’s livelihoods, shelter and food security. Read more about the preliminary impact assessment released by the City: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/

A recent federal appeals court ruling means immigrants detained in Minnesota and sent to Texas won’t be released on bond — for now.

mods on vacation. time to deep fry a turkey inside the house

It really stands out to me that after a Trump-appointed judge castigated DHS for "threadbare declarations" that offered no evidence or examples, DHS couldn't think of anything new to say to the press and just recycled a previous statement after this decision.

TODAY: Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned on federal criminal charges in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church. The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be. We explain ⬇️⬇️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Operation Metro Surge will soon come to an end, closing the two-month invasion of federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis. Read the full release: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2026/february/near-end-oms

Three months ago I was hooting at the Metropolitan Airports Commission about ICE flights. Today they’ve sent me to holler at Congress. I’ll do my damndest to make you proud, Minnesota! #MNinDC

Groundswell was an absolute gem, the spiritual hub of Hamline-Midway. They will be sorely missed.

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

Feds accused dozens of MN anti-ICE protesters of attacking agents and ramming their cars into federal vehicles, inflicting bodily injury. Weeks later, prosecutors quietly charged the protesters with less serious crimes in about 20 cases. In at least three instances, charges were dismissed.

Across the Twin Cities, a cadre of suburban sports moms have mobilized to support immigrant families.

Amid a sea of lawyers and legal observers, unidentified federal agents made a chaotic arrest in the atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday morning.

Since I’ve officially had my first day at city hall and they can’t take the job away from me: In the interview process, the interviewers and I learned in real-time together that I had never actually said the word ‘municipal’ out loud. Absolutely biffed it.

NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

Billie Joe Armstrong rockin' Minnesota's Rebel Loon!

There is a Hershey’s commercial that they keep playing during the Olympics that has made me cry every single time it’s aired.

Looking for a way to support? Many local organizations are actively supporting people affected by current federal enforcement activity and related disruptions. See the non-exhaustive, trusted list of organizations for ways to donate: https://tr.ee/EVTU1x

"We got pepper sprayed in the face, and we're still here," Tayler Mitchell, 31, said. "No matter what happens, we'll be here." bit.ly/4kxyNmb

Excited for my first Olympics as a civilian (non-journalist) in over a decade.

Local authorities can investigate (and even charge) feds for alleged wrongdoing. So why don't they? @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, Andy Mannix & I asked local jurisdictions around the country if they're conducting their own investigations into shootings by immigration agents Read what we found:

Just got a calendar notification that today is an important day in history: The anniversary of George Bush sending a presidential memo about his very, very, very fat dog

I know that’s right 🙂‍↕️