New from PP: You know those 'Kavanaugh stops,' where justice allowed racial profiling but said they'd be no big deal? Well, ICE agents have now stopped and held this American *3 times* Earlier this month, they *shackled him* He's thinking of moving to Mexico www.propublica.org/article/immi...

🎉🎶🎂 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as I kick off my birthday, digging into my favorites from my record collection…plus an interview with legendary singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Huh... this reads like it was pre-written then, at the very last moment, the author connected with the realtor, who solved all the mystery elements... huh.

Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

🎶 🌺 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we celebrate #mothersday with old favorites and new releases from Carsie Blanton, Lucy Kaplansky, Goodnight Moonshine, Kashimana, Sadie Gustafson-Zook, Dawn Landes & more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Slightly diminish a book The Mid Gatsby

The parade, now more than 40 years old, draws thousands annually to celebrate Latino culture and commemorate a Mexican military victory in 1862. But after the past few months in Minnesota, this year's parade meant even more.

“The goal of ICE is not to make communities safer,” Stanley writes, “ICE’s mission is to reinforce a distinction between ‘us’ and ‘them.” www.arcurrent.com/editorials/2...

imagine going back in time and telling the 1980s about King Charles and Queen Camilla coming to visit President Trump

Tune in to #womenfolkradio as we celebrate #mayday & #InternationalWorkersDay and talk with Irish singer/songwriter Grainne Hunt about her big US tour! PLUS ticket giveaways to see Grainne Hunt & Mama’s Broke! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

🌍🎶🌼 Tune in this week as we celebrate #EarthDay with songs about blooming flowers, budding trees and other growing things. We also talk with members of award-winning bluegrass band Della Mae about their new album! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Sen. Amy Klobuchar spoke against the measure to open mining near the Boundary Waters. She spoke about her grandfather, who worked underground in a mine in Ely.

Now playing on Radio Pocho: "Get On" by Beth Bombara

Had a ball at the Brian Oake Show, talking about Sunday’s concert at the Hook & Ladder & Wednesday’s livestream benefit for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1qiXOD9Wd6gvIR9BqUOTdZ?si=kB1XmpG1QSaDITlzNdDjxg 🎟️ Tix: thehookmpls.com/event/bethbombara-motherbanjo/

🎸 🎶 🎻 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we talk with guitar virtuoso Yasmin Williams about her spring tour & look at the treasure trove of instruments she has in her closet. Plus we preview some great shows! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Thanks to @kfai.org for the spin and for supporting the 4/19 show at the Hook & Ladder with Beth Bombara!

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Big thanks to @kfai.org for previewing my show this Saturday with Samantha Grimes & Katy Tessman! We’ll be squeezing a whole bunch of songs and harmonies into Dusty’s Big Green Booth so stop by—I kick things off at 8 pm! 🎸 🪕 🎸 🎧 Listen: kfai.org/episode/04-06-2026-msp-sound

☀️ 🎶🏝️ Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we talk with Nashville singer, songwriter & yodeler Alice Wallace. Plus music from from Susan Werner, Big Richard Band, Crys Matthews, Alisa Amador & more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm WHCP

Rough day for Trump in the courts today: - Ballroom halted - Order to stop NPR/PBS funding blocked - No immunity for civil cases related to J6

Even though the federal government approved Minnesota's corrective action plane to prevent fraud, officials said the state still has not received the $243 million meant to support Medicaid programs.

“It just seems so simple. My neighbors need help,” said Minnesotan Elizabeth Anderson, who arranges for drivers to take kids to school and coordinates food delivery for more than 100 families. By @peterdicampo.bsky.social, design by @zisiga.bsky.social

🪴 🎶 📓Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we play songs of spring and talk with Molly Maher & Sarah Morris about the Lutsongs Songwriters Retreat happening Apr 23-26! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

That’s the amazing Chris Murphy of Connecticut. A true leader and an important voice in the fight to save our democracy.

Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio as we feature artists who are making a difference with their music & work, including Joan Baez, Chastity Brown and Mavis Staples + we talk with rising jazz star Leslie Vincent! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm WHCP

☀️ 🏃🏻‍♀️ Minneapolis, you’re looking good today! Perfect day for my first outdoor run in 6 months — 75 degrees and sunny with a breeze that brought the cool air from still-icy Lake Nokomis. Everyone was out and it was glorious! #whatadifferenceaweekmakes #blizzardtosummer #springinminneapolis

LIVE IN STUDIO 🎙️ Rich Mattson and the Northstars perform at The North at 3 pm CDT to play songs from their new album and preview tomorrow’s Duluth release show at Bent Paddle! 🎧 Listen: thenorth1033.org

Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as feature the best classic & contemporary Americana artists, including Kacey Musgraves, Lucinda Williams, Lilli Lewis, Emmylou Harris, Carrie Rodriguez & Allison Russell! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

🇮🇪 Celebrate #stpatricksday by streaming #WomenfolkRadio featuring music from and inspired by Ireland…and make sure to donate to KFAI during our Spring Pledge Drive & support the show that celebrates women’s voices from around the globe! 🎧 Listen: womenfolkradio.com/listen 💰 Donate: kfai.org/donate/

Man, whoever directed the in memorium segment this year deserves an award 😭 #oscars2026

🍀 It’s your lucky day! Through St. Patrick’s Day Buy 2 tix, Get 2 FREE for my 3/20 Leading Ladies of Americana show at The Cabooze with a few of my faves — Laura Hugo, Haley E Rydell, Katy Tessman & Emmy Woods! 🎟️ etix.com/ticket/p/31744608/leading-ladies-of-americana-minneapolis-the-cabooze

🇮🇪 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio for our #StPatricksDay special, feat music from &about Ireland, including new and old faves from Nuala Kennedy, Aoife O'Donovan, The Outside Track, Karan Casey, Laura MacKenzie & more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

BIG TOUR IN MN THIS WEEK! Featuring Native American Music Award winner Keith Secola and lauded musician and actor Gary Farmer (best known for his recent work in the television show Reservation Dogs), the shows will include music from the new all-star band Rangers and The Wind Jammers!

So excited for this weekend’s Minnesota Bluegrass Winter Weekend! Here’s where you can catch me…hope to see you there! Sat 10 am | Studio 3 🎙️ Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) Q+A with Becky Schlegel & Brent Fuqua Sun 12 pm | Auditorium Stage 🪕 Mother Banjo Band

🪕 🎻 🎸 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we preview the Minnesota Bluegrass Winter Weekend and play music from Della Mae, Dar Williams, Becky Buller, Alison Brown, Adia Victoria, Screaming Orphans and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

This former ICE instructor reveals how the agency has changed its training program to carry out Trump’s cruel deportation agenda — even if it means trampling on our civil rights. Not another dime for this out-of-control agency.

Breaking MS NOW: Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available. Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

Tune in to #WomennfolkRadio as we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, playing music from the finest Black artists in folk, blues, country and roots music…Plus rising Americana star Joy Clark joins us from New Orleans! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

Honestly, this sign should be everywhere.

Legit opportunity here! youtube.com/shorts/RlTZ4...

Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we celebrate MN’s Feb thaw with music from Allison Russell, Vienna Teng and Faith Boblett…Plus new releases from Brandi Carlile & SistaStrings, Humbird, Sarah Morris and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

A federal judge is set to hear testimony Tuesday from U.S. citizens and immigrants in Minnesota who say federal agents stopped and arrested them without warrants or probable cause. Some are asylum seekers or are lawful permanent residents.

In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.

Still do!

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.