Exactly right. Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign. Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE. Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them. Every possible angle.

Bovino still has a job. The masked murderer of Alex is still on the street. No more money for ICE.

If your Representative or Senators start going "whew! I guess it's ok to give DHS funding now" be ready to get on their cases

Greetings from Vichysota

Doughnuts are entering the plot

Just to be clear while we grieve the thugs remain emboldened and nothing has changed in the occupation. Every single condition in Minnesota for another murder is still right here.

Yeah but tell the truth those agents were eating the dogs and cats

Ellison: "They're coming after our state because we voted 3 times for somebody who's not Donald Trump, which he has said he resents deeply and believes is not even true. I can tell you it's not about fraud ... He's sending armed, masked men. This is a pretext"

Dear Facebook: I was talking about Molly Ivins.

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

Berdichev, July 28, 1941; Minneapolis, January 24, 2026

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my soul that didn’t hurt

So the rules are if you’re white you’re gonna be fine but don’t think about trying to help anyone

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

A whole lot wrong with your headline @startribune.com

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

If I am reading this right, a man is being held down and brutalized while a woman says he’s her husband and they were trying to run from the tear gas, on @ms.now

Another catastrophic shooting in Minneapolis by federal agents. We are gathering more information, but ICE must leave now so MPD can secure the scene and do their jobs.

While we wait for more details on the latest shooting by ICE thugs let’s not forget that autopsy reports show that Jonathan Ross’s kill shot to Renee Good was to the side of her head

Now is the time for your tears

MAGA: You’re bussing in your protesters! Also MAGA:

I wrote a short piece on my trip to Texas and how it confirmed for me why we can’t fund this version of ICE. The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers @daynakurtz.bsky.social Ella Jenkins Sweet Emma Barrett Victoria Williams Dolly Parton

They must be feeling lefse out

I don’t know who added Liam Conejo Ramos to The Problem We All Live With, Norman Rockwell’s 1964 painting of Ruby Bridges. But bravo.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Here’s the print page if you can’t climb over the paywall

Must read on both ends of the Mississippi River, and, ahem, anyone who thinks we are just flyover country. @tisserand.bsky.social is in my journalism family tree three different ways It's an important reminder that we aren't alone and it ends w/a deep trust in fellowship. (CST folk, share away)

me every time I enter a comments section

My only writing advice and something that I wish I’d learned years ago is that it’s easier to rewrite than write so just start typing shit and take it from there.

Minnesota friends, better hide all your sweet, sweet sofas

Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name

In the United States of America

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

are they not monsters?

Let me ask you one question Is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could? I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul #AbolishICE

Gutter racism on the international stage.

Leveled by the beauty and toughness in this poem by @ollieschminkey.bsky.social. This might not be everything you need to know about Minnesota right now but it’s a good start. It’s in three parts posted as a thread. 1/3

I miss Dolly Madison Zingers

I love Minnesota

Lobster and Scout would like to offer you an interspecies timeline cleanse

I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white

Hello from ICE-infested rural west central Minnesota. Here’s the day we’re gonna be protesting.

Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority” He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.

I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

And a very Happy MLK Day to you too

What if a national general strike started in Minneapolis

that last caleb throw was all pope