Had a great time skiing with my son at Pineridge Cross-Country Ski Area in Poestenkill. Nice snow, great trails.

There are a lot of essential films about civil rights leaders on TCM today that everyone should check out. They include KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE MALCOLM X UPTIGHT THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTOM BLACK PANTHERS

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. He seems to think that if he captures Greenland, history will remember him as another Thomas Jefferson (Louisiana purchase) or William Seward (Alaska). The cost of his afflatus to U.S. interests will be greater than he imagines.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.

Abu Ghraib-coded

“It seems that our legislative assemblies have adopted Nero as their patron saint and are bent on fiddling while our cities burn… That is the sickness of racism, excessive materialism and militarism. Not only is this our nation’s dilemma, it is the plague of western civilization.” -MLKJ, 1967

Great column "As a longtime foreign correspondent, I have covered civil wars in countries across the globe. Not so long ago, I would have rolled my eyes at the notion that one could erupt anywhere in America, much less in my once placid home state of Minnesota." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

It's not just the St. Paul Doubletree. The Intercontinental in downtown St Paul is also shutting for now. According to the Pioneer Press, they're both operated by an indigenous tribe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. FYI, ICE has been arresting Native Americans. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/h...

One of the ugliest football games ever? My kingdom for a first down, no fumbles

St. Paul woman, U.S. citizen, released from ICE detention after two days www.twincities.com/2026/01/17/s...

ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.

No one is surprised that Vance fell in line. He's a toady. But let's stop repeating this myth that Vance was ever a credible antiwar figure. He has backed every illegal attack that Trump has ordered from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela.

From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.

Skiing on the rail trail

It would be funny, if it wasn’t so infuriating, that this is the second time people have elected Donald Trump and then almost immediately been like “wait what the fuck we hate this guy”

Cat observing the snow

The Hmong community in America is here predominantly because they were our allies in the Vietnam War, and we lost so they had to leave their homes and move here.

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Went to the Crandell Theatre for a special screening of the new Avatar, followed by a Q&A with Stephen Lang - Col. Quaritch himself. I enjoyed the film, with some quibbles - James Cameron has directed another incredible spectacle that immerses viewers in a beautiful alien world. The Q&A with

A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:

Courthouse weddings are becoming more popular. I look into why in my latest for Saratoga Living. saratogaliving.com/the-case-for...

Searched 2016 on my phone and the first thing that came up was an etch a sketch I did, for some reason, of Bill Belichick

What % of Americans want to live like this?

"We're doing it by the grace of God and by the help of thousands of volunteers we have in our network." www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

Watched the 1970 film "Diary of a Mad Housewife," starring Carrie Snodgress as a woman stuck in an unpleasant marriage to a huge jerk. This is an abrasive, uncomfortable, frustrating film - but also something of a masterpiece about a woman who is insulted and condescended to by everyone.

Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.

"Regardless of where you stand on … immigration, we all know that what is happening in the Midwest is a disaster." Orange County will formally oppose a proposal to build an ICE facility in NY's Hudson Valley www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Lewiston, Maine: “One property manager whose tenants are almost exclusively African immigrants showed a reporter a form being passed around so undocumented parents could designate temporary guardians for their children in the event of their arrest.”

Thursday evening cat

1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources Since then - No other news org has confirmed the story - No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced

Really enjoyed this. Someone recommended Tana French to me a while back, and I've now read three of her books. They're mysteries, but more contemplative and relationship-focused than you might expect.

My husband’s latest painting

Who Can Kill a Child?

"A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3."

We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one

Trump is just killing it, I see

Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E." The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop." consequence.net/2026/01/drop...

Did you want to live in a "papers, please?' country? I didn't.

People in Minneapolis don't like it when secret police come into their city to kill and brutalize them, people in rural areas think it's great. Somehow, this is a problem that Minneapolis is supposed to make amends for.

Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/

The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.

Page One in Detroit: Sabula. @freep.com

One of the best vacations of my life was a week in Iceland about a decade ago. Beautiful place. Lovely people. We were treated well everywhere we went. Anyway, I'm sorry Trump selected this dumbass to serve as U.S. ambassador to that wonderful country. www.arctictoday.com/trumps-icela...

why have they been allowed to get away with this "paid protester" lie every single time for the last decade or so? is it just because its a really quick lie and its easier to just move on? is it because everyone is too lazy to just say "prove it"?

Past time for Dem govs to create a mechanism or lead a movement aimed at withholding blue-state federal tax dollars. No straightforward way to do this, but it’s a solvable problem.

Solidarity with the people of Greenland and Denmark against ridiculous foreign aggression 🇬🇱🇩🇰✊

To the people out of state who keep saying “why won’t the local cops stop ICE” you need to understand that ICE is overwhelmingly the largest force on the ground in Minneapolis. They outnumber Minneapolis cops four to one. They’re more likely to stop the cops than the other way around