Insane and infuriating story about the US orphaning an Afghan child and then a US court taking her from her adoptive refugee family to be given to an American couple

This, but I like Lady Gaga. A true rock star

This is just incredibly normal It's nice

I will be cheering for the Canadian hockey team

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Bad Bunny received a standing ovation for his poignant speech taking aim at ICE as he accepted the Grammy award for best música urbana album. Follow our live updates here: https://wapo.st/49VPFQ4

It's really too bad Lady Gaga tickets are like $500 for nosebleeds...

Watching the Grammys and remembering I need to branch out more...

Strong year tbh variety.com/lists/2026-g...

Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest: “This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested." More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...

There may well be something about being a billionaire that is corrosive to your moral well-being. New revelation, I know

I mean come on

Breaking news: The former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested on charges connected to a Minnesota church protest, people familiar with the matter said.

Some friends have told me in no uncertain terms that AI is quickly getting good at coding and that I shouldn't even waste my time learning new languages. Just get good at asking Claude questions

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEWS: Minnesota investigators just said they were unable to do any work on the scene where Border Patrol agents shot and killed a US citizen. They even went so far as to obtain a search warrant, and DHS still blocked their access to the scene.

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

Don't mind me, just gonna watch this to cheer up

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

Decreasing utilization and cheaper alternatives may well be why health spending projections are always more expensive than reality www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Stained glass is not used enough outside of churches, imo

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

Went to the JFK Presidential Library

Some things never change, some do

RIP Salem witches

that’s right

“It makes me think that maybe DHS was a bad idea.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO. It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.

With diplomas that big, they gotta stay worth something

Minnesota residents delay medical care for fear of encountering ICE by Liz Szabo ICE raids are leading a growing number of people across the state to cancel important and even life-saving medical appointments www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...

The more info we get about this raid, the worse it becomes. ICE had NO valid warrant (administrative warrants do not authorize forceful entry into a home), the guy's sole prior conviction was a since-dismissed drug charge from 2008, AND he had checked in with ICE just days earlier.

You may have heard that "social security is going to go bankrupt." Many younger people assume social security will not be there for them when they retire. In my latest paper I correct the record. SS is not going bankrupt but we'll need to revisit it soon 🧵 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country. They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.

A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present. He was bundled into the van & taken away. Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?” I don’t know how America comes back from all this.

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

exceptional article, I think this gets at the heart of why Minneapolis is such a target for the Trump admin even above & beyond other liberal American cities

A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.

Good read on the types of housing problems across the USA mnolangray.substack.com/p/the-united...

It's really this fucking easy. Everything, EVERYTHING is a political choice and we need to remember that.

People pay monthly health insurance premiums over the years with the expectation that when they fall ill, they will be protected from risk of financial ruin. Claim payment should be guided by medical necessity and appropriateness, not by familial relationship to insurance executives.

Welp, the low income earners have the slowest wage growth again. That pretty much just sucks.

Frey: "I think the initial impetus to come to MN was to arrest & deport a bunch of Somali people. They got here & realized the Somali people that would be deported are all citizens. Then they turned their ire toward our Latino community & others. These are communities that make Mpls a better place."

The last few years have really shown us that some people truly enjoy and thrive off the misery of others, for no other reason than their privilege lets them enjoy the show.