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I always think of him as the least worst white settler. streets.mn/2026/02/06/w...

Just loving Tyler George's Minnesota accent on the curling broadcast. It's like hot dish in your ears.

Meanwhile, at the Como Zoo... "We’ll see them snuggling together in the same bedroom." mndaily.com/city/love-is...

Good stuff from Edina mayor Jim Hovland: www.startribune.com/minnesota-im...

o my god. I feel so bad for these kids.

yet again, cops refusing to enforce basic traffic laws against ICE agents after they caused a traffic accident. [further commentary redacted]

Not too distant future, Canada's gonna have high speed rail and EVs everywhere. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...

Federal immigration officers detained two people inside the Hennepin County Government Center after their court hearing on charges of criminal sexual conduct. The chief public defender for the county said the detainments were unconstitutional.

Economic Terrorism

Everyone sees the photos of ICE taking little kids, right? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

What's that phrase? Something something facts have a well known liberal bias. apnews.com/article/cia-...

I'm of the camp that traffic calming is always a good thing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I particularly enjoyed the Target posters (below), but everything here is great. racketmn.com/the-art-of-t...

Exceeds my low expectations!

“This is the stranger’s case, and this your mountainous inhumanity.”

I wrote about the need for better immigration policy. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Hex news. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

"Counterintuitively, trains get cheaper the faster they go as they can make more trips with the same amount of crew and equipment, while also attracting additional riders." streets.mn/2026/02/05/t...

Open streets has existed as a popular, regular local event for more than a decade. Yet the idea of exploring open parkways events on the riverfront is the crime of the century. You can thank MPRB commissioners Cathy Abene and Charles Rucker for working people into a rage over it.

"The killing and kidnapping and mayhem that has transpired recently in our state suggest it is not immigrants or those brave Minnesotans who support them, but the army of ICE officers that has invaded our streets and homes." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/w...

Today at City Hall, an ICE agent parked in a no parking/accessible transfer spot. Around the block were two ICE agents, one parked in the MFD Chief’s spot and another in a sheriff’s spot. While ultimately inconsequential, a microcosm showing there’s no law too small for these turds to break.

ICE mayhem on 694 www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The suburban observers, heavily women, say they share a personality type. “Many of us have encountered bullies our entire lives...I think that turns you into somebody that, even if that bully is wearing full tactical gear, I'm not interested in laying down for you.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The incessant Green Ljne stoplight delays until they fix the tracks (again) are gonna drive me up the wall.

Germany, France, Finland and Ireland are telling their residents not to travel to Minnesota (or to be very cautious) because it's not safe.

Man killed by a driver on Front Avenue. www.startribune.com/pedestrian-f...

Pedestrian parkway pilot and Uptown Mall votes are tonight! If you want to come show your support, open time will be at 5:30pm. We will also vote on supporting an eviction moratorium and starting an RFP process for our attorney. Address is 2117 West River Rd N, Minneapolis. See you there!

Very comprehensive Vox article on building code research and reform efforts across the country, fearing John Zeanah’s report for the Center for Building on low-rise multifamily housing and Michael Eriksen’s academic work on building code costs www.vox.com/future-perfe... (gift link)

Happening tonight at @blackhartstp.com: El Paso, Omaha, Beaverton! Free, informative, and fun. (The big three) tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/01/your...

"There hasn’t been much legacy media coverage that I can find of last Thursday’s hearing of the Minnesota Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts to Minnesotans and Economic Stability..." (What a lede by Sally Jo!) bluestemprairie.substack.com/p/mn-state-s...

Homan says that 2,000+ DHS immigration enforcement agents will be left in Minnesota even after the drawdown he announced this morning

Abolishing ICE*! * (Internal combustion engines)

NY Times with searing look at the trauma ICE is inflicting on local children and families: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u... (gift link)

Minneapolis is #5, behind three Canadian cities and Portland. (Seems about right.)

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

California taxpayers should not be insuring the most vulnerable homes. It just literally can’t.

I'm sure they'll work this out in a common-sense, forward thinking way, and not just keep subsidizing farm irrigation in the desert. /s www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

The only thing I hate more than arguing about Will Stancil is arguing about DFL caucuses and endorsements.

"These restaurants are doing this work under immense financial strain. I’ve heard again and again: This is like COVID, but worse. There is no governmental relief in sight." mspmag.com/eat-and-drin...

"The agency has spent at least $5 million on Tangles, a sophisticated tool developed by a company with ties to Israel’s cyber-intelligence community..." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/03/h...

Interviewing a 5-year-old about how they're worried because "bad guys are taking mommies and daddies" is not something I ever thought I'd do.

Amazing

very strong story about the woman whose arrest photo was doctored by the white house. she's a civil rights attorney and the government is charging her with a reconstruction-era crime that had been designed to protect black americans from the kkk. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

Y'all Mercado Central still needs some help so that they don't lose their building

"Banning the use of race in the agency’s policing, getting its agents out of American cities and sending them back to the border — and shrinking the border zone substantially." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

“There is no pivot. I’ll believe it when I see.” deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...

New York Times covers the Economic Siege of Minnesota’s ICE occupation, a deliberate administration strategy to punish an entire blue locality. We need more national coverage alerting the nation to what’s next for them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b... (gift link)