This Day in Labor History: April 17, 1905. The evil, vile, terrible, no good Supreme Court outdoes itself by issuing Lochner v. New York, saying laws stopping employers from forcing workers to labor as long as they demand are unconstitutional. Let's talk about Neil Gorsuch's favorite case!!!

Zohran Mamdani getting Kathy Hochul to agree to a pied-a-terre tax breaks the stone wall against taxing the rich that Hochul had been building since Mamdani's election. It's a critical moment, writes @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. prospect.org/2026/04/16/m...

Today, the Hennepin County Attorney made history by announcing the first-ever criminal charge against an ICE agent for their actions during Operation Metro Surge.

July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Media reporter emeritus @dbrauer.net says the Star Tribune's obsession with a supposedly dysfunctional Minneapolis City Council overplays minor issues, lets the mayor off the hook, and obscures what the city has accomplished.

Moriarty said that her staff is continuing to investigate 17 other use-of-force incidents involving ICE and Border Patrol agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

“During the interview, Mr. Morgan admitted that he was driving the rented SUV and he and his partner were headed to the Whipple Building to end their shift,” Moriarty said.

UPDATE: Students representing ~280 universities and 46 states have joined MPUniversity in just 36 hours! To students from Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and New Hampshire — let's make this movement truly nationwide! Join kick-off call w/ Bernie on 4/20: actionnetwork.org/forms/mpuniv...

We want it all New design collab with @harebrained.bsky.social

Since they’re abusing the Congressional Review Act to get around the filibuster, I am reserving some of my time so I can make closing remarks in the morning before the final vote. Maybe they’ll listen to reason after a night’s sleep. Stay tuned. Save the Boundary Waters.

Sam Stroozas’ MPR article explains how the largest raid on a bathhouse occurred in Mpls. The Health Commissioner at the time presented that closures would not decrease HIV transmission & folks would go elsewhere. Yet, stigma led to the ban passing. Today, the Mayor’s rhetoric still feeds into that.

The City of Minneapolis, evicting 48 of the poorest families in its care, for a total of $30,144.

Hear how local prosecutors around the country are coming together to hold federal agents accountable for unlawful behavior. Learn more about FAFO - the Coalition Against Federal Overreach.

The new social media intern is day drinking at the office, apparently. This deserves official admonishment from the DFL. This is an attack on the legitimacy of the process to determine the Party’s endorsement. From a candidate actively seeking the Party’s endorsement.

Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 2 births in America. Cutting it doesn’t just take away coverage, it makes pregnancy more dangerous for millions of women. That’s not policy. That’s putting lives at risk.

Why "tough on crime" isn't about being tough on crime, but tough on people, in one simple graph. ALL sorts of other government services--the ones conservative pols denigrate while wrapping themselves in Blue Lives Matter flags--play a huge role in keeping us safe. AND healthy, educated, etc.

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

Lingering fear of ICE can make it harder for new mothers to access the care and support they badly need postpartum, leaving them to shoulder difficult first weeks alone. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/06/t...

This Day in Labor History: April 11, 1986. Police fired tear gas at strikers at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota after UFCW Local P-9 shut down the plant by blocking the main gate to the building. 17 workers were arrested that day. Let's talk about this iconic, terrible union loss of the 80s!

Or, just hear me out: a policy preventing kids from making it to 4th grade unless you’re sure they’ll pass the test is going to make sure the 4th grade scores are good, but it doesn’t reflect any actual improvement in educational outcomes.

Yesterday, the ProPublica Guild walked off the job in the first strike by a major U.S. newsroom over, at least in part, AI protections. I spoke with striking journalists and union leaders on the picket line in New York for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/prop...

For @ilhanmn.bsky.social, every person in the district matters. Just ask Terry Wiggin, the Mayor of Hilltop. Plans for a new tornado shelter in Hilltop are underway, in part because of federal funding secured by Ilhan.

This kind of dense, nest-able, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities. #birds

What we fail to say is also a message. Not calling for Trump's impeachment and removal conveys he has not committed offenses that warrant these actions. Or, at best, that you feel he has and are unwilling to do your duty and use the remedy written into our Constitution for presidential crimes.

some people you can recruit, other people you have to simply defeat. politics makes more sense when you accept this

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BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

Threatening to wipe out an entire civilization is morally bankrupt and a major war crime, risking the lives of innocent civilians - including children. He seems detached from reality. I don’t know who (if anyone) can get through to him. Congress needs to step in and stop him.

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

NEW: University of Michigan Chinese researcher dies after allegedly "hostile questioning" by federal agents www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

This Day in Labor History: April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray while in Memphis to support a strike by the city’s sanitation workers. Let's talk about King's struggle for worker justice at the end of his sadly too short life!

All the news that’s fit to print, indeed.

Umm…

As John Gordon used to say when calling games from the HHH Metrodome, “it’s a beautiful day for outdoor baseball!” 🌧️ ⚾️ 🏟️ 🌧️

Red States: We are canceling all programs that don't support our theology. Blue States: We're canceling all the same programs, but because they don't support our business school.

A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. www.wired.com/story/border...

The best way to celebrate #ParaprofessionalAppreciationDay? Pay them a living wage. These professionals are the glue who hold our schools together. They deserve professional pay for professional work. #mnleg #rESPect

A Mexican official called out the deaths of immigrants detained at ICE facilities during a press conference at the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles. Diplomat Vanessa Calva Ruiz said the deaths "reveal systemic failures, operational deficiencies and possible negligence."

Quentin Williams says he felt like he was moments from death after several Border Patrol agents piled on top of him and choked him on Jan. 7 while pursuing someone else. Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social

Omar: I came to this country as a refugee. To me, America was a beacon of hope. A place where freedom wasn't just a word, but it was a promise. I could have never imagined the day would come when we were staring down at this kind of creeping authoritarianism.

I got a chance to talk with the splendid @anatosaurus.bsky.social, who laid out out why the message of moderation from reactionary centrists is lethal and explained how to build a better country by reframing our public conversations.

Organizers estimate more than 200,000 people attended the flagship #NoKings rally at the Minnesota State Capitol, possibly setting a record for the largest single-day protest in state history. 📷️: Renee Jones Schneider

This is our amazing @afacwa.org member and MN State House Rep running for Congress! No Corporate PAC, no dark money. Help her get there! KaelaforCongress. com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/u...

I'm running for Congress because for way too long, working families like yours & mine have been left behind. I know what it's like to work two jobs just to make ends meet. That's how hard I'll fight for YOU in Washington. Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/kb-twit…

No Kings #TwinCities

I don’t know, the @startribune.com said hundreds, so….🤷🏻‍♂️

19 years old Royer Perez-Jimenez is one of the youngest people to die in an ICE camp. His arrest was unnecessarily violent and forceful. He’s shoved to the ground while officers kneel on his back as he struggles to communicate. A few weeks later, he was dead. Abolish ICE

I whole-heartedly endorse this piece by our president, @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social Chock full of @jdcmedlock.bsky.social thought if I do say so myself rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/beyond-...

You don't hate the New York Times enough, you just think you do.