This is a disappointing response and previous statements have given false hopes to the community. MPD should be arresting federal agents who are breaking the law.

How all universities should respond to kidnappings on campus: "They aimed weapons at witnesses that included staff and students while many more students watched from their windows. These tactics, with the implicit threat of violence, are unacceptable, dangerous, and profoundly disturbing."

There are a ton of parallels between Uber/Lyft’s rise and the rise of generative AI. Not the least of which is the fact that it’s being offered as cheap or free… at first. What happens to all the businesses “saving money” with AI, when the AI firms decide they need to generate revenue?

Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion. So much for “making cities better…” Via @wsj.com

comprehensive databases and the ability to designate anyone or any group as terrorists always leads to the same place and it's happening fast now in America.

FYI: If you have news tips regarding ICE activity in the Twin Cities, especially if you have friends or relatives who have been detained, please contact me securely on Signal.

The only thing you need to know about this is that one major cultural norm (66% of Americans) is to not attend religious services regularly, and yet you know right away that he is not telling Democrats to stop pandering to people who go to church

The old catchphrase "run the government like a business" has never made sense, definitionally. Most government services are things no business would ever do, because not all human needs can be contorted into a profit-generating activity.

16/ Woven throughout the series is our managing editor and reporter @gingerthompson.bsky.social's pursuit of one question: If Anthony Parker couldn’t get good care at Phoebe, then who could? Read the rest of the story, starting here 👇

Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.

well,,,, you know what they say.... when you have professional news that relies on word of mouth and leveraging your reputation in order to generate livable income, you should always release that news after 9:00 p.m. on a Friday night www.danielsuitor.com

To those that wanna express solidarity with Minneapolis this week in $ form, we are trying to get whistles out to every good hearted neighbor! ⬇️

Just a reminder: a Waymo in LA literally just drove into a police stand-off. With a passenger. Also. Putting more cars on the road is not how the city of Minneapolis will address climate change by reducing car trips, which is a stated goal of the City's Climate Plan.

Funny you say that considering you literally voted for the Leiken reiley act, are working to strip legal rights from your constituents and pal around with literal fascists like alpha news as we can see in this picture of you. Angie you’re a liar who’s working with Nazis. Stfu

Do you support ICE kidnapping our residents here in Minneapolis? All I’ve seen you do is vote for the Laken Riley Act and strip away due process from immigrants. You didn’t stick up for Minnesotans. In fact, your vote is impacting our Somali and immigrant communities heavily.

Paid Leave in MN starts Jan 1! If you welcomed a baby in 2025 you can apply to take bonding leave in 2026! Check out www.paidleave.mn.gov This huge win is thanks to DFLers and only DFLers. No Republicans voted for it and they spent the last two years trying to destroy it before it even started. 🫶🏼

Great. The University of Minnesota welcomes United Healthcare to teach students in their last year of medical school to become “high value providers” who will cooperate with its mission of overbilling and denying care. A med student’s perspective:

When your grandchildren ask what you did when they read about this moment in history class, what will you say?

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

“A University of Minnesota Medical School study released in November found only 12% of youth who successfully completed pre‑charge diversion with HCAO re‑offended within a year, compared to nearly half of those who went through traditional court.”

If we want public safety we have to do what actually makes us safer, and this means doing what the research tells us. Many thanks to the U for this groundbreaking research on what works with young people.

This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/

Stop asking why corporate Democrats keep failing and pay attention to what they do. Jeffries is openly pushing the party to move further into Neoliberal capitalism and championing an agenda that’s defined by a venture capitalist. They’re not failing. They’re in on it. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

I see they are just making things up to justify murder. It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.

It’s very odd that we entrust the clearing of public sidewalks (which are part of our transportation network) to private property owners & businesses. We get results like this business that cleared only their walkways & left the rest of the sidewalk covered in snow. #PlowMPLSsidewalks 1/4

Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!

In case you’re wondering how St Paul Police could ever treat their own residents like they did yesterday look at this unhinged statement from who the officers elect as their leaders.

The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning

There’s such a disconnect in the formulaic way Politicians make statements and respond to critical incidents. “Raises questions” “monitoring” “we need answers” There’s video and we all saw what happened. We don’t need to review and we don’t need answers. We just need leaders to take action.

I know public statements are ephemeral & actions over words, etc. Yet it's really refreshing to see a leader of a widely respected local union being *this* unambiguous about the role SPPD played today. Especially when contrasted with the statements from the most high profile state & local electeds.

Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.

Monitoring? That’s it? Are you committed to publicly supporting the sanctuary state legislation? Restoring the healthcare you stripped away from undocumented immigrants who are adults? Banning the egregious human rights violations we saw today? Thought so.

NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

These “law enforcement officers” are truly monsters. Subhuman. It is our DUTY and our MORAL OBLIGATION to stand up against unjust laws.

This *strongly* accords with my impressions of the Minneapolis - St Paul metro area (both cities and also the suburbs with which I'm familiar), fwiw

Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike at corporate stores across the country, fighting for a fair contract and to stop Starbucks’ union-busting. America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee

It's DAY 12 of our national, open-ended ULP strike. Thousands of baristas in over 65 cities are on strike demanding higher wages, better hours, and an end to union-busting. And we're just getting started 🔥

Did Hodges mess up big time and lose the election over this? Yes. Has Frey messed up like 1000x worse but somehow got reelected twice? Also yes! Did the Strib clearly hate Hodges but love Frey? Yes again!

✊ Solidarity with MSP airport workers unionized with @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social who are fed up with low wages and high workloads — a potential strike could happen as soon as November 24. #mpls #msp

The disingenuous whiners at the Seattle Times ed board actually suggested that Katie Wilson—mayor-elect and the founder of the Transit Riders Union (who used to do outreach at the bus stop on Third and Union)—doesn't know that the county, not the city, runs the buses. Cry harder, losers

Thank you so much for amplifying, Aiyana! Hi everyone. I was the R&B Reporter at VIBE for 4 years prior to the merger. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind, but on behalf of my former team, we thank you for your support.

If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.

Over 1700 unexamined sexual kits were discovered at MPD. Melissa Zimmerman’s kit was one of them. Listen to her traumatic journey.

What really fills me with dread is that every instance of this isn't met immediately by an armed crowd chasing off the secret police. For every video of ICE/CBP being confronted, there are more where bystanders just evaporate. That has to change.

This is why ousting Schumer isn't enough. Democratic senators don't pressure each other much, they have weak leadership by design, and they want to preserve arcane Senate rules that let them hide behind process. Without primaries or massive outside pressure, this is where they'll be.

A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S. The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r... By Izzy Ramirez

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.

It’s crazy that a Democratic senator who represents Illinois could see everything this administration is doing in Chicago and its suburbs and vote to reopen the government. Like these should be the Senators demanding so much more than everyone else to reopen the government.