One result of 3 Frey terms is that several useless little dweebs from the Frey universe will keep climbing the ladder, becoming our insufferable business minions of the future. The Frey coaching tree will bear fruit for a generation. The next Jonathan Weinhagen is in that group.

Looking forward to a Mike Johnson news conference today when he claims to know nothing about any election results .

how is this not satire

Frey sign spotted on the corner of Cretin & Dayton. Sadly, Saint Paul residents aren't allowed to #dontrankfrey

Why is it so dark

Internet randomly quit working this AM. 2nd time in 6 weeks. Last time Century link simply shut off our internet and said we needed to upgrade our fiber to 'Quantum fiber. ' Waited A WEEK for a tech. Today, called help line, they said I needed to do the same thing. Uh, you were already out folks.

Hmmm, I wonder why downtown St Paul businesses are struggling...

In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming. Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

Steve Grove (cont'd) (probably): "At the Strib, we're not in service of the public good. We're in service of the public GREAT. That means providing the consumable, simple products that make people like Cindy FEEL GREAT. "We don't challenge consumers. We just want to make them Feel Great...Again."

The Chancery of the Archidocese of Saint Paul was vacated and sold in 2016 as part of their bankruptcy proceeding related to the settlements of child sex abuse by clergy. It was assumed purchased by a parishioner. It now appears to be back in the church's hands. gross www.mprnews.org/story/2016/0...

ICE goons (who else wears an erican flag buff over your face?) Spotted on Payne & Minnehaha Ave around 2pm. ID some vehicles they were in, still parked in the area.

Car salesperson: this baby can go from zero to 60 in 7 seconds Abraham Lincoln: what Car salesperson: zero to 3-score in under a score Abraham Lincoln: HOLY SHIT

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

This goes so hard.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

The @startribune.bsky.social, located steps from yesterday's astonishingly large public protest in downtown Minneapolis, and ostensibly now covering the entire state where there were hundreds of events, forgot to put them on the front page.

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

His kid’s phone alerts were blowing up.

Heritage president Kevin Roberts, in a truly revealing passage of his Foreword to the Project 2025 policy agenda, states that the project of “dismantling the administrative state” is not about the actual size of government at all: The goal is to cut “the secret lifeblood of the Great Awokening.”

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous. This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

this felt too informative not to share

Literally me in 1983. Not sure my dad ever recovered.

Sarah Mullally was named the new archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, becoming the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Church of England, and of the global Anglican community, in the church’s nearly 500-year history. https://wapo.st/3KAojoc

Let's do this! #tc10

This is just pure uncut fascist terror for terrors sake and it’s accelerating. The republicans are at war against democracy and sovereign democratically held states and cities. Full stop.

This is classic authoritarian behavior: using official power to cut off information access. Doing so thru the Apple App Store is simply a modern day avenue; of course DOJ won’t stop here. Likely gearing up to cut off messenger apps too. Thnx @mmasnick.bsky.social: www.techdirt.com/2025/10/03/d...

I..........

That’s not good

Here in Minneapolis/St. Paul it appears HSI/Ice disappeared every member of a construction site on the north end earlier today. the troops are here now the fascist terror raids are going to accelerate now. Protect your neighbors protect yourself.

“Do you ever notice that the media never lets the Republicans be in charge? Even when they win, everyone still talks like the Democrats are still running things?” Play around with it, find ways to turn Murc’s Law into a story, I think there’s more promise that direction.

brian fritterer is the owner of new build with encroaching rock wall in photos 1 & 4 on cedar lake. he owns IPG, whose tenants formed a union to get him to address neglect of his properties. he donated $500k to donald trump, maxed out to elizabeth shaffer and lydia millard bsky.app/profile/tayl...

Been thinking a lot on this MLK Jr. quote lately: “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice…”

lies detected: zero

#top10wx day in WI

The Right is twisting the government into a violent weapon of oppression while their allies and cronies take over the media. It’s getting worse by the day. If you haven’t already start talking to the people around you about collective action. It’s the only way forward and we have a window here.

lol they’ve supposedly been the “party of family values” for my entire life but this time they mean it, I guess.

Scheduled and received my flu & covid vaccine within 3 hours at CVS. The whole schedule was wide open and easy online intake. And no, I'm not 65+ years old.

"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"

“…our words have made you rich.” deadline.com/2025/09/sag-...

new press release from hamoudi sabri, who is unable to attend today's TRO hearing. he addresses mayor frey's claim that people "want" encampments, and shares a heartbreaking story from yesterday's eviction - the ashes of a woman's daughter were disposed of in the sweep

It’s transit to work day in Minneapolis and (checks notes) buses have been removed from Nicollet Mall and (checks notes again) there are creatively decorated cars here to enjoy

At least some things are cheaper than they were five years ago. Big screen TVs and cocaine

Government funding is the one card congressional Democrats have to play, and one they could and should use to push back against Trump's authoritarianism. What's their big demand? RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard? NOPE. "Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"

Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...

Pretty crazy how "America is a legit, no bullshit fascist country" is now a NYT headline.

Reddit is a beautiful place. From a former YJ employee: "At a Holiday party...[Ann Kim went up] to give a speech...They walked up to the microphone, looked every one of their employees in the eyes and gave this speech, word for word: "I want to thank all of you...for making me a millionaire."

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power. The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

Oregon governor Tina Kotek, a gay woman, is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor a podcaster who said gay people should be stoned to death.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow