"SINGLES TAX" HITTING RENTERS is a new and interesting way to do a story about people saving money by having roommates.

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Lost my legendary St. Paul Saints hat last summer during the campaign - absolute tragedy. Blew right off my head into the river. My girlfriend hunted for months to find one like it and it's even grubbier than mine was before... by design? Saints merch is weird, just like MN's biggest small town.

UMN permanently closed their Boynton Dental Clinic today after a couple week temporary closure. I hear about 25 people have lost their jobs; they didn't find out until today when the news was made public boynton.umn.edu/dental-servi...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the almost 13 years I’ve lived in Minnesota, it’s that I am the target audience for St. Paul. I must never move away from this wonderful place. The second one is that the State Fair needs to stay in Falcon Heights because we can’t put that TP burden on St. Paul.

It only gets worse. There are now food shelves at every campus. Some are tucked away in closets and it's treated as innovative. Meanwhile, students are still ineligible for SNAP. UMN: Driven to Discover (the depths to which we will go).

The state requires landlords to give tenants 14 days notice before filing for eviction. St. Paul City Council had long planned to increase that to 30 days. They're now thinking of temporarily extending it to 60 days, through Dec. 31. www.twincities.com/2026/03/04/s...

Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

cam gordon covers twin cities DSA for longfellow messenger. most of their work since ICE invasion of minnesota has focused on mutual aid and community defense, but in 2025 they hosted over 1,000 door knocking shifts and knocked on over 50,000 doors www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/stories/unti...

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were. These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

My new landlord is based in Idaho. I'm curious to see how they handle the radically different legal environment of the Twin Cities. By that, I mean I'm sure we will have to inform them. They've already shut down online rent payment, and most of my neighbors don't have a bank account or checks.

Looking for a cool local t-shirt company to print these babies honoring Minneapolis community responders. (This started as a MPLS jacket response, but morphed.) Union preferred, anti-ICE preferred.

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

90% of evictions in MN are for nonpayment of rent. I did a sample a week ago and found the avg nonpayment eviction in Hennepin County would take $5,122 to stop. Studies (before the high inflation of the past few years) suggest stopping an eviction saves $6,832 in public costs. It just makes sense

rent is due tomorrow and again today 2/28 bench pressed are donating proceeds from sales of this “FUCK ICE” shirt online and in store to rent relief funds in minnesota!

A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...

Angie Craig literally did the meme

"The coolness of The Jacket has struck a severe blow to Minneapolis's sense of superiority." Can't wait to see what our other half comes up with 😂

The Jacket is the last thing you see before a St Paul dad hands you a Hamms

Proud to write about something so close to home (literally down Highway 65 where I grew up). We deserve better, no matter where we live 🏘️🚐🏢

Kids’ immune systems always know when you are under immense pressure to get a lot of detail-oriented work done.

When Community Defense Meets Public Streets: The Cedar Avenue and Hamline Park Blockades: https://streets.mn/2026/02/24/when-community-defense-meets-public-streets-the-cedar-avenue-and-hamline-park-blockades/ When our safety depends on it, we have the right — and the responsibility — to defend o...

Yeah, I use Sick and Safe time. As in I'm not safe from my daughter getting sick 😷 I'm gonna need some time

Trump is gonna be the most unpopular president in modern history and the only reason it doesn't feel like the public is as overwhelmingly against him as they are is because the people who like him are the loudest, most annoying people in the world.

When the stump moved to Saint Paul, people shouted with joy — for we are proud and unafraid of the stump!

Girlfriend just compared StumpFest to "those parties the army boys would have" and I was pleased to inform her there would be more nümetal and malört than any army party would allow.

As a former hotel worker, when hotel workers tell you they’re scared of the drunk men with guns and masks you should listen to them. There’s no downtown without the workers—don‘t dismiss them. Continue to be disappointed in Eric Roper carrying water for the Strib’s anti Council hit pieces.

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

Happy Valentine's Day

Anyone in the world... want to help families recover from #ICE and #MetroSurge in the Twin Cities? Share this to support renter families of SPPS (& @spfelocal28.bsky.social) They’re behind, and every little bit helps. Thanks for sharing (and giving if you can)! my.cheddarup.com/c/support-ou...

How would body cams, mask bans, or more training do anything about this sort of performative cruelty? The entire apparatus has been constructed to appeal to and encourage the worst of our society. This doesn't get better without commitment to root & stem dismantling of the current structure.

This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.

My landlord became a robot (AI chatbot) and now whenever I call with a concern, I get a smooth talker telling me a ticket has been filed and that I should call 911 if it's an emergency. 🤖

Thank you so much @hwajeongkim.bsky.social for your endorsement! Everyone deserves a safe place to live, and giving renters the right to do commonsense repairs in their own home is a tool for making all our residents safer.

AG Keith Ellison: "The surge is contributing to violent crime. Two of the three homicides committed in Minneapolis in 2026 have come at the hands of federal immigration agents."

It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag

It cannot be overstated just how much Saint Paul PD has absolutely shredded all of goodwill they held pretty widely in the community. Even if you didn't think they were 'good' there was at least a perception of them being 'not the worst'. Now it's just image after image of being lapdogs for ICE.

"I'm a lawyer... We have a constitution... and what's happening is wrong. People are showing integrity and respect... We are out here, we love our country... We are playing for the people in MN and around the county who share our values of respect." Solid, real and raw feelings. Thank you ❤️

it's always a good day to join @twincitiesdsa.org

Thank you @minnesotareformer.com! For the sake of my patients, please stop making vibes based recommendations for heart health and Americans diets. That means *you*, RFK Jr. Also, what's up with the upsidedown food pyramid? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/10/r...

New York Times’ Brett Anderson on Minnesota’s secret grocery networks keeping hungry families fed as ICE tries to starve citizens and non-citizens of color. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/d... (gift link). Brett is a Minnesota native, former Twin Cities Reader writer & award-wining food journalist.

My kid is a year older than Liam. I recoil every time I see this picture. I can't read the letters the children are writing. I shudder at the descriptions. I wish patients "an uneventful day" because I see what "eventful" days look like. May these ghouls in ICE and CBP never rest again. I can't.

Walking up to an open restaurant and pulling on the door before realizing it’s locked and you need to wait for someone to let you in. Pretty common experience the last 2 months around the metro. Minneapolis, February 2026

Every single person responsible for the horrors inflicted upon these children must be held accountable

My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist.

It would be sooo nice to do this here.