Todd Graham
@metrogram.bsky.social
Economic demographer & govt stats. Living my best life in Mpls St Paul.
Disclaimers: Views found here are my own & NOT representing my employer.
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Disclaimers: Views found here are my own & NOT representing my employer.
Same handle on other apps.
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People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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if Frey challenges Klobuchar for the DFL nomination, running on a “no compromise with trump” platform, heads here will literally explode
January 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
if Frey challenges Klobuchar for the DFL nomination, running on a “no compromise with trump” platform, heads here will literally explode
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Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
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A Turning Point for Trump’s Marauding Secret Police talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-tur...
A Turning Point for Trump’s Marauding Secret Police
People who don’t like Donald Trump are kinda gunshy talking about turning...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
A Turning Point for Trump’s Marauding Secret Police talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-tur...
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GOV. WALZ: “Now that Minnesota has been taken out of the investigation, it feels very difficult that we will get a fair outcome. And I say that only because people in positions of power have already passed judgment. They have stood and told you things that are verifiably false.”
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
GOV. WALZ: “Now that Minnesota has been taken out of the investigation, it feels very difficult that we will get a fair outcome. And I say that only because people in positions of power have already passed judgment. They have stood and told you things that are verifiably false.”
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
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"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis ICE shooting: Eyewitness accounts contradict ICE statement
A woman was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis Wednesday morning, but witness accounts contradict what federal officials say happened. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls the claim the shoot...
www.fox9.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
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NYT/Harpers/Atlantic spent decades demanding that college students were anti-free speech for not wanting to hear right-wing extremists, and that the right-wing extremist were free speech warriors for just wanting students to be forced to listen to them. That is how we got to colleges banning Plato.
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
NYT/Harpers/Atlantic spent decades demanding that college students were anti-free speech for not wanting to hear right-wing extremists, and that the right-wing extremist were free speech warriors for just wanting students to be forced to listen to them. That is how we got to colleges banning Plato.
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Slain Minnesota lawmaker's children call on Trump to remove social media video amplifying false claims about her death
Slain Minnesota lawmaker's children call on Trump to remove social media video amplifying false claims about her death
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in June.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Slain Minnesota lawmaker's children call on Trump to remove social media video amplifying false claims about her death
#mnpolitics @governorwalz.mn.gov accomplished a lot the past 8 yrs. Good to recognize: it's not a lifelong thing. There are others can/will continue the work. We can/will have a new Governor.
Thank you.
Thank you.
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#mnpolitics @governorwalz.mn.gov accomplished a lot the past 8 yrs. Good to recognize: it's not a lifelong thing. There are others can/will continue the work. We can/will have a new Governor.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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This lede makes no sense: "Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration..." They did not in fact learn any lessons about how powers they entirely declined to exercise might have worked.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
A Diminished Congress Weighs Whether to Reassert Its Power
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This lede makes no sense: "Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration..." They did not in fact learn any lessons about how powers they entirely declined to exercise might have worked.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
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It’s weird that the far right could get completely unsuitable people elected by generating hysteria around an imaginary elite child trafficking ring, but a real one (involving that same guy) or a billionaire who’s running an AI child porn generating site is probably not worth making a fuss about.
January 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
It’s weird that the far right could get completely unsuitable people elected by generating hysteria around an imaginary elite child trafficking ring, but a real one (involving that same guy) or a billionaire who’s running an AI child porn generating site is probably not worth making a fuss about.
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Yes! Been saying this all week. Thursday is basically 6th choice option as a day for national holidays. (The only lower ranked weekday is Wednesday.)
#changemymind
#changemymind
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Yes! Been saying this all week. Thursday is basically 6th choice option as a day for national holidays. (The only lower ranked weekday is Wednesday.)
#changemymind
#changemymind
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🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋
Erica Kirk= A couch! 🛋
Bawahahaha!!! 😄😄😄
Who did this? I'm dead! 💥
Omgosh, this is so good!
🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋
Erica Kirk= A couch! 🛋
Bawahahaha!!! 😄😄😄
Who did this? I'm dead! 💥
Omgosh, this is so good!
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋
Erica Kirk= A couch! 🛋
Bawahahaha!!! 😄😄😄
Who did this? I'm dead! 💥
Omgosh, this is so good!
🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋🛋
Erica Kirk= A couch! 🛋
Bawahahaha!!! 😄😄😄
Who did this? I'm dead! 💥
Omgosh, this is so good!
I've never seen Trinidad 🇹🇹 Chambliss play before tonight. 😲 Dude is a magician at the QB position. Goddammmmmn!
What Trinidad Chambliss doing under pressure tonight against a top 10 defenses is absurd. His ball placement tonight has been NFL-level.
Cannot believe he went from D2 to SEC star.
Cannot believe he went from D2 to SEC star.
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I've never seen Trinidad 🇹🇹 Chambliss play before tonight. 😲 Dude is a magician at the QB position. Goddammmmmn!
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I'm halfway through season 1 of Landman. It's wildly entertaining but I find myself yelling "that's not true" at all the fossil fuel propaganda. Anyone else?
I realized they can't make a show like that about renewable energy because the jeopardy is lower and there aren't as many injuries or deaths.
I realized they can't make a show like that about renewable energy because the jeopardy is lower and there aren't as many injuries or deaths.
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I'm halfway through season 1 of Landman. It's wildly entertaining but I find myself yelling "that's not true" at all the fossil fuel propaganda. Anyone else?
I realized they can't make a show like that about renewable energy because the jeopardy is lower and there aren't as many injuries or deaths.
I realized they can't make a show like that about renewable energy because the jeopardy is lower and there aren't as many injuries or deaths.
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Internet ads as leading indicator?? 🤑 Usually I get the ads for "get hard" workout routines and wonder drugs. #thatsnice.
TODAY, for the 1st time, I'm seeing ads inviting me to emigrate... and move up to a better life... in Italy 🇮🇹 👨🍳🍕 #thatsnew!
#considering #ladolcevita
TODAY, for the 1st time, I'm seeing ads inviting me to emigrate... and move up to a better life... in Italy 🇮🇹 👨🍳🍕 #thatsnew!
#considering #ladolcevita
January 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Internet ads as leading indicator?? 🤑 Usually I get the ads for "get hard" workout routines and wonder drugs. #thatsnice.
TODAY, for the 1st time, I'm seeing ads inviting me to emigrate... and move up to a better life... in Italy 🇮🇹 👨🍳🍕 #thatsnew!
#considering #ladolcevita
TODAY, for the 1st time, I'm seeing ads inviting me to emigrate... and move up to a better life... in Italy 🇮🇹 👨🍳🍕 #thatsnew!
#considering #ladolcevita
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Dude shows up at a day care with masked adult men. Maybe cops should be asking questions about his/their motives instead of accepting his implausible story that he was “testing” a theory. He was at a daycare with other grown men in masks. That is weird and creepy.
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dude shows up at a day care with masked adult men. Maybe cops should be asking questions about his/their motives instead of accepting his implausible story that he was “testing” a theory. He was at a daycare with other grown men in masks. That is weird and creepy.
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🚨 Sled Fest is our area's premiere sledding event for adults who haven't sledded in a long time, and this year it's happening at Powderhorn Park on New Year's Day!
🛷 🛷 Jan 1, 2026 at 1 pm🛷 🛷
Sled Fest is a co-production of Wedge LIVE and Elissa Schufman
🛷 🛷 Jan 1, 2026 at 1 pm🛷 🛷
Sled Fest is a co-production of Wedge LIVE and Elissa Schufman
December 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
🚨 Sled Fest is our area's premiere sledding event for adults who haven't sledded in a long time, and this year it's happening at Powderhorn Park on New Year's Day!
🛷 🛷 Jan 1, 2026 at 1 pm🛷 🛷
Sled Fest is a co-production of Wedge LIVE and Elissa Schufman
🛷 🛷 Jan 1, 2026 at 1 pm🛷 🛷
Sled Fest is a co-production of Wedge LIVE and Elissa Schufman
TL;DR ? The "color of the year" for 2026 is... white. 😒
This is the first time Pantone has chosen a shade of white. The company says it's "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."
You read that white: Pantone's 2026 Color of the Year is 'Cloud Dancer'
This is the first time Pantone has chosen a shade of white. The company says it's "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
TL;DR ? The "color of the year" for 2026 is... white. 😒
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Matthew Cunningham-Cook takes apart some of the wildest claims about Somali fraud in Minnesota. prospect.org/2025/12/29/c...
Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud - The American Prospect
Published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy. On Friday, November 21, as most Americans were prepping for Thanksgiving, President Trump went on a tirade on his Truth Social platfo...
prospect.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Matthew Cunningham-Cook takes apart some of the wildest claims about Somali fraud in Minnesota. prospect.org/2025/12/29/c...