Mark Wasson
@reportermark.bsky.social
Twin Cities reporter somewhere between Jesus and Huey P. Newton.
You can find me at a court house most days.
"You can't control bigfoot or aliens, so you can't control me either." - Jose Canseco
You can find me at a court house most days.
"You can't control bigfoot or aliens, so you can't control me either." - Jose Canseco
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it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
Super cool that people voted for the fascist pedophile party for president last time around.
Good job everyone.
Good job everyone.
The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Super cool that people voted for the fascist pedophile party for president last time around.
Good job everyone.
Good job everyone.
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Stand with community and make your voice heard!
We need to stop Frey from literally releasing ARSENIC into Minneapolis. Send a letter urging Frey and other legislators to accept a deal by the 11/14 deadline: buff.ly/fAomZI4
We need to stop Frey from literally releasing ARSENIC into Minneapolis. Send a letter urging Frey and other legislators to accept a deal by the 11/14 deadline: buff.ly/fAomZI4
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Stand with community and make your voice heard!
We need to stop Frey from literally releasing ARSENIC into Minneapolis. Send a letter urging Frey and other legislators to accept a deal by the 11/14 deadline: buff.ly/fAomZI4
We need to stop Frey from literally releasing ARSENIC into Minneapolis. Send a letter urging Frey and other legislators to accept a deal by the 11/14 deadline: buff.ly/fAomZI4
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They should study journalists’ brains like they do with football players after they die.
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They should study journalists’ brains like they do with football players after they die.
The outcome of this will likely be what the outcome has been when the Trump regime has erroneously connected Hispanic people with Hispanic illegal drug businesses.
Which has been murder and torture.
Which has been murder and torture.
Wow: the Trump administration is for the first time ever designating four "Antifa" groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
This is a big step. Until now, they had only pursued a domestic terrorist org designation, which has less teeth than FTO.
This is a big step. Until now, they had only pursued a domestic terrorist org designation, which has less teeth than FTO.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The outcome of this will likely be what the outcome has been when the Trump regime has erroneously connected Hispanic people with Hispanic illegal drug businesses.
Which has been murder and torture.
Which has been murder and torture.
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Exciting news!! 🌹🌹🌹
Last week, 65,000+ residents voted to elect a democratic socialist mayor. All Council races that had a DSA-endorsed candidate won by overwhelming margin. These results send a clear message: people want leaders who will fight for working-class communities, not corporate interests.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Exciting news!! 🌹🌹🌹
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Union Starbucks Baristas Launch Unfair Labor Practice Strike in 40+ Cities Nationwide!
TCDSA supports Starbucks workers fight for a fair compensation and treatment!
Red Cup rally today starting @ 4pm
3704 Silver Lake Rd NE, St Anthony
RSVP: aflcio.mn/47OXbcS
TCDSA supports Starbucks workers fight for a fair compensation and treatment!
Red Cup rally today starting @ 4pm
3704 Silver Lake Rd NE, St Anthony
RSVP: aflcio.mn/47OXbcS
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Union Starbucks Baristas Launch Unfair Labor Practice Strike in 40+ Cities Nationwide!
TCDSA supports Starbucks workers fight for a fair compensation and treatment!
Red Cup rally today starting @ 4pm
3704 Silver Lake Rd NE, St Anthony
RSVP: aflcio.mn/47OXbcS
TCDSA supports Starbucks workers fight for a fair compensation and treatment!
Red Cup rally today starting @ 4pm
3704 Silver Lake Rd NE, St Anthony
RSVP: aflcio.mn/47OXbcS
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Starbucks workers across the country are on strike today. The reason is simple: after promising to bargain in good faith, Starbucks has stalled, stonewalled, and refused to negotiate a fair contract with union baristas.
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“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike
"Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This i...
inthesetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Starbucks workers across the country are on strike today. The reason is simple: after promising to bargain in good faith, Starbucks has stalled, stonewalled, and refused to negotiate a fair contract with union baristas.
inthesetimes.com/article/star...
inthesetimes.com/article/star...
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Must read: "Cloaked in secrecy, insulated from press scrutiny, and cut off from the rest of society, these places often conceal violence, harm, and deadly oppression—all inflicted in the name of, and funded by, a public generally left unsuspecting and unaware." inquest.org/when-reporti...
When Reporting Is a Crime - Corinne Shanahan & Andrew Crespo - Inquest
States have restricted, surveilled, and punished prison journalism for decades, with dire consequences—for incarcerated people and for democracy.
inquest.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Must read: "Cloaked in secrecy, insulated from press scrutiny, and cut off from the rest of society, these places often conceal violence, harm, and deadly oppression—all inflicted in the name of, and funded by, a public generally left unsuspecting and unaware." inquest.org/when-reporti...
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NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
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Be like Taylor! Join DSA: go.dsausa.org/twincities
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Be like Taylor! Join DSA: go.dsausa.org/twincities
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Here’s hoping things unravel quickly for Trump, and the fascist movement fragments. Popular forces in the streets, particularly against ICE, could do a lot to push and consolidate mass opposition rn
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Here’s hoping things unravel quickly for Trump, and the fascist movement fragments. Popular forces in the streets, particularly against ICE, could do a lot to push and consolidate mass opposition rn
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When Twin Cities DSA members voted to endorse @OmarFatehMN.com for mayor, we knew the task before us would be hard. Landlords, Wall Street developers & corporations like Lyft poured millions of dollars into this election to spread racist, Islamophobic lies to protect their profits.
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
When Twin Cities DSA members voted to endorse @OmarFatehMN.com for mayor, we knew the task before us would be hard. Landlords, Wall Street developers & corporations like Lyft poured millions of dollars into this election to spread racist, Islamophobic lies to protect their profits.
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Those corporations are right to be afraid of the socialist movement we’re building. We knocked 50,000 doors and, in those convos, it’s clear the people of Minneapolis are fed up. We’re ready for a $20 minimum wage, an end to the rent hikes & ensuring MPD never again assists ICE.
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Those corporations are right to be afraid of the socialist movement we’re building. We knocked 50,000 doors and, in those convos, it’s clear the people of Minneapolis are fed up. We’re ready for a $20 minimum wage, an end to the rent hikes & ensuring MPD never again assists ICE.
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my life in ward 7 has been 13 years of lisa goodman, 2 years of katie cashman, next up: 4 years of something worse than goodman: elizabeth shaffer
fuck it. i have no plans to leave this ward so i joined DSA lmao. RADICALIZED
fuck it. i have no plans to leave this ward so i joined DSA lmao. RADICALIZED
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my life in ward 7 has been 13 years of lisa goodman, 2 years of katie cashman, next up: 4 years of something worse than goodman: elizabeth shaffer
fuck it. i have no plans to leave this ward so i joined DSA lmao. RADICALIZED
fuck it. i have no plans to leave this ward so i joined DSA lmao. RADICALIZED
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Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
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Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
#FelonTrump
Spending your tax dollars to attack you.
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
#FelonTrump
Spending your tax dollars to attack you.
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
#FelonTrump
Spending your tax dollars to attack you.
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
#FelonTrump
Spending your tax dollars to attack you.
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
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New: a judge has ruled that Flock surveillance images are public records that can be requested by anyone. Shows that at least in some cases, police cannot withhold the data collected by its surveillance systems.
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New: a judge has ruled that Flock surveillance images are public records that can be requested by anyone. Shows that at least in some cases, police cannot withhold the data collected by its surveillance systems.
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
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The Chicago Headline Club Foundation has launched the Essential Equipment Fund to help independent and freelance journalists buy gear like respirators and helmets.
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Essential Equipment Fund
CHCF’s Essential Equipment Fund helps Chicago-area journalists stay safe while reporting protests and public events. Apply and support today.
headlineclub.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Chicago Headline Club Foundation has launched the Essential Equipment Fund to help independent and freelance journalists buy gear like respirators and helmets.
headlineclub.org/2025/10/11/e...
headlineclub.org/2025/10/11/e...
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Over a dozen tenants renting from IPG-owned Minneapoils apartment buildings have formed the IPG Group Tenant Union, citing persistent health and safety issues, unresponsive management, and what they call retaliatory behavior by management, their landlord.
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IPG-Owned MPLS Apartment Properties Rack Up 104 Major Safety Violations, Leaves Residents in Disarray - UNICORN RIOT
Minneapolis, MN — If a tenant comes knocking to pay rent, that’s usually a door worth opening. But when Mike Brown approached the office of property manager Tina Johnson, she didn’t answer. Instead, t...
unicornriot.ninja
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Over a dozen tenants renting from IPG-owned Minneapoils apartment buildings have formed the IPG Group Tenant Union, citing persistent health and safety issues, unresponsive management, and what they call retaliatory behavior by management, their landlord.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/ipg-own...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/ipg-own...
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Join us for our November General Meeting! We'll have a report-back from our electoral committee, a presentation from our Socialist Feminist Branch, and a special election for our new Membership Coordinator position. Hope to see you there!🌹
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Join us for our November General Meeting! We'll have a report-back from our electoral committee, a presentation from our Socialist Feminist Branch, and a special election for our new Membership Coordinator position. Hope to see you there!🌹
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...