Clint Combs
@combs0294.bsky.social
Journalist | Freelancer Bylines in Southside Pride and the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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🧵 Thread | New article summarizing 287(g) & ICE facilities in Minnesota
NEW: Local ‘Participating Agencies’ Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions
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November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🧵 Thread | New article summarizing 287(g) & ICE facilities in Minnesota
Shout out to Em and Jessica for dropping my Lifetime references in parenthesis - Southside Pride as be an absolute pleasure to write for. southsidepride.com/2025/10/28/t... We're going out with a couple bangers in December's final issue.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Shout out to Em and Jessica for dropping my Lifetime references in parenthesis - Southside Pride as be an absolute pleasure to write for. southsidepride.com/2025/10/28/t... We're going out with a couple bangers in December's final issue.
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St. Paul leaders face mounting questions about why police officers were on the scene — and why force was used — despite repeated assurances that the department would not participate in federal immigration actions.
Conflicting accounts emerge after St. Paul ICE raid
City vows full review as DHS, family and witnesses offer sharply different explanations for arrests and police use of force.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
St. Paul leaders face mounting questions about why police officers were on the scene — and why force was used — despite repeated assurances that the department would not participate in federal immigration actions.
The separation ordinance though.....
Note that the title photo is St. Paul City Council Vice President Hwa Jeong Kim facing off with a SPPD officer.
Another city council member had to turn around on her way to the scene, after being warned it would be unsafe for her to be present while 39 weeks pregnant.
Another city council member had to turn around on her way to the scene, after being warned it would be unsafe for her to be present while 39 weeks pregnant.
St. Paul police used tear gas and pepper spray Tuesday as hundreds of demonstrators confronted them and dozens of federal agents on the city’s East Side.
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The separation ordinance though.....
Inside 2200 Blaisedell where IPG Group Tenant Union members are demanding a meeting with property manager Tina Johnson
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Inside 2200 Blaisedell where IPG Group Tenant Union members are demanding a meeting with property manager Tina Johnson
Got word that Project Veritas James O’Keefe runs stuff out of Minneapolis. The guy he recorded on a fake bundle is suing because he said his #1A rights were violated after being fired on a secret recording.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Got word that Project Veritas James O’Keefe runs stuff out of Minneapolis. The guy he recorded on a fake bundle is suing because he said his #1A rights were violated after being fired on a secret recording.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
x.com/Combs0294/st... How I started on my Twitter feed versus how it's going:
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
x.com/Combs0294/st... How I started on my Twitter feed versus how it's going:
I know a state senator's wife in Minnesota could have but didn't benefit from a senate bill that never passed but have you heard of the ad deal between Kristi Noem and Strategy Group? www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I know a state senator's wife in Minnesota could have but didn't benefit from a senate bill that never passed but have you heard of the ad deal between Kristi Noem and Strategy Group? www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Here's my latest in MSR: Three Minneapolis Council Members said signaled that they would support local police arresting ICE agents: spokesman-recorder.com/2025/11/23/m...
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here's my latest in MSR: Three Minneapolis Council Members said signaled that they would support local police arresting ICE agents: spokesman-recorder.com/2025/11/23/m...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
My nonfiction reading list so far:
Straight From the Source by Kim Osorio and Seymour Hersh's memoir The Reporter.
Straight From the Source by Kim Osorio and Seymour Hersh's memoir The Reporter.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My nonfiction reading list so far:
Straight From the Source by Kim Osorio and Seymour Hersh's memoir The Reporter.
Straight From the Source by Kim Osorio and Seymour Hersh's memoir The Reporter.
Not surprised Katie Cashman penned a solid profile on that all-woman Kenyan biker gang. She’s the same person who digs in with sharp questions in committee, the kind I’d expect MPD or staff to answer
check out this article katie cashman wrote in 2019 about an all female biker gang in kenya. these are her photos in it too. how cool is this? www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
'Born to be wild': Kenya's female biker gang
Photos of the Inked Sisterhood who often shocks people in the socially conservative East African nation.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Not surprised Katie Cashman penned a solid profile on that all-woman Kenyan biker gang. She’s the same person who digs in with sharp questions in committee, the kind I’d expect MPD or staff to answer
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Here is Patricia Lelis Bolin, featured in numerous Project Veritas stories as a whistleblower with wild tales of CIA conspiracies— and her lawyer husband. I reported this week that she was hiding out in Mexico after she was indicted by the Feds for fraud.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Here is Patricia Lelis Bolin, featured in numerous Project Veritas stories as a whistleblower with wild tales of CIA conspiracies— and her lawyer husband. I reported this week that she was hiding out in Mexico after she was indicted by the Feds for fraud.
The headline under the latest story I bylined:
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The headline under the latest story I bylined:
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ICE seems to have accessed the chat secretively and thru cop stuff—“ICE … is not technically part of the group chat. But the chat does include agents from Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI — which falls under ICE’s jurisdiction”—but (good news?) nothing here indicates Signal was insecure…
Utah student detained after ICE gained secret access to Colorado deputy’s Signal chat, sheriff’s office says
Utah student detained after ICE gained secret access to Colorado deputy's Signal chat, sheriff's office says
Caroline Dias Goncalves, 19, has been detained in an immigration center in Aurora since she was pulled over on I-70 near Loma on June. 5
coloradosun.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
ICE seems to have accessed the chat secretively and thru cop stuff—“ICE … is not technically part of the group chat. But the chat does include agents from Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI — which falls under ICE’s jurisdiction”—but (good news?) nothing here indicates Signal was insecure…
"None of us are free, until all of us are free" 🎵🎸 at the Glass House in Minneapolis
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"None of us are free, until all of us are free" 🎵🎸 at the Glass House in Minneapolis
Health insurance premiums could soar by 20% next year if Congress lets the tax-credits expire. Meanwhile, if you’re struggling, here are resources available now through December 👉 spokesman-recorder.com/2025/11/19/f...
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Health insurance premiums could soar by 20% next year if Congress lets the tax-credits expire. Meanwhile, if you’re struggling, here are resources available now through December 👉 spokesman-recorder.com/2025/11/19/f...
Here at the Glass House as the Minnesota Justice Research Center's Reimagining Justice kicks off with Is The Minneapolis Consent Decree Working? - featuring Dr. Yohuru Williams, Ganesha Martin, Rebecca Lucero and Arlinda Westbrook - Effective Law Enforcement For All (ELEFA)
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here at the Glass House as the Minnesota Justice Research Center's Reimagining Justice kicks off with Is The Minneapolis Consent Decree Working? - featuring Dr. Yohuru Williams, Ganesha Martin, Rebecca Lucero and Arlinda Westbrook - Effective Law Enforcement For All (ELEFA)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Director of Regulatory Services Enrique Valezquez and Housing Director Elfric Porte are hosting a press conference tomorrow regarding shelter bed availability Thursday Nov. 20.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Director of Regulatory Services Enrique Valezquez and Housing Director Elfric Porte are hosting a press conference tomorrow regarding shelter bed availability Thursday Nov. 20.
As Trump pushes a national mass-deportation agenda against migrants, Minneapolis voting to approve $285K for legal support—boosting funding for Mid-MN Legal Aid, the International Institute of MN, Volunteer Lawyers Network, and Advocates for Human Rights.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As Trump pushes a national mass-deportation agenda against migrants, Minneapolis voting to approve $285K for legal support—boosting funding for Mid-MN Legal Aid, the International Institute of MN, Volunteer Lawyers Network, and Advocates for Human Rights.
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Federal agents from ICE, DEA and the FBI raided a St. Paul paper distributor Tuesday morning. Hundreds of community members responded in protest, clashing with officers. At least two people were detained by authorities, according to a witness.
Dozens of federal agents raid St. Paul business, sparking protest • Minnesota Reformer
Dozens of federal agents surrounded the St. Paul headquarters of paper distributor Bro-Tex on Tuesday morning and were quickly met by a couple hundred protesters. The agents wore uniforms marked with ...
minnesotareformer.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Federal agents from ICE, DEA and the FBI raided a St. Paul paper distributor Tuesday morning. Hundreds of community members responded in protest, clashing with officers. At least two people were detained by authorities, according to a witness.
Pimento kitchen on 354 Wabasha in St. Paul hosted a Small Business Forum Featuring topics like diversity and equity in small business contracts last month. spokesman-recorder.com/2025/10/31/s... St. Paul City Council is set to vote on whether to cancel the Jamaican kitchen's liquor license tomorrow
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pimento kitchen on 354 Wabasha in St. Paul hosted a Small Business Forum Featuring topics like diversity and equity in small business contracts last month. spokesman-recorder.com/2025/10/31/s... St. Paul City Council is set to vote on whether to cancel the Jamaican kitchen's liquor license tomorrow