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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail

Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
What a session, huh?

Lemon, it's the State of the State.
January 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
My government breaks my heart over and over, but the bravery of those serving the people often gives me hope.
Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
So our government is just murdering people in the streets now? Shooting people in the face?
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I am mentally, emotionally, and spiritually unable to accept that today is Monday and that there is an entire work week ahead of me. Please send help.
January 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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"Likely" doing a lot of work here.
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Will Berry is opposed to the execution of the man who took his mother’s life. Here’s what he told Alabama’s governor. www.treadbylee.com/p/justice-de...
September 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Between hearing the state's best guess at the budgetary forecast for the public health department this morning to the CDC news tonight, it has been a pretty rough day for public health.
August 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“Be kind. Do good work. Try hard. Listen. Love.” Jillian Johnson
July 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Today's office forecast apparently calls for gloves and warm mugs of tea. Over air-conditioning drives me nuts.
July 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Screened-in-porch hammock reading during afternoon rain showers. Now listening to James Brown records and drinking shandies. Things are pretty rough right now, but this ain't bad.
July 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Why yes, 12% crowler, I do think I will.
April 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM