BREAKING: Two more federal courts struck down the DOJ's unlawful demands for voters' private information, this time in Nevada and Minnesota. That makes the Trump administration 0 for 23 in these efforts to undermine our democracy.
Ron Kiener
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Founder, #ClubQuarantine • #COYS • Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Trinity College, CT • Retired to the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Credit where credit is due. This year's #Barbenheimer is #Spideyssey
PLUGO@plugoarts.com · last mo.I saw this movie last week, but was embargoed from even mentioning I did so until now — So what’s the not-so-secret connection between Spider-Man & The Odyssey? Read about THE SPIDEYSSEY here: www.kungfumagazine.com/news/feature...
I’ve said it once & I’ll say it again - anything the Orange Apprentice touches turns to shit
Remember: Four justices on the U.S. Supreme Court want to strip Folarin Balogun, who has scored three goals for the USMNT this World Cup, of his citizenship.
The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation school and church shooting.
Minnesota Star Tribune cuts jobs and pursues nonprofit ownership structure
The decision to cut 65 jobs underscores the news industry’s ongoing challenges.
startribune.com
Just spitballing now, but perhaps twice electing a second-tier carnival barker to lead our republic for eight years was not, in fact, the wisest path forward for a nation.
I simply erased CBS from the remote’s favorite list. CBS has been eliminated.
Gene Rayburn@generayburn.com · 3mo agoKimmel: When Colbert's final show ends, turn off CBS and never turn it on again.
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu share a lot of traits. They are both mendacious, narcissistic, and paranoid megalomaniacs who perceive themselves as victims of a cabal of elites. Now they share something else: They have lost a war together. trib.al/sk3xYkf
Gregory Donnell Morgan, Jr. faces two felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly pointing a gun at two unnamed victims in a car while he was driving an unmarked SUV minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/16/f...
First ICE officer charged with assault for threatening people with a gun in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Thursday filed criminal charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer for allegedly brandishing his service weapon at two people during Opera...
minnesotareformer.com
Pete Hegseth Quotes ‘Pulp Fiction’ Fake Bible Verse at Pentagon Prayer Service variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Pete Hegseth Quotes ‘Pulp Fiction’ Fake Bible Verse at Pentagon Prayer Service
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meant to invoke holy scripture in discussing the rescue mission of an American fighter pilot stranded in Iran -- but he actually quoted Quentin Tarantino.
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I’ve been trying to figure out why I’ve been obsessed with the Artemis II mission — more obsessed than I usually am with NASA stuff. This explains it! (IG: morganevelyncook)
Power outage at Target Field an hour before the first pitch. You can’t make it up.
I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.
Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1)
My latest for the @newyorkerunion.bsky.social On Trump's Suez moment, the strategic debacle of the Iran war and a stark illustration of the changing face of American power on the world stage
Hard to overstate how obvious this was in Minneapolis. They'd roll around the neighborhood in full gear, doing nothing immigration-related at all, wait for angry crowds to gather, and then attack them with tear gas and pepper spray! It was a violent siege and the feds owe us billions in reparations.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 5mo agoStephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX
The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix will not take place in April Due to the ongoing situation in the Middle East the Grands Prix, alongside F2, F3, and F1 Academy rounds, will not take place as scheduled While alternatives were considered, no substitutions will be made in April #F1
Uhhhh they laid siege to the town your franchise calls home???
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoMinnesota Timberwolves co-owner Alex Rodriguez is at the White House today and chatting with Pam Bondi, Scott Bessent, and other Trump officials
Yes, people are leaving in droves, including top talent. Sure, ratings are in the toilet, as is the reputation of CBS's news division. Granted, the flagship nightly broadcast is awful. But the thing to remember about Bari Weiss is...actually, I guess that covers it.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues. In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."
Crowd-sourced data shows that while ICE remains active, especially in the suburbs, arrests and sightings are decreasing. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/t...
The end of Operation Metro Surge, in data • Minnesota Reformer
President Donald Trump’s border czar announced the imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, the surge of 3,000 immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota, on Feb. 12. At the time, Homan said that agent...
minnesotareformer.com
In Minnesota, we are all too familiar with false spring. You think maybe winter’s finally over...until the cold snaps back, sometimes even harder. That’s what this moment feels like. You may hear that ICE is “leaving", but they’re shifting, spreading out. Don’t mistake a brief thaw for safety.
ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets. www.972mag.com/ice-immigrat...
ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence
U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.
972mag.com
Report: Netanyahu received intel on Hamas plan to invade southern Israel as early as 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-netanyahu-received-intel-on-hamas-plan-to-invade-southern-israel-as-early-as-2018/
Report: Netanyahu received intel on Hamas plan to invade southern Israel as early as 2018
PM reportedly was warned about Hamas’s 'Jericho's Wall' plan for large-scale attack years before Oct. 7, despite his repeated denials; source says one report was shared with PM directly
timesofisrael.com