SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Craig is arguably the biggest Democratic champion of the most widespread fraud of the century, and perhaps in modern history: cryptocurrency.

Is Angie Craig Fighting for Minnesota or the Crypto Industry That's Enriching Trump? - Racket

The crypto industry spent over $1M getting Craig reelected. In turn, she has become its best friend in Congress.

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ICYMI: MN state senator John Hoffman says Rep. Angie Craig sought his endorsement for her Senate bid as he was in the ICU after being shot 9x in an assassination attempt. Craig disputes it and stopped short of calling him a liar. Hoffman torched her in response. 😬 www.huffpost.com/entry/angie-...

Minn. Lawmaker Says Angie Craig Sought His Endorsement While He Was In ICU

“I’m being public about it because it really hurt,” Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman said at an event for Craig’s Senate opponent, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

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BREAKING: Meta is pausing an internal AI training program that monitored everything workers did on their computers down to their keystrokes, after an internal leak made sensitive data accessible across the entire company. /1

Meta pauses an AI training program that tracks employees' keystrokes after an internal leak

Meta pauses an AI training program after sensitive employee data leaks, sparking internal backlash and highlighting security concerns.

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Over 7,500 signatures submitted today to put Renter Right to Repair on the November ballot in St. Paul! No one wants to get stuck badgering their landlord about a simple repair—we just want to get it fixed! Renter Right to Repair is a commonsense solution for everyone who calls St. Paul home.

Strib finally publishes the story on MPD wildly overspending to do nothing during the ICE siege: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... You can compare this version to the one that was pulled: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... (ht @roblevine82.bsky.social)

Minneapolis police rarely responded to ICE calls but still spent millions on overtime

The MPD prioritized preventing large-scale civil unrest over responding to calls from residents concerned about unlawful force by ICE, and racked up huge OT costs doing it.

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Breaking: In a 50-49 vote, the U.S. Senate passed the measure allowing sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters.

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 4mo ago

Sen. Tina Smith gave an impassioned speech to an empty the Senate floor late last night, defending the boundary waters against mining. The Senate is set to vote today on whether to end a mining moratorium in the area, which already passed in the House. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/15/s...

Former Star Tribune union steward here! It’s important to know that the AI issue Propublica is striking over (getting assurances from management that they won’t replace journalists with AI) is a fight the Strib is also having.

Mia Sato@miasato.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

The Minneapolis “dirtbag lawyer” challenging ICE detentions—and winning

The Minneapolis “dirtbag lawyer” challenging ICE detentions—and winning

“It’s all hands on deck for the legal community.”

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I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE. “To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”

The Minneapolis council member on the front lines of the resistance to ICE • Minnesota Reformer

When heavily-armed federal agents and Minneapolis police officers surrounded a Lake Street taco shop in June, Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez was incensed.  “This is completely wrong,” Ch...

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One of these companies is Toka, which offers products that hack into specific vehicles to harvest real time location data, as well as onboard camera and even microphone feeds. Toka was co-founded by Epstein confidant/partner and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.

Avi Scharf@avischarf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Your car is spying on you – and these three Israeli firms are leading the surveillance race. From hands-free systems to tire-pressure data, CARINT turns vehicles into powerful intelligence tools. @omerbenj has the details www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

Amy Klobuchar’s Record on Trump Is Shameful - Racket

As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.

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Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet: www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

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A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers

The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...

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Facial recognition cameras, AI-powered social media analyzers, license plate readers, fake cell towers, cell phone spyware—ICE has broadened its arsenal of surveillance tech, alarming privacy advocates, lawmakers, and ordinary community members. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/03/h...

How ICE is watching you • Minnesota Reformer

Once delivered via text message — no link required — Paragon’s spyware gains broad access to a phone’s contents, including encrypted messages.

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"This is the worst fucking time. But watching people's response to ICE has just been the most affirming thing in the world.” We interviewed our friends over at @racketmn.com about what it’s like to cover the crisis in Minneapolis as community-centered journalists

How Racket, Minneapolis’s Worker-Owned Newsroom, Is Covering Its Hometown Fascist Invasion

“This is the worst fucking time. But watching people’s response to ICE has been the most affirming thing in the world.”

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I will believe that ICE enforcement has changed on the ground when I stop getting daily notices that armed, masked goons are circling my kids’ schools and trying to sow fear in the parent patrols.

The Twin Cities are still occupied, and we're still documenting the invasion.

MN ICE Watch Jan. 12-16: Daily Updates on Trump's Invading Troops - Racket

Your one-stop shop for real-time ICE watching.

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Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.

Fascist Dem Tracker@fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.

The closure is not even directly because of the murder yesterday btw. It's because, while that was going on, ICE was also body-slamming teachers in high schools bsky.app/profile/pete...

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.” All MPLS schools now closed for the week. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents' lives.

Video Shows ICE Agent’s Fatal Shooting of Civilian in Minneapolis

Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents’ lives.

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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

The 911 operator couldn’t send an ambulance because it was already responding to another call from ICE’s Stewart Detention Center.

ICE Prison’s 911 Calls Overwhelm a Rural Georgia Emergency System

The 911 operator couldn’t send an ambulance because it was already responding to another call from ICE’s Stewart Detention Center.

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Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year. Now you're upset? Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.

Rep. Angie Craig@repangiecraig.bsky.social · 8mo ago

ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents. A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.

The Star Tribune will give you 1500 words on a Black muslim socialist candidate's wife but wont give you 3 words on your typical Wayzata wealthy developer couple lying about their residency to game the whole of Minneapolis elections and policy votes for the next 4 years.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, after failing to secure more than 30% of the vote for endorsement at the Minneapolis DFL convention, instead opted to have a small group of allies within the MN state DFL overturn the endorsement of Omar Fateh for mayor. They left all other endorsements intact.

Elliott Payne@elliottpayne.org · 12mo ago

"When the donors don't get the outcome that they want through the party process, they go to a super party process outside of the norm to try to reverse the decision of the delegates," Payne said. "It's an extremely short-sighted thing to do, not just tactically but philosophically," he added.