New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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That’s bananas, I had no idea the store had an auditorium

Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 4h ago

The Minneapolis Star's writeup after the Yardbirds' show at Dayton's Departement Store auditorium that started their Aug-Sept 1966 US tour highlights Jimmy Page. It appears under the banner "Women's News" (cc: @carynrose.bsky.social)

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A video circulating online shows a Russian drone hunting a Ukrainian vegetable vendor in Kherson. It is one of many incidents of Ukrainian civilians being attacked by Russian drones. CNN's Clare Sebastian reports.

Minnesota salmonella outbreak linked to jalapenos served at Chipotle, other restaurants

Minnesota salmonella outbreak linked to jalapenos served at Chipotle, other restaurants

Interviews of sickened individuals and genomic tests identified jalapenos from Chipotle and other fast-food Mexican restaurants as the source of the foodborne outbreak.

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More than 100 city employees could be laid off in Minneapolis in the first major layoffs in 16 years as the city faces a $33 million budget gap.

Minneapolis may lay off 100 city employees in budget cuts. Taxpayers could still face double-digit hike.

Mayor Jacob Frey will unveil a budget proposal next week that could include layoffs and closing or consolidating some departments to plug a $33 million budget gap.

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After U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber said House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is "fighting for his damn life" when Emmer failed to show at Minnesota Farmfest, former congressman Vin Weber said Emmer is recovering from foot surgery.

Rep. Pete Stauber raises questions about Rep. Tom Emmer’s health with Farmfest comments

Stauber said his fellow Republican is “fighting for his damn life,” but his office later walked back the comments.

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DOJ loses for the 19th time in efforts to obtain state voter rolls, this time in Colorado, courtsey of Judge Philip Brimmer, a George W. Bush appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Minnesota Republican Party chairman is questioning whether GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell meets the state residency requirement and is eligible to run for office

State GOP chair wants to know if Mike Lindell is a Minnesota resident

The party’s leader sent a letter to the secretary of state as the Aug. 11 primary approaches.

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The privately owned prison in Appleton, Minn., that was shuttered 16 years ago will reopen in the fall to hold ICE detainees

Long-shuttered Appleton, Minn., prison to reopen for ICE detainees

The 1,600-bed prison is expected to open this fall. Contractors started repairs on the facility last year.

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Love to see a car with a Baby on Board sticker tailgating the crap out of the driver in front of them

What

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states

The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.

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Based on a quick scan of my inbox, that seems low

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount, by @coreygjohnson.bsky.social

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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Me, every time I look at the yellow sticky trap in the kitchen: Looks like the spider caught a couple flies

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano survived a violent arrest in St. Paul. It still haunts him. • Minnesota Reformer

The morning of Jan. 11 began for Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano with an ominous warning: The gas light on his Jeep Cherokee was glowing yellow on the dashboard. He didn’t want to go to work at the r...

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Just discovered the “Playing with the Boys” dance mix that apparently was on a rerelease of the Top Gun soundtrack and this is definitely gonna get played a bunch this summer

Max Miller said on X Live that "Journalism is supposed to ask difficult questions... and tell the whole story." Miller *repeatedly* declined to answer detailed questions from Mother Jones before we published our story.

Rep. Max Miller today: "Just want to be clear: no court, no agency has ever substantiated any allegation of abuse against me. No criminal charge has ever been filed against me." But here's a screenshot of his past criminal offenses.

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

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Video shows worm-like creatures in drinking water at southern California ICE detention center

Video shows worm-like creatures in drinking water at ICE detention center

A federal court judge ordered sweeping changes at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Southern California two weeks ago. But some detainees say issues persist.

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Not discounting anyone else’s experience but I do have a story about being helped by police after my property was stolen.

Federal prosecutors offered plea agreements to most defendants charged after an anti-ICE protest at Cities Church. The deals would reduce felony conspiracy charges to misdemeanors.

Federal prosecutors have offered plea agreements to most Cities Church defendants

At the moment, it doesn’t appear that any of the 29 defendants offered plea agreements have accepted them. If accepted, defendants’ conspiracy charges would be reduced from felonies to misdemeanors.

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Judge gives federal government two weeks to explain incomplete Renee Good shooting evidence

Judge gives federal government two weeks to explain incomplete Renee Good shooting evidence

The order identifies gaps in personnel files, use-of-force policies, witness statements, medical records and video evidence related to the Jan. 7 killing.

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“Government lawyers said …information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a ‘flawed installation by the contractor’ as well as ‘the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration …’”

LoriPerkinsRAB@loriperkinsrab.bsky.social · 5d ago

Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool apnews.com/article/refl...

"I'm never going to pay for the service you provide, but nevertheless you should provide me with endless free stuff and make future business decisions with me in mind" is not the winning argument some folks seem to think it is

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.