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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 1d

he 100% caused me to go “wait, luis rivas is still in the majors??” before I looked it up and realized he’s been done for 17 years lol

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"[S]tate police with shields and batons shoved, hit and dragged protesters across the pavement, detaining some, after a group tried to get past the barriers."

"Who do you protect? Who do you serve?"
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Broadview Protesters Face State Police, Not National Guard, After Court Hands Trump Admin A Loss

A series of court orders this week directed federal agents to stop attacking peaceful protesters and to hold off on using the National Guard near the facility, which has become a key area for…

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 1d

We drove ICE OUT- this morning - drone and all- join us? Let me know if on the east side of the river - otherwise start your group or I’ll help ya find one

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like the patch says "Mobile Field Force" and includes the acronym for the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System. Picture here from the RNC in Milwaukee last year

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Black patch reading "Mobile Field Force" with a mounted knight and "Police"/"1994" at the bottom.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 1d

"Perhaps it’s time Minneapolis considered campaign finance reforms here at home. Establishing a PAC has become tantamount to obtaining nuclear sovereignty, with devastating consequences for the health of our local democracy." racketmn.com/meet-the-big...

Meet the Big-Money Donors Trying to Buy Your Vote in Minneapolis - Racket

PACs will flood this November’s election in Minneapolis with almost $2 million, most of that going to boost the chances of Mayor Jacob Frey and centrist City Council candidates. Who’s bankrolling this...

racketmn.com

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gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025

A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

www.mprnews.org

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 1d

St. Paul has had only 9 homicides in 2025. Insane.

gretchen brown, real snoopy enjoyer @gretchenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

huge st. paul w www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

St. Paul solved more crimes, had drastically fewer homicides in 2025

A remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.

www.mprnews.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.

The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 26d

being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

ICE goon in Minneapolis: "You're going to lose. We will win."

They're nazi thugs and they're proud of it.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 1d

ICE had a large white drone they were trying to put in the air but neighborhood pressure grew and they started to pack up and leave. One neighbor was shouting that ICE is a bunch of losers and an agent said to her “you’re going to lose. We will win.”

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Minnesota: ICE is now on the ground in NE Minneapolis. See thread. Stay alert everyone!

Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 1d

Thread on ICE in holland, Northeast Minneapolis the morning of 10/10/2025.

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 1d

Thread on ICE in holland, Northeast Minneapolis the morning of 10/10/2025.

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 1d

ICE had a large white drone they were trying to put in the air but neighborhood pressure grew and they started to pack up and leave. One neighbor was shouting that ICE is a bunch of losers and an agent said to her “you’re going to lose. We will win.”

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1d

once again: they are! the same guys!

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Several Illinois state troopers out here now with pepper ball launchers of their own.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 1d

Downtown business folks are the most shortsighted fools in town, fouling their nest to get back at DSA & shocked when people avoid downtown. One even hallucinated a stabbing! Also, landlords can’t deny funding Kupchella’s screed even as another is shocked it was so negative. They’re just morons!

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

"I was told that it would be a positive spin on downtown Minneapolis, so I agreed to do it" said Fitzgerald, who is shown talking about a shooting hotspot in the Warehouse District.

Downtown Minneapolis leaders divided on how to talk about the city

A film by former TV anchor Rick Kupchella has downtown leaders talking

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 2d

She said some version of ”I was trained as a professional actor, I’m great at improv!” and my wife burst out laughing because…not the same thing!

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 2d

Saw this the other day - Virginia’s data centers alone use as much electricity as all of Minnesota.

Collectively, Business Insider estimates that if Virginia's 383 data centers already built or in construction as of September 2025 all come online, they will use between 66.5 terawatt-hours and 106.4 terawatt-hours annually. The low end is roughly equivalent to the amount of power the entire state of Minnesota used in 2023; the high end is more power than Tennessee used that year.

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 2d

If you can find no other reason, please just rank Fateh 3rd out of spite for Jacob.

If he's re-elected and it's close, they will see every Davis/Hampton/nobody ballot that was cast as evidence that their anti-socialist campaign put them over the top (even if it's unrelated to your reservations)

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 2d

yeah I'm also struggling to understand why they went with "let's make this a data viz story!" without bothering to understand and address the limitations of the data they were using.

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't feel like they cared enough to worry about showing an "accurate" picture. They just wanted to show a picture. Get a story out, make it look like a journalism, doesn't really matter how many corners are cut.

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ryan @rkmpls.bsky.social · 2d

in addition to the other questions...I'm confused why you even attempted to show an "average donation" figure if your analysis was necessarily limited to itemized donations? for most candidates, you're excluding the majority of donations and it's at best a meaningless figure (at worst, misleading)