@jessevpb.bsky.social
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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I am already seeing reporters parrot DHS's version of the story, which is journalistic malpractice. Every story they spun about being under threat in Chicago was either seriously undermined by subsequently revealed evidence or outright proven false in court. Lying is ALWAYS their first move.
January 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I am already seeing reporters parrot DHS's version of the story, which is journalistic malpractice. Every story they spun about being under threat in Chicago was either seriously undermined by subsequently revealed evidence or outright proven false in court. Lying is ALWAYS their first move.
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I couldn't pick a paragraph to pull-quote because they're all so damn good
Opinion | It’s time to pause the I-94 project
Despite years of community engagement work through the "Rethinking I-94" project, MnDOT plans to rebuild the interstate more or less as it is today. A new vision is needed, Mary Morse Marti writes.
www.startribune.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I couldn't pick a paragraph to pull-quote because they're all so damn good
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Re-sharing this with alt text added (image appears twice because the text didn't quite fit and is continued on image #2). This is an incredibly important message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Melissa and Mark Hortman.
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Re-sharing this with alt text added (image appears twice because the text didn't quite fit and is continued on image #2). This is an incredibly important message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Melissa and Mark Hortman.
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It should be harder to get a drivers license and easier to lose it.
The California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org
calmatters.org/investigatio...
calmatters.org/investigatio...
December 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It should be harder to get a drivers license and easier to lose it.
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FYI, Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt will be running for re-election in 2026. Filing period starts May 19th and candidates must be licensed as a peace officer in Minnesota. If you know anyone who's qualified and wouldn't suck, maybe recruit them to run?
CALL TO ACTION: Call, text & email Hennepin County Sherrif Dawanna Witt to demand she stop using public resources to enable ICE terror, by unlawfully targeting ICE Watchers and rapid responders who are keeping our community safe from abductions! bit.ly/stopwitt
December 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
FYI, Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt will be running for re-election in 2026. Filing period starts May 19th and candidates must be licensed as a peace officer in Minnesota. If you know anyone who's qualified and wouldn't suck, maybe recruit them to run?
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Given how skinny the Monday edition is, they could’ve overflown & dropped them as leaflets
December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Given how skinny the Monday edition is, they could’ve overflown & dropped them as leaflets
So did folks get their papers this morning?
Good luck to the Des Moines to Minnesota Star Tribune express.
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So did folks get their papers this morning?
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You know how if a cop wants to pull you over, he can find *something* wrong with your car. Well, if an immigration official wants to find something "fraudulent" about a filing they will—a misremembered date or address, a typo, whatever.
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You know how if a cop wants to pull you over, he can find *something* wrong with your car. Well, if an immigration official wants to find something "fraudulent" about a filing they will—a misremembered date or address, a typo, whatever.
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Reported this car blocking the Hennepin Ave bikeway exit onto Bryant last evening. The report was closed as “Case resolved – drove around and found no violation.”
It was still there this morning, so I reported it again. 😔
It was still there this morning, so I reported it again. 😔
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reported this car blocking the Hennepin Ave bikeway exit onto Bryant last evening. The report was closed as “Case resolved – drove around and found no violation.”
It was still there this morning, so I reported it again. 😔
It was still there this morning, so I reported it again. 😔
Very interesting that a simple model taking population and highway lane miles into account predicts VMT as well as more complex models. MnDOT should take note when rethinking 94.
Short, direct, probably surprising and supremely important, @alextburns.bsky.social writes about the (only?) remaining paths to reducing transportation's enormous impacts on the climate. Hint: it's not about electric cars.
Highly recommended. Please share widely.
Highly recommended. Please share widely.
Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It — Streetsblog USA
Federal inaction means states must lead on reducing emissions — but their reluctance to reallocate road space for cars may doom climate goals.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Very interesting that a simple model taking population and highway lane miles into account predicts VMT as well as more complex models. MnDOT should take note when rethinking 94.
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I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I think entirely too much about how California’s climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
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Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
From Hiawatha School Park
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
From Hiawatha School Park
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the work continues but also like ughhhhh
jacob frey won
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
the work continues but also like ughhhhh
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We are at a pivotal point in this campaign. We need everyone that's been involved with with Twin Cities Boulevard to show up and show out!
You can ride with us to the rally (<10miles). Meet us at Martin Olav Sabo Bridge at 4:30pm, with a 4:45pm roll out. Bring your bike lights.
You can ride with us to the rally (<10miles). Meet us at Martin Olav Sabo Bridge at 4:30pm, with a 4:45pm roll out. Bring your bike lights.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We are at a pivotal point in this campaign. We need everyone that's been involved with with Twin Cities Boulevard to show up and show out!
You can ride with us to the rally (<10miles). Meet us at Martin Olav Sabo Bridge at 4:30pm, with a 4:45pm roll out. Bring your bike lights.
You can ride with us to the rally (<10miles). Meet us at Martin Olav Sabo Bridge at 4:30pm, with a 4:45pm roll out. Bring your bike lights.
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Last municipal/mayoral election people on the left spent months tearing each other down & apart for their voting, volunteering, running, & donation choices. It created lasting rifts in our movement & keeps us all down. I will not be participating in this at all.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Last municipal/mayoral election people on the left spent months tearing each other down & apart for their voting, volunteering, running, & donation choices. It created lasting rifts in our movement & keeps us all down. I will not be participating in this at all.
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mostly stuff to celebrate tonight but i’m very very bummed about katie cashman. it sucks that just being good and smart and doing the work cannot always triumph over immense piles of cash :/
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
mostly stuff to celebrate tonight but i’m very very bummed about katie cashman. it sucks that just being good and smart and doing the work cannot always triumph over immense piles of cash :/
Working on a probably unoriginal theory that the second big cleavage in modern politics (obv 1 being Republican or not) is being business-centered vs people-centered
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Working on a probably unoriginal theory that the second big cleavage in modern politics (obv 1 being Republican or not) is being business-centered vs people-centered
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Reminder that in Minnesota, you have the right to vote on the same day you register. We are not a voter ID state. You can vote if you've lived in Minnesota for 20 days and are old enough: www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State
Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State
www.sos.mn.gov
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reminder that in Minnesota, you have the right to vote on the same day you register. We are not a voter ID state. You can vote if you've lived in Minnesota for 20 days and are old enough: www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
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"Such technofixes for the climate, in fact, lead us down a dangerous road, both because they displace far safer and more reliable options—namely the clean energy transition—and because they provide an excuse for business-as-usual burning of fossil fuels."
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Such technofixes for the climate, in fact, lead us down a dangerous road, both because they displace far safer and more reliable options—namely the clean energy transition—and because they provide an excuse for business-as-usual burning of fossil fuels."
These are public spaces! They should be available to the public!
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
Using fencing to curb homelessness in the Twin Cities is an insult - MinnPost
Agencies and governments turn to fencing instead of actual solutions for problems related to people experiencing homelessness.
www.minnpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
These are public spaces! They should be available to the public!
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...
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Love to see this from Mpls City Council Member @katiecashman.bsky.social: "Xcel and CenterPoint must step up and offer inclusive energy upgrades to all residents, and we at the city need to ... use our newly negotiated leverage to hold them to their commitments." www.startribune.com/ward-7-city-...
Katie Cashman: A resilient City of Lakes requires bold climate leadership
Federal leadership has abdicated on this issue. Cities like Minneapolis must lead. We already have progress to build on, Ward 7 City Council candidate Katie Cashman writes.
www.startribune.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Love to see this from Mpls City Council Member @katiecashman.bsky.social: "Xcel and CenterPoint must step up and offer inclusive energy upgrades to all residents, and we at the city need to ... use our newly negotiated leverage to hold them to their commitments." www.startribune.com/ward-7-city-...