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@laclauer.bsky.social
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Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...
Opinion | Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
U.S. citizen detained by ICE:

“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3d
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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peggystuart.bsky.social
A failure of memory: Hepburn and Tracy ("Keeper of the Flame," 1942) This is a prescient treatment of fascism and the idea that the public will happily embrace authoritarianism if it's delivered by someone they admire. That this feels relevant in 2026 is not a coincidence!
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
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January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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A key way to help stop ICE is "providing people with concrete, outward-facing activities... while building an escalating national campaign that can culminate in larger coordinated days of nonviolent disruption..."

Learn more here:

www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Precisely.
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
Benefits fraud is long-standing in both blue and red states

www.npr.org/2026/01/10/n...
Influencer, White House welfare fraud claims are distorted, but the system has risks
Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust.
www.npr.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This approach, of course, is quite familiar to communities that have been dealing with police abuses for as long as there have been professional police forces. In 2000, then–New York City Mayor and future Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani justified the killing of the Haitian American Patrick Dorismond by police by quipping that he was “no altar boy.” Embarrassingly for Giuliani, whose capacity for shame was overestimated even then, it turned out that Dorismond had literally been an altar boy. Dorismond’s mother responded to the campaign to justify her son’s killing with an observation that continues to haunt me decades later. “They kill,” Dorismond said, “and after that, they kill him the other way—with the mouth.” Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
FBI cuts off BCA from shooting investigation; BCA 'reluctantly' withdraws The FBI informed the BCA it would no longer be part of the joint investigation, losing access to case materials, scene evidence and interviews. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
FBI cuts off BCA from shooting investigation; BCA 'reluctantly' withdraws
The FBI informed the BCA it would no longer be part of the joint investigation, losing access to case materials, scene evidence and interviews.
www.kare11.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
Incredible article on Minnesotas own Melissa Hortman. apple.news/Aw7vf6xryTK-...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life — Rolling Stone
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time
apple.news
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
Friendly reminder that the ACA is more than paying premiums.
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
Why MN is a great place to live ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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www.12news.com/article/news...
I-TEAM: ESA parents bought diamond rings, lingerie, and Kenmore appliances with education tax dollars
Empowerment Scholarship families also stayed at high-end resorts, bought plane tickets, and even purchased lingerie as the state approved all purchases under $2,000.
www.12news.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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August 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Want to see how much YOUR school district is losing due to the votes by U.S. Reps Emmer, Stauber, Finstad and Fishbach? Why do they hate MN kids SO MUCH?
minnesotareformer.com/2025/07/16/h...
Here's how much Minnesota school districts are each losing after Trump cuts • Minnesota Reformer
With Minnesota facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit in the next biennium, and schools already making significant cuts, districts will struggle to replace lost federal money with state and local...
minnesotareformer.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
Michelle Fischbach - MN Congressional D7. Vote her OUT!
July 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
MN Startribune Breaking News
Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are awake Sunday, will issue statement when able. Thank God!
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
EJ Dionne: "When our religious faith tells us to do the thing that would be easy and convenient, we are almost certainly mistaking the voice of our own self-interest for the voice of God."
June 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
“You're not required to buy it. The truth is the truth whether you buy it or not. The planet is round even if you don't buy that and insist it's flat.” Salman Rushdie
June 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
laclauer.bsky.social
#Handsoff Anoka Minnesota
April 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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democracyblue.bsky.social
More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs
Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest iron ore operator in Minnesota, is idling operations in Hibbing and Virginia. www.startribune.com/iron-range-l...
More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs
Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest iron ore operator in Minnesota, is idling operations in Hibbing and Virginia.
www.startribune.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
Ask any librarian, Wikipedia has never been an authoritative source for research. Here’s why:

www.adl.org/resources/pr...
March 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
laclauer.bsky.social
The GOP is not a serious political entity anymore apple.news/A-2g73YWlSti...
Lawmakers push to classify 'Trump derangement syndrome' as a mental illness in Minnesota — USA TODAY
Donald Trump and his supporters have accused critics of having 'Trump derangement syndrome.' Minnesota Republicans want to classify it as a mental illness.
apple.news
March 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM