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@midwestdeacon

I’m kinda into transportation, but there’s more to me than that. (Like St Paul and Madison. And Grinnell!) And, of course, all statements here are my own personal views.

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St. Paul: Make the Marshall Avenue bus lane permanent? Take the survey The three-block extension of a permanent bus lane was installed from Cretin Avenue to Wilder Street in 2023 as a temporary measure

Please take this survey and tell Metro Transit to keep the bus /bike lane (and not let a Highland realtor drive the narrative). This is the precise spot where I was nearly killed by a red pickup truck driver. www.twincities.com/2026/03/06/s...

12.03.2026 22:40 👍 80 🔁 34 💬 5 📌 5
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ICE detained a Minnesota teen, labeled him an ‘unaccompanied minor,’ and lost him The Trump administration is apprehending and designating immigrant kids as “unaccompanied,” even as their parents in the U.S. search for them.

The Trump administration is apprehending and designating immigrant kids as “unaccompanied,” even as their parents in the U.S. search for them.

22.02.2026 14:52 👍 829 🔁 514 💬 23 📌 38

Jesse Jackson on SNL

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21.02.2026 15:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Small business owners:

SCOTUS just slapped down Trump's tariff policy

This is your moment to get back the tariff money Trump illegally took from you—& in so doing to fight for democracy!

@katiephang.bsky.social & I explained w/ @jimacosta.bsky.social

20.02.2026 20:30 👍 706 🔁 184 💬 36 📌 4

Please stop reporting things at face value. What grounds is he basing this on? What law? Did he really implement them, or just say he would?

21.02.2026 03:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Didn’t somebody from the admin promise that just yesterday?

20.02.2026 20:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Man, I can't wait to get my tariff rebate check.

20.02.2026 19:49 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimes Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian health ministry and a witness have said. Raed Abu Ali, a resident of Mukhmas, said a group of settlers came to the village on Wednesday afternoon where they attacked a farmer, prompting clashes after residents intervened. Continue reading...

Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say

20.02.2026 20:29 👍 96 🔁 71 💬 7 📌 6

Haven Watch—the people who wait outside Whipple 24/7 to help those who have just been released, often alone and in the cold—is one of the local efforts that makes me cry every single time I think about it.

I know there are a million requests for $ and we're all tapped out, but if you can help...

19.02.2026 16:19 👍 142 🔁 70 💬 1 📌 1
Bad ass Leila Edwards, in a blue USA jersey holds a hockey stick. A quote from Laila Edwards about leaving a legacy and inspiring young Black girls is displayed beside her.

Bad ass Leila Edwards, in a blue USA jersey holds a hockey stick. A quote from Laila Edwards about leaving a legacy and inspiring young Black girls is displayed beside her.

A Black woman won an Olympic gold medal today! Her name is Laila Edwards. She's is the first Black woman to win an Olympic hockey gold medal in Team USA history. 👏🖤

19.02.2026 22:41 👍 1601 🔁 379 💬 38 📌 25
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Federal judge finds DOJ lawyer in contempt amid ICE surge in MN The lawyer acknowledged the case “slipped through the cracks” as the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota buckles under flood of immigration filings.

A federal judge has found a DOJ lawyer in contempt of court, ruling the government did not return identification documents for an immigrant previously ordered released in Minnesota with his property.

19.02.2026 19:00 👍 129 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 5

In 2023, 8 refugee families arrived, nearly doubling size of area's Hmong-Vietnamese Christian community. "We’re not angry. We suffered persecution in Vietnam and went to Thailand, and we came to this country...We don’t have the power to do anything, but we trust God.“ twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...

15.02.2026 18:52 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
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Minnesota family says ICE agents faked car trouble to lure man out of house On the same day that federal officials announced the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, a nightmare began for a family in in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights​.

On the same day that federal officials announced the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, a nightmare began for a family in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights​.

15.02.2026 19:15 👍 14 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 3

In the days, months and years to come, those who had their dignity, well-being and even lives taken away will be seen as the hero’s against a lawless government.

12.02.2026 04:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

NEWS: The House just voted to repeal Trump's Canadian tariffs that are raising prices for Americans. TIm Kaine and Rand Paul and I led the Senate effort to pass similar legislation—let's get it done!

12.02.2026 00:39 👍 890 🔁 177 💬 34 📌 6
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11.02.2026 13:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...

The girl writes that she had her own bed, but not her own room.

DHS has not told MPR News whether detaining unaccompanied children in hotels with federal agents is a regular practice.

10.02.2026 23:39 👍 154 🔁 125 💬 5 📌 34
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Republican Congressman Calls for Investigation Into Bad Bunny Halftime Show Rep. Andy Ogles accused the NFL and NBC of broadcasting a sexually explicit performance during the Super Bowl.

The GOP wants to investigate Bad Bunny lyrics but not child sex traffickers. https://time.com/7376165/ogles-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-sexual-lyrics-congress-investigation/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=100226

11.02.2026 02:21 👍 2454 🔁 754 💬 224 📌 57
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Baseball. Soon.

09.02.2026 04:10 👍 68 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 2

That was an absolute celebration of joy. Damn

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Jordan Chiles changes floor routine to Prince for Minnesota The Minnesota Golden Gophers fall to the UCLA Bruins by less than three-tenths of a point in front of the largest crowd the team has ever had.

UCLA is all right! www.kare11.com/article/news...

08.02.2026 17:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers in St. Paul that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

07.02.2026 21:15 👍 268 🔁 140 💬 8 📌 6
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Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...

www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

07.02.2026 19:30 👍 3944 🔁 1707 💬 110 📌 65
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Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...

A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.

06.02.2026 18:07 👍 2816 🔁 1701 💬 118 📌 246
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New data shows Minneapolis economy reeling since ICE's Operation Metro Surge began The director of community planning and economic development estimates the city is losing $10 to $20 million every week.

Operation Metro Surge is hurting small business and doing long-term damage to Minnesota’s economy.

It’s time for this campaign of retribution to end.

www.kare11.com/article/news...

06.02.2026 01:18 👍 4464 🔁 1298 💬 289 📌 79

‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’

05.02.2026 06:04 👍 6856 🔁 3674 💬 68 📌 176
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Measles cases, by vaccination status, in South Carolina.

It’s almost like vaccines work!

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