More than 318,000 children have already benefitted from Minnesotaโs nation-leading Child Tax Credit this year - with families receiving an average credit of $2,669.
The goal is simple - put money in the pockets of working families and lift children out of poverty.
A Haitian asylum seeker detained by ICE died after being refused timely medical attention for a severe toothache.
At least 40 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office โ a two-decade high.
The monstrous cruelty of Trump's police state knows no bounds.
DHS agents are still here in our community in plain clothes scouting out immigrant owned businesses on Central, knocking on neighbors doors, swapping out licenses plates in cars without registration, and driving dangerously in our community.
MN Freedom Caucus is still a boys' club. The handful of conservative legislators who formed the Minnesota Freedom Caucus last month were all men, as regular Dish readers may remember. But my colleague Nathaniel Minor reports that one woman legislator says she tried to join โ and they wouldnโt let her. โZero women allowed in the @FreedomCaucusMN,โ Rep. Mary Franson posted to social media recently. โ#iaskedtojoinโ Franson and Rep. Drew Roach, whoโs leading the Freedom Caucus in the House, declined to comment this week. Sen. Eric Lucero said last month he expects their membership to grow and that โauthentic womenโ are welcome to join. Rep. Pam Altendorf, another conservative legislator, defended the caucus on social media. โItโs dishonest to say theyโre not taking womenโฆ.. they just donโt have one nowโฆ. Doesnโt equate to women are excluded,โ she said.
Interesting nugget in todayโs Strib politics newsletter: the MN Freedom Caucus is currently all men and recently rejected state Rep. Mary Franson as a member.
We killed 160 girls in a school on Day One and called it investigation-worthy. There is no euphemism available. No framework sufficient. We did this. With our money. In our name. That's not strategy. That's shame. I'm appalled with our country. Donald Trump is a war criminal.
Commentary: Minnesotaโs resistance to the ICE surge cracked the Trump reality bubble. The air started leaking out, and the truth in.
When they told us to reject the evidence in front of our eyes, we kept recording. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/11/t...
Instead of spending $1 billion a day on the War in Iran, we could use that to invest in the American people, not more endless wars.
116,000 Minnesotans lost health care coverage this year. Highest uninsured rate in almost ten years.
Fund health care. Not this war.
An ongoing military investigation has determined that the U.S. is responsible for a deadly missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings.
A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to โfederalizeโ elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...
Yesterday, our volunteer observers saw 13 detainees board an ICE Air flight, which flew to Alexandria, LA.
Since January 1, we've noted 79 such flights at MSP, which have carried away an estimated 3,127 people to detention centers in Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas, and beyond.
It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.
Oil prices are closing in on $100.00 per barrel. Iran is mining the Straights of Hormuz. A Thai ship has been hit and now has 3 missing crewman. Thankfully the rest we rescued by the Omani Navy. This war is a complete and utter trainwreck.๏ฟผ
Meta has deliberately cut civil rights and civil liberties out of its calculus. As an internal Meta memo reasoned, โMany civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.โ The company presumably sees a business opportunity in the ongoing assault on American democracy. Thatโs where Mark Zuckerberg, Metaโs chief executive, is wrong: We are paying attention, and we understand clearly that this technology is part of that very same assault on our rights. We are always ready to fight, and we will continue to defend everyoneโs rights โ from both the government and Big Tech.
It was recently leaked that Meta plans to quietly roll out smart glasses equipped with facial recognition while civil liberties groups like ours are busy dealing with the Trump administration.
They're wrong. We can walk and demand Meta halt production on these creepy glasses at the same time.
they really have one trick and its not fucking working
Boomer: โit seems like everyone your age is on antidepressants for anxiety and depressionโ
Me: โyeah for reference I spent most of my 20s in a global pandemic and every presidential election iโve been old enough to vote in has had donald trump on the ballotโ
TOMORROW: Join our organizing call to learn how you can help keep the regimeโs secret police off college campuses โ because we all have a role to play in ensuring colleges and their communities are safe from ICE.
Billions of dollars spent on the War in Iran, but we donโt have enough money for the things that help Americans here at home?
Health care.
Food stamps.
Housing.
Tariff relief.
Lot of things we could do with billions of dollars.
Before No Kings Day on March 28, we highly recommend joining the @aclu.orgโs know your rights training. You will learn about your constitutional right to peacefully protest and best practices for reducing risks while taking to the streets.
WATCH โ @jamestalarico.bsky.social : โEvery dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one weโre not spending here at home. Weโre always told we donโt have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but thereโs always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.โ
Schatz: We donโt know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement โ way more tolerance for civilian harm.
House Republicans prepare to sidestep Trumpโs big 2026 demand GOP leaders are not leaping to take immediate action on a new version of the SAVE America Act. ...
Minnesota ranks as a top state to live because of the services we provide to make life easier for families.
But we need to strengthen program integrity and meet todayโs challenges. Iโm proposing a major overhaul to the way we deliver those services.
www.fox9.com/news/mn-frau...
When our military is fighting a war Americans don't want, secret police are kidnapping and killing our neighbors, and the regime is working overtime to suppress the vote in the midterm elections, silence isn't an option. No Kings Day on March 28 has to be big, loud, and inescapable.
Please join us.
NEW: Iran has begun laying mines in the strait of Hormuz. Would Trump like to send Brain Kilmeade to "show some guts" and captain a tanker through there now? www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
Uninsurance rates have risen across Minnesota and among nearly all demographic groups, highlighting persistent disparities, the Health Department said.
Gov. Walz proposes massive changes to human services amid fraud scrutiny.
It's difficult to end a war if you don't know why you started it in the first place.
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
