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i always end with a link to a song. today's mood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ay3...
today in the newsletter -- The Paragraph returns
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"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
Shohei Ohtani's grand slam, as called in Japan:
US Attorney Daniel Rosen defends himself, again, in contempt hearing for ICE order violations minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/05/u...
Kristi Noem is out at DHS, and Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin is in.
this is kinda like when the bears made matt eberflus do a press conference right before firing him. but worse
No sign of law enforcement so far
And a more recent update via @sahanjournal.bsky.social, explaining the complex tribal/federal government dynamics going on here:
Some folks have packed up camp and are working on leaving. There’s a group of a couple dozen folks who plan to stay gathered around the fire.
Background from @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social:
The prayer camp at Coldwater Spring. A few dozen people are gather around a fire in the distance.
I’m here are Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring) near the Whipple Federal Building, where the National Parks Service, at the request of nine tribal nations, has ordered a Native prayer camp to leave by noon today.
thank you!
this didn't make it into the story but i asked how he's taking care of himself:
"i don't know if i am. i haven't slept much for sure. it's been a lot of work. but it's like, if my immigrant neighbors can't sleep and can't be resting during an occupation, why should i?"
@nicoleneri.bsky.social is the best!!
thank you!
LOL funny you say that — i have plans to attend a ken burns american revolution watch party tonight ❤️🔥
Chavez isn't the only progressive elected official who has been out on the streets during Operation Metro Surge and beyond — but he is possibly the most personally affected by the operation. Two of his uncles have been deported in the past few months.
I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.
“To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”
Yeah that’s true, he worked out great for them
sauce may end up being great for the colts but at what cost lol
maybe i have amnesia but when was the last time trading for a CB1 worked out? sauce, sneed, lattimore...is it literally just jalen ramsey who has been worth it over the past 6-7 years?
don't forget wendy davis!
Last year Melvin Carter got publicly told off by the St. Paul delegation for making this ask without going to local lawmakers first. It was DOA
It’s no longer a secret. Google is behind the massive and controversial data center in Hermantown. It just last week announced it is proposing another data center in Pine Island.
Sen. Ann Rest's swan song — a bill requiring Minnesota students to learn how to write in cursive.
via @michellemgriff.bsky.social
the early estimates of economic damage from the surge are based on some broad assumptions and back-of-the-napkin math. a more complete picture will emerge over the next year or so — but @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social says lawmakers can't wait that long to send relief.
really enjoyed this data piece from my colleague @alyssachen.bsky.social digging into the early estimates of the economic impact of operation metro surge: minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/02/m...
