Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable With the Trump administration refusing to identify agents or share evidence, the case is a game of constitutional chicken: states’ rights versus federal immunity.

Prosecutors are also investigating Gregory Bovino, the outgoing Border Patrol commander who was the face of the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and who was seen on video lobbing smoke canisters into crowds in Minneapolis.

Mayor Mamdani and New Yorkers Want to Tax the Rich. Where Is City Council Speaker Julie Menin? Leaders in city and state government support raising taxes on the wealthy, but Gov. Hochul and Speaker Menin are refusing to get on board. Now, grassroots groups are increasing the pressure.

“We are going to have to actually put pressure on the Speaker,” said Jasmine Gripper, state director of the
@nywfp.bsky.social.

Scientists set out to learn how climate change affects wild meadows—with alarming results “It’s a profound change in the ecosystem."

“It’s a profound change in the ecosystem.”

Headed to Capitol for the no oligarchy, no fascists part of no kings with Bernie. WESTERN SCULPTURE PARK, 387 Marion St. Then to HARRIET ISLAND REGIONAL PARK, 110 Harriet Island Rd., for the through downtown March.

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How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes.

Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)

A knock on the window and a glimpse of America’s surveillance future “This is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society,” a privacy advocate warns in a special France 24–Mother Jones report.

License plate readers. Cellphone location data. Social media monitoring. Now, real-time facial recognition on the street.

DHS is building a surveillance apparatus—and you're probably already in it.

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2026 DFL Conventions - Google My Maps Political district boundaries at different levels of MN state

Excellent date/time/place map of Democratic conventions happening today around #MN and the #TwinCities. Today/now (green now, shift to red weeks-months out), #SD53 appears the spotlight #GreenNewDeal leader Dan Lund vs. capitulating class Paul Cumings. #OurRevolution www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...

Ro Khanna Demands Congress Pass War Powers Resolution to Stop Assault on Iran “The American people are tired of regime change wars that cost us billions of dollars,” said Rep. Khanna.

“The American people are tired of regime change wars that cost us billions of dollars,” said Rep. Khanna.
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Donald Trump has said almost nothing to justify going to war against Iran. The real reason may be something he dare not speak of.

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"They want me to hide or leave or disappear" Republicans invalidated Avery Rowland’s drivers license, along with hundreds of other transgender Kansans. Here’s how she’s fighting back.

“They want me to hide or leave or disappear, not to be visible and active in public society."

Republicans invalidated Avery Rowland’s drivers license, along with hundreds of other transgender Kansans. Here’s how she’s fighting back.

Red states are doing what Trump won't: Going after abortion pills in court A new case in Louisiana tests how far courts will go to restrict access in a post-Roe landscape.

A new case in Louisiana tests how far courts will go to restrict access in a post-Roe landscape

The Supreme Court hears a Line 5 oil pipeline case with high stakes for treaty rights The Straits of Mackinac aren't just ecologically critical — they're the center of the Anishinaabe creation story.

The Supreme Court hears a Line 5 oil pipeline case with high stakes for treaty rights

You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

The worst case scenario for an AOC presidential run in 2028 is that she’s setting herself up for 2032 or 2036.

She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.

Sign to support Rashida Tlaib’s new Defund the Oligarchs, Fund Our Communities resolution Our government has money for war and genocide, and money for agents to kill, abduct, and detain us—but not money to feed or house us, or to cover our healthcare. All of this money is taxpayers’ mo...

Sign to support Rashida Tlaib’s new Defund the Oligarchs, Fund Our Communities resolution: It demands Congress tax the rich & big corporations while reinvesting in our communities’ needs—such as healthcare, housing, education, other essentials.
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Do not cooperate with ICE! ICE and the Trump administration have been clear that the widespread opposition to their agenda—from everyday people to local leaders—has impeded ICE from carrying out its cruel, inhumane, and unlawfu...

@moveon.org petition To: Mayors and Locally Elected Officials Nationwide - Do not cooperate with #ICE! sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
#NotMeUs #MNleg #OurRevolution

Bloomington Police arrest 30 in human trafficking sting operation, including 1 federal employee One of the people arrested allegedly works as a federal employee hiring ICE agents.

Meanwhile, in actual criminality in Minnesota...

"One of the people arrested allegedly works as a federal employee hiring ICE agents."

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An Anti-Affordability Agenda: Trump’s Advisors Call on States to Raise Taxes on the Working Class and Drastically Cut Taxes for the Rich The Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisors suggests that states consider drastically raising sales taxes and using those new revenues to pay for repealing taxes on corporate and personal ...

Anti-Affordability Agenda: Trump's Advisors Call on States to Raise Taxes on the Working Class and Drastically Cut Taxes for the Rich. In roughly 40 states, high-income families are already being taxed at lower rates than everyone else.
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#TaxWealth #WealthTax #DFL #MNleg

States Say No Thanks to Trump Tax Cuts, Drawing Republican Fire

"There are zero states that fully adopt the federal tax rules in their own codes.

When state lawmakers are doing their job well, they sit down and give each item careful consideration about whether it makes sense in their own code or not.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq

We’re still seeing ICE going in and out of the Whipple building. As long as they’re still here working to separate families, we need to make sure people are out patrolling & keeping watch.

We don’t accept their behavior happening here or anywhere else which is why all of DHS needs to be dismantled

We don’t need a celebration we need to abolish ICE and get justice for those murdered and for those whose rights have been violated and return our neighbors. Reminder the Roman Colosseum was a propaganda machine that enforced hierarchy and was a distraction from living standards. Stay focused MPLS.

Nothing Is Ours Anymore: Is the "Rental Economy" the Most Destructive Scam in Modern American Capitalism? From 50-year mortgages to paywalled car features, the rental economy is replacing ownership with lifelong monthly bills...

From 50-year mortgages to paywalled car features, the rental economy is replacing ownership with lifelong monthly bills...

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Even with Trump lording over America like a giant slug, positive change can and will still happen at the state (and city) level. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-wealth-tax-that-work...

We deserve leaders focused on making life more affordable, not padding the pockets of their pals.

Tell Minnesota's insurance commissioner: Stop corporations from raising rates and cutting coverage. @publiccitizen.bsky.social setup a letter to each state's insurance commissioner, who are all meeting in Florida this week.
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#OurRevolution #NotMeUs #HealthcareForAll

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.

robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-...

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What Democrats Must Pledge to America Ten ways to make America more affordable

Progressives are so desperate for a replacement for Gov. Timmy Walz that some are suggesting Dean Phillips. He doesn't seem to fear DNC & DFL leadership attacks, buy why should any progressive Governor? At a minimum, we need someone who checks off these 10: robertreich.substack.com/p/what-democ...