Check my pulse, it don't change. Stays 72, come shine or rain.

Senate votes to repeal Biden-era wilderness protections in Minnesota, sending bill to Trump’s desk The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a Bid…

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Between what they will allow now in the Boundary Waters and the disgrace that ICE inflicted on Minneapolis, good luck to the Republican Party of Minnesota getting elected to statewide office ever again.

"America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, and hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea." —George Carlin

ICE Agent Charged With Assault in Rare State Prosecution

Prosecute them all ⚖️ 🗽 🇺🇸

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Live: Senate votes to end ban on mining near Boundary Waters U.S. senators voted 50-49 to approve the measure.

Very sad. The natural treasure of the Boundary Waters, which belongs to the People, should outweigh the short-term greed that prevailed today. www.startribune.com/live-us-sena...

Live: Smith plans hourslong Senate speech against measure to open mining near the Boundary Waters If passed, the legislation would head to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature.

A true public servant 🇺🇸 www.startribune.com/live-us-sena...

Maybe Republicans are right. Has the pope even read the Bible? | Opinion Is it just me or does it seem like Pope Leo XIV won't stop talking about religion? But is the head of the global Catholic Church really an expert?

"Does Pope Leo sell a Bible with his name on it? That’s the kind of question the Vatican needs to answer before its leader goes out and opines on whether it’s moral to kill lots of people to distract from a child sex trafficking scandal."

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Pope Leo shares message of unity amid spat with Trump: ‘We can live in peace’ Leo doubles down on his message of peace as Trump and JD Vance continue to squabble with and insult the Vatican

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Senate rejects resolution to block Trump from striking Iran The war powers resolution was the fourth to fail in the chamber since the war’s start — but some Republicans expressed fresh concern about the war as it approaches the two-month mark.

GOP: The party of warmongers since 2003

Senate rejects resolution to block Trump from striking Iran

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Claudia Sheinbaum Is Showing the U.S. That Universal Healthcare Is Not That Complicated Mexico’s universal healthcare rollout under Claudia Sheinbaum is exposing just how political and profit-driven America’s healthcare really is.

If only the United States were so civilized 🇲🇽 🏥
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"The Assassination of Lincoln"
Jay Hambridge, 1890

"Oh, what a crime. What a blow to the nation. It has not its parallel in modern history." —George Young

"It was a new crime, a pure act of malice. But because of his fidelity to union and liberty, he is doubly dear to us and his memory will be precious forever." —Frederick Douglass

ICE detains 86-year-old French woman after US veteran husband dies Her children said they lost contact for a week after the arrest until French consular officials visited her.

ICE are nothing but thugs

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I just signed a bill to rename Minnesota’s community solar program after Speaker Melissa Hortman.

Melissa was a true champion of solar and I was proud to sign this in honor of my dear friend.

Obituary: Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Colin Haley, 44, prosecuted cases with heart Haley died last week after a sudden illness while vacationing in Mexico. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.

I never dealt with Mr. Haley but heard nothing but good things about him.

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Photo of a canoe in the Boundary Waters. The waters are so still that the sky is reflected on the surface.

The threat to the Boundary Waters isn’t just about Minnesota — the legislative gymnastics being thrust upon us to allow copper-nickel mining in this watershed would mean no public lands are ever truly protected.

We would be opening Pandora’s box… for what? The profits of a foreign mining company?

The pope is right. Peace is the way 🕊 🇺🇸

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

Pope Leo “may not be Trump’s greatest opponent, as some of the president’s critics had hoped,” Francis X. Rocca argues. “But neither is he the quiet bystander that the president’s supporters might have wished him to be.” theatln.tc/ARoFjFUY

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Minnesota county investigates federal agents’ removal of US citizen from his home as a possible kidnapping | CNN Officials in Ramsey County, Minnesota, on Monday announced a criminal investigation into the arrest of ChongLy Thao, a US citizen caught in a viral photo as immigration agents walked him out of his ho...

ICE criminals should pay for what they've done.

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Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

Trump isn't a god and Robert Kennedy isn't a doctor. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Minnesota investigates the arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials anno...

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers bashed open the front door of Thao’s St. Paul home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him outside in just his underwear and a blanket in freezing conditions."

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Trump post appearing to depict him as Jesus removed amid backlash Before the post was deleted, Evangelical and Catholic allies called the image blasphemous in a rare public break from a base that has largely stood by Trump.

What's the controversy? We all know he and his cultists think of him this way.

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Hungary election: Viktor Orbán ousted after 16 years in power as opposition wins election landslide - follow live Opposition leader Péter Magyar defeats Europe's longest-serving leader, promising closer EU ties and an anti-corruption drive.

Down with fascism 🗽
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American Greatness, American Barbarism The Artemis II mission to the moon shows America's greatness. Donald Trump's war with Iran shows a country that is small, mean, and ugly.

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More ICE lies exposed
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Israeli bombs that the United States paid for.

It is unconscionable we continue to provide aid to Israel as they continue to murder civilians and violate international law in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank.

No more money to Israel’s genocidal apartheid regime.

I'm not pleased to render unto Caesar the things that are Ceasar's, considering how fucked up the American government is, but I've never been prouder to pay my due to the State of Minnesota, the greatest state in the Union 🇺🇸💰