Appalling decision by the U.S. Senate.

Next up in the reading queue. #booksky #writingcommunity #nonfiction

George W. Bush was elected, twice, without any voter in any state being required to show photo ID. Donald Trump was elected, twice, without any voter in any state being required to submit documentation of their citizenship.

It couldn’t be a worse time for MN to reduce its investment in transit - MinnPost Walz’s supplemental budget proposal is a huge disappointment for metro boosters and transit fans.

"Given the geopolitics, cuts to support for Metro Transit could not come at a worse time, and state lawmakers should reject this idea," writes Bill Lindeke in Cityscape.
www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

Really happy to see that Mayor Mamdani has taken his team's social media skills and used it to publicize what good government looks like. This is good politics and good policy at once.

Cleveland, OH is an underrated travel destination. Decent eateries. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Pro Football HOF nearby.

Procrastination.

This.

Commentary: We celebrate civil rights heroes only after they stop making us uncomfortable Black History Month should prompt more than commemoration. It should force a harder question: whether we recognize the logic of the civil rights movement when it reappears — in contested spaces and…

"Protest that interferes with routine operations is often treated as illegitimate because it is inconvenient, rather than because it is unlawful. Speech that unsettles donors, boards or political alliances is reframed as a threat to community values."

There comes a time in every freelance book critic’s life when their hand-me-down IKEA bookshelves fail and they must buy the more expensive solid wood IKEA bookshelves (because even in their mid-30s they cannot afford non-IKEA bookshelves)

You go to East Seventh Street, the West Side, Lake Street, University Avenue, etc. You find an immigrant-owned restaurant. You eat. They survive. It’s the best middle finger I can give to the shitstorm that has been 2026…

Judge says most cases brought to him by ICE were for people lawfully in Minnesota

More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/judge-say...

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

Genius!

Vehicles abandoned due to ICE detention will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.

Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.

Learn more: www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-d...

Renee Good came to Minneapolis seeking a safe place. Less than a year later, she was killed. After years as a military wife, Good was starting over when an encounter with ICE agents cut her new life short.

"Renee Good’s ethic of caring, rooted in her religious faith, started early. Growing up in Colorado Springs, she went on a church mission trip to Northern Ireland as a teenager in the mid-2000s." www.startribune.com/renee-good-f...

Anyone really surprised by this?

Once more, America focuses on Minneapolis because of the horrors of an oppressive government. When will it be enough? Are we just going to let our democracy evaporate?

The latest on ICE operations in Minnesota For weeks ICE has stepped up enforcement in the Twin Cities as part of “Operation Metro Surge.”

Accounts for ICE and DHS are attacking Hilton Hotels after a Lakeville location refused to house ICE agents.

Sunrise Twin Cities said it’s “heartening” to see the hotel canceling the reservation after the group's protests at hotels housing ICE agents.

Thank you Kelli! I hope that you have a great 2026.

I really like this idea.

The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.

Here's why Madison, Minnesota, is known as the "Lutefisk Capital of the Country" With the holidays fast approaching, and lutefisk on the menu for many families, one Minnesota town has the distinction of being called the "Lutefisk Capital of the Country."

It's a Minnesota thing. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

"As the Trump administration sits out an annual United Nations climate change meeting in Brazil that could (maybe) produce a detailed roadmap to transition the global economy away from fossil fuels, local governments in Minnesota and across the U.S. are preparing for more extreme weather to come."

In 2019, Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll published “Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy” in which dozens of authors and creative artists presented a retort to the shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region

Snag a copy today at WVU's Mountaineer Week Craft Fair

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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

The human costs of Trump's war on government For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.

The human costs of Trump's war on government