Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out
New in PN: What if we just stopped paying taxes?
"Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just … didn’t?"

What if we just stopped paying taxes?
Where there's a will there (might) be a way.
Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
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Minnesotans shot Christofascist, pardoned J-6 insurrectionist, Jake Lang in the face with silly string yesterday. It's being called the 'Minnesota Money Shot' 🤣
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.

Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
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Yes, that does say it all.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.
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My friend
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed.
open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope).
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Trump just publicly stated that the U.S. now owns all Venezuelan oil (17% of the world’s total known reserves). Dictator.
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Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
Countless emails asking how Americans can directly aid Ukrainian soldiers. Here’s an easy answer:
savelife.in.ua/en/Come Back Alive Foundation - Charity Organization
One of the top charity organizations who help the Ukraine Army since 2014. Donate via the website - 100% of proceeds go directly to Ukraine Army.
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Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.
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