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Pope Leo: "War can never be waged in the name of God. For us believers, to fight in the name of religion means attacking religion itself. There is no such thing as a holy war: only peace is holy." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

I met a Minnesotan who paid $18,000 out of pocket for dental surgery because Medicare just doesn't cover it. Your eyes and teeth are part of your body. It's time to expand Medicare to cover vision and dental - then get to work passing Medicare for All.

#mnwild and #Comcast please reach an agreement now. I’m becoming a disgruntled fan.

This is a complete betrayal of Ukraine and of Europe to violate sanctions on Russia. And Congress has passed laws to block Russia oil sales So Trump is violating international sanctions and federal law This should be his second impeachment related to Ukraine

#Comcast put MN Wild on cable. Please broadcast Wild games as you do Twins games.

Where oh where are MN Wild on cable? They don’t exist!!!

Bye-bye #wild. No longer interested in you if I can’t watch. Great negative publicity.

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Please watch this and then repost it everywhere.

US state and local officials are taking extraordinary steps to protect voting systems, staff and public confidence amid growing signs that the president is trying to use federal power and fraud claims to sway November’s elections reut.rs/4hqfYBo

In January 1926, an inventor from Faribault started sketching drawings for this new ride. By September. the Tilt-A-Whirl was up and running at the Minnesota State Fair. Rides cost 15 cents a pop.

The NATO summit is this week. Here are some thoughts on US Force Posture in Europe. www.thebulwark.com/p/withdrawin...

“Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border.” - Pope Leo

Trump is waiting to party on the South Lawn after surrendering to Iran. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Oman is at least the 15th country that President Donald Trump has either threatened to attack, left open the possibility of attacking, or actually attacked during his two terms in office. | Analysis https://cnn.it/4veuUXx

Fox viewership is around 3 million--less than 1% of the population so FOX isn't isn't as omnipresent as people think

When you add it all up, the collapse in immigration looks like this: a decline of roughly 50K for illegal (even including the people arrested and not released) and a decline of about 132K for legal. Over 70% of the cut in immigration has come from LEGAL immigration.

In a new post, Trump has attacked Pope Leo. The move comes after Leo’s prayer service for peace yesterday, and after 3 US Cardinals spoke out against the war in Iran, and Trump’s immigration policies. No words here.

OPINION: Who is the stranger in the Bible? Some Americans would be surprised. https://religionnews.com/2026/03/09/how-should-religious-people-think-about-immigrants/ 

Here's the truth: Senate Republicans could pay our TSA agents and fund FEMA today. In fact, they could've funded it last week. @democrats.senate.gov brought a simple, clean bill that would fund these essential agencies while we keep negotiating on ICE and CBP. Republicans blocked it.

The Trump administration has proposed repealing a Biden-era rule that required states to change how they pay out child care subsidies, citing the potential for fraud.

Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social (Ret.) talks with Here & Now’s Robin Young about the start of the Iran war and gives his perspective on the objectives of the U.S. military and how long the war may last.

Minnesota’s own Jessie Diggins said it best heading into the Winter Olympics: ‘I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty and respect for others. I do not stand for hate or violence or discrimination.’    www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...

A first step, sure. But there’s usually only 150 in the entire state. This drawdown means there will still be around 2,300 (15x the normal amount) unaccountable federal agents roaming our streets.

People are still being profiled. People are still being wrongfully detained. People still can’t go to work or school out of fear.   Do not look away and do not buy any political spin coming out of DHS.   ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA.

Bruce Springsteen performs ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ for the first time in Minnesota at First Avenue 🎶 🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social

So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

"Constitutional and effective public safety bears no relation to what we are witnessing today, with now two local citizens shot and killed and others torn from their homes and cars needlessly," former U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger writes.

Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.

"I was behind the line, trying to show what was happening, and they sprayed me and pushed me in the eye," Shortal said. "I was behind the line." https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/kares-jana-shortal-says-she-was-pushed-and-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

"The Obama administration was heavily criticized for its immigration enforcement record," Sandweg said. "We deported hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens, and we did it without any of the scenes you're seeing today.”

The bishop sat down with Religion News Service after to reflect on the year that has passed since her barn-burning sermon and on what she expects will be even more faith-based activism on behalf of immigrants. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/o...

Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their pastoral care. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...

Story now being carried by Vatican News. www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

Even more proof that this has never been about making Minnesota safer. It has always been about political retribution for President Trump and his allies. I’m standing with @governorwalz.mn.gov and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...

Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading.  The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

School districts and day care centers across the Twin Cities are closing tomorrow because of fear of ICE and intimidation. Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.

Rubio. Very intelligent. Experienced. Educated. Opportunist. Lust for power. Despised Trump publicly. No principles. CBS?

Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies." From @markhertling.bsky.social

Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process. My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...

Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Spending lots of time in Europe and engaging with the govts & armies of all 49 countries, ALL of them use the titles “Minister of Defense,” “Minister for Defense,” or “Minister of National Defense.” Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948. So there’s that.

As a former Republican, this especially jumped out and something I've said so many time: "a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."

With their daughter Lydia upstairs at Children’s Minnesota recovering from surgery, Annunciation parents Leah and Harry Kaiser urged Vice President JD Vance to take action to prevent more school shootings.