Staring a new thread on our recent trip to the border lakes...
https://mdpaths.com/rrr/travel/bwca/bwca_2025/index.html
#BWCA2025 #BWCA #Minnesota #Canoe #Camping #NaturePhotography
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I realized today that there's been a dark and moody theme running through my photography since the start of the pandemic. It isn't all my work, but it has been a constant addition and is different than what I did before.
#Photography #seascape #LandscapePhotography #LakeSuperior #Minnesota
#Aurora Last Night in Northern #Minnesota
https://mdpaths.com/rrr/nature/minnesota_aurora/index.html
Fantastic!
"A fast-moving stream of solar wind hit Earth on Sept. 14th, sparking an unexpectedly strong G3-class geomagnetic storm." #SpaceWeather
Welp. You asked.
Via Brian Tyler Cohen (who has the news vid):
And there it is. The #Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies.
Her bosses halted her work.
As the #EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking #water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
#News #Science #Chemistry #Safety #Environment #Minnesota #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
Via Democracy Docket:
NEW: #Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signs a package of pro-voter bills into law — including the Minnesota Voting Rights Act — to protect ballot access after the 8th Circuit gutted private enforcement of the federal Voting Rights Act in the state.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/minnesota-governor-signs-pro-voting-package/
NYT:
The newspaper in #Minneapolis is expanding its statewide coverage and changing its name to The #Minnesota Star Tribune. The expansion is a rare big bet in the newspaper industry. #NewsMedia
NEW: In a win for voters, a federal judge rejects a right-wing lawsuit seeking to block a #Minnesota law that establishes criminal penalties for knowingly spreading election disinformation or engaging in voter intimidation. The law will remain in place. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/minnesota-law-prohibiting-election-disinformation-and-voter-intimidation-upheld-by-federal-judge/
A murder happened. There is video.
Help identify this person.
#Minneapolis #Minnesota #lawenforcement needs to take him into custody before ICE tries to get him out of the state.
There needs to be state murder charges. There needs to be a state trial. There needs to be state prison. Trump cannot be allowed to pardon him.
We need accountability.
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Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest.
@AssociatedPress reports: "It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon and the others are facing in the Jan. 18 protest at the Cities Church in St. Paul."
Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.
From our 2020 investigation:
https://www.propublica.org/article/tear-gas-is-way-more-dangerous-than-police-let-on-especially-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Minneapolis #Minnesota #Protest #Police #Health #Trump #ICE
BREAKING: #ICE agents have, once again, trampled the 4th Amendment… illegally breaking down a door and storming into another family home with assault rifles drawn, while children were inside, detaining 6 people, including a 12-year-old boy, without a warrant.
And it gets worse.
On Thursday, ICE raided a home in St. Paul, #Minnesota, telling residents this was part of a narcotics investigation… not #immigration. But neighbors are saying that’s BS.
A neighbor who had his outdoor camera rolling, says someone delivered a package to the house just minutes before the raid. According to the video, federal agents told the residents there were drugs inside, and if no one claimed the package, they’d take everyone in the house. Not suspicious at all…
And the agents also had no warrant…
After smashing the door, ICE claimed they had a search warrant, but never showed it… even after being asked to see it. They searched every room with rifles drawn, handcuffed all residents, including the 12-year-old boy, and paraded them down the street. Every adult had a valid work permit and state ID, but, agents only left a woman and her infant behind.
And here’s the kicker:
Even though ICE said this was about drugs, not immigration, they still took the 12-year-old boy, transporting him to an immigration center in San Antonio, Texas in less than 24 hours.
And, to make this all even more illegal… A warrant was dropped off THE NEXT DAY, claiming to be from a state court, but:
• It doesn’t match official Ramsey County #warrant formats
• Has no case number or file stamp
• No record of filing exists (though filing can sometimes be delayed)
So, the questions become:
Did ICE falsify a warrant after illegally entering the home? Did they plant drugs to justify this raid? And most importantly… what did #DHS do with a 12-year-old boy they weren’t supposed to touch?
This isn’t law enforcement. This is federal #kidnapping, #trafficking, intimidation, and #terror.
A government agency stormed a home, handcuffed children, and transported a minor across state lines… all without a real warrant at the time of the arrest, or any legal justification.
If this can happen to one family in broad daylight, it can happen to anyone.
The #Constitution, your rights, and your #children mean nothing to them.
#RippedFromX #uspol
If you or someone you know in Minnesota has had an encounter with federal agents, the State Attorney General wants to know about any issues or violations of your rights that took place.
These reports will help in future prosecutions of ICE and other persons involved in the violation of anyone's constitutional rights via police state violence or intimidation.
File a report here: https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/
#Minnesota #Minneapolis #ICE #Constitution #HumanRights #CivilRights
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#ICE detains 5-year old #Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained 4 of its students in 4 separate incidents over the last 2 weeks. One #child is #LiamRamos, a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school & was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.
#Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/21/ice-detains-5year-old-minnesota-boy-lawyer-says-agents-used-him-as-bait
Sunrise over Lake Superior from Minnesota's North Shore this morning. It was -18°F (-27.8°C). I love the sea smoke that the cold temps create and the ice formations in the foreground were wild.
The Guardian: US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
"...The father, identified in court filings as Elvis Joel TE, and his daughter were stopped and detained by officers around 1pm when they were returning home from the store. By the evening, a federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. But federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center...."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/us-immigration-two-year-old-minnesota-girl
#Minnesota - ICE out Minneapolis - statewide general strike against the ICE terror! Heartwarming at -10º Fahrenheit / -23º Celsius
Gov #Walz to #Trump : "What do we need to do to get these federal agents out of our state? You thought fear, violence & chaos is what you wanted from us? Then you clearly underestimated the people of this state & nation. We're tired, but we're resolved. We're peaceful, but we'll never forget. We're angry, but we won't give up hope. And above all else, we are clearly unified. If it was the intention...to make an example of #Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example the world is seeing."
#USA
Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse, shot five times in the back at point blank range while protecting his community from Nazis.
RIP 🕯️
Here in #Minnesota, our weather forecasts work because NOAA and Environment Canada have agreements to share data from the weather services' sensor networks back and forth across the line.
Yet again, USA:
End this. Hold Elon Musk personally accountable. And #ImpeachTrump and remove him.
QT Tim Marchman
@timmarchman.bsky.social
2025 February 5
NOAA workers ordered to stop all communications with foreign nationals.
https://www.wired.com/story/noaa-employees-foreign-nationals/
https://bsky.app/profile/timmarchman.bsky.social/post/3lhhueqltd22z
Nonprofit news sources in Minnesota:
minnpost.com
minnesotareformer.com
mprnews.org
Greg #Bovino Loses His Job
The #BorderPatrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdBatDtDmlQ4RYH_mhKxs9M
A new #Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter #federal #misinformation after #immigration agents fatally shot 2 residents during the #Trump admin’s immigration crackdown, deepening an unprecedented divide, experts said Monday.
Minnesota also went to court to preserve evidence from the Saturday shooting of #AlexPretti after its own investigators were blocked from the scene by federal authorities.
#ReneeGood #law #murder #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP
https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-immigration-dhs-minnesota-lawsuit-8a7feeca54864980bf936e888e0ca506