Matt Beckman
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Now ICE arrested a doctor who was on his way to perform heart surgery.
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Now ICE arrested a doctor who was on his way to perform heart surgery.
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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LIED. He lied. And a lot of people said he was lying. Then there was another hearing. Where he lied.
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
LIED. He lied. And a lot of people said he was lying. Then there was another hearing. Where he lied.
You'd be surprised how many towns in red, outstate Minnesota simply don't report state law-mandated financials to the state.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
You'd be surprised how many towns in red, outstate Minnesota simply don't report state law-mandated financials to the state.
This seems like angle that should be explored.
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it • Minnesota Reformer
Arbitrary rule is the very condition that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence sought to guarantee against.
minnesotareformer.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This seems like angle that should be explored.
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
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WCCO looks at one day's worth of petitions for release filed by those arrested during ICE surge. Majority with no criminal record. People were picked up on the way to get prescriptions, going to work, and showing up for scheduled immigration check ins.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
WCCO looks at one day's worth of petitions for release filed by those arrested during ICE surge. Majority with no criminal record. People were picked up on the way to get prescriptions, going to work, and showing up for scheduled immigration check ins.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Flight was an evolutionary innovation, not intended to keep humans awake at night, you #Minneapolis helicopter goon!
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Flight was an evolutionary innovation, not intended to keep humans awake at night, you #Minneapolis helicopter goon!
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Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
minnesotareformer.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
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All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
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Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered.
Live: Operation Metro Surge drawdown sparks ‘cautious optimism’
Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday a drawdown of the federal immigration operation will happen over the next week.
www.startribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered.
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Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.
DOJ moves to drop charges against Venezuelan men arrested after ICE shooting
Federal officials for days claimed a snow shovel and broom attack led an agent to shoot one of the men in the leg.
www.startribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.
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Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
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Federal prosecutor Daniel Rosen asks Minnesota judge to dismiss charges with prejudice against a man who was wounded in a shooting & another accused of attacking an ICE agent saying, “newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations”
🎁 @nytimes.com
🎁 @nytimes.com
Prosecutor Says Federal Officials Gave Wrong Information About ICE Shooting
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Federal prosecutor Daniel Rosen asks Minnesota judge to dismiss charges with prejudice against a man who was wounded in a shooting & another accused of attacking an ICE agent saying, “newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations”
🎁 @nytimes.com
🎁 @nytimes.com
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
For all you cell adhesion folks. Have you seen the Olay Regenerigist micro sculpting cream advertisement? #celladhesion
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
For all you cell adhesion folks. Have you seen the Olay Regenerigist micro sculpting cream advertisement? #celladhesion
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
February 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
Bird scientists and or birders: Do you have a favorite type/format of notebook for your bird habits? I need to outfit a class of 16 students and write-in-the-rain seems too expensive (and maybe unnecessary). I'm looking at cheaper, blank A5s, but wonder if anyone has a favorite. #birds
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Bird scientists and or birders: Do you have a favorite type/format of notebook for your bird habits? I need to outfit a class of 16 students and write-in-the-rain seems too expensive (and maybe unnecessary). I'm looking at cheaper, blank A5s, but wonder if anyone has a favorite. #birds
HBD Charles Darwin. You knew how we’d feel in Minnesota, at times, while under occupation by fascist goons.
February 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
HBD Charles Darwin. You knew how we’d feel in Minnesota, at times, while under occupation by fascist goons.
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Happy birthday, Chuck.
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Happy birthday, Chuck.
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
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The evidence has not changed. Climate change has not stopped. This is political censorship of scientific evidence. Plain and simple.
#standupforscience
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
#standupforscience
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
EPA repeals endangerment finding
The move discards a scientific determination that empowered the government to limit climate pollution.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The evidence has not changed. Climate change has not stopped. This is political censorship of scientific evidence. Plain and simple.
#standupforscience
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
#standupforscience
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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under questioning from Peters, ICE officials confirm that Kristi Noem's claim about Pretti being a "domestic terrorist" was not based on information from them
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
under questioning from Peters, ICE officials confirm that Kristi Noem's claim about Pretti being a "domestic terrorist" was not based on information from them
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...