Matt Beckman
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Bikes, sweat, sandwiches, dogs, guitar, gardening, science, Daphnia.
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
Every outside reporter/journalist/streamer had this sitting there the whole time and probably won't get a Pulitzer now. #Minnesota
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Every outside reporter/journalist/streamer had this sitting there the whole time and probably won't get a Pulitzer now. #Minnesota
US DOJ lawyers: Doo-doo process #Minnesota
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
US DOJ lawyers: Doo-doo process #Minnesota
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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This photo will come to define her for the rest of her days.
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 AM
This photo will come to define her for the rest of her days.
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More and more of my colleagues are finally starting to realize what we knew: Reforms are not enough. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
February 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
More and more of my colleagues are finally starting to realize what we knew: Reforms are not enough. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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Kristi Noem has to go.
Gregory Bovino has to go.
Stephen Miller has to go.
Gregory Bovino has to go.
Stephen Miller has to go.
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Kristi Noem has to go.
Gregory Bovino has to go.
Stephen Miller has to go.
Gregory Bovino has to go.
Stephen Miller has to go.
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Our state continues to suffer under the economic terrorism of Ice and this regime. We are signatories on this letter, calling for our representatives to fight back and to fight for our small businesses.
www.startribune.com/immigration-...
www.startribune.com/immigration-...
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Our state continues to suffer under the economic terrorism of Ice and this regime. We are signatories on this letter, calling for our representatives to fight back and to fight for our small businesses.
www.startribune.com/immigration-...
www.startribune.com/immigration-...
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Grabbing a burrito to go from a local joint. Their doors are bolted, you have to knock, be visually checked out, and then someone lets you in.
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Grabbing a burrito to go from a local joint. Their doors are bolted, you have to knock, be visually checked out, and then someone lets you in.
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You know how they were able to recover the video of intruder from Samantha Guthrie's mum's entrance from the camera? She didn't have a subscription to store that data. So how did Google have it? That should give us all pause. The #SurveillanceState is here. Who has access to it?
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
You know how they were able to recover the video of intruder from Samantha Guthrie's mum's entrance from the camera? She didn't have a subscription to store that data. So how did Google have it? That should give us all pause. The #SurveillanceState is here. Who has access to it?
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The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
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He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
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New MN Poll:
- 64% disapprove of how ICE handling its job
- 66% say ICE has gone too far
- 88% say ICE agents should not be granted immunity
Minnesotans agree: end Metro Surge. Hold ICE accountable.
- 64% disapprove of how ICE handling its job
- 66% say ICE has gone too far
- 88% say ICE agents should not be granted immunity
Minnesotans agree: end Metro Surge. Hold ICE accountable.
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
New MN Poll:
- 64% disapprove of how ICE handling its job
- 66% say ICE has gone too far
- 88% say ICE agents should not be granted immunity
Minnesotans agree: end Metro Surge. Hold ICE accountable.
- 64% disapprove of how ICE handling its job
- 66% say ICE has gone too far
- 88% say ICE agents should not be granted immunity
Minnesotans agree: end Metro Surge. Hold ICE accountable.
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This is the scene I was at this morning. I know Minnesotans filming ICE in their bathrobes is becoming a bit of a thing, but after you laugh, let it dawn on you that people here hate ICE so much that we rush out half-dressed to film even when there are already dozens of others doing the same thing.
A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is the scene I was at this morning. I know Minnesotans filming ICE in their bathrobes is becoming a bit of a thing, but after you laugh, let it dawn on you that people here hate ICE so much that we rush out half-dressed to film even when there are already dozens of others doing the same thing.
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Call lies lies. Call murder murder. Call fascism fascism. Name reality.
February 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Call lies lies. Call murder murder. Call fascism fascism. Name reality.
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There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
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My defense of the traffic calming checkpoints in South Minneapolis. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
In occupied Minneapolis, citizen barricades rightly slow injustice
With masked men routinely violating both constitutional rights and traffic laws, local law enforcement should let the barricades stand.
www.minnpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
My defense of the traffic calming checkpoints in South Minneapolis. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
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“Are you effing kidding me? They’re going on car chases, going 80 down residential streets, to do what? How do they know that’s even the person that they’re looking for?” - St. Paul Council Vice President Hwa Jeong Kim
High-speed car chase involving federal agent ended with multi-car crash at Nina’s in St. Paul • Minnesota Reformer
A high-speed car chase that witnesses said involved a young man and a federal agent on Wednesday ended with a multi-car crash outside Nina’s Coffee Cafe in St. Paul. The man was transported away from ...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“Are you effing kidding me? They’re going on car chases, going 80 down residential streets, to do what? How do they know that’s even the person that they’re looking for?” - St. Paul Council Vice President Hwa Jeong Kim
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This is how CBS Evening News depicted data showing that less than 14% of ICE arrests involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes, and less than 2% had homicide or sexual assault charges or convictions.
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is how CBS Evening News depicted data showing that less than 14% of ICE arrests involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes, and less than 2% had homicide or sexual assault charges or convictions.
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Minnesota still needs your attention
ICE, the actual deplorables. Abolish, investigate, charge and hold them accountable.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
ICE, the actual deplorables. Abolish, investigate, charge and hold them accountable.
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Today, ICE engaged in a dangerous, high-speed chase in Saint Paul. Their recklessness and disdain for the safety of our residents led directly to a multi-car collision, even if ICE vehicles weren't the ones to hit other cars.
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Today, ICE engaged in a dangerous, high-speed chase in Saint Paul. Their recklessness and disdain for the safety of our residents led directly to a multi-car collision, even if ICE vehicles weren't the ones to hit other cars.