mhender
@mhender54.bsky.social
Lifelong musician in Twin Cities
Leguminati
Leguminati
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
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They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
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Shame on Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), who blocked the Senate from even taking up a resolution to hold the DOJ accountable for failing to follow the law and fully release the Epstein files. Wyoming, call your senator.
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Shame on Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), who blocked the Senate from even taking up a resolution to hold the DOJ accountable for failing to follow the law and fully release the Epstein files. Wyoming, call your senator.
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This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
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We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.
Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.
Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
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Can’t say that I’d recommend “instant citizenship” for those unlawfully detained,
but you raise an important issue:
how to craft remedies that are significant enough so that they motivate DHS officials to stop
-violating the law,
-abusing immigrants &
-attacking peaceful protesters.
but you raise an important issue:
how to craft remedies that are significant enough so that they motivate DHS officials to stop
-violating the law,
-abusing immigrants &
-attacking peaceful protesters.
I know the courts don't have the authority but i genuinely think the remedy for these violations should be that the petitioners get instant citizenship tbh.
There's been lots of attention on 1 particular inexperienced & untrained govt lawyer
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
But I want to give a shout-out to Kira Kelley,
climatedefenseproject.org/profile/kira...,
who focused on ICE's horrific treatment of an immigrant prisoner -- all occurring *after* the court had ordered him released
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Can’t say that I’d recommend “instant citizenship” for those unlawfully detained,
but you raise an important issue:
how to craft remedies that are significant enough so that they motivate DHS officials to stop
-violating the law,
-abusing immigrants &
-attacking peaceful protesters.
but you raise an important issue:
how to craft remedies that are significant enough so that they motivate DHS officials to stop
-violating the law,
-abusing immigrants &
-attacking peaceful protesters.
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Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Minnesota educators just filed a new lawsuit to block ICE agents from conducting operations near public schools www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Minnesota Educators Sue To Keep ICE Away From Schools
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Minnesota educators just filed a new lawsuit to block ICE agents from conducting operations near public schools www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Casten to Bessent on VZ oil money: "IEEPA specifically says you have to be engaged in hostilities with a country for IEEPA to trigger. Rubio said we are not at war with Venezuela. So unless you disagree w/ him, I'm unclear other what legal authorities the US has to control or disperse those assets"
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Casten to Bessent on VZ oil money: "IEEPA specifically says you have to be engaged in hostilities with a country for IEEPA to trigger. Rubio said we are not at war with Venezuela. So unless you disagree w/ him, I'm unclear other what legal authorities the US has to control or disperse those assets"
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"The Post as it existed last week, has ceased to exist…This is a story about incompetent leadership that destroyed the paper’s economic viability. It’s a story of self-mutilation."
@jvl.bsky.social on WaPo and Bezo's civic vandalism in The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
@jvl.bsky.social on WaPo and Bezo's civic vandalism in The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.
www.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM
"The Post as it existed last week, has ceased to exist…This is a story about incompetent leadership that destroyed the paper’s economic viability. It’s a story of self-mutilation."
@jvl.bsky.social on WaPo and Bezo's civic vandalism in The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
@jvl.bsky.social on WaPo and Bezo's civic vandalism in The Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
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We're Gonna Make It After All
Minneapolis hasn't been this sexy since the days of Mary Tyler Moore. Crazy Kristi thinks she can turn the world on with a smile, but her headwear just makes her look like Rhoda. At least it looks like low ratings will cancel the next season of Ice.
by Maureen Dowd
Minneapolis hasn't been this sexy since the days of Mary Tyler Moore. Crazy Kristi thinks she can turn the world on with a smile, but her headwear just makes her look like Rhoda. At least it looks like low ratings will cancel the next season of Ice.
by Maureen Dowd
February 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM
We're Gonna Make It After All
Minneapolis hasn't been this sexy since the days of Mary Tyler Moore. Crazy Kristi thinks she can turn the world on with a smile, but her headwear just makes her look like Rhoda. At least it looks like low ratings will cancel the next season of Ice.
by Maureen Dowd
Minneapolis hasn't been this sexy since the days of Mary Tyler Moore. Crazy Kristi thinks she can turn the world on with a smile, but her headwear just makes her look like Rhoda. At least it looks like low ratings will cancel the next season of Ice.
by Maureen Dowd
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Watch MADDOW
"IF THEY BUILD THEM
THEY WILL FILL THEM"
This detention center is at Fort Bliss near El Paso TX. Houses roughly 3K human beings
They're in TENTS
Horrendous conditions
3 PEOPLE DIED THERE, ONE DEATH now a homicide
Call Your Reps PLS
202 224-3121
Watch MADDOW
"IF THEY BUILD THEM
THEY WILL FILL THEM"
This detention center is at Fort Bliss near El Paso TX. Houses roughly 3K human beings
They're in TENTS
Horrendous conditions
3 PEOPLE DIED THERE, ONE DEATH now a homicide
Call Your Reps PLS
202 224-3121
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
I was a little late to catch up with this WSJ kleptocracy story. We already knew Sheikh Tahnoon dropped $2b on World Liberty Financial to get Trump to let UAE import advanced chips. Now we learn Tahnoon also purchased 49 percent of World Liberty Financial.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
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"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Take a moment
Governor
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU
WE ARE SO PROUD OF
MINNESOTA
The whole world is watching
To Every Minnesotan
God Speed, we stand with you ⬇️
Governor
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU
WE ARE SO PROUD OF
MINNESOTA
The whole world is watching
To Every Minnesotan
God Speed, we stand with you ⬇️
Minnesota may be known for our lakes, Bob Dylan, and Prince - but our civic engagement runs deeper.
If Donald Trump intended to make an example out of Minnesota, then I am damn proud of that example.
If Donald Trump intended to make an example out of Minnesota, then I am damn proud of that example.
January 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Take a moment
Governor
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU
WE ARE SO PROUD OF
MINNESOTA
The whole world is watching
To Every Minnesotan
God Speed, we stand with you ⬇️
Governor
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU
WE ARE SO PROUD OF
MINNESOTA
The whole world is watching
To Every Minnesotan
God Speed, we stand with you ⬇️
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Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
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NEVER FORGET THIS PHOTO.
THIS MAN WAS MURDERED BY A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
THIS MAN WAS MURDERED BY A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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A statement is nice, but please go to Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 AM
A statement is nice, but please go to Minneapolis.
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: It's time to abolish ICE. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/it...
It's time to abolish ICE
Federal immigration agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, the third such incident in just weeks amid aggressive federal enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agen...
actionnetwork.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: It's time to abolish ICE. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/it...
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The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.