Frank
@midwestdeacon.bsky.social
I’m kinda into transportation, but there’s more to me than that. (Like St Paul and Madison. And Grinnell!) And, of course, all statements here are my own personal views.
The letter from @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is a beautiful, hopeful coda to an otherwise discouraging story
Welcome home, Liam!
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The letter from @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is a beautiful, hopeful coda to an otherwise discouraging story
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It’s been 8 days and we still don’t know the names of the men who murdered Alex Pretti.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
February 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s been 8 days and we still don’t know the names of the men who murdered Alex Pretti.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
DHS must be abolished. No ICE. No palantir surveillance police state.
There’s no “fixing” a sociopathic agency designed to trample on our freedoms.
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Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
for bringing Liam back to his friends and families.
He endured more than any 5-year-old ever should. Now more than ever, we need to get ICE out of Minnesota.
for bringing Liam back to his friends and families.
He endured more than any 5-year-old ever should. Now more than ever, we need to get ICE out of Minnesota.
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
for bringing Liam back to his friends and families.
He endured more than any 5-year-old ever should. Now more than ever, we need to get ICE out of Minnesota.
for bringing Liam back to his friends and families.
He endured more than any 5-year-old ever should. Now more than ever, we need to get ICE out of Minnesota.
MetroNOME Brewing is a place that not only makes great beer but also supports music education in the Twin Cities. They need help to keep their mission alive. Please consider donating or sharing the link to help them continue to make a difference in St Paul. (Which needs great places like this!)
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 PM
MetroNOME Brewing is a place that not only makes great beer but also supports music education in the Twin Cities. They need help to keep their mission alive. Please consider donating or sharing the link to help them continue to make a difference in St Paul. (Which needs great places like this!)
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding
Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
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Creating and preserving so that we might not forget (again)
‘ICE Out’: Protest Songs From Bruce Springsteen, My Morning Jacket, NOFX, and Others
Bon Iver have released a new charity single to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
✊ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bon Iver have released a new charity single to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
✊ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Creating and preserving so that we might not forget (again)
Ugh
Latest from @mprnews.org reporter @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social and photojournalist @keremyucel.bsky.social
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam 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
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Ugh
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HEY CONFUSED NATIONAL MEDIA: Federal Whipple Building at Fort Snelling has nothing to do with Minnesota Historical Society. Archivists don't deport people. Put your finger on the cartoon golfer and follow it up to marker that says Hwy. 62. Whipple is right around there: www.mnhs.org/.../mnhs-sta....
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
HEY CONFUSED NATIONAL MEDIA: Federal Whipple Building at Fort Snelling has nothing to do with Minnesota Historical Society. Archivists don't deport people. Put your finger on the cartoon golfer and follow it up to marker that says Hwy. 62. Whipple is right around there: www.mnhs.org/.../mnhs-sta....
The rot extends to the DOJ
"MINNESOTA RIOTERS"?": Nasra Ahmed and Christina Rank, an Inver Grove Heights paraprofessional, were arrested (again) on Wednesday and are federally charged in separate incidents. STORY BY NICK FERRARO www.twincities.com/2026/01/28/i...
St. Paul woman, Inver Grove Heights teacher charged in ICE encounters
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrests and 14 others on X, calling them “Minnesota rioters.”
www.twincities.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The rot extends to the DOJ
It’s not getting better
Thao Xiong, a volunteer delivery driver for the food shelf at the Hallie Q. Brown Center in St. Paul, was detained by federal agents this morning in the city-owned center's parking lot www.twincities.com/2026/01/28/s...
St. Paul activist Thao Xiong taken by ICE at Hallie Q. Brown Center
Federal immigration agents detained a volunteer food shelf delivery driver on Wednesday in the parking lot of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center on St. Paul’s Kent Street, city-owned proper…
www.twincities.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
It’s not getting better
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MAGA is a death cult
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
MAGA is a death cult
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In case you are unaware:
-it’s not illegal to have a group chat
-it’s not illegal to film anyone in public (and it’s important, bc otherwise people just disappear)
-it’s not illegal to tell people when you see masked officers
-it’s not illegal to collect and distribute food
ICE must leave MN.
-it’s not illegal to have a group chat
-it’s not illegal to film anyone in public (and it’s important, bc otherwise people just disappear)
-it’s not illegal to tell people when you see masked officers
-it’s not illegal to collect and distribute food
ICE must leave MN.
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM
In case you are unaware:
-it’s not illegal to have a group chat
-it’s not illegal to film anyone in public (and it’s important, bc otherwise people just disappear)
-it’s not illegal to tell people when you see masked officers
-it’s not illegal to collect and distribute food
ICE must leave MN.
-it’s not illegal to have a group chat
-it’s not illegal to film anyone in public (and it’s important, bc otherwise people just disappear)
-it’s not illegal to tell people when you see masked officers
-it’s not illegal to collect and distribute food
ICE must leave MN.
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Watch the latest New York Times videos of the murder of Pretti. Flat out murder. Assassination. Top officials of ice and DHS not only protecting the killers but intimidating witnesses, withholding evidence, may be destroying it. Minnesota needs to prosecute these criminals.
January 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Watch the latest New York Times videos of the murder of Pretti. Flat out murder. Assassination. Top officials of ice and DHS not only protecting the killers but intimidating witnesses, withholding evidence, may be destroying it. Minnesota needs to prosecute these criminals.
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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
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Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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I'm proud to be a Minnesotan!
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm proud to be a Minnesotan!
Maybe, just maybe? www.notus.org/republicans/...
House Oversight Chair Suggests Trump Pull ICE Out of Minnesota
Rep. James Comer was the first prominent Republican to urge Trump to consider local officials’ requests for respite from his administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
www.notus.org
January 25, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Maybe, just maybe? www.notus.org/republicans/...
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A letter released Sunday by the leaders of more than 60 Minnesota companies — including the CEOs of Target, General Mills, UnitedHealth Group and 3M — called for local and federal leaders to “come together to foster progress.”
Live: Minnesota's high-profile CEOs break silence, call for ‘immediate deescalation’
The letter marks a notable shift from Minnesota’s top employers, who had previously remained quiet about the surge of immigration officials in the state and the killing of Renee Good.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
A letter released Sunday by the leaders of more than 60 Minnesota companies — including the CEOs of Target, General Mills, UnitedHealth Group and 3M — called for local and federal leaders to “come together to foster progress.”
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For lawful refugees who fled oppressive regimes, lockdowns and police stops based solely on ethnicity and other barbarisms, America was supposed to be different — and better. The land of the free, it’s no longer: www.twincities.com/2026/01/25/r...
For some refugees, immigration actions in Twin Cities are familiar
For many refugees of all backgrounds, confronting the same types of militarized operations and detainments that made them flee their homelands has been retraumatizing.
www.twincities.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
For lawful refugees who fled oppressive regimes, lockdowns and police stops based solely on ethnicity and other barbarisms, America was supposed to be different — and better. The land of the free, it’s no longer: www.twincities.com/2026/01/25/r...
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Hey NRA, are you good with this?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Hey NRA, are you good with this?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.