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"They found that hyperscale data center developers often choose to build in rural communities rather than urban locations, not to create jobs and increase a community's economy, but because of low costs and abundant land."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Data centers target rural communities for lower costs, not to create high-quality jobs, study finds
Local governments often tell residents that the power-hungry developments will bring numerous tech jobs to their communities. A new study contradicted that.
www.kare11.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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lauragmitchell.com
Just reiterating: Field trips aren't happening because our federal government is making our city unsafe for elementary school kids (and everyone).
lauragmitchell.com Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 10h
This is Minneapolis:

You get a message from your kids' teacher saying they'll miss all the kids doing online learning, kids in a different grade will be joining the class in person, &...

the field trip planned for this month is cancelled bc it isn't safe to take kids on field trips right now.
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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gaykwon.bsky.social
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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duluthnewstribune.com
Active ICE operations are making their child care facilities less safe for kids, they say
Minnesota child care providers complain of ICE actions ‘traumatizing’ kids
Active ICE operations are making their child care facilities less safe for kids, they say
www.duluthnewstribune.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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robinmarty.com
I'm going to post the link to the video but not the actual video which autoplays and is utterly brutal. Instead I'm posting the photo of the man before ICE assaulted him.

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Photo of young man in car who has literally just had his driver side window busted out by ICE, captured by a photographer and posted to Getty images. This was likely the beginning of the video that ends with him surrounded by agents who choked him out, eventually dragged his limp body face first across the pavement as they cuffed him and took him away.
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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ebharrington.bsky.social
Note, again, ICE is targeting WOMEN. These men illegally burst into her home because they don't think a woman--especially one with children--will fight back.

These men are predators, just like Epstein & Trump. They see women, especially with children, as vulnerable prey & selectively target them.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis

The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway

They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
I am blessed to know some extremely cool American women in their 50s and 60s, and I'm not allowed to post anything they've said to me in the last 72 hours.
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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eoinhiggins.bsky.social
this has been the central, animating principle of American conservatism for decades
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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sorayanadiamcdonald.com
He's literally doing "your equal rights are oppressing me"
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
We literally don’t need ICE for anything
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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clancyny.bsky.social
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.

An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."

[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
My father and mother, Mark Hortman and Melissa Hortman, and their dog Gilbert, were killed by a man who believed conspiracy theories and fake news. Words matter. Sharing fake news is dangerous. One part of my grief journey has been understanding the last conversation with my mother. She loved her job. People respected her job and what she did at her job. When I called her after the legislative session ended, I asked why she voted for the bill mentioned in the video shared by President Trump, and she wept. That bill and her vote had nothing to do with fraud. She voted for that bill because it was the only way to avoid a government shutdown. She had seen the impact of shutdowns: people lose their health care, their jobs, and in some cases, from a story she told me, have taken their own lives. She was in a very tough position on that vote. She had never really voted against her conscience like that. It was emotional and extremely difficult. Her struggle with that vote makes this conspiracy all the more painful for me. I am asking President Trump to remove the video that he shared and apologize to me and my family for posting this misinformation and for using my mother's own words to dishonor her memory. My sister Sophia Hortman (Sophie) asked me to share this on her behalf, she is off social media: "The video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social is a painful, false twisting of my mother's final vote. The vote she made was incredibly difficult for my mother; it was not a vote made lightly or with malice in her heart. She made the decision to prevent a government shutdown because she believed our great state protects and helps Minnesotans. We must create a society in which we do not harbor hatred and violence toward our political opponents, and this video promotes a false narrative which fuels the flames of political division. The video being shared by the president is another hurdle our family must overcome in grieving the loss of my parents, Mark and Melissa, and their beloved Gilbert. I ask President Trump to please consider the pain and sadness we have faced, and to honor the spirit of the holidays we have just spent without our parents by taking down the post on Truth Social." Please share our message and help us ask the President to take this down.
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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jeanpocket.bsky.social
Read This: "Veteran Epstein Reporter Says New Files Are ‘Worse’ Than Expected" www.thedailybeast.com//veteran-eps...
Veteran Epstein Reporter Says New Files Are ‘Worse’ Than Expected
“It’s completely overwhelming,” journalist Julie K. Brown said.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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irisvanrooij.bsky.social
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science
December 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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leighfinke.bsky.social
there's no shortage of pain in these awful times that we inhabit, but none of it comes close to losing our Leader six months ago.
I'm so grateful to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for getting to know Melissa, and for writing about HER.

I hope you'll read it, and get to know her, too.
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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samadams.bsky.social
13 years ago today.
In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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stephenjudkins.bsky.social
It is literally life and death if you speed
pedestrian death rate by speed 20 MPH: 5% 30 MPH: 45% 40 MPH: 85%
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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violanorth.bsky.social
Referring to the fall of Al Franken as a "lynching" is quite a tell, almost as much a tell as referring to him as a progressive warrior. Also, "weaponize a joke photo" lol, lmao. At least 8 women came forward to accuse Franken of harassment.
funkybat.bsky.social Funkybat - Kevin W. @funkybat.bsky.social · Nov 22
Sorry, no….its not. Many of us will never forgive her for lynching Al Franken. That was a contrived right-wing hit job pushed by a disingenuous partisan hack former model who decided to weaponize a joke photo from decades ago. We lost a progressive warrior because of Dem self flagellation.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM