Anita Newhouse
@nitanewmpls.bsky.social
Former teacher, current rehabilitation behavioral specialist and care coordinator, lover of wildlife and nature, restorative process practitioner, would live in the BWCA if I could swing it. Interested in politics and policy on most days. Expect typos.
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If the media is using the term "protester" as a catch all for all manner of visible dissent, they need to upgrade their language to distinguish between legal and illegal behavior because lumping all dissent together is enabling this government to kill people. DO BETTER.
Is it just me or do all of the super bowl ads suck this year?
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Is it just me or do all of the super bowl ads suck this year?
Chief O'Hara just had a respectable appearance on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover on PBS. OMG, does the man look tired and said so several times.
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Chief O'Hara just had a respectable appearance on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover on PBS. OMG, does the man look tired and said so several times.
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/06/r... MN needs a statutory framework to protect electric utility consumers from the excesses put onto our grid and systems by data centers. We can't wait for this to affect us anymore than impacts on regional electric grids already do. Where's the leadership on this?
With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws • Minnesota Reformer
As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers.
minnesotareformer.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/06/r... MN needs a statutory framework to protect electric utility consumers from the excesses put onto our grid and systems by data centers. We can't wait for this to affect us anymore than impacts on regional electric grids already do. Where's the leadership on this?
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Liam is now a target because we all cared about him. F this administration and anyone who still supports it.
US moves to deport 5-year-old detained in Minnesota
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday it is seeking to deport a 5-year-old Ecuadorean boy who was detained in Minnesota last month.
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Liam is now a target because we all cared about him. F this administration and anyone who still supports it.
Those who wanted a government "run like a business" are getting what they want in all it's immoral, unethical and disgusting glory. Problem is, Americans are fast realizing who this government's shareholders are and it's not them. Their votes were bought and betrayed by Trump's business ineptitude.
February 6, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Those who wanted a government "run like a business" are getting what they want in all it's immoral, unethical and disgusting glory. Problem is, Americans are fast realizing who this government's shareholders are and it's not them. Their votes were bought and betrayed by Trump's business ineptitude.
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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In a democracy, we are supposed to feel like we have control over our lives because the people control the government.
But in the U.S., people feel like our lives are out of control because the people don’t control the federal government.
But in the U.S., people feel like our lives are out of control because the people don’t control the federal government.
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In a democracy, we are supposed to feel like we have control over our lives because the people control the government.
But in the U.S., people feel like our lives are out of control because the people don’t control the federal government.
But in the U.S., people feel like our lives are out of control because the people don’t control the federal government.
OMG
IT'S COMING ...
FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ...
JUST LIKE PUTIN ...
tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬
SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???
FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ...
JUST LIKE PUTIN ...
tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬
SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
OMG
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has anybody gotten confirmation yet from Mike Johnson that he hasn't seen the post?
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
has anybody gotten confirmation yet from Mike Johnson that he hasn't seen the post?
minnesotareformer.com/2024/10/29/r... Just leaving this here so those who were so self absorbed in the 2024 election can reflect on the harm they've done to the country (and hopefully, themselves). Do better. You have and actual duty to the rest of us whether you act on it or not.
Rallying on the Ellipse, Harris calls on voters to reject Trump’s ‘chaos and division’ • Minnesota Reformer
Harris evoked the conception of the United States, how it was “born when we wrested freedom from a petty tyrant.”
minnesotareformer.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
minnesotareformer.com/2024/10/29/r... Just leaving this here so those who were so self absorbed in the 2024 election can reflect on the harm they've done to the country (and hopefully, themselves). Do better. You have and actual duty to the rest of us whether you act on it or not.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/t...
So far, this is one case where the facts of the case do not remotely match versions of either the federal agent or DHS as has been recorded in court reporting. As time goes on, court records will provide the proof of lawlessness of agents in Minneapolis.
So far, this is one case where the facts of the case do not remotely match versions of either the federal agent or DHS as has been recorded in court reporting. As time goes on, court records will provide the proof of lawlessness of agents in Minneapolis.
Two men charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting released by a judge, re-detained by ICE • Minnesota Reformer
Two Venezuelan men who were charged with assaulting a federal immigration agent were re-detained after a judge ordered them to be released on Tuesday. On Jan. 14, the two men allegedly assaulted an IC...
minnesotareformer.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/t...
So far, this is one case where the facts of the case do not remotely match versions of either the federal agent or DHS as has been recorded in court reporting. As time goes on, court records will provide the proof of lawlessness of agents in Minneapolis.
So far, this is one case where the facts of the case do not remotely match versions of either the federal agent or DHS as has been recorded in court reporting. As time goes on, court records will provide the proof of lawlessness of agents in Minneapolis.
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Leaked documents revealed the feds amassed 35,000 weapons in Minneapolis by January, including crowd control munitions like tear gas, stun grenades, and pepper spray.
A DHS official described it as “overkill” to journalist Ken Klippenstein. The administration was preparing for war.
- Thom Hartmann
A DHS official described it as “overkill” to journalist Ken Klippenstein. The administration was preparing for war.
- Thom Hartmann
February 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Leaked documents revealed the feds amassed 35,000 weapons in Minneapolis by January, including crowd control munitions like tear gas, stun grenades, and pepper spray.
A DHS official described it as “overkill” to journalist Ken Klippenstein. The administration was preparing for war.
- Thom Hartmann
A DHS official described it as “overkill” to journalist Ken Klippenstein. The administration was preparing for war.
- Thom Hartmann
The wholesale changeup to the Food Pyramid has nothing to do with food science. It's another greed fest move to make beef more affordable, thereby getting a constituency off Trump's back so he can keep grifting with abandon. And making Americans sicker pays other Trump 'friends'.
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The wholesale changeup to the Food Pyramid has nothing to do with food science. It's another greed fest move to make beef more affordable, thereby getting a constituency off Trump's back so he can keep grifting with abandon. And making Americans sicker pays other Trump 'friends'.
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HRC knows what all Twilight fans know.
Vampires are scared of the sunlight.
Vampires are scared of the sunlight.
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
HRC knows what all Twilight fans know.
Vampires are scared of the sunlight.
Vampires are scared of the sunlight.
The House GOP is just stupid and incompetent enough to bring the gun that's going to shoot them in the arse to their chamber to testify. Fools rarely know when they're playing with fire. They will go down in history as the petulant child Congress who didn't know where to stop. FAFO their battle cry.
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The House GOP is just stupid and incompetent enough to bring the gun that's going to shoot them in the arse to their chamber to testify. Fools rarely know when they're playing with fire. They will go down in history as the petulant child Congress who didn't know where to stop. FAFO their battle cry.
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Every time they destroy property they are imposing a governmental 'fine' on the property owner. They are taking $ from the owner, even with insurance coverage because there is almost always a deductible - often very high deductibles.
ICE does not reimburse for the damage. Gang of thieves.
ICE does not reimburse for the damage. Gang of thieves.
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Every time they destroy property they are imposing a governmental 'fine' on the property owner. They are taking $ from the owner, even with insurance coverage because there is almost always a deductible - often very high deductibles.
ICE does not reimburse for the damage. Gang of thieves.
ICE does not reimburse for the damage. Gang of thieves.
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
Homan's words Re the 700 federal agent draw down in Mpls are essentially his ultimatum: You help us save face and we'll stop being violent and leave. These people *CAN'T* do democracy because their egos won't let them.
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Homan's words Re the 700 federal agent draw down in Mpls are essentially his ultimatum: You help us save face and we'll stop being violent and leave. These people *CAN'T* do democracy because their egos won't let them.
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Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
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Its crazy how so many knew this BEFORE the election and just how many have finally started to see the light.
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Its crazy how so many knew this BEFORE the election and just how many have finally started to see the light.
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They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
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Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
I find it amazing that the same Americans who abhor spending directed at multinational corps abroad have no problem with those same corporations raking in billions from the trump administration to house detainees that it has no legal right to hold. MAGA can't walk and chew gun simultaneously.
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I find it amazing that the same Americans who abhor spending directed at multinational corps abroad have no problem with those same corporations raking in billions from the trump administration to house detainees that it has no legal right to hold. MAGA can't walk and chew gun simultaneously.
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Well well well. Looks like they were correct. They just lied about who it was.
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Well well well. Looks like they were correct. They just lied about who it was.