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Pat Thompson
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Friends School plant saler, co-op fan, gardener, Transition Town member, recovering grammar curmudgeon. She/her.
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riotousmuse.bsky.social
Please acknowledge how deeply Indigenous people are feeling this week, but also generally, about everything that's going on these days.

It's a bad time.
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
pattho.bsky.social
Just saw a big TESLA sign on one of the commercial buildings on the west side of Highway 280 in St Paul south of Como. Seems like it could only be a service center rather than a dealership (space-wise) but not sure. (I wonder if they know 280 will be closed April-Nov 2026?) #TeslaTakedown
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
pattho.bsky.social
Not seeing the headline, for a second I thought this was another photo from the East Side of St Paul. What does that say about this government.
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”

You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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smolsquirtle.bsky.social
They should do something like this whenever a white man does a shooting.

Literally review every single white man’s access to firearms, individually.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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wesburdine.bsky.social
The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning
Sarah Florman, Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson, wrote to Chief Henry Tuesday that she was at the scene during the aftermath of the ICE action when St. Paul officers remained in unmarked vehicles. "They were engaging the protesters and I personally witnessed both pepper balls and two types of aerosol gas ... deployed on peaceful protesters," she wrote. "While a few protesters were blocking vehicles, many ... were standing on sidewalks." Florman wrote that she saw objects thrown at police vehicles as they were being driven away, but didn't see anyone throwing items at officers "or anyone impeding their departure." "Instead of driving away from the crowd, one car of SPPD officers stopped and opened the doors of their vehicles to deploy so much gas it created a white-out," she wrote. "The officers were leaving the scene and stopped to deploy these agents even though they were safe inside their vehicles." During this time, Kerem Yücel of Minnesota Public Radio News was hit by a less-lethal munition in the shoulder. The senior visual journalist was taken to the hospital by an ambulance and has since been released.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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sahanjournal.bsky.social
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents.

By Shubhanjana Das
Family of man swept up in St. Paul raid say agents had no warrant
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members of a second man swept up in the operation say they were taunted and humiliated during a ...
sahanjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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naomikritzer.bsky.social
So the end-run around the separation ordinance is that ICE calls up and lies? That's sure an ENORMOUS gap in the law, don't you think, @mayorcarter.bsky.social?
“Our officers’ job is not and never will be to enforce federal immigration policy,” he (Mayor Melvin Carter) said. But when HSI reported that “someone had thrown rocks and bricks at them,” city officers were obligated to respond to potential violence — regardless of who made the report.
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
pattho.bsky.social
St Paul City Council VP HwaJeong Kim on FB: "At one point SPPD threw so much tear gas that a thick cloud 30 feet tall rose over Payne Ave. Without visibility through the fog of chemical irritants, they shot lower lethals indiscriminately at the residents they are sworn to serve and protect."
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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volts.wtf
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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porterfolio.bsky.social
Happy dump-all-the-projects-on-the-freelancers-desk-before-leaving-for-the-long-weekend day for all who celebrate.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul. At least three local photojournalists were injured by less-lethal munitions deployed by St. Paul police officers while covering the story. One was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. All three journalists were clearly identified as press with badges and/or vests, in addition to having cameras in hand, clearly at work. All three photojournalists and multiple other local journalists on scene were also injured by chemical irritants. Kerem Yücel, with MPR News, was hit by a less-lethal munition in the shoulder and was transported to a hospital by ambulance. He has since been released and is recovering. Tim Evans, a freelance photojournalist with Reuters, was struck in the stomach with a pepper ball round. Aaron Nesheim, a photojournalist with Sahan Journal, was struck in the head with a pepper ball round. Evans and Nesheim did not require hospitalization. The three journalists hit by munitions shared with MNSPJ that they believe they were targeted by law enforcement for doing their jobs. Photojournalists are on the frontlines of documenting history and it is imperative that they are kept safe and their First Amendment rights are protected. Attacking journalists sends a message to both journalists and everyday citizens that their First Amendment rights will not be respected. The First Amendment protects the rights of journalists to report on their communities and provide information that communities need — information that, on Tuesday, was not transparently available from any law enforcement agency. We demand answers from St. Paul city leadership about why the city’s police department attacked our colleagues and a commitment to seeing that this will never happen again.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
pattho.bsky.social
It’s not a clash when one side is the only one doing the hitting (and spraying).
Pioneer Press and Star Tribune front pages, both with too headlines about protestors “clashing” with police or ICE in Saint Paul.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
pattho.bsky.social
“‘I am a good person!’ this book seems to scream at us, without ever once grappling with the idea of how far individual morality can go when the totality of your life is built on a rotting foundation.”
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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czbi.org
Photo by Kerem Yücel of @mprnews.org.
A St. Paul police officer wearing a gas mask, pointing a large canister of pepper spray at a Minnesota Public radio photographer
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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quick13.bsky.social
Statement just released by SP Police chief "We do have a responsibility to ensure that laws aren't broken in our city" - You mean like the ones against assaulting protesters? Ones against using non-lethal weapons against journalists? Ones against using tear gas in residential areas? #StPaul
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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spfelocal28.bsky.social
Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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saralovesyou.bsky.social
Because I like looking at the policy, this looks like it violated multiple in the sections on p. 7-8.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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feznander.bsky.social
This was disgusting
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
pattho.bsky.social
Week 25 at the Prospect Park (Minneapolis) pedestrian bridge over I-94... shifted to Tuesday from the usual Thursday this week..
People standing in a cage-like pedestrian overpass behind a long banner that reads, Oath to Constitution not the Piggy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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frederickmelo.bsky.social
Here's what we know so far about federal enforcement action in 600 block of Rose Avenue, on St. Paul's East Side: www.twincities.com/2025/11/25/p...
Protesters gather near suspected ICE operation on St. Paul’s East Side
One person was removed from the home in a stretcher.
www.twincities.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
pattho.bsky.social
Who to believe, the Farm Bureau, which says prices are DOWN (quoted in this Star Tribune article) or someone with a list of comparison prices for actual things you might buy?
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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moreneighbors.org
🏠Minnesotans need more homes they can afford, and that won’t happen unless we make it easier to build them.

Let lawmakers know that we need action now. Sign the Yes to Homes petition: actionnetwork.org/forms/yes-to...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM