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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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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
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
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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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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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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The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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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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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?
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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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
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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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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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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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.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It’s not a clash when one side is the only one doing the hitting (and spraying).
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“‘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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Photo by Kerem Yücel of @mprnews.org.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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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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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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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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This was disgusting
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Week 25 at the Prospect Park (Minneapolis) pedestrian bridge over I-94... shifted to Tuesday from the usual Thursday this week..
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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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
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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🏠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...
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM