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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Agreed - @kellybarnhill.bsky.social, this is the perfect time for self-promotion. It’s well-deserved! We loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon.

Cover of The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another piece of evidence that the ICE operations are about racism, not law and order. This story and others in the article are heartbreaking.

Rosa walked into the Whipple Federal Building, the headquarters of ICE in Minnesota, on Jan. 23 with her husband, their 6-year-old daughter and the paperwork they needed for a routine check-in. Friends had warned Rosa not to go to the meeting because many people never returned, but Rosa's husband reassured her: "We have paperwork," she remembers him saying.

After sitting in a waiting room for eight hours, Rosa said, three agents entered. They placed handcuffs on her husband, informed the family they would be separated, and whisked her husband out the door.
Then, the agents ushered Rosa and her daughter in and out of hallways and holding cells, on and off airplanes. They spent the night on the floor of a room. Rosa had no idea where they were. Her daughter kept asking where her dad was. Neither of them could stop crying.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

But this headline goes even further. The editor assigns agency only to the victim. It sounds like it was the bicyclist (agent) who hurt the car door (victim). The equivalent headline for a stabbing would be “Person Who Struck Pointy End of Knife Dies.” 5/x

A Simpsons character with a bullet wound in the emergency department telling the staff, “Yo, um, I must’ve like, fallen on a bullet….”

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Realizing, as I sit here *literally sharpening an axe,* that I also need to pick clean the rest of that rotisserie chicken in the fridge. When I’m done with my axe to grind and my bone to pick, what should I do next?

Axe lying on a lap with a sharpening stone in hand

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Yes - he wrote a whole article on this nearly ten years ago.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

And Hudson cared about consequences *so much*!

PJ Media
Philando Castile Got Pulled Over a Lot, and Deserved It
WALTER HUDSON | 4:04 PM ON JULY 16, 2016

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

You’ll never guess what else he said.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

You speak of what is deserved? Hudson had ideas on that.

PJ Media article
Philando Castile Got Pulled Over a Lot, and Deserved It
WALTER HUDSON | 4:04 PM ON JULY 16, 2016

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

He probably thought he didn’t deserve it.

PJ News article
Philando Castile Got Pulled Over a Lot, and Deserved It
WALTER HUDSON | 4:04 PM ON JULY 16, 2016

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

In my hometown of Preston, Minnesota, population 1,316: 105 protestors and a #NoKings cookies to match.

Protestors lined up along Highway 52 in Preston, Minnesota

Woman in a lawn chair with a sign saying “No Kings in America”

Protestors lined up with “NO KINGS” letter signs

Person holding out a container of No Kings sugar cookies

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Show me your protest signs for No Kings! I’m readying my screen prints from Art Price Printing - they’ve been offering free printing for weeks. 💜

Four screen printed fabrics: Minnesota Strong butterfly, Rebel Loon, No Kings, and Love Thy Neighbors

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Coach Lily also made and shared stickers for skis. 🥰

Ski stickers that say ICE OUT, The wrong ice is melting, you’re skiing on native land, skiers love snow not ice, I ski for justice, I ski for democracy, I ski for human rights

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Now that more and more Americans are rallying around immigrants, the GOP is spinning their Wheel of Scapegoats again.

Wheel of scapegoats with the pointer aiming at Muslims. Other options include trans people, BIPOC, Jews, Antifa, immigrants, Biden/Harris, and drag queens.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Is this targeted immigration enforcement to round up the worst of the worst? ICE rounded up hundreds of people, subjected them to violence, sorted them into “perceived immigration status” -- but don’t worry, no children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets, er…well, no YOUNG children were. 😱

The FBI said it declines to comment on potential or pending litigation. An FBI spokesperson initially said no restraints or rubber bullets were used on children but later amended that statement, replacing "children" with "young children," according to The Associated Press.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I’m beyond excited that the 2026 Climate Action Framework is released. Now more than ever, we need accelerated state and local climate leadership to build a healthy future for our children. Let’s goooo! www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

According to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Katrina Kessler, if the state implements only the current local and federal policies,
Minnesota will cut emissions by 28% by 2030 and 39% by 2050. That falls short of the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, Kessler said.
"We need to do more. We need to move faster," she said.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

ICE is here in Minnesota to bring “law and order.”

Sherk and Kuhlman said they brought the mother's immigration paperwork with them and asked to be allowed to take her and her children back to the family's home since they had the documentation to prove the family's lawful presence in the U.S.
They said they learned a judge had also issued an order requiring the mother and her children not be deported.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

So…I live under a pop culture rock and didn’t know that was Drake (*ducks*) I also never watched Star Trek (*hides behind chair*) So here is an alternative!

“I haven’t seen that” next to woman looking disgusted, above “I refuse to look at that ever” next to a woman looking interested.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Republicans in real time changing their strategy in the face of irrefutable evidence 🙈🙉

Yes/no meme with a man refusing the statement, “I haven’t seen that yet” above a photo of the same man looking pleased with the statement, “I refuse to look at that ever, in case it challenges my beliefs.”

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I wish I could give credit to the artists for these. If someone knows, speak up! #ANewOpe

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Someone on FB responded to the Chamber’s post with this summary

As a teacher, I would encourage my students to put this into thier own words to check for understanding:
Big Business is taking credit for MN being awesome. Bad things are happeinging. Big Business wants you to think they care. Big Business talked to some powerful people.
There are 'things' 'we' can do in the name of 'progress'.
Yesterday something bad happened.
Someone needs to calm down. Someone needs ot fix something.
Our ancestors made Minnesota strong and vibrant. MN Business Leaders will do the same. Big Business calls for cooperation among all leaders so that we can all go back to work selling things and making money.
Do I understand that correctly?

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The light was hitting just right in Minneapolis at dusk

A street scene in Minneapolis at dusk. High rises illuminated in the background and a utility box in foreground says “Fuck ICE”

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

It’s ice-forms-on-the-inside-of-the-windows degrees outside. 🥶

Window with condensation and a layer of ice along the bottom

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Put on a sweater, they said. But have you tried a lap cat?

Close up of a contented ginger cat’s face

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We are not your adversary We are your police Warped stuff from the St. Paul Police Federation. The officer’s actions were well documented. This posture is the opposite of helpful. Photos taken by MPR’s Kerem Yücel while wearing press credentials. He was one of three journalists injured.

St Paul Police officer in a face mask aims a teargas canister directly at the camera

St Paul police officer in a gas mask sprays teargas

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

It immediately made me think of the wall in the St Paul mayor’s office that has photos of every mayor that has served since 1850 - 53 of them. I used to go there weekly for a meeting during Chris Coleman’s tenure. At that time, all the images were of white men. 2/x

Then-Mayor Chris Coleman, a white man, sits in front of a wall of plaques featuring photos of all the former mayors of St Paul. All the images of former mayors are white men. - Photo from Pioneer Press, 2017

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Case in point: this morning I saw multiple people walking - and in this case, rolling - on the street under Hiawatha on Franklin since the sidewalk is fenced off.

Person on a motorized wheelchair heading into the street on Franklin Ave under Hiawatha due to a fenced-off sidewalk.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It’s his day and he knows it. He has assumed position. #catsky #Halloween

Black cat in a black cat basket looking out a window onto the street below, which is strewn with orange leaves.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A pet peeve in this article is that former Rep. Winkler falls into the trap of portraying urban people and their concerns as less genuine/practical/valid than those of the *real* folks of small town/rural America, in this case, Wisconsin. The use of “most people” in this context gets me.

Her was not as "progressive and impractical," Winkler said, as some expected her to be as a woman of color who represents an urban district, in part because of her upbringing in small-town Wisconsin.

"She has a practical, pragmatic
understanding of how most people live and what their lives are like," Winkler said.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I keep (naively) thinking she will come out with a clear position on the Summit project. She’s had plenty of time to learn more, it’s occurring in her House district and she lives on Summit Ave. Yet her pitch is that she will dig into the details to get things done. Seems odd.

During recent debates, Her has said she wants to learn more about the proposed Summit Avenue Regional Bike Trail, and thinks the debate over the plan has unnecessarily pitted cyclists against Summit Avenue homeowners.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The chickens were out over here in St Paul, too!

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our out-of-town 20th anniversary plans look like they will be -wrecked? postponed?- because our kids might make it to state for MTB, so tonight we mark the occasion with a walk to Master Noodle followed by a fun night at @blackhartstp.com! Day 3 of #WeekWithoutDriving 🚶‍♀️🚶

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

They are planning to add more fluorescent to the existing fluorescent and maybe blinky lights. But that might be too spendy. To be fair, they plan to do more later. When they do, I hope they make plans based on actual data and sound recommendations rather than things they “are hearing.“ / end

New reflective sheeting will be applied to existing signs denoting the crosswalk on Mitchell Road at Chestnut Drive to improve visibility, said Eden Prairie Public Works Director Robert Ellis.
The fluorescent yellow material also will be applied to sign posts to help them stand out.
Plans also call for a new sign to warn northbound drivers on Mitchell of the upcoming crosswalk at Chestnut, to be installed in the near future. The crosswalk connects a neighborhood with Pheasant Woods Park.
"We can do this now and come back with options for long-term considerations," Ellis told the City Council last week. "We are hearing visibility may be lacking,"

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

It is preferable that we build for safety and prevent blood being spilled in the first place. But here we are. According to the article, what problem is the Public Works Director addressing immediately? Is it speed/road design? No, dear reader, it is not. ✨Visibility!✨ The intersection: 3 / ?

Google Street view of Mitchell Road and Chestnut in Eden Prairie showing a striped crosswalk and fluorescent pedestrian road signs. A flexible post on the double yellow line reads “stop for pedestrians.”

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I was momentarily heartened to see the city was planning changes to the intersection that could make people safer. They say regulations are written in blood. Maybe infrastructure is, too? www.startribune.com/improvements... 2 / ?

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Here is the road leading to the intersection where a mother and two of her children were recently struck and seriously injured by a driver in a hit-and-run. You’ll notice: wide street, shoulders, 30 mph speed limit. I’m no city planner, but this seems like a street where very few drive 30 mph. 🧵

Google Street view of Mitchell Road in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a wide suburban road with shoulders on both sides and a 30 mph speed limit sign.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

As with most community efforts, it looks easy from afar but is the culmination of untold hours of behind-the-scenes work. Thank you, neighbors! We now can admire this artwork painted by over 100 pairs of hands. 🎨 We hope drivers will slow down to admire it, too. /end

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Hats off to the organizers - a group of my neighbors - who knew the power of engaging many neighbors in this action. They door-knocked, dropped flyers, put up posters, invited our new city council member and media, and recruited volunteers.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Today we painted a spiral on a street intersection to slow traffic and build community. 🧵

People painting yellow, blue, white, and orange paint in a spiral on the street

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

To the person who optimistically gave my 12-year-old a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution at the No Kings protest: Good job, you picked the right kid. He saw many similarities between the complaints against the British and our current situation and underlined them.

A Prince, whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People.

The Declaration of Independence with sections underlined by a 12-year-old.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Even though Attorney General Keith Ellison was on the assassin’s hit list, he still showed up at the Minnesota State Capitol to speak at the #NoKings protest. 💪 Also - so many tributes and signs for Rep. Melissa Hortman. RIP to someone who made MN a better place for all.

Protest march heading to the Minnesota State Capitol

Protestors gathered in front of the Minnesota State Capitol

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Well this is quite plain, isn’t it?

Since passing the $253 million income tax cut on March 4, some JFAC members and legislators have begun zeroing out some federal grants and scaling back on Little's initiatives.
For example, on March 7 in JFAC, Sen. Cindy Carlson, R-Riggins, led the effort to zero out a $2.5 million request for Digital Access for All Idahoans grants that would have paid for laptop and desktop computers in more than a dozen rural and remote Idaho libraries. The program was intended to help provide internet access to Idahoans who face barriers.
But Carlson said the grant program contains elements of diversity, equity and inclusion and could have benefited people who don't speak English.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I am tired of hearing about how ’muscular’ and ‘dominant’ the Trump/Musk administration is. This piece calls out the weakness and immaturity they exhibit. Thanks for the Int’l Women’s Day shoutout. These attitudes don’t belong on the playground either!

Small boys: the formation of binary thinking
The tech bro giants who are so admired by Trump and so integral to his administration best exemplify Trumpworld's psychological core. This core is a cluster of attitudes that carve the world
into tightly interconnected groups of binary opposites: superior vs inferior, dominant vs subordinate, powerful vs weak, black vs white, normal vs abnormal, male vs female, self vs other, etc. Musk is a particularly extreme but also illustrative case.

Key features of binary thinking are that it blocks the process of growing up and, in males, often fosters misogyny. Thus, we find Musk currently arrested in the teen mindset of a 15-year-old,
unable to develop the nuances of adulthood.
He's still playing out his early fanatical obsession with his comic book hero Superman and the compulsive need for drama and attention he shares with Trump. Hes still sharing shrill posts proclaiming that 'only high status males should participate in government because women (and low testosterone men) are incapable of critical thought; he's still making lewd jokes about breasts, and still expecting people to laugh at his removing the 'w' from Twitter.

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Remember: If union busters send you a prepaid postcard for you to sign away your union membership, you can instead send those union busters a handcrafted message on their own dime!

A postcard with a handwritten message reading, “Dear billionaire-funded “think tank,” I ❤️ my union! Union dues are an investment in fair treatment. Union busting is anti-worker and anti-democracy. Maybe get a new (union) job? P.S. You’re anti-gov spending yet received CARES Act $$? Hypocritical.”

Union busting mailer reading “May your joy be big, and your dues be none. Joy to the Janus rights public workers won! Public workers across the country are choosing to cancel union dues, will you too?” Business reply mail postcard below addressed to the Freedom Foundation.

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