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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ugly
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In any other market, the manager is fired.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bonus for using the word munificence 👍
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The one Trump statement I agree with about the midterms is that people should vote like he is on the ballot.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/10/2026
The South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth would have it shown live in all schools if he could.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms. trib.al/Jbg3XAS
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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California
ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ICE is already setting record arrests, fueled by a growing push towards arresting people with no criminal records and people who are technically out of status but are checking in with the government and waiting for a bureaucrat to decide their applications. Now they want to ramp up arrests by 50%.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/10/2026
September eviction numbers from @homelinemn.org: Minneapolis remains on pace for its highest number of evictions in decades, tracking 4.8% ahead of 2025 which was already a high-water mark. St. Paul is on pace for a 15% *reduction* in eviction filings year-over-year homelinemn.org/12175/evicti...
Data on monthly eviction filings for Minneapolis and St. Paul

Minneapolis Eviction Filings: January-September 
January February March April May June kJ/ August Sept Total
2023 432 439 494 317 471 430 405 472 444 3,904
2024 281 442 444 449 425 374 497 461 428 3,801
2025 496 521 282 393 417 454 438 433 519 3,953 2026 435 434 452 494 428 478 469 471 480 4,141
Compared to '25 -12.3% -16.7% 60.3% 25.7% 2.6% 5.3% 7.1% 8.8% 4.8%
Compared to average '23-25 up 7.9% -7.1% 11.1% 27.9% 14.0% 5.0% 3.4% 3.5% 6.6%

St. Paul Eviction Filings: January-September
January February March April May June July August Sept Total
2023 306 246 271 232 280 264 280 292 268 2,439
2024 166 203 257 170 269 213 266 233 315 2,092
2025 A 345 257 261 250 237 245 318 233 337 2,483 2026 342 246 281 268 213 74 174 262 241 2,101
Compared to '25 7.7% 7.2% 12.4%
Compared to average '23-25 25.6% 4.5% 6.8% 23.3% 3.7%
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?
npr.org
As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind
The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TV skills?? Hardly.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stop
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: Ken Paxton's office is investigating pediatricians for vaccinating children. He alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
nytimes.com
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 05/10/2026
Max also published a story Friday about how the HCSO will no longer classify some deputies as “undercover,” which previously allowed them to conceal their body-camera footage from the public — even when they had been doing regular police work. This came after Max’s reporting this summer.
minnesotareformer.com
Hennepin County sheriff conceals bodycam footage by calling officers ‘undercover’ • Minnesota Reformer
Allanzo Johnson had just left a corner store in north Minneapolis when he noticed a black pickup truck pull out behind him. It trailed him for half a dozen blocks and then its police lights flicked on...
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The sky is orange," said Trump. "Just look at it." He literally lies about everything.
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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal building.
sahanjournal.com
Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Officials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Every Michigan fan with a brain detests Portnoy. I guarantee it.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good writing and acting.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Have you lost your mind?😜
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Safe to say that humanity's only real achievement so far has been survival, despite our lack of connection to the earth and our insistence on killing each other over ridiculous bigotry that denies our connections. History has shown that our "intelligence" can't overcome our tribal mythologies.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A great piece by Benedicte Callan of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
medpagetoday.com
Opinion | Lessons From a Year of RFK Jr. Disinformation
His lies hide an ugly political agenda that is disastrous for public health
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He lies every time he opens his filthy mouth.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Always both. Thanks.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No thanks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
commondreams.org
'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Only bigots wanted.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Andy doesn't quite have his finger on the pulse of this disaster.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Assume the worst.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It hasn't happened yet. Vote Dem to make it happen.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.
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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
$75 billion. 22,000 staff. 2,500 local police agreements. ICE has not softened its approach; it has made mass enforcement harder for the public to see. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
In November 2022, Michele Tafoya published an open letter urging Trump not to run again. By August 2024, Tafoya reversed course, declaring, “I have come to like Trump so much more through the years.”
startribune.com
From ‘difficult to accept’ to ‘he’s got a backbone’: Tafoya’s evolution on Trump
The Republican Senate candidate’s podcast shows her shift from discouraging Trump from running to praising his leadership.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who is gonna trust that? AI secure?
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/09/2026
A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet's two major ice sheets, with five-sixths of the melt not coming from hotter air, but from warmer waters eating away at the ice sheets from below and the sides, according to a study in the journal Scientific Data. to.pbs.org/3UN86kP
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Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years, satellites show
A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979. The massive glacier melt is mainly attributed to warmer waters eroding the ice sheets from...
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Billionaires are the misaligned bots.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ignorance is what MAGA does best.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Couldn't happen to a worse group of spoiled sports.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
According to those who created AI, it allows us to spend more time not thinking.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Christian" sex abuse is so real.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/09/2026
Trump’s DOJ claims it has turned over unredacted handwritten FBI notes from four interviews with a woman who alleges Trump sexually and physically abused her as a minor. But there’s a major question about what else Todd Blanche actually handed the judge.
meidasnews.com
Trump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang Case
Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev...
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Apparently AI will solve that.😬
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And it will be dragged out more with an appeal.
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SDBaker @sdbaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The current federal government is the most unconstitutional entity in the country's history.
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