Feds say tow truck driver stole immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer's arrest
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Feds say tow truck driver stole immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer's arrest
Minneapolis Hmong American restaurant Diane's Place named 2025 Restaurant of the Year by Food & Wine magazine www.startribune.com/dianes-place...
Say what you will about Rudy Giuliani, the story arc of his life is incredible
I’ve had it, it’s great but I’ve never tried to make it and frankly it’s a little intimidating. This will likely be ganoush or parm but lots more on the way so maybe we will try it.
Today’s garden haul: lots of peppers and the first eggplant of the season
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
Trump was spotted this morning in a white polo, MAGA hat and black pants as he heads to a golf course in Virginia, per pool
A nice bagel from the wood fired bagel place with cream cheese and a thick slab of beefsteak tomato from the garden on each half with a touch of salt is a perfectly acceptable dinner
Fletcher Merkel loved family, friends and fishing; Harper Moyski doted on her younger sister.
Here are some tips for how to connect with children and teens in the wake of mass violence in our own community.
“Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters. One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident.” DHS did this as flames actively raged. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
One addendum to the fourth post in this thread: Westman did express admiration for Luigi Mangione, who is charged with the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, on multiple occasions, the Rise employee said.
The Rise employee asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media and could be fired for doing so. 5/5
Westman was well-liked by colleagues and never spoke of an interest in guns or talked about religion at work, the employee said. Westman quit shortly after being disciplined for attendance issues, the colleague said. 4/5
This source estimated that about 1 in 6 Rise employees identifies as nonbinary or trans, so Westman's colleagues were very surprised to learn that Westman may have identified as a trans woman elsewhere. 3/5
The employee said Westman never identified as a transgender woman to anyone there during that time. Rise workers wear badges that display their preferred pronouns and Westman wore both he/him and they/them, the employee said. 2/5
I spoke with a current employee of Rise, the chain of medical cannabis dispensaries where Robin Westman worked as a personal care specialist (similar to a budtender who discusses products with customers) from late March until Aug. 16, who knew Westman. 1/5
Tulsi Gabbard surprised CIA officials last week when she included an undercover senior CIA officer on a roster of 37 current and former officials she stripped of security clearances.
After over 150 years, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop publishing a print newspaper at the end of the year
O'Hara: Shooter had a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol
O'Hara: This morning's shooting "does not appear to be related" to any other shootings in the city.
Chief O'Hara: 2 kids killed, ages 8 and 10. 17 others injured including 14 kids. 2 kids in critical condition. Sole shooter, male in early 20s, took his own life in rear of church.
Update: Two children and gunman dead after shooting at Minneapolis church, law enforcement source says www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
Please stay out of my mentions with your conspiracy theories about this morning's shooting, and have some decency. People are grieving.
There is an active police situation at the Annunciation Church on 509 W. 54th St. There is no active threat to the community at this time. The shooter is contained. Stay away from the area to allow emergency personnel to help victims – W. 54th Street between Lyndale and Nicollet Ave.
It's coming down, it takes a minute for the change to take.
We'll be updating this article as new information becomes available.
Massive police response to reports of gunfire near south Minneapolis church. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday morning he had been briefed about a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
I’ve been briefed on a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School and will continue to provide updates as we get more information. The BCA and State Patrol are on scene. I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence.
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments. Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.
One man is dead and six other people were injured in a barrage of gunfire during a brazen midday shooting Tuesday in south Minneapolis across the street from a high school.
The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Rochester woman who hurled racial slurs at child in park will be charged www.startribune.com/woman-who-hu...
I have literally never heard of three no bills. Even two on a case is incredibly unusual. Any former AUSAs ever hear of such a thing?
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JUST IN: On X, DHS says that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
Union station, DC
Breaking news: Kilmar Abrego García was detained by ICE on Monday after arriving at the agency’s Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in after his release pending trial on human smuggling charges, his attorney said.
BREAKING: National Guard troops in D.C. to begin carrying weapons tonight, including rifles, a Defense Department official said.
In Portland, Trump’s ICE lobbed so many toxic chemicals at demonstrators, a nearby school was forced to leave and decamp to another neighborhood. “There were chemicals being used on a regular basis and munitions being found on our playground,” the school's executive director said. trib.al/Z7wgDJV
Minnesota woman posed as her dead mom to keep social security payments coming for 25 years www.startribune.com/minnesota-wo...
“A federal judge barred the DeSantis and Trump administrations from bringing new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz and demanded the state close out operations at the immigration detention facility within 60 days”
unbelievable, both posts for Tigres
It’s important to pay for local journalism but not like this. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Tonight’s garden haul
Can’t stress enough that attempting to bribe reporters at random is not a strategy that is likely to achieve whatever your goal may be
OMG
With U.S. Custom and Border Protection agents searching phones at record pace, learn how to prepare your devices in anticipation of international travel.
OpenAI's $500 billion valuation is based on the assumption they will have 2 billion - yes, 2 billion - paid-up users. www.wired.com/story/openai...
Leonard Peltier, now mostly free, navigates a new life on the outside www.startribune.com/leonard-pelt...
New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A week and a half ago, a shooter emptied hundreds of bullets into a federal building
Well friend you are in luck
Had a lovely dinner at Maya on Central in northeast. If you’re ever in the mood for a cauldron of queso they’ve got you covered.
The Walz quote in the headline reminds me of this @theonion.com deep cut theonion.com/william-safi...
Taco John's has moved its corporate HQ from Wyoming to St. Louis Park www.startribune.com/taco-johns-h...
Hmmm I’m going to go with no
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck
Without discounting the various valid criticisms of Eric Clapton as a human being, there’s a strong argument to be made that Derek & the Dominoes with Duane Allman was the greatest jam band that ever existed
I missed this news the other day. RIP.
Pastor who threatened Minneapolis council members set to receive new city contracts www.startribune.com/rev-jerry-mc...
Hennepin County grand jury indicts Vance Boelter for first-degree murder, adds animal cruelty charge www.startribune.com/article/6014...
NEW: Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
The DC sandwich guy has been charged with assault for shouting at a CBP officer, throwing a sub into his chest, and then running off. "I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
I feel like in the Year of Our Lord 2025 we should require candidates to include an email address in order to submit their filing
Pneumatic tubes
David Byrne talks about hanging with Lou Reed in the Seventies: “I remember when we met, he was eating an incredible amount of ice cream. I think he went through two of those quart containers of Häagen-Dazs ice cream in one sitting.” Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is very cool
Today’s garden haul
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Albert Lea City Council on Monday again rejected the license application for the Smoking Tree, the first adult-use marijuana retailer licensed in Minnesota, citing the owner's statements about opening without a registration and a new restraining order against him www.startribune.com/albert-lea-c...
JUST IN: Judge Friedrich, a Trump appointee on the bench in DC, rules that the administration is illegally withholding funds from the National Endowment for Democracy, in violation of Congress' direct appropriation. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Troubling allegations against the owner of the first cannabis retailer licensed by Minnesota, whose business registration was recently rejected by the city of Albert Lea and is back on the city council's agenda tonight alphanews.org/officials-la...
The state’s Campaign Finance Board found that a key figure behind Right Now Minnesota misclassified more than $240,000 in expenditures during the 2022 midterm elections. The board also found that the PAC ran political ads without proper disclaimers. www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...
“I think I worried more that selling yogurt that makes you sh** was going to impact my career than for me to acknowledge that I had an addiction.” Jamie Lee Curtis says she’s been sober for 26 years. cbsn.ws/4k9Rfjf
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
I find the dildo thing pretty appalling so I wrote a bit about why
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Aww thanks
#TIL the Strib has a newsletter about legal cannabis in Minnesota and they named it Nuggets 😂😂😂
meanwhile, in minnesota, a fancy suburb has created its own municipal THC gummy www.startribune.com/eden-prairie...
The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.
This is Vermont slander
‘We just don’t have the product’: Why Minnesota’s legal cannabis businesses may struggle to meet demand www.startribune.com/we-just-dont...
America’s still got it
FROM @reuters.com: President Trump’s rhetoric has galvanized a new wave of far-right activists, fueling growth in white supremacist ranks. "He’s the best thing that’s happened to us," said the leader of the Aryan Freedom Network. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Here's a gift link to the story (by Sarah Kliff, @bykatiethomas.bsky.social & me) showing a real world effect of Trump's pay-for-access operation. In this case, it benefited companies making a product that helps patients, but also that Medicare has dinged for “abusive pricing practices.”
I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary
Always got a kick out of seeing the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing squad cars downtown
Yeah we’ve had cherries trickling in for a couple weeks
Finally got our first slicer tomatoes and Anaheim peppers of the season
Instead of bad posts, let's watch two Buccaneers argue about the sound goats make while talking about Mike Evans
Vance Boelter pleads not guilty to federal charges in the slaying of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife www.startribune.com/vance-boelte...
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
This is very, very bad.