Kate Bischoff

The March 15, 2025, killing of Ruben Ray Martinez drew almost no public attention.

But Martinez is now the first known American citizen shot to death by federal immigration agents during President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/4lbpGYC

that the Trump administration is trying to shut down a leading AI company because it’s unwilling to develop autonomous murder systems is terrifying, and should be of grave concern to everyone in the world

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

"A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Epstein and Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by the The Post and Courier through public records ... she claimed Trump forced her to commit a sex act on him sometime around 1984."

White Bear Lake woman identified as one of the soldiers killed as part of Iran military attacks Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor was killed on March 1, in drone attack in Kuwait along with three other soldiers.

One of four Army Reserve soldiers who were killed amid U.S. attacks on Iran has been identified as a 39-year-old woman from White Bear Lake.

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment Citing rising costs and shortfalls in federal support, about 20 states are toughening eligibility requirements for patients in drug assistance programs.

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for HIV as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.

Sounds like Kash Patel is a co-conspirator covering up a murder.

The majority of public school teachers (71%) hold at least one side job, according to a survey released Monday by Gallup in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Walton Family Foundation. https://cnn.it/4u32y2H

The irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is here His name is Donald J. Trump.

"We have at last found a global villain who matches the bugbear — an ill-informed violent despot who seems to enjoy carnage for its own sake, & who has the power & will to project terror & violence anywhere on earth for any reason or none.

That global villain is, of course, President Donald Trump."

(AXIOS) - No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.

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This is monstrous.

"Israel has destroyed not only the rules-based order but also obliterated the most basic rules of war – you don’t attack children."

@fbhutto.bsky.social reports on US‑Israeli attacks in Iran, where children are paying the deadly price of western imperialism.

Optics.

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At least two people are dead and 14 others wounded after an overnight mass shooting in Austin, Texas. Police fatally shot the suspected gunman. https://cnn.it/4lcgmDV

It’s Captain America:The Winter Soldier AND Age of Ultron.

Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical cancer.

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken from her without her consent in 1951, has reached a settlement with the pharmaceutical giant Novartis. The family had accused Novartis of profiting from Lacks’s cells, which have been used in groundbreaking research.

Judge: IRS broke law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data A court on Thursday issued an opinion on a data-sharing agreement between the taxpayer agency and federal immigration authorities.

Breaking news: A federal judge found that the IRS violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer.

BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton in testimony says she has no information on Epstein's criminal activities and never recalls meeting him.

and now HCMC, the largest social safety net in minnesota, may close, commissioner angela conley said -

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Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

In the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs, the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has slowed home construction to a crawl – at a time when Minnesota, like much of the country, faces a steep housing shortage. https://cnn.it/4s4wVnu

Trained on the Terminator films perhaps

Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.

This is a very big story.

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All from Minnesota. Love to see it.

New gun limits pitched by Walz and Democrats face likely GOP resistance Republicans have focused their legislative response to the Annunciation shooting on school safety and mental health — and specifically not guns.

Gov. Tim Walz renewed his push to tackle gun violence prevention, asking lawmakers in Minnesota’s divided Legislature to meet the moment after last year’s killing of two children at Annunciation Catholic School.

Coast Guard investigating swastika found at recruit training center The incident follows a controversy last year when officials temporarily downgraded the hate symbol to “potentially divisive” in the service’s workplace harassment manual.

The Coast Guard has opened an internal investigation after a hand-drawn swastika appeared at its primary recruit training center, prompting a swift response from its top admiral, who faced intense scrutiny after the service temporarily downgraded the hate symbol in its workplace harassment manual.

Ya know that great person @atrupar.com is going to watch it for me, I’m hoping.

Observing Ramadan Feels Different This Year for Minnesota’s Somali Community Faith leaders said many people were still afraid to leave their homes, even after the weekslong federal immigration crackdown ended.

For members of Minnesota’s close-knit Somali community, many of whom are Muslim, Ramadan is typically a time of reflection, with a renewed focus on community and helping others. But the weekslong presence of ICE has created an atmosphere of fear and apprehension.