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reporter @ minnesota reformer. covering the trump admin's impact on minnesotans. texan in st. paul. DMs open. eng/esp

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Q&A: Author Khaled Hosseini on his book being banned in a MN high school • Minnesota Reformer Gov. Tim Walz and his DFL colleagues in the state Legislature have touted a law passed in 2024 that “banned book bans.”  But school districts in Minnesota are still limiting students’ access to books....

going through my stories from 2025 for awards submissions and i think this interview with khaled hosseini may have been the highlight of my year

06.03.2026 21:06 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I've been thinking about the Rangers' decision to display One Riot, One Ranger, and what it says about who this team is for. So I wrote about that. It's a big ol' bummer.

www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...

05.03.2026 20:46 👍 292 🔁 77 💬 6 📌 10
Paul Wall   Sittin Sidewayz
Paul Wall Sittin Sidewayz YouTube video by ZayumnZaddy

i always end with a link to a song. today's mood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ay3...

06.03.2026 15:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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As DHS secretary, Noem oversaw the deployment of thousands of immigration agents to Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. If you’ll allow me to self-plagiarize for a moment:

web link to today's newsletter:

06.03.2026 15:45 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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today in the newsletter -- The Paragraph returns

(subscribe: minnesotareformer.com/subscribe/)

06.03.2026 15:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

06.03.2026 01:06 👍 925 🔁 518 💬 13 📌 30
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Shohei Ohtani's grand slam, as called in Japan:

06.03.2026 14:47 👍 217 🔁 51 💬 9 📌 20
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US Attorney Daniel Rosen defends himself, again, in contempt hearing for ICE order violations • Minnesota Reformer For the second time in a week, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen appeared before a federal judge after being summoned to explain why he should not be held in contempt for the federal government...

US Attorney Daniel Rosen defends himself, again, in contempt hearing for ICE order violations minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/05/u...

06.03.2026 01:25 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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BREAKING: Kristi Noem out as DHS secretary; Trump to tap Oklahoma Sen. Mullin • Minnesota Reformer President Donald Trump Thursday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy, following an appearance before a U.S. Senate panel this week that pr...

Kristi Noem is out at DHS, and Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin is in.

05.03.2026 19:24 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 7 📌 4

this is kinda like when the bears made matt eberflus do a press conference right before firing him. but worse

05.03.2026 19:37 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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No sign of law enforcement so far

05.03.2026 18:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NPS orders Native activists to clear Coldwater Spring prayer camp The National Park Service is giving Native activists 24 hours to leave their prayer camp of tipis at Coldwater Spring near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building.

And a more recent update via @sahanjournal.bsky.social, explaining the complex tribal/federal government dynamics going on here:

05.03.2026 17:54 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE

Some folks have packed up camp and are working on leaving. There’s a group of a couple dozen folks who plan to stay gathered around the fire.

Background from @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social:

05.03.2026 17:52 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The prayer camp at Coldwater Spring. A few dozen people are gather around a fire in the distance.

The prayer camp at Coldwater Spring. A few dozen people are gather around a fire in the distance.

I’m here are Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring) near the Whipple Federal Building, where the National Parks Service, at the request of nine tribal nations, has ordered a Native prayer camp to leave by noon today.

05.03.2026 17:52 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

thank you!

05.03.2026 15:28 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this didn't make it into the story but i asked how he's taking care of himself:
"i don't know if i am. i haven't slept much for sure. it's been a lot of work. but it's like, if my immigrant neighbors can't sleep and can't be resting during an occupation, why should i?"

05.03.2026 15:25 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

@nicoleneri.bsky.social is the best!!

05.03.2026 14:16 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

thank you!

05.03.2026 14:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LOL funny you say that — i have plans to attend a ken burns american revolution watch party tonight ❤️🔥

05.03.2026 13:54 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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The Minneapolis council member on the front lines of the resistance to ICE • Minnesota Reformer When heavily-armed federal agents and Minneapolis police officers surrounded a Lake Street taco shop in June, Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez was incensed.  “This is completely wrong,” Ch...

Chavez isn't the only progressive elected official who has been out on the streets during Operation Metro Surge and beyond — but he is possibly the most personally affected by the operation. Two of his uncles have been deported in the past few months.

05.03.2026 13:22 👍 103 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 1
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The Minneapolis council member on the front lines of the resistance to ICE • Minnesota Reformer When heavily-armed federal agents and Minneapolis police officers surrounded a Lake Street taco shop in June, Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez was incensed.  “This is completely wrong,” Ch...

I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.

“To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”

05.03.2026 13:20 👍 721 🔁 242 💬 9 📌 38

Yeah that’s true, he worked out great for them

04.03.2026 23:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Colts place rarely used transition tag on QB Daniel Jones The Colts place the rarely used transition tag on QB Daniel Jones, preserving their right to match any offer sheet in free agency.

(the answer is $38 million)

04.03.2026 18:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

sauce may end up being great for the colts but at what cost lol

04.03.2026 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

maybe i have amnesia but when was the last time trading for a CB1 worked out? sauce, sneed, lattimore...is it literally just jalen ramsey who has been worth it over the past 6-7 years?

04.03.2026 18:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

don't forget wendy davis!

03.03.2026 19:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
St. Paul officials seek more than $400 million in state funds for sports facility upgrades - Session Daily - Minnesota House of Representatives

The ask was $400m last session www.house.mn.gov/sessiondaily...

03.03.2026 15:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Last year Melvin Carter got publicly told off by the St. Paul delegation for making this ask without going to local lawmakers first. It was DOA

03.03.2026 14:59 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Tech giant Google is behind controversial data center proposal in Hermantown The tech giant says it will help pay for the construction of wind farms and battery storage to help power the proposed $650 million project outside Duluth.

It’s no longer a secret. Google is behind the massive and controversial data center in Hermantown. It just last week announced it is proposing another data center in Pine Island.

03.03.2026 14:46 👍 28 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 4
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Minnesota senator wants cursive to make a comeback • Minnesota Reformer It makes documents poetic. It strengthens hand-eye coordination. And, hundreds of years ago, “it was a mark of an educated person.” That’s how Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, described cursive handwritin...

Sen. Ann Rest's swan song — a bill requiring Minnesota students to learn how to write in cursive.
via @michellemgriff.bsky.social

02.03.2026 21:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0