Category Archives: Rants & Raves

‘This isn’t living, right?’: Minnesota immigrants share their stories while in hiding from ICE

Local NPR is – sort of – doing the work. Their social media person is gawdawful but here and there a reporter remembers who their community is and who actually funds their labor. Here are some insights from the folks literally under seige from masked government goons.

Federal officers detain 5-year-old boy who a Minnesota school official says was used as ‘bait’

Remember what Republicans took from you.

Children

Families

Safety

Security

Our collective good name

Our country, because to hell with a place that’s fine with invading itself and terrorizing its citizens and legal residents, and just plain anybody for that matter.

‘Grave concern’ at Minnesota border as more Canadians stay home

This has been an abundant week of chickens coming home to roost stories.

First, this one about Minnesota border towns trying to take the hit from losing up to the 30% percent of their former Canadian traffic because they helped elect a racist megalomaniac. Granted, since they are protected by the rest of us, their electoral college votes didn’t do it, but you know damn good and well who they pulled the lever for.

In Alabama they are facing a combination of bad growing conditions and tariff/immigration trouble. I see videos of farmers in Alabama and Nebraska literally crying in public meetings hoping someone will help them from THE VERY CONDITIONS THEY VOTED TO CREATE! Foreign contracts are cancelled, tariffs are killing their supply of fertilizers and parts. Nah, suck it up. You wanted others to hurt, now share in it.