2026.03.20
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Local Hugo Award winning author, Naomi Kritzer has compiled a list for locals who want to help on her blog. (She's going to compile a list for nonlocals.)
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/
Christian leaders urge protection of worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service
The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention called the intrusion in a St. Paul church ‘an unacceptable trauma.’
by Giovanna Dell’Orto, AP
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/christian-leaders-urge-protection-of-worshippers-rights-after-protesters-interrupt-service/
‘2020 never ended’: Minneapolis organizes amid Trump’s ICE crackdown
From community watch to mutual aid, grassroots networks in the Twin Cities build on efforts spurred during the 2020 George Floyd protests
Alyssa Oursler in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/minneapolis-organizes-trump-ice-crackdown
Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis
US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church services
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/kristi-noem-pepper-spray-minneapolis-ice
‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown
New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as now
Eric Berger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/bruce-springsteen-trump-ice-concert
Other News
I'm always kinda fuzzy on YouTube's Dust SF short flics. The one released today starts out a bit fuzzy itself, then sharpens up. The man at the blackboard and a bit of the dialog echoes a Mike Ford panel on Saturday night at Minicon from a couple of years ago. (The body count, however, is considerably higher.) It's time travel doncha know.
https://youtu.be/TBzepYD1b64
Trump made 10 key pledges a year ago – here’s what happened since then
A review of Trump’s bold promises about immigration, the economy, the US’s standing in the world and much more
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/trump-inaugural-speech-10-key-promises
How Trump has tried to undermine the powers of Congress: ‘Violation of norms’
Over his second term, Trump has taken aim at and circumvented the legislative branch – from mass firings to tariffs
Chris Stein in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/20/trump-congress-government-powers-second-term
Might is right: US ‘foreign policy’ held hostage to mad king Trump’s whims
Increasingly unpopular at home, a president obsessed by his legacy has turned his scattergun on the world stage
Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/us-foreign-policy-mad-king-trump-whims
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all
Ingrid Robeyns
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/jan/19/davos-rich-global-threat-economic-inequality-wealth
Local Hugo Award winning author, Naomi Kritzer has compiled a list for locals who want to help on her blog. (She's going to compile a list for nonlocals.)
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/
Christian leaders urge protection of worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service
The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention called the intrusion in a St. Paul church ‘an unacceptable trauma.’
by Giovanna Dell’Orto, AP
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/christian-leaders-urge-protection-of-worshippers-rights-after-protesters-interrupt-service/
‘2020 never ended’: Minneapolis organizes amid Trump’s ICE crackdown
From community watch to mutual aid, grassroots networks in the Twin Cities build on efforts spurred during the 2020 George Floyd protests
Alyssa Oursler in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/minneapolis-organizes-trump-ice-crackdown
Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis
US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church services
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/kristi-noem-pepper-spray-minneapolis-ice
‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown
New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as now
Eric Berger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/bruce-springsteen-trump-ice-concert
Other News
I'm always kinda fuzzy on YouTube's Dust SF short flics. The one released today starts out a bit fuzzy itself, then sharpens up. The man at the blackboard and a bit of the dialog echoes a Mike Ford panel on Saturday night at Minicon from a couple of years ago. (The body count, however, is considerably higher.) It's time travel doncha know.
https://youtu.be/TBzepYD1b64
Trump made 10 key pledges a year ago – here’s what happened since then
A review of Trump’s bold promises about immigration, the economy, the US’s standing in the world and much more
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/trump-inaugural-speech-10-key-promises
How Trump has tried to undermine the powers of Congress: ‘Violation of norms’
Over his second term, Trump has taken aim at and circumvented the legislative branch – from mass firings to tariffs
Chris Stein in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/20/trump-congress-government-powers-second-term
Might is right: US ‘foreign policy’ held hostage to mad king Trump’s whims
Increasingly unpopular at home, a president obsessed by his legacy has turned his scattergun on the world stage
Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/us-foreign-policy-mad-king-trump-whims
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all
Ingrid Robeyns
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/jan/19/davos-rich-global-threat-economic-inequality-wealth
