BREAKING: This ICE flight has just landed. Central African Republic becomes the 27th country to take third-country nationals from the Trump administration.
The Third-Country Removal Tracker has been updated.
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This ICE flight believed to be carrying Afghan, Syrian and Iranian asylum seekers to the Central African Republic is underway.
Omni Air International, may you rot in infamy and shame.
Gillian Brockell
More on the ICE operation in Bemidji, MN
"agents 'were detaining everybody and then letting people go that are legal,' suggesting that the operation was less targeted than Duran suggested."
Jesus. Every time I think they can't stoop any lower, they do. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
Welcome to the US healthcare system, where you may or may not be able to keep seeing your doctor based on how a dispute between the health system and your insurer works out. Nothing to worry about. Just thousands of people who will be stressed, hassled, and have to find new doctors if no agreement 🤦🏻♂️
Today is Loving Day, a reminder that only it was still illegal to be an interracial couple until recently. On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court declared that the remaining anti-miscegenation were invalid.
Loving was key to Obergefell v Hodges in 2015 as well, it was cited as precedent leading up.
Minneapolis-based health system is notifying patients about changes for 2027. The Minnetonka-based insurer calls the message a scare tactic, but Fairview says the decision is final.
"The Jersey Bee updated our style guide to include the term 'concentration camp,'”
"ONE SOLUTION! REVOLUTION!" written on a fist standing at 39th Street and Chicago Avenue while the street gets ripped up around it.
Minneapolis, George Floyd Square, June 2026
"Happy SpaceX IPO Day" to all who celebrate, I guess. 🤮🤢
Gillian Brockell
A side note: the murders in Minnesota year ago were carried out by a right wing terrorist who was radicalized by this rhetoric.