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I miss the days when you could go days, weeks even, without thinking about what the President was doing.

Thousands of Ukrainians who’ve settled temporarily in Minnesota fear that they may soon have to return home, even as Russia’s assault on their country continues. That’s because the Trump administration has stopped renewing work permits for people who came to the United States under a Biden-era humanitarian program. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/25/ukrainian-workers-minneapolis-restaurant-trump-halts-work-permit-renewals

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Ukrainian workers at landmark Minneapolis restaurant seek answers after Trump halts work permit renewals

Thousands of Ukrainians who’ve settled temporarily in Minnesota fear that they may soon have to return home, even as Russia’s assault on their country continues. The concern is especially high at Kramarczuk’s deli and restaurant in northeast Minneapolis, a cornerstone of the city’s Ukrainian community.

MPR News
On this May Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins
The Last Hospitals in Gaza

As Israeli air strikes and raids devastate medical facilities, Palestinian health-care workers are risking their lives to save lives. Clayton Dalton, an American E.R. doctor, witnesses what remains.

The New Yorker
And here we are, with our own Orange Julius.
Freedom Freckles 🤣
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/03/minnesota-house-set-to-vote-on-banning-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports proud of Minnesota for letting kids play and rejecting prejudice and non sensical laws that would actually hurt girls sports.
Minnesota House rejects banning transgender athletes from girls sports

Republicans in control of the House had brought forward the proposal, which mirrored a recent executive order from President Donald Trump. The bill, however, wasn’t expected to pass.

MPR News
Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies

The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.

Erin In The Morning