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malaise

(297,554 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:50 PM Mar 19

Some Great News

JFK Library honors people of Minnesota’s Twin Cities with Profile in Courage Award.
Lovely

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/19/john-f-kennedy-library-foundation-profiles-in-courage-twin-cities-residents

Twin Cities residents to receive Profile in Courage Award

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Thursday that it’s awarding one of its 2026 Profile in Courage Awards to the “people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota” for their actions during the federal immigration enforcement surge.

The foundation said it chose to honor Twin Cities residents “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our Constitutional democracy.”





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Some Great News (Original Post) malaise Mar 19 OP
K & R................. Lovie777 Mar 19 #1
Next, we need to get these people the Nobel Peace Prize LetMyPeopleVote Mar 19 #2
They certainly deserve it for demonstrating unfathomable restraint. SheltieLover Mar 19 #5
DURec leftstreet Mar 19 #3
That is great! SheltieLover Mar 19 #4
Damnit, don't get my hopes up!!!! groundloop Mar 19 #6
That IS great news! calimary Mar 19 #7
K&R red dog 1 Mar 19 #8
Article says they are also giving an award to Jerome Powell. Amaryllis Mar 19 #9
I love Jerome Powell malaise Mar 19 #10
Excellent!!! niyad Mar 19 #11
pig-man: "Where's MY award? My profile is the best! No one has courage like me!" Grokenstein Mar 19 #12
LOL malaise Mar 19 #13
Very cool surfered Mar 19 #14
Very cool. Joinfortmill Mar 19 #15
Good find Malaise! thanks for posting FakeNoose Mar 19 #16
Heard it on Nicole malaise Mar 19 #17
I second that emotion. twodogsbarking Mar 20 #31
Residents of the Twin Cities so deserved this honor! democrank Mar 19 #18
They'll get the Nobel Peace Prize yet. ReRe Mar 19 #19
What level of cynicism does it take to demand a Nobel Prize malaise Mar 19 #20
The man is bonkers ReRe Mar 23 #42
Yeah, but he does that every day. wnylib Mar 20 #34
I'll not make a partisan post for this one, GAJMac Mar 19 #21
We ae still in the fight, and we will prevail. Martin68 Mar 19 #22
The people of those Twin Cites showed us how it's done. Thank You! thought crime Mar 19 #23
the soon to be named "trump jfk library" will be giving their award to dear leader rampartd Mar 20 #24
The library folks made a very clear statement malaise Mar 20 #26
Excellent! peggysue2 Mar 20 #25
Oh, no, the king will see this and want to change it to the Trump Kennedy Library Foundation. Vinca Mar 20 #27
The Nobel is the next step... GopherGal Mar 20 #32
Thank you for this fantastic news malaise!!!!! mahina Mar 20 #28
K&R spanone Mar 20 #29
The bravest Americans, they have earned this! Passages Mar 20 #30
malaise........... Upthevibe Mar 20 #33
YW malaise Mar 20 #36
Jerome Powell was also awarded this honor LetMyPeopleVote Mar 20 #35
Yes indeed malaise Mar 20 #37
This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Mar 21 #38
Me too! malaise Mar 21 #39
Kennedy family member laughs off Trump getting a 'Profiles in Courage' award suggestion LetMyPeopleVote Mar 22 #40
He had a good laugh today malaise Mar 22 #41

SheltieLover

(81,497 posts)
4. That is great!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:31 PM
Mar 19

I must say, I was hoping for the bigliest obit. 😓

Catsup will be flying tonight.

groundloop

(13,902 posts)
6. Damnit, don't get my hopes up!!!!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:35 PM
Mar 19

But yeah, the people of Minnesota have gone through hell and they deserve some recognition.

Grokenstein

(6,401 posts)
12. pig-man: "Where's MY award? My profile is the best! No one has courage like me!"
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:10 PM
Mar 19

"I'm cutting off everything to Minnesota until they decide to fix this mistake. Thank you for your attention to me."

democrank

(12,662 posts)
18. Residents of the Twin Cities so deserved this honor!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:22 PM
Mar 19

Wonderful, uplifting news !

Thanks for posting this, malaise.

malaise

(297,554 posts)
20. What level of cynicism does it take to demand a Nobel Prize
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:59 PM
Mar 19

while committing war crimes and then speak about having fun bombing a sovereign country.

GAJMac

(271 posts)
21. I'll not make a partisan post for this one,
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:23 PM
Mar 19

I'll simply thank those citizens who stood for what's right and honorable. You are far better than the vermin who fought against you.

rampartd

(4,873 posts)
24. the soon to be named "trump jfk library" will be giving their award to dear leader
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:43 AM
Mar 20

or to the little nazi that fronted that operation

malaise

(297,554 posts)
26. The library folks made a very clear statement
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:50 AM
Mar 20

The folks in Minnesota and Jerome Powell - take that Slobby😀

peggysue2

(12,568 posts)
25. Excellent!
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:49 AM
Mar 20

The award to the Twin Cities is well deserved and earned. Minnesota and the citizens of Minneapolis made me feel proud to be an American, something that's been in short order since the Trump regime took over.

Well done, fellow Americans. Well done!

Vinca

(54,257 posts)
27. Oh, no, the king will see this and want to change it to the Trump Kennedy Library Foundation.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:53 AM
Mar 20

The people of the Twin Cities more than deserve the recognition. I hope they win the Nobel Peace Prize, too.

GopherGal

(2,942 posts)
32. The Nobel is the next step...
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:23 AM
Mar 20

after he pops a vessel throwing a fit over the Profiles in Courage award. Removing the international danger that is the Diapered Dictator will be the biggest stride forward toward world peace in decades.

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,437 posts)
40. Kennedy family member laughs off Trump getting a 'Profiles in Courage' award suggestion
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 04:42 PM
Mar 22

The concept that trump deserves a Profile in Courage award made me laugh. I also love the fact that Jerome Powell and the City of Minneapolis got these awards. The grants of these awards to Powell and Minneapolis are basically great F##K Yous to trump

Kennedy family member laughs off Trump getting a 'Profiles in Courage' award suggestion 🤣🤣🤣

www.rawstory.com/sclossberg-t...

Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD (@googeliart.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T14:13:34.299Z

https://www.rawstory.com/sclossberg-trump/

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Jack Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy, burst into laughter at the suggestion that Donald Trump might want to be given one of the “Profiles in Courage" awards that have been given to Democrats and Republicans alike.

Appearing to promote the upcoming ceremony for the award given annually by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those former President John F. Kennedy, Sclossberg was put on the spot by co-host Jackie Alemany.

“There have been a number of notable recipients who have received the JFK Profile in Courage award in the past decade,” Alemany prompted her guest. “There's Jerome Powell, Barack Obama, Mike Pence, George H.W. Bush, Zelenskyy, Gabby Giffords, Mitt Romney, John Lewis. Obviously, a number of those people are Republicans.”

“Given Donald Trump's proclivity for anything with the last name Kennedy on it and his love of receiving awards, is there anything that would ever warrant your family's consideration of Donald Trump receiving this award? Anything that he could do that would make you all consider that?” she asked.

After a short burst of laughter, Scholssberg smirked and checked off a list of suggestions for the always attention-starved president.

“If President Trump admitted to the many crimes and the grift that he has committed while president in office, stepped down and handed over the power of the presidency to somebody responsible and not somebody in his own cabinet,” he replied with tongue in cheek.


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