LynnBlewett
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University of Minnesota, Faculty, Health Policy, Director of SHADAC, Trying to find a place to land…
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David Corn
about 2 months ago
Steve Earle has released this beautiful video of his song "City of Immigrants," which was directed by Steve Buscemi. It's a wonderful ode to a key cause of American greatness.
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Steve Earle - "City Of Immigrants" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Steve Earle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkRthP-A_ds
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$6.28 Billion in profit in ONE quarter - U.S. Health Care System!
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UnitedHealth upgrades outlook, profit
UnitedHealth upgrades outlook, profit
https://tinyurl.com/mstvj9uu
2 months ago
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Further damage to the health service research infrastructure in this country. It will take years, maybe decades, to recover!
tinyurl.com/4r24dvcx
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‘Nobody answers’: The unraveling of a patient care research agency
A small federal agency responsible for studying how health care works for patients is largely dormant despite receiving millions of dollars from Congress for research into antibiotic resistance, healt...
https://tinyurl.com/4r24dvcx
2 months ago
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Link to U.S. Senate floor proceeding.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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3 months ago
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OMB fact sheets titled "Cuts to Woke Programs Fact Sheet” “President Trump is committed to eliminating radical gender and racial ideologies that poison the minds of Americans. The President’s FY 2027 Budget upholds the Constitution by eliminating funding for cultural Marxism.”
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jamelle
3 months ago
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders?utm_medium=ios
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
3 months ago
Magnificent No Kings protest sign in Ellsworth, Maine. 10/10.
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What’s going on with Minnesota Medicaid funding?
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/what...
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What’s going on with Minnesota Medicaid funding?
Minnesota vs. Trump administration on Medicaid: Your questions, answered.Did I hear we got some good news last week on Medicaid?You heard right. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved ...
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/whats-going-minnesota-medicaid-funding
3 months ago
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Minnesota Reformer
3 months ago
People of Twin Cities win JFK Profile in Courage Award
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People of Twin Cities win JFK Profile in Courage Award • Minnesota Reformer
"The people of the Twin Cities responded with extraordinary courage and resolve."
https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/people-of-twin-cities-win-jfk-profile-in-courage-award/
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What a great chart! MN Center for Health Care Affordability Legislative Report 2025.
#healthpolicy
tinyurl.com/mr3mew2r
4 months ago
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Don’t come for Minnesota in the winter! We live and play here!!
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4 months ago
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The ordinary message from
#Minnesota
“I am my neighbor’s keeper!” Thank you! @Thomaslfriedman.bluesky.social @rbreich.bluesky.social
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Sunday Thought #2: The Legacy of These Dark Days
The meaning of Minnesota
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-2-the-legacy-of-these
4 months ago
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Fed judge hears arguments in lawsuit over MN federal Medicaid funding halt.
#healthpolicy
“Zorn’s motion to be admitted in court to represent the federal govt was only submitted Thurs morning (yesterday!) It had not yet been approved when the hearing started.”
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Federal judge hears arguments in lawsuit over federal Medicaid funding halt
A federal judge in St. Paul heard arguments Thursday from the state of Minnesota and the Trump administration over a halt of $259 million in Medicaid payments to the state.
https://tinyurl.com/5h7t65ua
4 months ago
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Minnesota uninsured rate increased from a historic low of 3.8% in 2023 to 5.8% in 2025. It’s just the beginning! MN still has its own state survey.
tinyurl.com/mr2srb2h
4 months ago
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Melissa Hortman, Lawyer and former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Rest in Peace!
4 months ago
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“Federal officials ought to be working with the state to put fraudsters in jail, not imposing financial penalties on it that could undermine enrollees’ medical care or destabilize the state’s hospitals and nursing homes.” Thx @jburcom for clear insight!
www.startribune.com/trump-withho...
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Burcum: Target Medicaid fraud, not innocent people’s health care
"Medicaid serves a highly vulnerable population with few alternatives for coverage," columnist Jill Burcum writes.
https://www.startribune.com/trump-withholding-medicaid-funds-minnesota-fraud/601589247
4 months ago
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Letter from over 900 MN physicians in the New England Journal of Medicine.
#ICEOUT
“Our patients are being harmed. People are dying unnecessarily…we call for an immediate end to the violence and trauma that is being inflicted on our patients and our communities by ICE”
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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We Do Care | NEJM
Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2601288
5 months ago
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Guns drawn in small town MN! The local police chief intervened!
#ICEOUT
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPrE2dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6sieRNaScnU6rvqiDRnNl4YMa7qg6urdtF2EvA3l7Nvjaf0f66i_WKsP6m2A_aem_lXaEbxVJNEojdZGE6Fuzew
5 months ago
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Local news statement
5 months ago
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Be alarmed!! Thx
[email protected]
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Medicaid Fraud: Political Rhetoric vs. Reality
Why every state should be alarmed by what’s happening in Minnesota.
https://open.substack.com/pub/80million/p/medicaid-fraud-political-rhetoric?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Bruce Springsteen
5 months ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p
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Aaron Rupar
5 months ago
ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.
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“Minnesota should not have to withstand another month, another week, another day, of this unlawful invasion”
tinyurl.com/yy2zyebw
5 months ago
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Hmmmm…..”we are calling for an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.”
www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...
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Open letter from more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies | Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
https://www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-letter-more-60-ceos-minnesota-based-companies
5 months ago
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www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
5 months ago
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Read this!!!
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5 months ago
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ICE agents shot Alex Pretti at least 10 times within five seconds!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Alex Pretti. A 37-year-old Minnesotan, ICU nurse, U.S. citizen. Murdered! By the U.S. federal government. His government. My government. Your government!!
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5 months ago
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This needs to stop NOW!
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Minnesota legend!
5 months ago
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MPLS shows up at -10 degrees! We have had enough! ICE Out NOW!
5 months ago
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Could some leader or group of leaders go and get that little boy and bring him home to his family?! This is just not OK!
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www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Live: Activists arrested after church protest, JD Vance to meet with ICE agents in Minnesota
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces arrest of civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong in Minnesota.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
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One more video! What the heck?! This is a nightmare!
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5 months ago
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This has been a very active and terrible ICE day in Minnesota!
#ICEOUT
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jamelle
6 months ago
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
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U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez: -barred ICE from arresting or pepper spraying people for simply observing or criticizing the federal government's action -ruled that safely following ICE vehicles does not on its own justify a traffic stop
www.axios.com/2026/01/17/f...
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Federal judge bars ICE from retaliating against protesters in Minnesota
Six U.S. citizens who had encounters with ICE sued, seeking to rein in the agency's tactics.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/17/federal-judge-limits-ice-minnesota-metro-surge
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Another ICE shooting! “This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement,” Walz said. “Instead, it is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”
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Live: Shooting reported in Minneapolis allegedly involving federal agents
Gov. Tim Walz address Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minn...
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
6 months ago
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The new Mayor of St Paul! It’s insanity here!
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6 months ago
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Yes!
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Alt National Park Service
6 months ago
WARNING to ST. Paul: ICE is going door to door with weapons drawn.
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Cheryl T. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦📎
6 months ago
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
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“She was just trying to get away”
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6 months ago
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ICE is reckless! Lawless! They shot a defenseless young mother in the face!
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Live: Thousands gather to memorialize woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis
The mother of the deceased driver identified the woman as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Video of the shooting shows agents near the vehicle as Good reversed and then pulled forward. One agent appeared to fir...
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426?utm_source=gift
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Laura G Mitchell
6 months ago
This the right call. Please check in with neighbors who may need support with childcare.
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This neighborhood has had enough trauma!
#ICEOUT
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6 months ago
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South MPLS Roosevelt public high school.
#ICE
out NOW!
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Rachel Widome
6 months ago
After murdering a woman in Minneapolis a few hours ago, could ICE, say, not show up at a Minneapolis public school and instead take the afternoon off?
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MPLS restaurants closing in anticipation of continued safety concerns. Get ICE out of Minnesota!
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