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@gretchenbrown.bsky.social
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making radio @mprnews. words a bunch of places. cancer survivor.
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thread! it’s been 90 years since a groundbreaking law gave americans the right to unionize.
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Chris Steller
about 20 hours ago
The Minnesota Star Tribune has reporters write about the ICE crackdown in Minnesota, then emails the next day’s layouts to Des Moines, Iowa, to be printed, then trucks the printed papers back to Minnesota for delivery, then can’t get the newspapers delivered because of the ICE crackdown in Minnesota
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Aleesa
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The University of Minnesota, which starts its spring 2026 semester on Tuesday, says it will offer virtual learning options for some students. “This is not a blanket approach, because there is not one solution for every educational situation.”
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University of Minnesota to offer virtual learning options as feds continue immigration enforcement
University leadership says it will “support students who may need accommodations for virtual attendance” at the start of the 2026 spring semester.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/19/university-of-minnesota-to-offer-virtual-learning-as-feds-continue-immigration-enforcement
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honestly who cares
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about 16 hours ago
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Jon Collins
about 17 hours ago
Homeland Security insists that ICE operations are targeting criminals. MPR News examined the agency's "worst of the worst" lists and found most of the people there had been immediately transferred to ICE custody at the end of time served in Minnesota prisons.
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Some criminals ICE takes credit for arresting were already in Minnesota prisons
Several of the 13 “worst of the worst” criminals that the Department of Homeland Security said were arrested in Minnesota through its immigration enforcement operation were actually handed over to ICE...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/17/ice-takes-credit-for-some-criminals-that-were-already-in-minnesota-prisons
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Jon Collins
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Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, observers say federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citizens and noncitizens alike. (1)
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Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/16/ice-tactics-in-twin-cities-turn-toward-intimidation
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i've never wanted to read a substack post from a brooklyn-based writer less than i do this week
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I am a stray cat!
1 day ago
1.) Pumpling Dassport 2.) This is really cool (and free!) and you should sign up.
www.visitsaintpaul.com/dumpling-pas...
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the saint paul dumpling passport is propaganda in order to make me want to buy a house in saint paul minnesota
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i can't believe they did the "interview day drinkers in rural mn" story
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/minnesota-minneapolis-shooting-ice-renee-good.html
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@mprnews.org
confirmed the man tackled and detained at a Speedway gas station in St. Paul on Sunday is alive:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Macklin Good’s family: ‘She was our protector, our shoulder to cry on’
Here’s the latest Wednesday around the increased federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and the protests against the killing of 37-year-old Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis last week by a U.S. ...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/14/ice-enforcement-shooting-in-minnesota-latest-wednesday
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Stacey Burns
4 days ago
And
@mprnews.org
’ Chris Farrell tried:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Jon Collins
4 days ago
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs." Via reporter
@ericazurek.bsky.social
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ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/14/ice-agents-at-twin-cities-hospitals-alarm-medical-staff
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‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
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‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/01/13/minnesotans-describe-their-encounters-with-ice-agents
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Wedge LIVE!™
9 days ago
I'm recommending nobody attempt using the sidewalks. Extremely dangerous out here. I've been sick for a few days and I'm just discovering. I don't recall ever seeing it this bad.
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minneapolis landlords use salt or sand on your sidewalks challenge
9 days ago
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Wes Burdine
11 days ago
MPR playing an eye witness account right now of ICE shooting directly through the windshield at her face and not giving her medical care for 10 minutes.
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Jon Collins
11 days ago
Growing crowd here at 34th and Portland in south Minneapolis, where witnesses tell me an ICE agent shot an observer in her car. Witnesses said she was not responsive and was taken away. Bovino is on scene along with dozens of federal agents.
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MPR News is live right now bringing you updates on this.
mprnews.org/listen
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11 days ago
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started the new year sick with the flu but also got into quilting so who really won
11 days ago
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oh no that’s not
11 days ago
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immediately knew this person was a scammer bc a harvard professor would never stoop so low as to produce audio
14 days ago
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“no one wants to live in mpls”meanwhile an empty lot near my house is going for 200k
16 days ago
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"one of the few remaining local business owners" LMAO GIRL WHAT
16 days ago
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all newsroom emails are either "tell KATHY WARZER i'm josephine's sister" or "kys, spawn of satan"
17 days ago
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we are so back
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18 days ago
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next year everyone should start being nicer to me
18 days ago
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now why did this man just comment a thumbs down on my LINKEDIN POST
18 days ago
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gonna do a youtube investigation to find out why minneapolis boomers are trying to sell their homes for 100k+ above value
18 days ago
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it’s 6:52 pm, more than 24 hours after the snowstorm and broadway street northeast is still glare ice but someone made a little speed bump at stinson to keep you from sliding right into traffic and i needed that
19 days ago
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from All Things Considered today on
@mprnews.org
: Here’s what to know about a viral YouTube video about fraud in Minnesota
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Here’s what to know about a viral YouTube video about fraud in Minnesota
University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley says the new viral video is flashy, but absent of facts to back up its claims — and its lack of transparency could be considered deceptive.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/29/youtuber-nick-shirley-accuses-somaliowned-day-care-centers-of-fraud
19 days ago
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ok this framing did make me laugh
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: If you want to feel old MPR has been reporting the story since Nick Shirley was 12 years old.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1pync4k/if_you_want_to_feel_old_mpr_has_been_reporting/
19 days ago
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ummmmmmmmmmmmm
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30 days ago
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sometimes you read something and it's like oh he's trying to get an award
30 days ago
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oh hell yea this is super fun
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30 days ago
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if there's one thing the pohlads are good at it's putting another family member in a position of power
30 days ago
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it's too late....... i have already depicted you as the brash eastern time zone, and myself as the comforting, cozy central time zone
about 1 month ago
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closed. most popular nightclub in university of minnesota college town
about 1 month ago
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lots of you were mad about this yesterday but what if kevin garnett deserves a new arena
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about 1 month ago
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J.C. Bradbury
about 1 month ago
Oh yeah, building a venue that will be vacant for 2/3 of the year, and highly disruptive to the surrounding area when it's open, sounds like just what downtown needs.
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i wrote about wolves/lynx! could a new arena fix downtown? well, i'll let you be the judge!
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Downtown Minneapolis is struggling. Would a new Wolves and Lynx arena help?
Downtown Minneapolis continues to struggle since the pandemic. More than a third of offices are still vacant. Would a new arena for the Timberwolves and Lynx really bring life back to downtown?
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/17/downtown-minneapolis-is-struggling-would-a-new-wolves-and-lynx-arena-help
about 1 month ago
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wow. i had no idea. i really like their jackets
about 1 month ago
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MPR News
about 1 month ago
Downtown Minneapolis continues to struggle since the pandemic. More than a third of offices are still vacant. Would a new arena for the Timberwolves and Lynx really bring life back to downtown?
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Downtown Minneapolis is struggling. Would a new Wolves and Lynx arena help?
Downtown Minneapolis continues to struggle since the pandemic. More than a third of offices are still vacant. Would a new arena for the Timberwolves and Lynx really bring life back to downtown?
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/17/downtown-minneapolis-is-struggling-would-a-new-wolves-and-lynx-arena-help
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Nate Pentz
about 1 month ago
Downtown Minneapolis is struggling. Would a new Wolves and Lynx arena help?
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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i wrote about wolves/lynx! could a new arena fix downtown? well, i'll let you be the judge!
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Downtown Minneapolis is struggling. Would a new Wolves and Lynx arena help?
Downtown Minneapolis continues to struggle since the pandemic. More than a third of offices are still vacant. Would a new arena for the Timberwolves and Lynx really bring life back to downtown?
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/17/downtown-minneapolis-is-struggling-would-a-new-wolves-and-lynx-arena-help
about 1 month ago
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crime watch will be like: ONLY ON CRIME WATCH and it's a public police report accessible to everyone
about 1 month ago
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MPR News
about 1 month ago
A pair of Duluth music scene mainstays will perform new songs Thursday night to a sold-out crowd at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Alan Sparhawk of slowcore band Low and the progressive bluegrass group Trampled by Turtles put out a self-titled record together this summer.
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Duluth musical mainstays Alan Sparhawk and Trampled by Turtles team up to perform new songs in St. Paul
Thursday night’s sold-out show at the Fitzgerald Theater is the only date the musicians have scheduled in Minnesota. They’re performing songs from their self-titled album released over the summer.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/11/alan-sparhawk-trampled-by-turtles-perform-new-songs-in-st-paul
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ICE agents in Cedar-Riverside acting 'without regard for civil rights,' Minnesota rep says
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ICE agents in Cedar-Riverside acting 'without regard for civil rights,' Minnesota rep says
Minnesota's Somali communities are under threat from increased ICE enforcement in the state. State Rep. Mohamud Noor says his constituents are on edge.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/11/mohamud-noor-ice-agents-cedar-riverside-civil-rights
about 1 month ago
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MPR News
about 1 month ago
Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” officially entered the race for Minnesota governor Thursday in hopes of winning the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
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‘MyPillow Guy’ and Trump supporter Mike Lindell says he’s running for Minnesota governor in 2026
Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” says he’s running for Minnesota governor in 2026.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/11/mike-lindell-trump-supporter-and-mypillow-guy-running-for-minnesota-governor
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Jon Collins
about 1 month ago
A Minneapolis woman & American citizen was arrested early Tuesday after confronting ICE officers over the arrests of three neighbors in north Minneapolis. She appears to be the first observer arrested since ICE launched a Twin Cities immigration surge last week.
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Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/09/federal-agents-arrest-citizen-observer-watching-ice-north-minneapolis
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does anyone else think it’s weird that fair state brewing was purchased by a meat processing company
about 1 month ago
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