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Minnesota Star Tribune. Your source for dumpster fires. I think you're pretty great.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
6 days ago
The Minnesota Star Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for its coverage of a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church last summer.
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Star Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Annunciation shooting
The newsroom last won the award for coverage of the George Floyd murder and following unrest.
https://bit.ly/4wekU1O
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Mateo
7 days ago
Unfazable Minneapolis
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Laura G Mitchell
7 days ago
This is Minneapolis:
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Minneapolis May Day Parade 2026 (Southside Battletrain)
YouTube video by Laura Mitchell
https://youtu.be/HjpsOJD28zI
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Adam Smith
8 days ago
The flotilla of ducks at the annual Minnehaha Creek Duck Race in Minneapolis!
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Look, I know the world is burning but I'm going to need everyone to stop and read Laura Yuen's update on Lloyd the lovelorn turkey.
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Yuen: Will Minnesotaâs most famous turkey ever get the girl?
After his hen companion died, a lonely pet turkey with a global fan base spiraled â and then, against all odds, searched for love.
https://www.startribune.com/yuen-48000-fans-zero-game-will-lloyd-minnesotas-most-famous-turkey-ever-get-the-girl/601650823?utm_source=gift
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Kevin Morris
11 days ago
I am unspeakably angry about this turnout gap figure, and it gives insight into the whole ballgame for gutting the VRA. Alito points out that Black turnout exceeded White turnout twice in 5 elections. The argument is garbage 1/x
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Will Jones
11 days ago
Tell the Star Tribune why you stopped shopping at Target.
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Vic Thorstenson
12 days ago
Glad to see that
@stribrooks.bsky.social
piece on the state flag included a portion of the Mary Eastman poem about the old state seal, which was the centerpiece of the old flag.
www.startribune.com/one-minnesot...
The whole disgusting thing should be read at every hearing to reject the new flag.
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Mischief Toy Store
12 days ago
So underwhelming that we've had trouble keeping MN flags in stock! They sell faster than we can order them. đ Rest assured tho, we just got in a huge reorder from
@flagsforgood.com
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Judgment. This is why I could never cover courts.
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Tammy
17 days ago
Ice shove on Lake Bemidji
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Thomas Lecaque
18 days ago
Hegseth's repeal of universal flu vaccines is nonsense on so many levels, but his claim vaccine mandates were an "era of betrayal" irked me as a historian. Here's my response, in
@thebulwark.com
this morning;
www.thebulwark.com/p/george-was...
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George Washingtonâs Woke Vaccines
What the Founders would have thought about Pete Hegseth lifting the requirement that service members get the flu vaccine.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/george-washington-woke-vaccines-hegseth-flu
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DrSinBin
22 days ago
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
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Twin Cities Geek
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John Moe
about 1 month ago
Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and weâre not giving it up.
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
BERMAN: Do you think Congress should have a vote if the United States is going to make a whole civilization die? MIKE LAWLER: John, you are parsing here BERMAN: I was quoting
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Ryan Goodman
about 1 month ago
âActs or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.â Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2
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Ian Coldwater đ§đ«
about 1 month ago
This is literally just people celebrating Eid al Adha
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Adam Bonin
about 1 month ago
The winner of this year's WaPo Peeps Diorama Contest is "A Shaming of the Shoes."
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Aaaaaarrrgh someone catalytic converternapped my catalytic converter.
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Carl Quintanilla
about 1 month ago
St. Paul, MN
@reuters.com
#NoKings
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Erica
about 2 months ago
Someone in Howe made a bracket to name an albino squirrel and this delights me very much
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See you, Midway CVS!
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about 2 months ago
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I moseyed up to the Midway CVS to see if it was a pile of bricks yet and it wasnât. But I did get to see a backhoe move very slightly, then stop moving.
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Vision boarding tomorrowâs alleged demolition of the Midway CVS. Pew pew pew!
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Abby Sliva
about 2 months ago
Bug Ballet đ©°đ·ïžđ (interview of Orren w
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filmed by me + clips of the performance from Pine Holtz!)
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Ian Gaida
about 2 months ago
Spotted at Central Library
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Anders
about 2 months ago
Reminder for the first annual
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Alex Baumhardt
2 months ago
A reminder that Minnesota as a whole sends more revenue to the federal government than it gets back, and on a per capita basis Minnesotans contribute more revenue to the federal government than residents of almost every other state in the nation.
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Without realizing it, I've been training for the Olympics for years.
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I think I liked it better when my hometownâs best-known export was that 2011 tiger massacre.
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âDon Colossus,â a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/trump-statue-don-colossus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.0Sji.rFOX6qiMjIZ8&smid=url-share
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If you think Minnesotans sat around and waited for some politician to tell them to protect their neighbors, oh honey. You don't know Minnesotans at all.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
3 months ago
Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez said the âresiliency, strength, and dedicationâ of neighbors and immigrant residents have led to the announcement that Operation Metro Surge will soon end. Chavezâs uncle was deported during the federal surge in Minnesota
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Live: Border czar says ICE surge in Minnesota will soon end
âMinneapolis is safer because of the cooperation we got,â Homan said, noting that the drawdown will happen over the next week.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
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Mother Jones
3 months ago
This ice âfish-fluencerâ wants ICE to get out of Minnesota. Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out. "Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
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Elizabeth Shockman
3 months ago
The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist
@samstroozas.bsky.social
@mprnews.org
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FactPost
3 months ago
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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ProPublica
3 months ago
NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICEâs Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Bluesky Chicago Regino Troubleshooting Bureau Chief
3 months ago
Well,
@anamariecox.bsky.social
and
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and other Minnesotans? MILAN HEARD YOU.
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Matt DeLong
3 months ago
âChildrenâs Minnesota is suspending gender-affirming care in response to threats by the Trump administration to cut off millions of dollars in federal funding that keep its pediatric clinics and hospitals running.â
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Childrenâs suspends gender-affirming care amid Trump funding threats
Trump administration move would cut Medicaid, Medicare funding to health care systems that continue to provide surgeries, medications that support gender transitions.
https://www.startribune.com/childrens-suspends-gender-affirming-care-amid-trump-funding-threats/601576227
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Jon Collins
3 months ago
âIf I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again â this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.â
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasnât stopped them from protecting their communities.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/pursued-by-federal-agents-suburban-ice-observers-remain-resolved
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I am so mad at a groundhog right now.
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Jon Collins
3 months ago
Must read: "Holding facilities were so crowded that immigrants in one cell had to take turns lying down because there was no space, according to a refugee detained there for one night in January. Basic human needs like food and medical care were sometimes denied."
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âNo humanityâ: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they canât visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says âall detainees receive full due process.â
https://www.startribune.com/no-humanity-detainees-describe-conditions-inside-whipple-federal-building/601566788?from_app=1&darkmode=System&from_mobile=1&utm_source=webview
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My cousins sent me a gas mask đ„č
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Kyle Tran Myhre
3 months ago
"I find myself wondering if I still have a home here in Minnesota, in America, in the world of the people who get to decide who is valuable and who is not, who belongs and who does not, who lives and who dies." - Kao Kalia Yang, one of the best writers in MN and in the rest of the universe
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Letter From Minnesota: âIf They Take Me and Leave the ChildrenâŠâ
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as fâŠ
https://lithub.com/letter-from-minnesota-if-they-take-me-and-leave-the-children/
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Bruce Springsteen
3 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. Itâs 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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Isi Baehr-Breen
3 months ago
I talked a little in this piece I wrote about ilhan last month that sheâs a big fan of combat sports, and the way that influences her treatment of politics. Last night you saw her first response to a physical threat was to square up and cock a fist. Case in point.
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Why Ilhan Omar Makes the Right Lose Its Mind
Trump and his MAGA allies want people like Omar to vanish from this countryâand they hate her for refusing to do so.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ilhan-omar-trump-attacks/
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Ilhan Omar
3 months ago
Iâm ok. Iâm a survivor so this small agitator isnât going to intimidate me from doing my work. I donât let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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