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Lifelong Minnesotan, descendant of Norwegian immigrants. There's no justification for dehumanizing others. I want MN flag & loon emojis.

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Project True North @projtruenorth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership."
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 01/10/2026
The family of Renee Good has filed two civil lawsuits in the wake of her killing by a federal agent during Operation Metro Surge.
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Renee Good's family files civil lawsuits against U.S., federal agents
The family of Renee Good has filed two civil lawsuits against the United States, a federal agent and officials for the January shooting and death of Renee Good. Her family is expected to speak later T...
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Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com · 30/09/2026
Today's events have shown it's time to initiate a recall petition. The city charter describes the process, which seems to be similar to petitioning for a ballot referendum. Who can help get this going? Her's mismanagement needs to end.
Sec. 8.07. - Recall.
Any person holding an elective office, other than an office created by special law, may be removed by recall. The petition shall state at the head of each page a demand for the removal of the officer, the office held, and a brief description of the grounds for recall.
(Ord. No. 17665, § 6, 6-29-89)
Sec. 8.07.1.
If the council finds a recall petition to be sufficient, it shall notify the officer involved and announce the same at its next meeting. Any officer so named may resign within five (5) calendar days after being notified as to the sufficiency of the petition. If the officer does not resign, a recall election shall be held.
(Ord. No. 17665, 3 6, 6-29-89)
Sec. 8.07.2.
Within ten (10) days after the council has found the petition to be sufficient, it shall order a special election to be held within sixty (60) days to determine whether the officer shall be removed.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sharing my comments from today’s meeting of the City Council, related to the hiring of outside counsel to represent Mayor Her in the lawsuit brought by Chief Henry. The full audio of the meeting is available here: stpaul.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=....
On April 1st of this year, the City was notified by Chief Henry’s attorney that the Mayor was being accused of engaging in illegal conduct toward City employees, and that litigation was reasonably foreseeable. 

Today, one day shy of six months later, the City finally saw fit to discuss the matter in a closed door session with this City Council.

In the six months during which the Council and the public have been kept entirely in the dark by the administration, an external law firm has already been engaged at tax payers expense to investigate the allegations of repeated sexual harassment and other inappropriate workplace conduct by the Mayor. 

Neither the Council or the public has been informed of the total cost of that investigation. Neither the Council or the public has seen the report.

While vague media reports have circulated that the report will be made public soon, we’re left with the allegations in the Chief’s 73-page complaint and the investigation summary prepared by an employee of the Mayor herself that finds that the Mayor engaged in “offensive and inappropriate behavior,” “created an uncomfortable work environment” for City employees, and “sent inappropriate text messages” to at least two City employees.Today, the Council is effectively being asked to write a blank check with taxpayers’ money to a law firm that, frankly, is a law firm that I take great issue with—just minutes, literally minutes, after this body was provided for the first time was provided with any sort of update related to this matter. 

This is no way to run a city. The lack of transparency, the refusal to provide the Council with the information necessary to fulfill our duties as a co-equal branch of government, and the lack of respect for the residents of the City is unacceptable. And yet, as the Council President explained, we effectively have no choice in this matter. If we choose not to retain outside counsel today, then we are opening up the City to additional liability and the risk that the Mayor herself could sue the City for refusing to hire outside counsel. 

We are in a horrible position and we have very few options. I am incredibly frustrated by the vote that we are being asked to take today. I am incredibly frustrated by the timeline on which we are being asked to take it and the fact that we will be spending unknown sums of money, significant sums of money, defending against claims we know nothing about—despite the fact that our money has already been used to investigate those very claims. 

So while I will vote yes for this resolution today, I want to be very clear about the legal limitations that require, from my perspective, that vote—and the immense frustration and disappointment at being asked to take this vote today.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In which I take issue with the notion that colleges place too high a value on writing. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-a-colle...
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I’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.
It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing!
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 30/09/2026
The day of remembrance, held annually on Sept. 30, recognizes the history of Native American boarding schools, which were established to assimilate Native children into Western culture.
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'Understand the fight': Events honor survivors, families of Native boarding schools
Communities across Minnesota are gathering to honor those impacted by Native American boarding schools.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Anders @derzquist.net · 29/09/2026
I knew Mayor Her was hostile to unions based on interactions she had with union members while a state rep, but hiring a union-busting law firm to deal with her sexual harassment scandal is just a cherry on top of shit
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 29/09/2026
A Cornell student’s lawsuit has sparked feminist outrage—and raised urgent questions about why survivors so often need public pressure to make institutions act.
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'To Catch a Predator' at Cornell
A Cornell student’s lawsuit has sparked feminist outrage and raised questions about why survivors so need public pressure to make institutions act.
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Tolkkinen: This rural Minnesota piano tuner keeps an apartment in Dubai
In the midst of silos, pastures and woodlands, we had front-row seats to a performance worthy of a U.S. president.
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Todd Kolod💙 @toddkolod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I visited today the gravesite of Paul Wellstone in Minneapolis. His wife and daughter were also killed in the plane crash in 2002. On the pink granite stone there is a shrine which includes ‘I voted’ stickers. May this be an inspiration to all of us. 🌊
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
During the 2 World Wars, women in Europe used knitting for spying, including encoding messages with combinations of knits/purls...find out more in #UnravellingWomensArt the 1st @womensart1 book, along with many more wonderful and sometimes weird textile art facts....!
Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting woman, with only her middle in view   knitting in a patterned dress
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Feminegra @feminegra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What Dolly Parton, Chadwick Boseman and Malcolm-Jamal Warner Teach Us About Estate Planning Dolly Parton spent decades building one of the most carefully managed brands in… feminegra.com/what-dolly-parton-cha…
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What Dolly Parton, Chadwick Boseman and Malcolm-Jamal Warner Teach Us About Estate Planning
Dolly Parton spent decades building one of the most carefully managed brands in entertainment. Less than a month after her death, one of the people closest to that machine, her nephew and longtime security chief Bryan Seaver — lost his job. And so begins the tale as old as time: a wealthy person dies and, before the flowers have wilted, the estate drama begins. At first, the story looked painfully familiar. A famous person dies. Family members lose jobs. Lawyers appear. Everyone starts whispering about money. Then the court papers arrived.
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"We Are the River: How the Mississippi Shaped Minnesota" is a terrific film, highly recommend. Available on Minnesota PBS Passport.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 17/09/2026
One sign explains this historical relationship between Indigenous communities and Como Lake. Another sign highlights a story that is not well known. With vibrant colors and imagery of a canoe on blue waters, the sign tells the history of a Dakota woman named Háza Íŋyaŋka Wiŋ.
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New signs connect Como Lake visitors with Dakota history and language
New signage at Como Regional Park in St. Paul shares the lake’s history, ecosystem and wildlife in six languages, including the Dakota language. Two signs highlight Como Lake's cultural significance t...
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We needed this rain
Man enjoys the rain with arms outstretched, without using his hat or umbrella
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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Why does no one in power even pretend anymore to support a health care system with such humanity at its core? Instead, both political parties have protected a status quo utterly devoid of it, that routinely leaves patients to fight for their lives..." www.vanityfair.com/story/health...
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My Insurer Denied My Cancer Treatment—and My Humanity. So I Emailed the CEO
At 36, Elizabeth Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer. After her insurance company refused to pay for a new form of chemotherapy, she took a direct approach. As Luigi Mangione’s trial brings the ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We have been asked the question. Now we must answer. Can we find it in ourselves to meet the far-right international’s challenge with strength, conviction, and a proud commitment to a vision of democratic pluralism that is so much grander that what the right is able to imagine?
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵
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A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy
MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"The Life and Times of Molly Ivins" (2019) is back on Netflix. I miss Molly Ivins.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Canada will never forget.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day, thank a union. For weekends. For 8-hour work days. For minimum wages. For the right to strike. For safety standards in the workplace. For paid overtime and paid leave. For so much more.
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/09/2026
“While for some such renaming might seem less important than the big problems the country faces, there is a formal process in the United States for renaming places, and that process is taken seriously,” Innisfree McKinnon wrote for The Conversation. to.pbs.org/4gNED1w
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Lake Ontario to 'Lake America': Who gets to decide what goes on maps?
A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One of the most frightening things about the Republican attempt to overthrow our democracy is how many people are completely unaware that the Republicans are attempting to overthrow our democracy.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is the sort of story that Bluesky mostly seems to ignore but I guarantee has large political ramifications in real life. Rural America is getting hosed by this administration from all sorts of angles and that won't go unnoticed. MAGA's understanding of "rural" is an exurban poser.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 03/09/2026
Have questions about our midterms? We have answers. Check out our Election FAQ page for straightforward answers to things like: 🤔 Can Trump legally “nationalize” our elections? 🤔 How is voter fraud properly addressed? protectdemocracy.org/election-faqs
A graphic with the text: "The president has no power over elections. The Constitution gives states—not the president—authority over elections." It includes "I Voted" stickers and a link: protectdemocracy.org/election-faqs.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Her own feminist awakening didn’t come until her mid-30s, when...she attended a 'speak out' of women discussing their illegal abortions. Charismatic, articulate, media savvy, deeply empathetic & a workaholic, she evolved into a political & cultural force." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@smith.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com, ditto from me
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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Years ago, residents fixing up Victorian homes near Swede Hollow Park turned around an entire block of drug dens on E. 7th. They bought and converted a 1900 building into Swede Hollow Cafe. After 29 years of caramel rolls under 4 owners, it closed Monday. Next up: www.twincities.com/2026/09/01/s...
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St. Paul: Sauna company plans to move into former Swede Hollow Cafe space
Jenny Niemela, a corporate communications consultant, has announced plans to open Finn Hollow, a cafe and sauna-based retreat center, in the same building.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you can't get along with Canada, you are really not very good at diplomacy.
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Noelle Cook @noellecook.com · 31/08/2026
Gen X, this is our retirement they’re talking about. Maybe we don’t say “whatever” this time.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Jesus, Google Earth: Have some dignity. Two views just now:
Map with Lake Ontario simply listed as Lake America.Map with "Lake Ontario (Lake America)"
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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Minnesota Truth Council begins process of documenting impact of federal immigration operations • Minnesota Reformer
A truth council assembled by Gov. Tim Walz heard testimony for the first time Wednesday from people who say they were harmed by the thousands of federal immigration agents sent to Minnesota this winte...
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:
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The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side
This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.
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Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We asked a dietician how to eat a little healthier at this year's Minnesota State Fair More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifest…
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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#Minnesota is the tiniest little provincial state - the excitement over the fish being stocked in the #DNR pond and the FishCam going live at the #MNStateFair you have no idea! www.dnr.state.mn.us/statefair/we...
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Recorded FishCam from the Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota DNR FishCam.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You can take the kid out of band, but you can’t take band out of the kid.
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Weekend cleanse - scene from a morning walk in Saint Paul's Shadow Falls Park above the Mississippi River
Babbling stream in woods with sunlight dappling some overhanging tree branches
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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I like Bluesky's mute & block functions so much that I wish I could use them during TV commercial breaks. It seems like I see the same handful of obnoxious ads on aggressive repeat and it's aggravating.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Caught up with Minnesota’s foremost ICE Air tracker @ottergoose.net yesterday as the 5000th detainee was flown out of MSP by ICE contractors. We talked about post-Metro Surge flight patterns, his appearance in undercover agents’ surveillance reports and more.
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Independent ICE flight tracker marks 5000th detainee deported from MSP • Minnesota Reformer
On the hot tarmac of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a man in a gray sweatsuit slowly climbed the steps to board an Eastern Airlines flight bound first for Alexandria,...
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 19/08/2026
Grand jury proceedings are generally secret. But the Justice Department’s actions have been more scrutinized since a federal judge in Chicago uncovered prosecutorial misconduct in a case involving anti-ICE activists, which led to charges being dropped.
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Judge orders full review of grand jury materials in St. Paul church protest case
A federal judge has ordered prosecutors to turn over a broader set of grand jury materials for review in the case against 38 people charged in connection with a January anti-ICE protest at Cities Chur...
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Elizabeth @elizabethc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It's worse than I'd have guessed and so, so foolish. We need to make a serious recommitment to public health.
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Fossilized Tree Sap @amberrl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I am once again begging people to realize that elections have consequences. If Klob loses, she will keep her senate seat and go on with her life. Meanwhile, Demuth will make life in Minnesota a living hell for all of us. She will undo all of the progress we’ve made.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“We know the truth, and we will not be intimidated." Unions and community orgs have released a statement responding to reports about federal surveillance of Minnesota's movements against ICE.
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Sign-on Statement: Community, Labor, Faith Groups Call for Solidarity as Federal Government Targets Minnesotans Who Organized Against ICE Violence
Please Note: Additional context may be added to the introductory paragraphs if new information is released, but only if necessary. Community, Labor, Faith Groups Call for Solidarity as Federal Gove...
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