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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The President is a racist xenophobe who's weaponizing the government that belongs to us—we, the people—against public servants. It's an attack on Ilhan; an attack on our democracy; and another attack on the version of our country that Minnesotans have shown we will always fight for.

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey #baseball fans, and #MinnesotaTwins fans: an auction is live -Sept 17 on a collection that took 40+ years to build: vsaauctions.com/catalog.aspx... Rare, vintage, Negro League, signed balls, bats, rookie cards, etc Ruth, Cobb, Puckett, Killebrew, Molitor, Oliva, Carew, Hrbek, Fingers, Aaron

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly’s letter to Imagination Library graduates, with alt text

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/08/2026

Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time?  We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Psssst… Public artists (and those with aspirations to advance your artistic practice and contribute to public & civic life): These grants give you the freedom to bring your own idea for a project or to develop research. Must be based on Minnesota / the Native nations that share the same geography

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Some Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“I tried to stop” victim was heard to say bsky.app/profile/anys...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13/07/2026

With two people dead in Memphis in four days and one the same week in Houston, that's four people federal agents have shot and killed over just nine days. July 5: Tyrin Johnson July 7: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo July 8: Alfonso Ivy July 13: name not released yet

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Wonderwall @mnwonderwall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Soccer people are the best people, and Los Verdes, Austin Anthem, and La Murga de Austin are the best of the best. We're so grateful for their friendship and solidarity! As a thank you, we donated $500 to Casa Marianella, a local immigrant-support org. Much love y'all!

A donation receipt from The Wonderwall Collective reading "With love and solidarity, in response to the support shown to us by Austin's soccer community, from the supporters' groups of Minnesota United Football Club (Dark Clouds, Red Loons, True North Elite)

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Last spring we planted three young Serviceberry trees and a Northern Redbud in our backyard garden, and are thrilled to see their white and pink spring buds bloom after this long Minnesota winter.

Tender white blooms on a young Serviceberry tree with slender branches

Bright pink flower buds on a slim young Northern Redbud tree

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Legit feels like these tornado drill sirens are the state of MN sounding the alarm over the senate vote today to overturn the BWCA mining ban

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

At dentist this morning, he made small talk about construction at United Village. I said it’s nice to see development at the intersection but I don’t love that it’s private millionaires making all the decisions; he said he’s just learned to accept that’s the way it is. And that’s simply depressing.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/03/2026

Over the last 25 years, six people who contracted measles in the U.S. died from it. A model built by Stanford researchers predicts that if Americans could no longer get the vaccine, measles could kill about 290,000 people in the next 25 years.

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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony

Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It’s great to see the signed MN flag from the Austin FC supporters flying at Allianz. Thank you, @losverdesatx.bsky.social!

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

FUCK ICE chant after the moment of silence for Renee Good and Alex Perretti. #mnufc

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A chilly and joyful MNUFC home opener, with a 1-0 win over Cincinnati. The team looked fluid and should be fun to watch this season. It was great to see the Supporters’ tifo displayed. This is the third one I’ve helped make (they have volunteer shifts for tracing and painting).

Two smiling people at an MNUFC match wearing Loons fan gear, a “you are on Native land” hat, and a Rebel Loon button

The Supporters’ tifo suspended at Allianz Field depicts a massive Rebel Loon with the message “We have friends everywhere”

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 28/02/2026

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON
TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN
"The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic.

"Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.'

"Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people.

"Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different.

"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/02/2026

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our Somali neighbors make Minnesota better.

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Love seeing how creative folks are with fundraising and rent support.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws. You know, like a democracy.

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 20/02/2026

For a whole year, DHS hid that they murdered Ruben, a young man in Texas, after a traffic stop. Just like they did with Silverio, Renee, Keith, Alex, and Linda, they lied and avoided accountability. How many more people have to be executed before my colleagues realize that reforms are not enough?

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Third American death linked to ICE crackdown uncovered by Newsweek

While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 21/02/2026

Hey friends, the news cycle has moved on & donations/volunteers are way down… but we still need to feed our neighbors who don’t feel safe leaving home yet. We have been feeding 150 families/week & need more help! If I know you IRL & you want to help by grocery shopping this weekend, please DM me.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 20/02/2026

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is suspending evictions for its rental properties in response to the ICE surge. It's the first local government body in Minnesota to enact a rent moratorium because of immigration enforcement.

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Minneapolis Park Board puts moratorium on evictions

The action is the first in Minnesota as a result of the ICE crackdown. (And yes, the Park Board owns rental homes.)

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 14/02/2026

To commentate Valentine’s Day, community members and Recovery Bike Shop help put hearts along central at spots where our community members were taken. In the last 3 months at least 38 people have been taken around central Ave.

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 10/02/2026

We’re never going to turn our backs on our neighbors and stop exercising our constitutional rights. No amount of meetings with Tom Homan or anyone in the Trump administration will change our community’s resolve. This only ends when every DHS agent leaves and they no longer exist to terrorize us.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I’m excited to announce that my colleagues and I are proposing a $5 million program meant to support small businesses impacted by “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis. 1/

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Gentle reminder: The plural for “medium” is not “mediums.” The plural for “medium” is “media.” Eg: “Her medium of choice is photography” and “his media of choice are drawing, painting, and throwing dildos at ice agents’ vehicles.”

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Everybody has it backwards. Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies. They’re creating a world they control completely

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

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Lozaning @lozan.ing · 04/02/2026

You can just declare yourself Precinct Snack Chair, they can't stop you!

One of each pan dulce the bakery makes split, between a plastic bag and a big Tupperware container, sitting on top of two XL football pizzas

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 04/02/2026

I know they've told some real whoppers as they've been on their lawless rampage, but an ICE agent thinking he could get away with lying about shooting someone through the closed front door of a home is top notch. www.startribune.com/mn-venezuela...

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Federal judge orders release of two men in ICE shooting charged with assaulting immigration agents

Defense attorneys cited photos in challenging the government’s account of when the agent fired a shot that wounded the fleeing suspect.

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Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🌈 @rossraihala.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

There's a lot of news today, but if you haven't heard, Bruce Springsteen is playing First Avenue in, like, less than an hour from now. My colleague Jared Kaufman is there and I'll post a link to his story once it goes live.

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It’s official: Bruce Springsteen is now in Minneapolis for benefit concert

Rise Against, Al Di Meola and Ike Reilly are also on the bill along with a “very special guest.”

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

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)

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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 26/01/2026

On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti 1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park From Angry Catfish: “We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”

A flyer that says we ride in unity, for all for Alex, with Alex’s face on it
Saturday 1/31
1:00 meet 130 roll
Wagshburn fair oaks park
Ride together stand together

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

When my husband and I visited Palm Springs 5 years ago, he told a park ranger about how he used to live in Palm Springs and that it was fun to be back as a tourist. The ranger asked where we lived now, and was told Minnesota. Their face twisted in shocked revulsion, they asked, “Why would you

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

how (if at all) can we support the minnesota general strike on friday from afar?

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Forecast Public Art @forecastpublicart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

To our MN community: we support you and are with you in solidarity. We want to support the courageous artists bearing witness to what is happening to Minnesotans. Because of you, history will not forget. We're offering 20 small $1,000 grants to MN-based artists & culture bearers who are documenting

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Jen Dolen @jendolen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is torture. State-sponsored thugs willfully hurting someone.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.

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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I was supposed to be in bed an hour ago but sending links and videos to people so they know to avoid the green gas (zinc chloride). Once a lab steward, always a lab steward. Seriously, I was a chemist twenty years ago, you do NOT want heavy metal toxicity. It fucks you up in weird ways.

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The world is terrible but the kids (of St. Paul, MN) are alright.

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