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🔍reporter at @san.com 📌@IRE_NICAR | @NatPress #NPFWidening fellow. 📧 knurse@san.com for story tips, pitches and dogs 🚨 nurse is my last name, not profession

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2026
At least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running this year in local, state and federal primary and general elections. One expert said tribal sovereignty and protection of tribal lands have likely spurred candidates to run.
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A record number of Native Americans are running in the 2026 midterms
At least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running in local, state and federal primary and general elections this year — a record number.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
an athlete lost control of her bowels during a hyrox beijing race. the incident spoke to a bigger problem plaguing the fitness industry where people are harming their bodies in a quest to show they're the best, fastest and strongest, via @san.com san.com/cc/as-marath...
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As marathon season awaits, the ‘Hyrox incident’ leaves some worried fitness has gone too far
Marathon season is here! Athletes are gearing up for the 26.2-mile run and train with worries for others, fearing fitness has gone too far.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
tribes within the U.S. are in court, suing federal and state governments to get their treaties enforced and ensure their civil rights. Natives and lawyers who spoke to @san.com said it's a monumental moment, san.com/cc/the-us-do...
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The US doesn’t sign tribal treaties anymore, but the 374 intact are still winning court cases
Lawsuits persists against federal and state governments as Native American tribes say their treaties must be respected. They're securing major wins.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
it's sad how the decimation of local news is becoming accepted in society and not an alarming problem that must be addressed
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
sen. john fetterman's former staffers teased on x they could be dropping new statements and photos when the senate reconvenes later this month after a wsj exclusive revealed the senator has eschewed senate duties, via @san.com san.com/cc/former-fe...
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Former Fetterman staffers create social media account to expose former boss
A Wall Street Journal report on Sen. John Fetterman skipping out on meetings led former staffers to create an X account alleging more to come.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
got some spare change and a credit/debit card? use it to be a founding subscriber to @san.com as we launched subscriptions today! san.com/cc/welcome-t...
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Welcome to a new era for Straight Arrow
Support our mission to fearlessly produce news without bias. Access more stories, newsletters and trusted reporting.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
commercials from @haleyformi.bsky.social and A Stronger Michigan PAC have voters thinking @barackobama.bsky.social endorsed her as they touted the Rep's connection with him it reached @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and begs the question: is it legal? via @san.com san.com/cc/did-obama...
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Did Obama, UAW endorse Haley Stevens? No, but voters think so
Former President Barack Obama hasn't made an endorsement decision in the U.S. Senate race in Michigan. Ads have voters thinking otherwise
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
an error the @nypost.com st made in a story stated unauth. immigrations caused a 30% spike in housing costs. except they didnt. and the story reached the highest level of government, via @san.com san.com/cc/a-newsroo...
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A newsroom mistake about immigration-fueled housing costs turned into a GOP talking point
A statistic on unauthorized immigration is being misstated and spread amongst Republicans and the White House, fueling debates.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
. @kalshiofficial.bsky.social is advertising and getting people to place bets on the FIFA World Cup with the knockout stage in full gear. if you live in michigan, you won't see new ads. or be able to place bets, via @san.com san.com/cc/kalshi-bl...
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Kalshi blocked in certain states just as the World Cup betting heats up
Bets are paused on Kalshi for Michiganders as the platform fights against the state on who gets to regulate prediction markets: states or the U.S.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 24/06/2026
lol did they now
The New York Times report on Brad lander winning, riddled with TKsOn Tuesday lander said TK
Goldman said TK
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
the tax on social media companies could bring in $200M in revenue for illinois. the venture is tricky as @thefireorg.bsky.social says the law violates the 1st amendment & would hit any site with a social component like @substack.com and @alltrails.bsky.social via @san.com san.com/cc/illinois-...
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Illinois balances budget with new $200 million social media tax that tracks in-state users
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a first-in-the-nation statewide tax levy against social media platforms. Its impact stretches beyond Meta and TikTok.
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Derek Mead @dmead.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New from @krystalrnurse.bsky.social : Letitia James has received hundreds of hostile, racist messages to the public comment portal the AG office set up for ICE enforcement complaints: san.com/cc/ny-ag-let...
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NY AG Letitia James gets hundreds of taunts, racial slurs in ICE public reporting portal
The state attorney sought to solicit tips about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s behavior. People sent her vulgar and racist messages instead.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
exclusive: @newyorkstateag.bsky.social sought the public's help in gathering tips about @icegov.bsky.social's conduct in the empire state. she instead received more than 100 submissions calling her the N-word, taunting her and wishing sexual abuse, via @san.com san.com/cc/ny-ag-let...
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NY AG Letitia James gets hundreds of taunts, racial slurs in ICE public reporting portal
The state attorney sought to solicit tips about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s behavior. People sent her vulgar and racist messages instead.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
turns out, if you bought an iphone when it debuted in 2007, it's likely you contributed to the nation's declining fertility rate. that is, if you also account for the Great Recession, via @san.com san.com/cc/new-study...
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New study blames iPhones for a significant drop in US fertility rates through the recession
Did you own an iPhone between 2007 and 2011? It could have helped reduce the nation’s fertility rate, so could other things.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
gov whitmer's photo op with @samaltmann.bsky.social at a data center being built in saline twp. drew sharp criticism as residents opposed the project. it could jeopardize her political future @juvenjacob.bsky.social said, via @san.com san.com/cc/a-data-ce...
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A data center photo op with Sam Altman sparks political fury for Gretchen Whitmer
A photo with an artificial intelligence company executive at a data center is testing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s political future.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
a rhode island bill wants to close a legal loophole a judge feared parents would exploit in truancy hearings. it instead is likely to make homeschooling more difficult, via @san.com san.com/cc/homeschoo...
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Homeschoolers call a truancy bill in Rhode Island a public school power grab
Truancy is an issue in Rhode Island. Legislators turned to a loophole homeschool advocates say is punitive.
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 13/05/2026
South Carolina Republicans passed and adopted a congressional map in 2022 that gave Democrats one district. They fear it is unconstitutional. san.com/cc/south-car...
South Carolina governor may defy Legislature, call special redistricting session
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
the EVs are sold in Canada and Mexico around $24,000 USD — half the average cost in the US. congress doesn't want them in, claiming they're a cybersecurity threat. one scholar said the zero-sum approach hinders innovation and harms consumers, via @san.com san.com/cc/canada-an...
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Canada and Mexico allow Chinese EVs into their markets. Why not the US?
Lawmakers in Congress introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act to ban Chinese EVs in the U.S. They’re already in Canada and Mexico.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
yet another lawsuit has hit openaI, this time alleging its chatgpt advised the florida state uni shooter about potential victims and which weapons to use, via @san.com san.com/cc/widow-cla...
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Widow claims ChatGPT gave FSU shooter tips on who to target, guns to use
A widow filed the lawsuit Sunday, accusing the artificial intelligence developer of not safeguarding its chatbot against misuse.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
new analysis from home economics revealed that millennial fathers are outpacing older generations in time spent with kids. it comes as @UCIrvine prof. noted it mirrors the change in gender roles, via @san.com san.com/cc/millennia...
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Millennial dads lapping their fathers on diaper duty and doctor visits
Research suggests millennial fathers are opting to spend more time with their children and less in front of the television, a pivot from their fathers.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 04/05/2026
every trans person has been effectively drummed out of the mainstream media but you can be a pulitzer finalist if you look around the situation that your fucking newspaper helped create and go “wow so this is pretty interesting huh”
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 04/05/2026
new york times pulitzer finalists for their podcast series about trans youth where they don't really talk to any actual trans people. good shit....great shit!
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
a man joked online to buy Spirit Airlines. it's turned into an $88M campaign facing a large hiccup: Spirit is selling off its assets. more broadly, @marcscribner.com of @reason.com said low profit margins and Spirit's debt stands in the way, via @san.com san.com/cc/an-online...
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An online movement to resurrect Spirit Airlines has amassed millions in pledged funding
What once started out as a joke has become an $88 million movement for one man to buy Spirit Airlines. The venture faces a steep uphill battle.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
fun fact: Costco sold 157.4 million rotisserie chickens globally in 2025. none of which could be purchased in America with SNAP. Congress proposed to change that, via @san.com san.com/cc/a-7-rotis...
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A $7 rotisserie chicken can feed a family, but not with SNAP. That could change
Rotisserie chickens exploded in popularity for their versatility and low-cost option to create meals. Congress wants to allow SNAP recipients to buy them.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
changes made to SNAP forced some singles to come to terms they need to meet new work rules, among other things. read about it via @san.com san.com/cc/work-for-...
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
the one big beautiful bill's effects are playing out today as certain immigrants are finding themselves ineligible for SNAP benefits as of april 1, via @san.com san.com/cc/usda-stat...
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USDA, states begin removing certain immigrants from SNAP rolls
A new change nullifying certain noncitizens’ eligibility for SNAP benefits is now in effect, potentially affecting 1.5 million people.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
the state department has officially started vetting social media accounts of certain immigrant and nonimmigrant visa-holders seeking admittance to the U.S., via @san.com san.com/cc/state-dep...
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State Department begins immigrant social media vetting this week
Entering the U.S. on a visa or applying for one? You’ll now need to provide five years of yours and your dependents’ social media accounts.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
the search for nancy guthrie continues on as her family pleads for her return. and she's of a group of more than 26,000 americans still missing today, including 62-year-old cristina ase of @vancouverus.bsky.social, via @san.com san.com/cc/nancy-gut...
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Nancy Guthrie is missing. So are 26,000 other Americans.
Nancy Guthrie is one of more than 26,000 people who are actively missing in the United States. Publicity could help locate them.
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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
NEW: The Portland Police Bureau is telling residents to temporarily avoid submitting information through Crime Stoppers after a data breach revealed by @ddosecrets.org & I exposed 8.3 million records san.com/cc/portland-...
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Portland police urge residents to avoid Crime Stoppers following hack
The Portland Police Bureau said to temporarily avoid submitting information through Crime Stoppers after a data breach first reported by SAN.
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 20/03/2026
Colorado officials face a class action lawsuit for the state’s practice of holding youth in pretrial detention beyond judges' release orders. san.com/cc/boys-laws...
Boys’ lawsuit claims Colorado has jailed them months past court-ordered releases
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Russ McNamara @rpmcnamara.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Weiss is a complete moron who has no idea how actual news gathering works. She has zero experience to be making these decisions. Failing upward every step of the way.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
seeing the way people are responding to the taylor Frankie paul domestic violence allegations shows we still have a long way to go in believing and supporting male survivors
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/03/2026
From inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence survivor began collecting others’ stories of abuse. Many prisoners, 156 in all, shared harrowing accounts that shaped a new Oklahoma law.
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A Secret Survey From Inside a Women’s Prison Tells Stories of Domestic Abuse Untold in Court
From inside a women’s prison in Oklahoma, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse. Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sente...
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I want you to take a vow with me. “I will never piss off Afroman, and if I cross Afroman I promise to make amends immediately.”
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
afroman is finding himself at the center of controversy as seven officers say his music video on their raid defamed him. unfazed by litigation, the rapper released more videos as his case goes to a jury trial, via @san.com san.com/cc/afroman-r...
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Afroman rapped about a raid on his home. A jury will decide whether he defamed the police
Joseph “Afroman” Foreman faces a defamation lawsuit from seven Ohio deputies about a 2023 music video. He released another set of videos ahead of the trial.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Truly a perfect news alert
NBC News poll

Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
which account will i forget exists next, bluesky or threads
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Eleanor from outside @theboatfromjaws.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames
A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
a FOIA request from @weareoversight.bsky.social ight revealed ICE fatally shot Ruben Ray Martinez in march 2025. a witness wrote a statement about what he saw and was preparing to notarize it. he was killed in a single-car crash saturday, via @san.com san.com/cc/ice-fatal...
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ICE fatally shot a Texas man in March 2025. The lone witness just died.
An oversight organization revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn’t report a 2025 fatal shooting.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
all because of dirty snow
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13/02/2026
“It’s our position that whether you’re an independent journalist or a corporate journalist, you should be afforded the same rights under the law and under the Constitution,” FPF's Trevor Timm told @krystalrnurse.bsky.social.
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Who counts as a journalist? Arrests, access fights put press freedom on trial
The rapid expansion of independent journalists has brought on new questions about the First Amendment protections they’re afforded.
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
so that story gaining traction about the national park service allegedly whitewashing a mississippi civil right monument? turns out details aren't as clear-cut as presented via @san.com san.com/cc/report-of...
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Report of attempted whitewashing at Mississippi civil rights monument under dispute
Reports conflict about the National Park Service’s attempt to update brochures on Medgar Evers, who was killed by a white supremacist in 1963.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Texas man arrested after he started fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
mugshot of Texas man on left, high schoolers have him in headlock on right
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 03/02/2026
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9
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krystal nurse @krystalrnurse.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
attorney general pam bondi made an announcement the other day saying 16 Minnesotans were charged with assaulting, interfering or intimidating federal officers. their court cases tell a complex story, via @san.com san.com/cc/thrown-eg...
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Thrown eggs, spit, fire extinguishers all alleged in charges for 16 Minneapolis protestors
Court documents reveal what led to assault charges for 14 out of the 16 people Attorney General Pam Bondi called rioters.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

“We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”
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