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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This November, your ballot will ask if Minnesota should modernize the State Constitution to get more funding to public schools – at zero cost to taxpayers. Vote YES. (Not voting is a "NO" vote, so do NOT skip this question!!!) Find out how much your district will receive here: voteyesmnstudents.org
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Vote Yes: Boost Funding for Minnesota Public Schools
Vote Yes for a constitutional amendment to boost Minnesota public school funding without raising taxes, benefiting every student statewide.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 20/09/2026
Vote YES on this year’s ballot’s school amendment supported by both Democrats & Republicans! “A question on the ballot Nov. 3 would change the state constitution to stabilize school funding ― and wouldn’t cost taxpayers a thing.” ow.ly/hyKg50ZPswJ
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Editorial | For Minnesota students, vote yes
A question on every Minnesotan's ballot Nov. 3 would change the state constitution to stabilize school funding ― but wouldn't cost taxpayers a thing, the Star Tribune Editorial Board writes.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today’s PSA: Anything you get like this is sus and should be deleted immediately. mnvotes.gov is all you need (or Google Minnesota Secretary of State). Protect your identity and vote early! In-person voting starts this Friday (Sept 18).
Jennifer, this website shows you registered since the last national election. Whether or not you voted is public record and MN voters are checking theirs ahead of the midterm. Includes a link they encourage you to click.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank. 
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Lisa @lisahemak.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Happy International Cat Day!
Two gray striped cats snuggling together on a blanket.
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Yesterday, it was a solar company in Mountain Iron which Trump policies closed. Today, Trump gutted the CDC, and poop lettuce destroyed the leafy green markets. He took out this business in Owatonna. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-bu...
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Minnesota lettuce grower may lay off dozens, close greenhouse this fall
The closure would impact all 89 employees at the facility.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 02/08/2026
Primary election day on Aug. 11 is approaching quickly. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about voting, registration and the timeline. Learn more about when and where to vote, how to register, voting early and absentee ballot details and more.
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The voting process: Answers to your voting and election questions in Minnesota
Election Day is approaching quickly. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the upcoming election. Learn more about when and where to vote, how to register, voting early and absente...
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Those years are not even too long ago
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/07/2026
BREAKING: The House voted 216-214 to pass a budget reconciliation bill that includes $10 billion worth of election-related grants for coaxing states into adopting anti-voting measures like those in the SAVE America Act. The vote takes Trump closer to enacting his anti-democratic pet proposal.
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House passes SAVE America Act anti-voting measures in budget reconciliation, stock trading bills
"This bill is a Trojan horse," one Democratic Representative said.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I want to pass Medicare for All. I want to ban prior authorization. The insurance companies don't. That's why they're backing Congresswoman Craig in this race.
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 03/07/2026
If Fourth of July fireworks aren’t your thing, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is offering a quieter light show. The annual Firefly Viewing Nights lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.
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Firefly viewing nights return to the U of M Arboretum with a silent fireworks show
A summer tradition at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please read and call. Flood the zone.
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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A post that reads "homosexuality is found in over 400 species

Homophobia is found in one"
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A right wing group is planning on protesting Champlin's Pride Community Picnic! I think we need to get all the #LGBTQIA+ positivity we can to Champlin next Thursday evening!
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In a new video, Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, warns that some modern parents are hindering their kids’ independence by choosing short-term convenience over teaching basic life skills. The IG post featuring the video is filled with comments from teachers agreeing with her that it’s a growing concern.
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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/06/2026
🚨NEWS: FBI records obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit reveal that a Butler County Sheriff’s deputy exchanged two emails with Trump shooter Thomas Crooks before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt. The records remain heavily redacted, concealing the nature of the communications.
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 31/05/2026
Do we know anyone in Baltimore free after 3pm today (Sunday 5/31) to play Kitten Transporter who can pick up and bring this girl to us in Elkton (or even to Bel Air) out of a rehoming situation?
A grey and white tuxedo kitten sits on her butt with her hind legs askew and looks at the camera
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026
Sen. Andy Kim: "It's a choice. Delaney Hall is run by GEO Group. GEO Group is getting a nearly $1 billion contract to run Delaney Hall. They tell me there is one full-time doctor for 800 detainees. They could have more doctors if they wanted to, but that's cutting into their profits."
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Pretty much every regulation was created because something really bad happened and someone got hurt or killed. Deregulation advantages billionaires and huge corporations, and almost always hurts real Americans.
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One of the best events of the Spring is here! @artsmia.bsky.social's #ArtInBloom is this Thursday through Sunday! The co-chair, #AmandaLuke and the President of Friends of the Institute #LizShort gave us a full run down! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...
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MIA's Art In Bloom - Liz Short and Amanda Luke
Celebrate spring with the Friends of the Institute and Mia with a month of Art in Bloom in April! Presented by the Friends, this year’s floral festival is blooming with more family events, hands-on wo
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2026
WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?
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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Not feeling good about giving my hard earned money to the oligarchs, to fund illegal & unnecessary "wars,"or fund any of this admin's crooked schemes. Not at all 'good.'
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A meio means halfway @ceu---azul.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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🦋🧈 monarchbuttery @monarchbuttery.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Chaska MN residents have been protesting every weekend for over a year now.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/03/2026
Please share widely!
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This is very sad. Immigration agents have arrested hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Left behind are their dogs, cats, bunnies & chickens. Many of these homeless pets are consigned to the streets. In MN, an animal-services agency recorded a 38% increase in stray, seized & relinquished cats & ⬇️
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Choice Cuts for 3/10, Cut 1: We are getting worse at weather prediction due to Trump. Sven Sundgaard had an explanation.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Oh Alice. Picked up as a stray in Arkansas and unclaimed. She was scheduled to be euthanized but caught a break and is coming to the Twin Cities. She needs a foster home and some love. new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...
Alice, a poodle lab mix
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Katie 😷 and Allegra 😼 @katiefromsocal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Maryland - adopt a dog, fees waved
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/02/2026
"People have to give birth in their homes in secret, because if they were to go to a hospital to have their baby, masked agents of the state would abduct them....This is lived reality right now. This is the country you live in." JVL and Tim Miller on what they saw in Minneapolis.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/02/2026
"This is Anne Frank territory; the stuff of the Stasi and East Germany, or Kosovo and Sarajevo. And the only way it ends is with victory for the regime or a reckoning for all those who waged this war against America." @jvl.bsky.social on what he saw in Minneapolis lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT
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What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis
The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A female ICE thug posing as a distressed motorist in neighborhoods of Brooklyn Park (63% non-white), MN, to entrap good samaritans. This is the same MO Ted Bundy used to lure his victims to their demise.
A female ICE thug posing as a distressed motorist in neighborhoods of Brooklyn Park (63% non-white), MN, to entrap good samaritans. This is the same MO Ted Bundy used to lure victims to their demise.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/02/2026
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Please call the Senate they will vote very soon on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Tell them to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140 (H.J. Res. 140).
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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mℝ. 尺𝓐Đ ⚛ ☮💗💙 Fascists, Eff Off! @bighiggahigga.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
At least 23 parents detained by ICE at one Columbia Heights school alone says superintendent | MPR News www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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At least 23 parents detained by ICE at one Columbia Heights school alone says superintendent
Columbia Heights has become one of the epicenters of the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown in the country and it’s rippling through the local school district.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A Minnesota resident, Teri Leigh, wrote on her Substack about the community coming together to help others during the invasion of the trump regime on their cities. She wants people to know about things not making the news. Here's just some it and her link: substack.com/@terileigh?u...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 25/01/2026
Wrote this how Minnesota winters may have faltered at keeping “the bad people out” this year but it still brought out the best in the good. Many of us now getting a taste of what MN endures every year, time to ask your neighbors how they’re doing. newrepublic.com/article/2054...
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The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance
The city’s rapid mobilization against ICE was aided greatly by a community with well-worn connections and a tradition of mutual aid. You can—and should—start building this resilience where you live.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This is who the Whittier neighborhood in Minneapolis is named for
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book Snow-Bound.
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