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madi mcvan

@madisonmcvan.bsky.social
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reporter @ minnesota reformer covering immigration and more. posting about sports sometimes too. texan in st. paul. eng/esp

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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 2h
"A.I. tools condition people to expect immediate responses and deny them the experience of working through challenges, the authors say, which is crucial for skill development and one of the strongest predictors of long-term learning."
nytimes.com
Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy?
We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 2h
The filing of a misconduct complaint against Minnesota federal judges is an escalation of an ongoing fight between the Justice Department and the Minnesota bench, as the DOJ prosecutes a number of controversial cases stemming from Operation Metro Surge.
minnesotareformer.com
Justice Department alleges misconduct by ‘all but one’ Minnesota federal judge • Minnesota Reformer
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a judicial misconduct complaint to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, accusing “all but one” of Minnesota’s federal district judges of unethical conduct, Att...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 2h
on today's complaint filed by the DOJ against nearly every member of the minnesota federal bench — an escalation in an ongoing battle between DOJ and judges here
minnesotareformer.com
Justice Department alleges misconduct by ‘all but one’ Minnesota federal judge • Minnesota Reformer
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a judicial misconduct complaint to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, accusing “all but one” of Minnesota’s federal district judges of unethical conduct, Att...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 20h
The Minnesota Truth Council, tasked with documenting the harms of Operation Metro Surge and the resilience of Minnesotans, held its final public meeting Tuesday in Rochester. The council will release a preliminary report at the end of October and a final report Dec. 1.
minnesotareformer.com
Minnesota Truth Council concludes public testimony on Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer
A council tasked with documenting the harms of — and resistance to — the federal government’s immigration crackdown held its final public meeting Tuesday in Rochester.  Gov. Tim Walz established the M...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the reformer sports section lives!
minnesotareformer.com
Klobuchar's knowledge of Midwest college sports comes in handy during hearing • Minnesota Reformer
"I think people should have their facts right before they call someone a dirtbag and not get the teams wrong. You have the teams wrong, sir," Klobuchar said,
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
via @maxnesterak.bsky.social: GOP attorney general candidate Ron Schutz owns more than $10,000 of stock in 174 companies, including Amazon, Uber, Exxon Mobil, Apple, Alphabet and Pfizer — all of which are defendants in ongoing lawsuits brought by incumbent AG Keith Ellison.
minnesotareformer.com
Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest • Minnesota Reformer
If Republican Ron Schutz wins the attorney general’s race in November, he will be responsible for enforcing Minnesota’s laws against the country’s biggest and most powerful corporations. His own perso...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the site has been updated:
startnine.win
Welcome to NY, JJ — Start Nine
Minnesota took a fifth-round pick for the 10th overall pick. New York got a starter. Nine starts. Just not in purple.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
boss rejected my pitch to write about the JJ trade for the @minnesotareformer.com :/
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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
LMFAOOOOOO
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
thankful for @alyssachen.bsky.social's ability to make healthcare issues make sense to me
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
buying a cheap alarm clock and charging my phone in the bathroom overnight was the biggest/best lifestyle change i made in recent years and i can't recommend it enough.
nytimes.com
My iPhone Was Running My Life. These Analog Tools Helped Me Take It Back.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#5piece
Hayesfawcett13 on instagram posting a screenshot of a tweet by 
Colin Simmons @ColinSimmons__
All Glory To God J. Thank you for listening to my prayers and forgive me for my actions.
#5piece
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Poetry
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m ill
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Texas is a defense-first team. huh
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Collin Simmons is good at football
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
my colleague @michellemgriff.bsky.social on the GOP lobbyist advising lisa demuth's gubernatorial campaign. he represents the manufacturer of ozempic and wegovy; a tobacco company; and running acres, the race track, a major player in the sports betting debate.
minnesotareformer.com
A GOP power player and lobbyist is a key advisor to House Speaker Lisa Demuth • Minnesota Reformer
House Speaker Lisa Demuth has had several defining moments in her campaign for governor thus far. She lost the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention endorsement in May after 10 ballots, though her t...
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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
here's something that's brought me a lot of joy over the last two weeks while apparently pissing off some of my neighbors lol
racketmn.com
An Interview With the Person Who Put Hundreds of ‘Wedding Crashers’ DVDs in South Mpls Little Free Libraries - Racket
'It is 100% a queer art installation,' Sable Adelaide tells us.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
grew up playing in church band with this dude and now he makes fantastic texas country music. new album rips
youtube.com
Dylan Gossett - Clothesline (Live from the Lakehouse)
YouTube video by DylanGossettVEVO
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
amazing... emmys, golden globes, tons, grammys, AMA, MTV video AND movie awards, allem
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
just explained the concept of a long snapper to my wife
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 24/09/2026
I did not realize football headset communication gets shut off if the president gets up to go to the bathroom. www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
check on the packers fans in your life today
“On a scale of 1-10 how worried are you that the packers might lose to the falcons tn”
“11”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On vacation this week so I’m logging off this website. Back on Monday.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
5/5 2 TD on flat routes is NONSENSE
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the giants just ran the same play three times in a row for a TD and the cowboys made no adjustment. christian parker i have some questions
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
bengals defense scored before the offense 👁️👁️
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
watch party crew had to make some halftime adjustments — hats flipped backwards or inside out, shirt changes, seat swaps — but I’m happy to report they contributed to the win
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
pain
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pain
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
dan lanning moment
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’ll be presenting on what habeas petitions can tell us about people detained during Metro Surge. Looking forward to hearing about all the research that’s been done so far and the projects underway.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
this documentary is excellent — just watched for the first time. filmed by two brothers who were embedded with FDNY to make a documentary about a rookie firefighter. for someone with no memory of 9/11, this is the most immersive way to understand it
youtu.be
Naudet Brothers 9/11 Documentary Full (Full HD Upscaled)
YouTube video by Felipe Hannickel
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Nicole @nicolehneri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The memorial site has been restored. Here, a caretaker tucks juniper branches between the flowers that encircle the spot where Pretti was killed.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
the alex pretty memorial was vandalized today when someone poured motor oil all over it, per @nicoleneri.bsky.social, but volunteers are cleaning it up and expect it to be back in good shape soon.
minnesotareformer.com
Caretakers clean Alex Pretti memorial site after vandalism • Minnesota Reformer
Early Friday morning, caretakers arrived at Alex Pretti’s memorial, finding it doused in two gallons of synthetic motor oil. Motor oil is not flammable, and much of the memorial remains unharmed. Volu...
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 11/09/2026
Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...
nytimes.com
Elon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It Persists
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This piece was fascinating, getting at a point I'd never considered: bin-Laden's entire concept about what 9/11 would do to America was just... wrong. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Bin Laden was equally clear about how he thought terrorism would yield his desired result. In a March 1997 CNN interview with Peter Bergen, he spoke of transferring “the battle into the United States.” In a May 2000 speech, he told supporters that the war would henceforth be waged “against the United States, in the United States.” Americans, he observed to ABC’s John Miller in 1998, cannot tolerate pain, and will react to attacks not by fighting back and blaming al‑Qaeda, but instead by asking “what their government has done that forced us to defend ourselves.” In a November 2001 interview, he hinted at a theory of political change in America: Its citizens should “take the same stand that they did previously,” when they protested the Vietnam War and the presidents who waged it.
Nelly Lahoud, a professor at the Army War College and the author of the definitive book on the Abbottabad documents, told me this political pipe dream was bin Laden’s whole plan: “to replicate the anti–Vietnam War movement of the United States, to get the American public to put pressure on the U.S. government to withdraw its forces from the Middle East.” The documents reveal a man and an organization blindsided by the American reaction to the September 11 attacks. Bin Laden and his associates “didn’t think that the United States would respond by waging war,” Lahoud said. He did not contemplate or plan for the long-term occupation of Afghanistan, nor did he expect the methodical killing of his operatives in a campaign that lasted years.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 also happens to be the anniversary of augusto pinochet's 1973 coup in chile, backed by the nixon administration. thousands of left-wing politicians and activists were tortured and "disappeared" in the aftermath.
en.wikipedia.org
1973 Chilean coup d'état - Wikipedia
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
worth a read (or re-read) today
esquire.com
The Falling Man
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
appeals courts now 9-2 ruling against the trump admin's mandatory detention policy — ICE's new interpretation of a 1996 law that treats even longtime residents in the interior of the country as if they'd just crossed the border
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
10th overall pick to QB3 in two years despite having a "QB whisperer" coach. not what you want!
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The second meeting of the Minnesota Truth Council is tonight at the Capitol from 5-8 p.m. It'll cover Operation Metro Surge's "direct harm and ripple effects on families, businesses and communities." More info, including the livestream link, here:
mn.gov
Truth Council / Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
These newspaper closings always hit me hard. Because I know that much of the content national media and partisan influencers devote time to is based on incremental work done by relatively undistinguished local journalists. When they're gone, you won't hear about all these stories anymore.
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
minnesota people — were you at an anti-ICE organizing meeting, only to later find out an undercover DHS agent was in attendance? know someone who that happened to? if so, i'd love to talk — you can DM me, or reach out on signal, madimcvan.75
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Tim Lambert @timlambert-pa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Also, @scottdetrow.bsky.social and I teamed up five years ago for an audio documentary on how some family members dealt with their grief over the years.
npr.org
Sacred Ground: A 9/11 Story : Up First from NPR
On September 11, 2001, United Flight 93 was hijacked by four Al Qaeda terrorists. The passengers and crew fought back and because of that, the plane crashed outside of Shanksville, Pa., instead of it...
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