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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 12h

Now I understand why he also thought Alan Alda was at the imagined meeting. (He played Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, for the under 50 crowd. …I’ll show myself out.)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"

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JessLewisMN @votejesslewis.com · 27/09/2026

Join us Saturday! Register here to make sure we have enough donuts :) luma.com/yesforjess @repfreiberg.bsky.social

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to my birthday Karaoke fundraiser yesterday!

Majority leader, Erin Murphy speaks to the crowd

New Hope City Council number Brock Ray sings tainted love

Mike standing in front of a birthday cake

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Boy, my kids knew the perfect gift for my birthday. Sorry for the intonation - it’ll take me a while to get to the level of the people who play Rachmaninoff on these things on Instagram.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

First Avenue last night, French metal for my birthday, ran into Rep. Feist!

A band rocking out on a stage lighted blue

Selfie taken by Rep Feist with Mike and three others

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please tell me he’s retired from practicing medicine. Also, um, auditing…?

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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OnThisDay #ThePeoplesHistory SEPT. 23, 1926: JOHN COLTRANE BORN John Coltrane was born. Also born #tdih: Mary Church Terrell (1863), Ray Charles (1930), and Bruce Springsteen (1949).

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Sept. 23, 1926: John Coltrane Born

John Coltrane was born. Also born #tdih: Mary Church Terrell (1863), Ray Charles (1930), and Bruce Springsteen (1949).

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Treating myself right on my birthday

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to the City of New Hope for letting me tag along on the bus tour. It was fascinating learning about new developments in the city!

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TIL the gas pumps at Costco stop automatically at $100. Relatedly… Thanks, Trump.

Gas pump display showing $100 worth of gas

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Armstrong Marching Band and Color Guard @ Golden Valley Festival!

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lovely memorial for former Rep Karen Clark last night

Pianist on stage at Orchestra Hall. Big screen Has an image saying “we did it, Karen! Rest in power”

Orchestra Hall with many people seated. Big screen has an image of Karen Clark

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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No one is arguing about SSRIs. They are well researched and have saved countless lives. A one-sided argument by a bunch of kooks with a radical political agenda is not news. Shame on the @nytimes.com for pretending this is a real debate between intelligent adults.

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Aaron Gleeman @aarongleeman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Walker Jenkins' first career homer vs. an actual pitcher is a game-tying two-run shot off a 101 mph fastball with two outs in the ninth inning. Jenkins has three hits tonight after totaling four hits in his first 16 games.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Glad to doorknock with some great candidates in Plymouth!

Jessie Vavreck taking a selfie with Mike and others

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.

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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reposting. This essay renewed my hope and determination. Brings together so much so clearly. Writers and historians have stepped up to meet the moment with all they’ve got. STOP AND READ THIS.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Via Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, Secretary Simon Statement on US Supreme Court Decision on Mail Voting Rules www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...

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Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good crowd at the Robbinsdale Main Street Meet and Greet in spite of the weather!

Mike and a volunteer in a Jess Lewis shirt

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who helped put up signs this weekend! Almost 200 went up. If you would like one in your yard, or see one that needs maintenance, let me know at freiberg@gmail.com.

A big Freiberg for Senate sign next to a road

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Emmanuel Rodriguez homers for the Twins in his MLB debut (via Dustin Morse)

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

They missed the start of the pitch live but Brooks Lee got hit in the ass with a jump pitch...

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pretty solid OPS for Emma Rodriguez

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We just saw Emmanuel Rodriguez homer in his first major league at bat!

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is this an official campaign vehicle? Saw it at the Brookdale Library.

A big white RV with “John Nagel for Congress” crudely painted in large letters on it

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thank you to Robbinsdale School Board candidates Brynteson, Hammerseng, Lincoln, and Wutoh for hosting a meet and greet at Frankie’s last night!

Four candidates standing in the community room with people seated at tables

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This administration sent a lawfully present immigrant, who has broken absolutely zero laws, to GUANTANAMO BAY because he's Black. There's literally no other reason. I'm out of words. This entire administration is lawless and corrupt. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay

Adam Abdullah has no criminal record, but the government is holding him at a military prison set up for terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That was quick. Nice work, Crystal!

Letter from the Crystal police chief stating that they are ending the use of flock cameras

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You never want to miss the Ellison Labor Day picnic!

A large group of people in a picnic shelter with Attorney General Ellison speaking

Picture of Zach Filipovitch, Kyrstin Schuette, and Mike

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026

Good news: he lost.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

might be the best #SD43Fauna photo I’ve ever taken

A Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever on a front step with Mike’s literature in her mouth and a new Minnesota flag waving majestically behind her

A Garden flag highlighting Nova Scotia duck tolling retrievers

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Kind of embarrassing, I went to Costco two days in a row (don’t tell Dara), wearing the same Uncle Hugo’s shirt, and the guy checking membership at the beginning recognized me and commented on it. Now he thinks that I shop here daily and never change my clothes.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you to the city of Crystal for hosting a public meeting about automated license plate readers (ALPRs) / Flock cameras. Definitely strong feelings from residents.

Handout from the Crystal Police Department titled ALPR community information meeting

Photo of PowerPoint slide from presentation

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Introduced a plenary session panel discussion on data centers at the Midwestern Legislative Conference Annual Meeting

Mike speaking at a lectern — hello, @notpodium.bsky.social ! - while standing on a podium - hello again! - with flags behind him

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Rebecca M-O @reduplicater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Last year after the State Fair, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) exhibited 10 of the pieces for about three weeks. This year, they'll exhibit more than 20 for over two months! I don't know all the pieces they selected, but at least two of these will be included.

"Twin Cities 2026 (Guernica 1937)" by Jennifer Nelson
This is a piece inspired by Picasso's 1937 anti-war painting Guernica. The crop art is less gruesome and the people less distorted than the original painting, but still distressing. Instead of a dismembered soldier on the ground, we see Alex Pretti, still gripping his phone. Coming out of his mouth is a speech bubble with his last words written in Morse code: "Are you okay?" Instead of a gored horse, we see a loon rising up in flight. On the right, we see Renee Good in a hat, with a speech bubble of her (uncontracted) last words in Morse code, "I am not mad at you." In front of her is a smaller figure with a bunny-eared hat, representing Liam Conejo Ramos, one of the children kidnapped and detained by ICE. At the far right, one of the screaming figures has the words "ICE OUT" (in English) above their head.

Dozens of crops were used to create this piece.

It was awarded a lavender ribbon as a Merit Award and also a fancy black and white ribbon indicating it will be displayed at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) in an exhibit after the state fair ends.

"Grainy Afternoon on Hennepin Avenue" by Megan Bell
This is a crop version of a painting in MIA's collections, "Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue" by Robert Koehler in about 1910. In the foreground the artist's wife and son (Marie and Edward) are crossing the street with the family dog. Other individuals are also depicted. Minneapolis buildings past and present are in the background. The sky is overcast but not fully dark.
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/303/rainy-evening-on-hennepin-avenue-robert-koehler

About 20 types of crops are used in this piece. By virtue of the natural colors, the crop art is yellower in tone than the original painting.

It has been awarded a yellow ribbon for fifth place in its category and a fancy black and white ribbon indicating it will be displayed at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) in an exhibit after the state fair ends.

"Last Day in the Park with Quinoa" by Mareen Sorenson
This is a pretty faithful reproduction of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. It turns out small painted seeds make a good approximation of pointillism.

The picture's frame is also covered with multicolored painted seeds to mimic the border of the painting.

It is also a tribute to quinoa, banned from future competitions. The seed list uses the altered name of the Sondheim musical about the painting and the artist, Sunday in the Park with George, but "Sun" and "George" are crossed out and replaced with "Last" and "Quinoa" to make the title for the crop art. Quinoa has been banned from use in State Fair crop art competition starting in 2027.

Seeds used include amarinth, quinoa, flax, broccoli, canola, poppy, corn, mustard, and alphala (alfalfa?). Other crops include ornamental grasses (primarily used for the water in the painting), wild rice, and onion skin.

This entry has been awarded a red ribbon for second place in its category. This is a tough competition.

"L'Etoile du Nord guidant le peuple" (The Star of the North leading the people) by Bethany Nagan
A local take on "La Liberté guidant le peuple" (Liberty leading the people) by Eugène Delacroix. Most of this piece is a faithful rendition of the original painting of an 1830 French rebellion, with some key differences. Guns held by the fighters have been replaced with picket signs (saying "Joy is resistance," "No Kings", and "ICE OUT"); Ms. Liberty holding a French flag has been replaced by a loon holding a Minnesota flag; and if you look closely, the buildings in the background on the right depict the Minneapolis skyline.

Most of the seed list has been cut off by the photograph.

This piece was awarded a white ribbon for third place in its category.

Information about the original painting can be found on Wikipedia among other places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Leading_the_People

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If the line for the Hmong corn dog is unreasonable, the hot Cheeto Korean corn dog from Chan’s eatery is not a bad substitute. Pairs nicely with the mango sticky rice refresher.

A cold beverage with mangoes in a state cup next to an unreasonably orange corndog on a stick

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Racket @racketmn.com · 28/08/2026

We are LIVING for everyone's Minnesota State Fair selfies in The Shirt. Please keep 'em coming!!!!

a man stands in a shirt that reads "if this flag offends you, i'll help you pack," and which has a picture of the new minnesota state flag on it. the sleeves have been cut off, VERY deeply. he's giving peace signs in front of the minnesota republican party state fair booth.

two men pose for a selfie; the one of the left wearing a shirt that reads "if this flag offends you, i'll help you pack" and has a picture of the new minnesota state flag on it.

a man in a selfie wears the same shirt as in the previous photos. the text from his post reads "in better news, got my first high five for my racketmn.com shirt."

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 27/08/2026

One year ago, Minnesota was forever changed by a senseless act of violence at Annunciation Catholic Church and School. Today, we remember Harper. We remember Fletcher. We hold our kids close enough to feel their hearts beat and we move our feet towards peace.

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you to the North Metro Mayors for hosting a candidate forum in district 43 tonight!

The two candidates for district 43 a, Kyrstin Schuette and Todd Hesemann, with Mayor Elder in front of the New Hope sign

Selfie of Mike with Mayor Elder in front of the New Hope sign

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Great crew knocking on doors in Robbinsdale!

Mike with Jess Lewis and Sofi Villena with volunteers outside

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