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Brenda O

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It damn well better be in every ad this fall He fell asleep during his affordability briefing. Pure campaign gold.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It seems to me like Bluesky is really taking off recently. It’s having a growth spurt I think. I’m going to post a lot more original content here now. I help save street dogs in Thailand and try to post content that is uplifting and that will make you smile! The old dogs are my fav ❤️
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 28/01/2026
As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize
With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”
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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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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Thank you to everyone who is risking their safety and contributing their time and money to protect our neighbors. If you are so inclined, please check out Stand With Minnesota (standwithminnesota.com) to find a way to help. And no one start any beefs with Will Stancil. (2/2)
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.com · 22/01/2026
In solidarity with the hardworking immigrants of #Minnesota, I will be donating my earnings tomorrow to the MN Immigrant Rights Action Committee and the Immigrant Law Center of MN. I know not everyone can afford it, but if you can, I highly recommend lending a hand to the people of Minnesota.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Trump has been the worst president ever for farmers. Twice. But they voted for him three times. Now they want the rest of America to give them welfare. When they did it to themselves. But they don’t like socialism.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The only thing that’s “golden” in this age is the walls, moulding, furniture, and everything else placed everywhere inside the White House by this tasteless, classless loser in orange makeup.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
this is an insane, bizarre state of affairs in which no one knows who's at war with whom, all stemming from the fact that the president is a brain-damaged moron who doesn't know how anything works and lies constantly, which the news refuses to relay and must somehow write around
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I’d have more confidence in President Trump if he weren’t such a moronic ignorant clown.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 18/06/2025
I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 15/06/2025
The most consequential Speaker in state history.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/06/2025
Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 14/06/2025
Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman remembered as a trailblazing public servant after fatal shooting www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman remembered as a trailblazing public servant after fatal shooting
State Rep. Melissa Hortman was first elected in 2004. State Sen. John Hoffman was first elected in 2012.
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Trump is a lawless traitor. His pardon of 1/6 insurrectionists set the stage for today’s lethal attacks on elected officials. He’s a malignant narcissist,a bully,and a coward who fetishizes violence. We must answer this madness with peaceful resistance. Despair is a luxury our children can’t afford.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This is MAGAs legacy Minnesota state lawmaker killed in ‘politically-motivated assassination,’ massive manhunt for suspect underway, officials say www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...
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Minnesota state lawmaker killed in ‘politically-motivated assassination,’ massive manhunt for suspect underway, officials say | CNN
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination,” Minnesota Governor Tim W...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2025
"It's a horror show. We're under attack in every way all the time," says Sarah Kobrin, who has worked at the National Cancer Institute for more than 21 years. "We're told we're worthless. We're told we're cheats.… They're breaking things that won't be repairable." www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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The Music Nation @themusicnation.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Remembering the legendary Prince who was born on this day in 1958.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This week's genome editing triumph is a big deal. Here's why erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-...
Multiple headlines about the first CRISPR 2.0 personalized genome editing and photo of the baby treated
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Amy R. @pandas-primates.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
7yo Moke is still my favorite gorilla boy at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. (5-10-25) @scientistbytrade.bsky.social @palestragirl.bsky.social @charmcitypanda.bsky.social @norma12.bsky.social
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Amy R. @pandas-primates.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Qing Bao took her bamboo shoot to higher grounds to enjoy. I love hearing pandas chew! @palestragirl.bsky.social @scientistbytrade.bsky.social @norma12.bsky.social @pandachronicle.bsky.social -Smithsonian’s National Zoo (5-10-25)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
It can’t be overstated: Stephen Miller is deeply, deeply disturbed.
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Amy R. @pandas-primates.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🎉 Happy birthday to Mumbles at Zoo Atlanta-Zuri’s father. He turned 14 yesterday! @palestragirl.bsky.social @scientistbytrade.bsky.social @charmcitypanda.bsky.social @norma12.bsky.social @terpiecat.bsky.social
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Chef Reactions @chefreactions.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Wolves Back!?! WOLVES NEVER FUCKING LEFT 😤🐺
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2025
As a Timberwolves fan that was one of the best things I’ve seen in my life. Incredible scenes
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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Exactly
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petestphil.bsky.social @petestphil.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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Former US Congresswoman Liz Cheney issues urgent call to Democrats: “stop fundraising and start fighting”
In the US, as political tensions reach a boiling point and democratic norms continue to erode under what many now
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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
For those asking if RFK Jr. could possibly be this stupid: Yes. The answer is yes.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/04/2025
Putin owns him
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump’s response to Putin’s Palm Sunday massacre is to blame Zelensky. Disputing that Trump is Kremlin-owned is now like denying gravity. It ignores all available evidence. An international embarrassment and a national security crisis.
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Brenda O @scientistbytrade.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
www.startribune.com/china-tariff...
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Eden Prairie firm was set to pay $18K in tariffs on its shipment from China. Now it’s $170K.
My Cable Mart and other companies across the country are scrambling to figure out strategies for both now and the rest of the year.
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Not Much Fun @notmuchfun.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Huge crowd in St Paul, Minnesota protesting Trump/Musk and the rest of the wannabe dictatorship.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 02/04/2025
Wow. Just wow. How Trump set the tariff rates. This is blithering, staggering, mind-boggling, jaw-cracking, gums-bleeding stupidity.
Screenshot of three tweets from @JamesSurowiecki dated 2 April 2025. (1) "It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement, is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff." (2) "Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is." (3) "Even given that it's Trump, I cannot believe they said "We'll just divide the trade deficit by imports and tell people that's the tariff rate." And then they decided to set our tariffs by just cutting that totally made-up rate in half! This is so dumb and deceptive."
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
If there's just God, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem are going to the Hague.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
More Senator Booker. Less Senator Schumer. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉 handsoff2025.com
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Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is on Senate Republicans who voted to confirm RJK Jr: “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked Kennedy for seeking “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” about vaccines.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Again if Trump were an agent of Russia placed here to weaken and disable this country I am not sure he would be doing anything differently then what he is doing right now.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
You would not put this person on TV to lie for the White House unless you explicitly wanted your audience to be misinformed
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
As Musk complains about people "burning down Tesla", he continues to try and burn down government agencies and employees who are helping people. Musk is endangering millions of lifes with his actions, and he worries about the damage to his crappy Matchbox cars made for adults.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This story is unfair and lacks proper context. It was 11:44 a.m. OF COURSE Sec. Hegseth was already smashed and too drunk to be held accountable for keeping national security secrets, well, secret.
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Must love 🐶 @rojorurba002.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
👊 On April 5, we are sending a LOUD message: HANDS OFF OUR COMMUNITIES! HANDS OFF OUR FREEDOMS! HANDS OFF OUR DEMOCRACY! We won't be silenced! LFG!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/03/2025
"More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs"
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More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs
Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest iron ore operator in Minnesota, is idling operations in Hibbing and Virginia.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this
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