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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Patrick @sharkey.fun · 13h
Is Peggy going to lose?
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Need this energy from the MN Democratic candidates in their own debates, please and thank you
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Eric Harris Bernstein @ehbinmn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They started texting with a 16-year-old. After two years, they offered to sell him a gun. They consider that "stopping a terrorist attack." And they are calling it heroic. What an absolute embarrassment.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 04/10/2026
... separation has taken a toll. The Pennsylvania couple have been together for over 17 years and have two children. “My children often ask where their father went and why he left, especially our 5-year-old son who doesn’t understand what happened to his father,” Reyann said.
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3 Minnesotans deported to Somalia after a month at Guantánamo
Nine men, part of a group of a dozen held in U.S. facilities in Guantánamo Bay, have been deported to Somalia.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 03/10/2026
Strib: “it’s a month from Election Day but we’ll keep writing gauzy soft-focus profiles of Republicans with exactly the message they want even though the keep refusing to talk to us”
Demuth and Tafoya would make history, but race and gender aren't their pitchBoth declined to comment to the Minnesota Star Tribune for this article.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a single lane 9 m wide track for metros, a 35 m wide road for buses with four lanes, and a 175 m wide road for cars with seven lanes, making the point that one single track of Metro replaces seven lanes of car traffic. Mobility in cities is about space.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is depressing that few public officials are stepping up to defend the university of Minnesota from crippling cuts. Investment in it generates enormous return. You can’t trim 10-15% of the budget and pretend that all will be well. Austerity leads to mediocrity 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MnDOT has identified revenue for roads of $37B over next 20 years and says it needs $15B+ more. So minimum $52B+, or $2.6B/yr. The MAX proposed amount in Bike+ Plan = $146M/yr.or. 5.6% Nowhere near enough.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves.
Subway display ad for meta’s muse ai product billed as “ai that gets it done.” The mascot is a little smiling fuzzy white puppet guy.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/29/m...
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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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Ducking Grey Duck @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FUCK NICE NO MORE MINNESOTA NICE See, not that hard. And maybe if you don't want to be villainized, you should stop being fucking villains
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Patrick @sharkey.fun · 27/09/2026
Nine more months before the Green Line extension opens is insane. Whole thing has been a god damn disaster from the start.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 24/09/2026
Frey talking past the critics here. Question is about MPD financial mismanagement. He insists the overspending is a function of necessary overtime. But MPD overspent it's budget in nearly every category. youtu.be/d9HIZe3g4bQ?...
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Full interview with Mayor Jacob Frey on Minneapolis Police Department spending
Watch 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' full interview with Mayor Jacob Frey on the oversight of Minneapolis Police Department spending.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More bad apples. But again, I must remind you the barrel is almost certainly fine 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are a lot of things about this winter that I still find hard to believe or process, but one of them is that the federal government singled out a state and city, more or less at random, upon which to intentionally inflict massive economic damage.
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Patrick @sharkey.fun · 21/09/2026
This is me! I'm the Plex Guy!
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Tom Olsen @olsenforparks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My argument is simple; our parks are worth it. In the last few years our park levy has been consistently under what we need to fully function. This led to rec center cuts. We are facing cuts again, while the city has been far less fiscally prudent. Gift link: www.startribune.com/mpls-green-s...
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Park Board president: Minneapolis parks are among the best in the nation. Fund them accordingly.
The Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation must vote to fully fund the park board’s levy request of 5.86%, which is far below what the city is asking for itself, Park and Recreation Board presiden...
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Abolish ICE.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I know there’s numbness to the authoritarian drumbeat but this is rubicon-crossing. DOJ subpoenaed years of records from some of the largest unions in the country, infiltrated protest groups & tried to engineer a takedown of the institutional left in MN/nationwide. It is making COINTELPRO look tame
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I appreciate this video, not just because it's complimentary towards the work that we're doing in Minneapolis, but because it reflects the same sense that I have about our *momentum* towards building a better city. I think we've got something special here and I'm glad people are noticing.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 27/07/2026
I need put some Minnesota Senate race thoughts into a post that I can reference for out-of-state folks who keep getting this wrong: - Angie Craig is to the right of state DFL and was even before her Laken Riley vote - This is not establishment vs. insurgent. Peggy Flanagan is a two-term Lt. Governor
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I went to an event Angie spoke at a couple of years ago and clearly for her it’s a point of pride to piss off progressives. So if you’re a DFLer who wants to be trolled by your own Senator for the next six years, go for it. Otherwise, vote for Peggy, who takes her commitments seriously
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One city department shouldn't be able to go so far over budget that it wrecks the rest of the enterprise, imho.
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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this guy gets it
Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."
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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Patrick, it would be my absolute pleasure. This is from my friend @midevenings.bsky.social's talk show, "Midevenings with Jay Miller," and I don't think it's an overstatement to say that it is one of my favorite things that exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYp0...
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We Built This City
YouTube video by MidEvenings
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Read this. It’s shocking. It’s murder. Not manslaughter, murder. He did it on purpose and then tried to ridiculously lie about it. But here’s the main point. Every politician, media person, ANYONE who has deliberately sought to “other” or lessen the humanity of people on bikes is an accomplice.
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‘Our hearts are crushed’: Hannah Rapp’s violent death sparks outpouring of grief
Family and boxing community grieving deeply after Rapp was killed by motorist while she was cycling in Texas
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trash panda extraordinaire @gnomecasserole.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If you live anywhere downstream of the proposed nickel mine along the Mississippi Watershed, you should definitely participate in public comment between now and Sept 14. www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/enviro...
Map showing the full Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. A pink dot toward the start of the river in Minnesota shows where the proposed nickel mine would be located along the Mississippi Watershed.
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trash panda extraordinaire @gnomecasserole.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Proposed nickel mine near Cloquet MN is a high risk water contaminate into the Mississippi Watershed, and would likely be providing raw material primarily to Tesla for battery manufacturing. Many reasons to oppose this, but I’m currently going with the don’t support anything that supports Musk.
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Patrick @sharkey.fun · 20/07/2026
Wrote BobbyJoe Champion about Rethinking I-94. He wrote back saying that they aren't in session so there's simply nothing he can do. I found this response dismissive and rude. He wrote back "my apologies if that was somehow insulting to you..." That's not an apology, motherfucker. Get primaried.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 16/07/2026
minneapolis police department’s estimated overtime cost from june 28 to july 4 is $379,500 the total cost of OT for 2026 is estimated at $16.8 million, exceeding this year’s OT allocation by $2,265,500 MPD are defunding us, raising property taxes and this could lead to layoffs at the city
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Patrick @sharkey.fun · 15/07/2026
If we can all pause and laugh at the insanity of this clip where Ke$ha says she collects teeth youtube.com/shorts/8m87I...
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Living legend Kesha answers the age-old question: “what’s the teeth about?” 🦷
YouTube video by Las Culturistas
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Tiffany C. Graham @bluenote123.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
Quote from a paragraph in the attached article.
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Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some recent photos of the under-construction Franklin Avenue that show how Minneapolis and partners (Hennepin County in this case!) work to preserve mature trees in design and construction, without compromising the transportation function of future road.
A photo looking westbound on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis while under construction. The work to build a bikeway and rebuild the sidewalk is occurring around a mature tree, which is partly fenced off.A photo looking eastbound on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis while under construction. The work to build a bikeway and rebuild the sidewalk is occurring around a mature tree, which is partly fenced off.A photo looking westbound on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis while under construction. A new bikeway and new sidewalk have been laid on either side of several mature trees, which are fenced off.A photo looking westbound on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis while under construction. A new bikeway and new sidewalk have been completed on either side of a mature trees, which remains in the planting zone.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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Nate Bash (He/They)🟦 @nat3ash.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy Bastille Day. Vive la Révolution!
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lizard @lizzzard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE shot someone in the fucking face in Biddeford, Maine this morning fuck ICE forever my heart goes out to their friends and family. maine is like a big small town and i’m from that area. there’s a nonzero chance that someone i know was affected by this. i’m just so mad. ACAB and FUCK ICE
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Salena @salena.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Angela Nelson is running against Sen. Jim Abeler in SD35, Anoka, Coon Rapids. Abeler won by 186 votes. 186!!! He’s vehemently anti-choice, and referred to DFL Senators as “30-something progressive socialist women.” 🤘🏻 Ang is a School Principal and will fight for families! www.nelsonformn.com
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Angela Nelson For Minnesota State Senate | District 35 | Minneapolis, MN 55448, USA
Angela Nelson is running for Minnesota State Senate in District 35, including Coon Rapids and parts of Anoka and Andover, in 2026 as a Democratic-Farm-Labor candidate.
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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I want to point out that "migrants" in the headline is doing the rhetorical work of making human beings into something else. And to reiterate that using "migrant" instead of "immigrant" makes it so the migrating person never lands. (This is not a critique of OP)
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE has killed again. Again, the govt scrambled to claim an officer was threatened by ICE’s victim’s car. And again, that appears to be a lie. Except this time ICE also grabbed 3 witnesses, and is trying to get them out of the country. Immoral, authoritarian, and practically an admission of guilt.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Why would you stop your car when a bunch of men in masks cut you off, start waving guns, and show no ID?
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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