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when Ron Swanson speaks you better listen
•The U.S. Senate may hold a floor vote TODAY which would overturn a 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota. The Boundary Waters is the most visited Wilderness in the United States.
🛶 Enjoying the Minnesotan/Canadian wilderness by canoe or other lesser watercraft is one of our nations greatest available pastimes, and one I have personally enjoyed my entire life. We must protect these public lands from the rapacious capitalists threatening to turn them into a poisoned wasteland.
•This vote in Congress would open the door to copper mining at the headwaters of this entire ecosystem. This kind of mining produces toxic pollution, including acid runoff and heavy metals, that can contaminate nearby waters.
•The Boundary Waters supports a major outdoor economy that sustains thousands of jobs and generates over a billion dollars a year - built on clean water and intact public lands. But this vote would clear the way for toxic mining that puts all of that at risk. It would also set a dangerous precedent, making it easier to roll back protections for public lands across the country, including wilderness areas, national monuments, and national parks.
•This is a defining moment. If you care about clean water, public lands, and protecting places we can’t replace, now is the time to speak up.
•Protect the Boundary Waters, and vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140. Let’s save this treasured place for all of us—forever. on.nrdc.org/4csRkwi
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Losing an hour of time/sleep on International Women's Day feels like the most on brand thing this world has to offer.
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I'm so heartbroken. Our Lotti got out from our friends house who was watching her while we were gone. If anyone in the Becker area can spread the word/keep an eye out we would appreciate it so much...last seen this AM in the industrial area by Potter trucking. THANK YOU!!
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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People out here worried about how American athletes represent America but not worried about how the President represents America
Make it make sense
“None of this work is inevitable. There are many places in America today that simply could not have responded to such a crisis with the level of exceptional journalism you’re seeing in Minnesota, by Minnesotans.” Yep. We can’t let MN become one of those places- support local news
If there was ever time for a rallying cry for local news — this is it.
Today I published a short column in The Minnesota @StarTribune to lift up the unique role of local news in a crisis, and how the Strib is doing our best to serve our community.
startribune.com/grove-a-rall…
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Statement from the Minnesota journalism community on the recent arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort:
ALT The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement: “We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”
This is outrageous. Leaders that fear a free press are not fit to govern in the United States. The Administration wants us to see this as a sign of strength when in fact it is just the opposite.
BREAKING: Federal agents arrest Don Lemon over Minnesota church protest startribune.com/federal-agen…
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How far into the poem do we have to get before everyone stands together against all of this?!
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, Freedom to assemble, checks and balances. All of these things that make America great and working toward a more perfect union must be protected!
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There is a level of alarm coming from many great businesses in Minneapolis & St. Paul that I haven’t heard since COVID.
This weekend - pick a locally-owned business or three that you love and go spend some money. We’ve all got to look out for one another and they need our help.
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The continued detention of 5‑year‑old Liam Ramos is a moral failure of staggering proportions. We’re watching a government justify the unjustifiable: the incarceration of a child who poses no threat to anyone.
We cannot normalize this. We cannot shrug. We cannot scroll past it.
Demand his release.
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We should arm protestors in another country but if you show up armed in ours, the govt will shoot you and call you a terrorist.
The jokes write themselves.
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A reminder that for weeks the @StarTribune live blog on all that's happening in Minnesota has been FREE for all.
Scroll there, not here.
startribune.com/ice-raids-mi…
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They tried to tear us apart. To divide us.
But they underestimated our compassion. Our resolve.
In our anger, we found our purpose.
We are Minnesota.
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There’s no more compromise, no get in a room and work it out. The surge of ICE and this “Operation” has to stop in Minneapolis and Minnesota.
You don’t have to keep twisting yourself into a pretzel defending the indefensible.
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. Crazy that these acts are seen as protest!
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If there was ever a moment for libertarians and conservatives to step up and join the rest of us, we’re in it.
Americans have to unite and stop this descent from a freedom-loving nation into the kind of place where masked, militarized government agents are sent to politically noncompliant areas to roam the streets, terrorize civilians, and deploy violence with impunity.
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New video shows that the final act of his life was trying to help a woman who was being physically assaulted by the masked agents who would then kill him.
"The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation ... State records show Pretti was issued a nursing license in 2021, and it remains active through March 2026." startribune.com/ice-raids-mi…