Beth Hawkins
@bethhawkins.bsky.social
National Correspondent, The 74 Million. I think a lot about great journalism, better schools, disrupting inequity, neurodiversity and all things LGBTQ. Tacos & craft cider.
Half my heart moved to Wisconsin, so also secret shopping creameries.
Half my heart moved to Wisconsin, so also secret shopping creameries.
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6, obviously. Honestly, Minnesota and Illinois show up and have a beer or two. And when they leave, Wisconsin is just getting started, tapping a new keg, garage full of kegs. 6 wins by a mile. Michigan and Indiana just stay home, watch cable, go to bed early.
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 AM
6, obviously. Honestly, Minnesota and Illinois show up and have a beer or two. And when they leave, Wisconsin is just getting started, tapping a new keg, garage full of kegs. 6 wins by a mile. Michigan and Indiana just stay home, watch cable, go to bed early.
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Months after Trump administration officials hyped a drug as a possible treatment for #autism symptoms, one of the largest studies examining its effectiveness in this population has been retracted. #disabilities
Autism Study Of Drug Touted By Trump Administration Retracted
Months after Trump administration officials hyped a drug as a possible treatment for autism symptoms, one of the largest studies examining its effectiveness in this population has been retracted.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Months after Trump administration officials hyped a drug as a possible treatment for #autism symptoms, one of the largest studies examining its effectiveness in this population has been retracted. #disabilities
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The Apostle Islands ice caves are open to the public for the first time in 11 years.
Visitors must walk 2 to 6 miles on top of frozen Lake Superior to access the caves.
📸: Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Visitors must walk 2 to 6 miles on top of frozen Lake Superior to access the caves.
📸: Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The Apostle Islands ice caves are open to the public for the first time in 11 years.
Visitors must walk 2 to 6 miles on top of frozen Lake Superior to access the caves.
📸: Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Visitors must walk 2 to 6 miles on top of frozen Lake Superior to access the caves.
📸: Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Protesters outraged at the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown that has led to the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good have have took their protests to Hilton Hotel, Target and now Enterprise Rent-A-Car. This car lot is a block from Karmel Mall where customers sales have dipped since Dec.
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Protesters outraged at the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown that has led to the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good have have took their protests to Hilton Hotel, Target and now Enterprise Rent-A-Car. This car lot is a block from Karmel Mall where customers sales have dipped since Dec.
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13th place, the 2026 red lantern, Quince Mountain. (I do not know the dogs' names but I tried to get a few closeups and different angles for people who would recognize them.)
This is part of a thread of all #UP200 finishers, please check out the other posts for photos of the other teams!
This is part of a thread of all #UP200 finishers, please check out the other posts for photos of the other teams!
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
13th place, the 2026 red lantern, Quince Mountain. (I do not know the dogs' names but I tried to get a few closeups and different angles for people who would recognize them.)
This is part of a thread of all #UP200 finishers, please check out the other posts for photos of the other teams!
This is part of a thread of all #UP200 finishers, please check out the other posts for photos of the other teams!
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A Marine veteran who witnessed Alex Pretti shooting claims that federal agents held a gun to his head, detained him, seized his phone, took fingerprints and DNA without a warrant, and held him for eight hours before releasing him without charges into subzero temperatures.
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
He was observing after Alex Pretti’s killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
theintercept.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A Marine veteran who witnessed Alex Pretti shooting claims that federal agents held a gun to his head, detained him, seized his phone, took fingerprints and DNA without a warrant, and held him for eight hours before releasing him without charges into subzero temperatures.
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Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
What Happens When a Megalomaniac Begins to Fail
The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Donald Trump and “autocratic backfire.”
www.newyorker.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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Mercado Central, a cooperative of small Central American businesses in Minneapolis, is still raising money to try to save itself from closure. It’s an institution and makes this community much richer.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
Donate to Help Save Mercado Central from Closure, organized by Cooperativa Mercado Central
Mercado Central, a cooperative founded by latino entrepeneurs
with… Cooperativa Mercado Central needs your support for Help Save Mercado Central from Closure
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February 16, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Mercado Central, a cooperative of small Central American businesses in Minneapolis, is still raising money to try to save itself from closure. It’s an institution and makes this community much richer.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
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Had a powerful visit to Minneapolis today, to spend time listening to education and faith based leaders who are fighting to protect our children from ICE.
Their stories of ICE abuses were truly horrifying, and the courage being shown by the community profoundly moved me.
Love is stronger than hate!
Their stories of ICE abuses were truly horrifying, and the courage being shown by the community profoundly moved me.
Love is stronger than hate!
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Had a powerful visit to Minneapolis today, to spend time listening to education and faith based leaders who are fighting to protect our children from ICE.
Their stories of ICE abuses were truly horrifying, and the courage being shown by the community profoundly moved me.
Love is stronger than hate!
Their stories of ICE abuses were truly horrifying, and the courage being shown by the community profoundly moved me.
Love is stronger than hate!
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"That kind of heroic, sustained behavior in subzero weather by ordinary people is what should give us hope." - Obama on Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:03 AM
"That kind of heroic, sustained behavior in subzero weather by ordinary people is what should give us hope." - Obama on Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
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THE U.S. GOVERNMENT spent 100s of thousands of dollars and expended thousands of man-hours of labor all to send just NINE people in chains on a Boeing 737 from Minnesota to Texas today 👀
February 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT spent 100s of thousands of dollars and expended thousands of man-hours of labor all to send just NINE people in chains on a Boeing 737 from Minnesota to Texas today 👀
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in northern Minnesota with my co-conspirator and our @theonion.com shirts
February 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
in northern Minnesota with my co-conspirator and our @theonion.com shirts
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February 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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In my latest article, I write about how ICE raids in Minnesota echo the imprisonment of our ancestors at Fort Snelling, at Bdote, and the execution of the Dakota 38. This isn’t new. The land remembers. So do we. #iceout @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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ICE is still rampaging in Minnesota. For Native Americans, it’s history repeating itself
OPINION: For my tribes, the Dakota and Diné people, seeing federal agents disappear people from their communities isn’t a new crisis. It is a recurring nightmare, Jacqueline Keeler writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
In my latest article, I write about how ICE raids in Minnesota echo the imprisonment of our ancestors at Fort Snelling, at Bdote, and the execution of the Dakota 38. This isn’t new. The land remembers. So do we. #iceout @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Flagging that the House having only a 218 majority is the perfect time for the House to try @evan7257.bsky.social’s idea of a Joe Straus-style consensus speaker.
February 15, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Flagging that the House having only a 218 majority is the perfect time for the House to try @evan7257.bsky.social’s idea of a Joe Straus-style consensus speaker.
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Man, I remember when former Republican state house speaker Joe Straus said he opposed trans bathroom bans because “want the suicide of a single Texan on my hands.” How things change.
they literally do, though. Texans voted for a Republican-controlled state government which imposed a bathroom ban. in the real world, they chose this.
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Man, I remember when former Republican state house speaker Joe Straus said he opposed trans bathroom bans because “want the suicide of a single Texan on my hands.” How things change.
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To clarify, 2 vehicles at the same time.
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
To clarify, 2 vehicles at the same time.
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Minnesota still
Tom Homan: "I'm not going to sit here and say anybody did anything wrong and that, you know, they were, you know, unprofessional."
Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Minnesota still
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#6 Quince Mountain, of whom I did not get many photos because the tracker was not reliable about his location and I wanted to make sure I got video for all his fans! (Posted the video earlier.)
(This is a thread of 17 of the 18 #UP200 mushers, check out the rest of the thread for the others!)
(This is a thread of 17 of the 18 #UP200 mushers, check out the rest of the thread for the others!)
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
#6 Quince Mountain, of whom I did not get many photos because the tracker was not reliable about his location and I wanted to make sure I got video for all his fans! (Posted the video earlier.)
(This is a thread of 17 of the 18 #UP200 mushers, check out the rest of the thread for the others!)
(This is a thread of 17 of the 18 #UP200 mushers, check out the rest of the thread for the others!)
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Most disability rights lawyers work for the Department of Justice or disability rights agencies. The administration wants to cut funding for these lawyers. We have the right to live in the community, but it's hard to protect our rights if we can't find lawyers. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Disability Rights Lawyers Threatened With Budget Cuts, Reassignments - KFF Health News
The Trump administration wants deep funding cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such…
kffhealthnews.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Most disability rights lawyers work for the Department of Justice or disability rights agencies. The administration wants to cut funding for these lawyers. We have the right to live in the community, but it's hard to protect our rights if we can't find lawyers. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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If he wins his primary and general, Briscoe Cain would be the first openly #ActuallyAutistic member of Congress.
From the @houstonchronicle.com editorial board: Briscoe Cain for U.S. House District 9 in Republican primary
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
Briscoe Cain for U.S. House District 9 in Republican primary | Endorsement
GOP voters should back Briscoe Cain, an eccentric homegrown fixture for this unique district, parts of which he has represented for almost a decade.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
If he wins his primary and general, Briscoe Cain would be the first openly #ActuallyAutistic member of Congress.
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I was able to chat with Roosevelt Nivens from Lamar Consolidated ISD after he received the Superintendent of the Year award at the @aasa.org conference in Nashville. Read more about how he got here, what he's proud of & what challenges he's faced in Texas: www.the74million.org/article/the-...
The 74 Interview: Top Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens on a Student-First Mindset
The superintendent of the year describes how he runs his growing Texas school district and what he looks for in teachers.
www.the74million.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I was able to chat with Roosevelt Nivens from Lamar Consolidated ISD after he received the Superintendent of the Year award at the @aasa.org conference in Nashville. Read more about how he got here, what he's proud of & what challenges he's faced in Texas: www.the74million.org/article/the-...