Mike Spangenberg
@mikespangenberg.bsky.social
Minneapolis, MN. Interested in making the world more just and healthy for our kids. Professional experience in education and nonprofits.
Hegseth is still an astonishingly insecure 15-year-old boy
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Hegseth is still an astonishingly insecure 15-year-old boy
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
So many journalists wring their hands about how to deal with Trump's dishonesty. Wish more of them would follow Aaron's lead: "(This is a lie.)"
Trump brain flits to Washington DC: "We haven't had a killing. We had the terrorist attack a few weeks ago. Uhhh. A little bit of a different kind of a threat. But we haven't had a killing in a long period of time. Six, seven months." (This is a lie.)
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
So many journalists wring their hands about how to deal with Trump's dishonesty. Wish more of them would follow Aaron's lead: "(This is a lie.)"
The corpses of Allen and John Foster Dulles are vibrating with excitement
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The corpses of Allen and John Foster Dulles are vibrating with excitement
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A small 🧵on my year in reading - would love to hear about your recommendations! I read 54 books this year, which was by far a personal best (yet nowhere near some friends). I'll publish the full list below. A few highlights:
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A small 🧵on my year in reading - would love to hear about your recommendations! I read 54 books this year, which was by far a personal best (yet nowhere near some friends). I'll publish the full list below. A few highlights:
Impeach the president
SMITH says he had evidence that Trump directly ordered alleged co-conspirators to call senators on the evening of Jan. 6 to try to continue delaying the vote ceritification.
He also had evidence that Bannon said Trump was still "on fire" on evening of Jan. 6.
He also had evidence that Bannon said Trump was still "on fire" on evening of Jan. 6.
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Impeach the president
So....Donald Trump was a source of young girls for Jeffrey Epstein?
The @wsj.com, which Trump is suing over it’s Trump/Epstein birthday card scoop, continues to break news about their relationship, here that many young women/girls working at MAL spa were sent over to Epstien www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So....Donald Trump was a source of young girls for Jeffrey Epstein?
A small 🧵on my year in reading - would love to hear about your recommendations! I read 54 books this year, which was by far a personal best (yet nowhere near some friends). I'll publish the full list below. A few highlights:
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A small 🧵on my year in reading - would love to hear about your recommendations! I read 54 books this year, which was by far a personal best (yet nowhere near some friends). I'll publish the full list below. A few highlights:
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The results of Musk’s chainsaw.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The results of Musk’s chainsaw.
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Say it with me: Mayor Jacob Frey Vetoed The Measure
"Minneapolis had considered taking a page from St. Paul‘s approach to managing encampments, with the Minneapolis City Council voting this month to provide toilets and dumpsters, but Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed the measure.." www.startribune.com/st-paul-home...
December 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Say it with me: Mayor Jacob Frey Vetoed The Measure
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This wasn't even one of the daycares featured. People are targeting Somali owned daycares to terrorize our neighbors. The burglar here stole employee files and personal data.
MN GOP openly admitted today that they conspired with the racist YouTuber who ginned up these racist attacks
Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care in south Minneapolis
The break-in comes in the aftermath of a viral video alleging fraud by several Somali child care centers.
www.startribune.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This wasn't even one of the daycares featured. People are targeting Somali owned daycares to terrorize our neighbors. The burglar here stole employee files and personal data.
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MN GOP openly admitted today that they conspired with the racist YouTuber who ginned up these racist attacks
Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care in south Minneapolis
The break-in comes in the aftermath of a viral video alleging fraud by several Somali child care centers.
www.startribune.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
MN GOP openly admitted today that they conspired with the racist YouTuber who ginned up these racist attacks
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The constitutional remedy for a president who uses collective punishment against people for the crimes of a few is impeachment, removal, and disqualification, followed by a criminal trial.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The constitutional remedy for a president who uses collective punishment against people for the crimes of a few is impeachment, removal, and disqualification, followed by a criminal trial.
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This, exactly.
These “activists” are the neighbors I see at the farmers market, the neighbors who trick or treat at our house on Halloween, the neighbors whose children I am grooming to become our backup catsitters! The neighbors who distribute whistles at our biweekly meetings!
These “activists” are the neighbors I see at the farmers market, the neighbors who trick or treat at our house on Halloween, the neighbors whose children I am grooming to become our backup catsitters! The neighbors who distribute whistles at our biweekly meetings!
being a part of this has given me a lot of hope. But i object to the people involved being labeled “activists”. They’re just neighbors. “Activist” is only ever applied to leftists as a way to make them seem less normal. These people are normie AF.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
Inside the organized resistance to ICE in Minnesota
As the federal government broadened immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, a network of neighborhood activists ramped up pushback by keeping tabs on ICE agents and lending aid to families in hidi...
www.startribune.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This, exactly.
These “activists” are the neighbors I see at the farmers market, the neighbors who trick or treat at our house on Halloween, the neighbors whose children I am grooming to become our backup catsitters! The neighbors who distribute whistles at our biweekly meetings!
These “activists” are the neighbors I see at the farmers market, the neighbors who trick or treat at our house on Halloween, the neighbors whose children I am grooming to become our backup catsitters! The neighbors who distribute whistles at our biweekly meetings!
Trump's secret police terrorizing American communities. This is vile.
A video shows around 50 federal agents at the Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka to detain one person. This happened at around noon today.
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Trump's secret police terrorizing American communities. This is vile.
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Trump guys on Twitter are using Grok to “hunt” daycares in their nearest city to see if there are kids in them and, if there are, if they’re Somali.
This is so fucking dangerous.
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
😦
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
Power out in SW Mpls. Almost no cell data either. Yikes!
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Power out in SW Mpls. Almost no cell data either. Yikes!
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Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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May 25, 1867: Minneapolis Tribune prints its 1st newspaper, 15 weeks after the city is chartered. The Tribune was an innovator, receiving the 1st Mergenthaler typesetting machines in 1891 and printing the 1st cartoon in 1897. Until today, it was the nation's 7th largest in print circulation.
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
May 25, 1867: Minneapolis Tribune prints its 1st newspaper, 15 weeks after the city is chartered. The Tribune was an innovator, receiving the 1st Mergenthaler typesetting machines in 1891 and printing the 1st cartoon in 1897. Until today, it was the nation's 7th largest in print circulation.
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Gonna be fun trucking Monday’s paper from Des Moines. Might get it by Wednesday.
The last edition of The Minnesota Star Tribune printed in Minnesota.
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Gonna be fun trucking Monday’s paper from Des Moines. Might get it by Wednesday.
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PSA: Peak flu season is in February. It's not too late to get a flu shot. (Hat tip MPR News)
December 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
PSA: Peak flu season is in February. It's not too late to get a flu shot. (Hat tip MPR News)
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.