Michael McIntee
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“Even in defeat, Democrats remain bullish that the contest portended some of Mr. Trump’s political weaknesses entering 2026. Roughly 100 Republican-held seats were less pro-Trump in 2024 than Tennessee’s Seventh, and Democrats need to flip only three seats to win a House majority next year.”
Matt Van Epps, a Republican former state official and Army veteran, won a special election for the House on Tuesday in Tennessee, holding off a surprisingly stiff Democratic challenge in a Republican district that drew a flood of national attention and money.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Even in defeat, Democrats remain bullish that the contest portended some of Mr. Trump’s political weaknesses entering 2026. Roughly 100 Republican-held seats were less pro-Trump in 2024 than Tennessee’s Seventh, and Democrats need to flip only three seats to win a House majority next year.”
Video released of break-in at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis on Sunday night. Video surveillance footage shows two masked individuals entering the mosque while a third waited in a vehicle circling outside.
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Break-In at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis Amid Ongoing Pattern of Attacks Targeting Mosques
YouTube video by Cair Minnesota
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November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Video released of break-in at Masjid Uthman in North Minneapolis on Sunday night. Video surveillance footage shows two masked individuals entering the mosque while a third waited in a vehicle circling outside.
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For your listening pleasure- a man playing a garden hose with funnel backed by the 1st John Phillips Sousa Memorial Band tonight in Edina’s Edinborough Park.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For your listening pleasure- a man playing a garden hose with funnel backed by the 1st John Phillips Sousa Memorial Band tonight in Edina’s Edinborough Park.
Is it wrong that this made me feel a little sad for my vacuum? #SuckyHolidays
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Is it wrong that this made me feel a little sad for my vacuum? #SuckyHolidays
Reposted by Michael McIntee
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Minnesotans have my permission to feel smug. vividmaps.com/us-states-vs...
How U.S. States Compare to Europe on the Human Development Index - Vivid Maps
Break down the United States state by state, compare each one with major European countries on human development, and something unexpected appears. The variation between American states turns out to b...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Minnesotans have my permission to feel smug. vividmaps.com/us-states-vs...
The correct Jeopardy question in the “Uses of AI” category for $500 is “How can AI be used to make criminals even more dangerous?”
Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Anthropic’s A.I. technology to conduct a largely automated cyberattack against a group of technology companies and government agencies, the company said Thursday.
Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack
The company claimed that A.I. did most of the hacking with limited human input and said it was a rapid escalation of the technology’s use in cybercrime.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The correct Jeopardy question in the “Uses of AI” category for $500 is “How can AI be used to make criminals even more dangerous?”
I did not stay up until midnight when my Aurora app says the KP index was at its peak. So the sequel might have been spectacular too.
It’s back! Not quite as intense and bright as last night, but we do have northern lights in the southern twin cities. The sequel is never as good as the original.
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I did not stay up until midnight when my Aurora app says the KP index was at its peak. So the sequel might have been spectacular too.
It’s back! Not quite as intense and bright as last night, but we do have northern lights in the southern twin cities. The sequel is never as good as the original.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It’s back! Not quite as intense and bright as last night, but we do have northern lights in the southern twin cities. The sequel is never as good as the original.
The sky is on fire outside my house. Legend has it that when the northern lights are this bright in the Twin Cities it means we get six more months of winter. Or as our local meteorologist Prince once said “sometimes it snows in April”.
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The sky is on fire outside my house. Legend has it that when the northern lights are this bright in the Twin Cities it means we get six more months of winter. Or as our local meteorologist Prince once said “sometimes it snows in April”.
So the guy with a hoagie was really a hero in the eyes of the jury?
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as ‘point-blank range’ was not an attempt to cause injury.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So the guy with a hoagie was really a hero in the eyes of the jury?
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as ‘point-blank range’ was not an attempt to cause injury.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as ‘point-blank range’ was not an attempt to cause injury.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@dbrauer.net Is it normal to hire a new press secretary after just getting elected? www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5126417...
Despite the cold and rain we had 62 trick or treaters tonight. That’s more than double the 30 we had last year!
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Despite the cold and rain we had 62 trick or treaters tonight. That’s more than double the 30 we had last year!
I was told it looked like a Jack-O-Lantern. So appropriate to share again tonight.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I was told it looked like a Jack-O-Lantern. So appropriate to share again tonight.
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A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
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CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
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CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
Because even when Canada is playing in the baseball World Series it’s still about hockey.
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Why George Springer's Whalers batting gloves are going to the Hockey Hall of Fame
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October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Because even when Canada is playing in the baseball World Series it’s still about hockey.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Why not say “25 states” in the headline for brevity and accuracy? Why not list all the states in the story? (Only 3 are listed.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts
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October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why not say “25 states” in the headline for brevity and accuracy? Why not list all the states in the story? (Only 3 are listed.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
This is a really good explanation from our State Auditor about fraud using a favorite Minnesota sport as a metaphor. Well written and short. Worth a read. www.startribune.com/mn-fraud-sca...
State Auditor Julie Blaha: Let’s clear things up on Minnesota fraud
"Let’s start with a shared understanding of how oversight in government works," State Auditor Julie Blaha writes. "I think of it like a hockey game — with fewer lost teeth."
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October 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is a really good explanation from our State Auditor about fraud using a favorite Minnesota sport as a metaphor. Well written and short. Worth a read. www.startribune.com/mn-fraud-sca...
Woe to Wordle players. It is either now an additional fee to play, or the system is having problems this morning. I’ve reported it to the @nytimes.com as a bug and we’ll see what happens.
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Woe to Wordle players. It is either now an additional fee to play, or the system is having problems this morning. I’ve reported it to the @nytimes.com as a bug and we’ll see what happens.
Yea for Paul McCartney’s band using a Prince symbol branded tambourine. Boo for using an outdated Minnesota flag to wave between songs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yea for Paul McCartney’s band using a Prince symbol branded tambourine. Boo for using an outdated Minnesota flag to wave between songs.