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Bennett Smith

@bennettrsmith.bsky.social

I used to love working in state government, but now I try to post more pictures of pets, plants, and culinary masterpieces in rural and urban Minnesota. 🌈

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Stacey Burns

@wentrogue.bsky.social

Andy Brehm is just throwing around stray grievances: “is this anything? How about this?”

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I hate to break it to Brehm, but there is no new state flag design that will please the folks who are so fiercely clinging to the old one. It's the very act of changing the flag that they object to - because they consider it "woke," that handy word that can mean whatever the MAGA crowd wants it to mean on any given day.
Some of these folks objected to the new flag design because, they insisted, it was based on the flag of Somalia (note: it was not). The new flag was designed by a white guy living in rural Minnesota.

If you are going to get outraged over a piece of fabric with two shades of blue, a star and a shape that looks vaguely like the outline of our state, there is nothing you won't figure out a reason to object to.

ANNE HAME, Roseville

July 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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Peggy Flanagan

@peggyflanagan.bsky.social

Thanks to our Sustainable Aviation Fuel tax credit, MN is becoming an industry leader in aviation fuel.

Innovative policies like these make it easier for farmers to make a living.

Clean energy isn't just an investment in our planet - it's an investment in MN's economy.

May 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM

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The New York Times

@nytimes.com

A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns.

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