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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 9h

Shutdown news: USDA using a tariff slush fund to help nutrition program for women, infants and children stay afloat through end of month minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/r...

Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through end of month • Minnesota Reformer

USDA is transferring $300 million into WIC from its child nutrition programs account, which has long been funded in part by tariff revenue from prior years.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 11h

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 11h

In today's newsletter: Happy Indigenous People’s Day; Rep. Ilhan Omar has endorsed state Sen. Omar Fateh for mayor, a look at Michelle's reporting on this; two more MN measles cases; COVID vaccines clarified by CDC; Civics education gets the MAGA treatment. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 12h

It's important to note that the Dept. of Education is explicitly prohibited legally from setting curriculum. However, the same day the new coalition launched, the department announced it would be prioritizing “patriotic education” when it comes to discretionary grants.

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The U.S. Dept. of Education announced that a new coalition of conservative groups, including Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation, will push for more "patriotic" civics education. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/r...

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education • Minnesota Reformer

The vast majority of the groups in the coalition promote a vision of U.S. identity that downplays historical wrongs associated with race and gender and projects the country as an exceptional force for...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 12h

The U.S. Dept. of Education announced that a new coalition of conservative groups, including Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation, will push for more "patriotic" civics education. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/r...

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education • Minnesota Reformer

The vast majority of the groups in the coalition promote a vision of U.S. identity that downplays historical wrongs associated with race and gender and projects the country as an exceptional force for...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 12h

Two more measles cases were identified in Minnesota last week. Child vaccination rates continue to fall, and recent cases have all been identified in unvaccinated people. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/m...

Minnesota adds two cases to measles surge amid decline in routine vaccinations • Minnesota Reformer

The number of Minnesota parents claiming non-medical exemptions to routine vaccinations has more than doubled in recent years, likely fueling the recent emergence of new measles cases, including two l...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 14h

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar endorses Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar endorses Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor • Minnesota Reformer

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor Sunday, giving the two-term state senator key support ahead of the Nov. 4 election. “For many years, we have seen the concerns my ne...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 16h

After weeks of confusion over who would be able receive a COVID vaccine, the CDC now says anyone over 6 months is eligible. Most insurance coverage is linked to CDC recommendations, so under most plans this round of vaccination will now be covered. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/w...

Walz gets vaccinated, CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccine • Minnesota Reformer

Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, received COVID and flu vaccines last week, and the CDC released new guidance that anyone over 6 months can receive the COVID-19 shot after consulting with a phar...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Polling shows that the vast majority of Americans support the renewal of health insurance subsidies, even among Republicans. 70% of non-MAGA Republicans and 57% of MAGA Republicans supported renewal of the Biden-era subsidies. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/03/r...

Renewal of health subsidies backed by big majorities in poll, including Trump voters • Minnesota Reformer

The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans and those who identify as strong supporters of President Donald Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their he...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Commentary: Matt Schuerger, board member of Fresh Energy, offers a rebuttal to the premises described in a previous guest commentary criticizing the now-approved acquisition of Minnesota Power by a BlackRock subsidiary. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/c...

Counterpoint: Attacks on advocates of Minnesota Power sale were unfair, untrue • Minnesota Reformer

Recklessly undermining Minnesota’s regulatory institutions and advocacy community is the opposite of looking out for the public’s interest.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Minnesota exports dropped 19% from the second quarter of 2024 to the same period in 2025, driven by a steep decline in oil and fuel purchases by Canada, and decreases in sales to China and Mexico.
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Minnesota exports down 19% from this time last year • Minnesota Reformer

Sales of Minnesota products to foreign countries fell by 19% over the past year, according to data released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The steep declin...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Kingsley Fifi Bimpong died after officers allegedly ignored his stroke symptoms for hours. Robins Kaplan attorney:“The shocking deliberate indifference from local authorities stripped Kingsley of his last safeguard: the right to basic medical care.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/l...

Lawsuit: Minnesotan died after Eagan, Dakota County law enforcement ignored serious stroke symptoms • Minnesota Reformer

Jensen muted his equipment just as Moseng told him, “Before you got there, I was like, ‘Is this dude having a stro—’”

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Take some time with this story via KFF Health News, which details the way that RFK's health department aims to create a legal link between autism and vaccines, in the absence of a scientific one. The move could threaten access to all vaccines. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/08/i...

Inside the high-stakes battle over vaccine injury compensation, autism, and public trust • Minnesota Reformer

RFK Jr.'s proposals would unleash a flood of claims, threatening the program’s financial stability and handing vaccine opponents a powerful new talking point.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

A bipartisan group of former governors denounced the deployment of troops to Portland and Chicago, saying that doing so without state approval "threatens to upset the delicate balance of state and federal authority that underlies our constitutional order.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/r...

Former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson and bipartisan group of former governors denounce National Guard deployment • Minnesota Reformer

GOP former Govs. Arne Carlson of Minnesota, Bill Graves of Kansas, Marc Racicot of Montana, Bill Weld of Massachusetts and Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey also signed the brief. “The present depl...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 3d

Now a leading candidate for Minneapolis mayor, Fateh is known for doing whatever it takes to win his priorities.

Sen. Omar Fateh has used his leverage, even threatening to leave the DFL caucus • Minnesota Reformer

Sen. Omar Fateh isn’t afraid to walk away. Fateh was infuriated by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s public messaging during the fraught days of Israel’s 2023 counterattack on Hamas, accusing his DF...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 4d

Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/09/r...

Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds • Minnesota Reformer

65% said it’s either probably or definitely false to say that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy increases the chance of a child developing autism.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 4d

Minnesota law enforcement agencies seized and kept over $6 million in cash, vehicles and other property in 2024, according to the state auditor’s most recent asset forfeiture report.

Minnesota law enforcement asset seizures up last year • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota law enforcement agencies seized and kept over $6 million in cash, vehicles and other property in 2024, according to the state auditor’s most recent asset forfeiture report. That’s 14% more t...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 5d

Commentary: With the feds looking to approve dangerous mining in the watershed, it’s up to Minnesota to protect the Boundary Waters minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/08/i...

It’s up to Minnesota to protect the Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer

Just when we were in the homestretch for permanently protecting canoe country, the Trump administration vowed to greenlight sulfide-ore copper mining in its headwaters.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 5d

Gov. Tim Walz said he anticipates President Donald Trump will send troops to the Twin Cities as part of the president’s campaign to target Democratic-led cities under the pretext of stamping out violent crime.

Walz: I anticipate Trump will send troops to Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer

Gov. Tim Walz said he anticipates President Donald Trump will send troops to the Twin Cities as part of the president’s campaign to target Democratic-led cities under the pretext of stamping out viole...

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 6d

Bondi declined to answer Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse when he asked, “What became of the $50,000 in cash that the FBI delivered evidently in a paper bag to Mr. Homan?” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/07/r...

A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • Minnesota Reformer

A laundry list of controversial incidents trailed Bondi into the committee room for the oversight hearing.

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 7d

Minneapolis Drinking Liberally this Thursday: The One About Minneapolis Local Elections!

6:00 - 9:00 at the 331 Club with

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Deena Winter of the Strib @deenawinter.bsky.social

Talk starts at 7. Come before 6 for a pretty good happy hour.

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 6d

Minnesota Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in nearly 20 years, and a panel of past and present elected Republicans on Tuesday said that emulating President Donald Trump is not a winning formula, at least in Minnesota.

Republicans: The Trump show won’t sell in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in nearly 20 years, and a panel of past and present elected Republicans on Tuesday said that emulating President Donald Trump is not a winning formul...

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