Jennifer Brooks
@stribrooks
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Minnesota Star Tribune columnist š„³ Your source for dumpster fires. I think you're pretty great. Mostly @stribrooks-ing on other platforms these days.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined September 2011
That's a wrap for me on Twitter. Don't quite have the heart to erase 13 years and 30,000-plus solid gold tweets so I'm just locking up and turning off the lights. God, we used to have fun here, didn't we? I'm @stribrook-ing on Bluesky these daysš¦See you there!
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Never forget: Kevin McCarthy said, āI'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker. It's because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old.ā That member is Matt Gaetz.
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Trump's Homeland Security pick can't even cross the border into 12 percent of her own state. https://t.co/oTYC6lInN1
startribune.com
Donald Trump has tapped South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, according to multiple reports.
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I see we didn't go with MY proposed headline: "Oh good, now Trump has more time to golf" https://t.co/ZEX2aqmtss
startribune.com
This time around, we know what Donald Trumpās plans are.
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For Minnesotans still awake. Something to ponder. What the house did in 1979 with a tied MN House. https://t.co/HuygxrJmBs
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Look, I donāt want to make this all about myself but thereās a chance Iām going to have to make a truly annoying amount of edits on the next edition of my Grover Cleveland bio.
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Glaring at yet another sunny, lovely outdoor NYC ice skating rink. Your move, Minneapolis
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Huh. First car I've seen covered in shelf paper outside of that car chase scene in Johnny Dangerously.
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Stealing an election is never as easy as Donald Trump makes it sound.
A local Indiana GOP official cried foul after a voting machine test resulted in an inaccurate count. It turns out that's because he stole ballots. It was caught on video. He's charged with a crime.
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Charlie Brown had a kite-eating tree. Beer Can Island eats yachts. https://t.co/Ofm6zvGhBI
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The 54' boat in the St. Croix River near Hudson, Wis., is still there after its owner told city officials that he's following legal advice to leave it; the city is fining the owner $1,400 per day.
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Guess this pose remains un-trademarked? https://t.co/fQCsw8e3nx
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On political endorsement https://t.co/e5OTZhylIE This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.
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A note from the publisher:
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They named a new elementary school building in Missouri after the janitor at their school. This rocks so much
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NEW: New art installation outside the Capitol building "honoring" Jan. 6 insurrectionists for pooping all over the Capitol.
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Naval Academy disinvites historian @ruthbenghiat from a history department lecture under pressure from the Heritage Foundation--founders of Project 2025. Intended lecture was what happens to militaries under authoritarian rule through history
As controversies go, it was easy to miss this one. It all took place within the conservative media ecosystem. But it could foreshadow what might happen to the U.S. service academies if Trump is elected next month.
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