max nesterak
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professionally nosy. reporter at @minnesotareformer.com
Gov. Walz bans state employees from using insider information to place bets.
Gov. Walz bans state employees from using insider information to place bets • Minnesota Reformer
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday prohibiting state employees from using inside information to bet on prediction market sites like Kalshi and Polymarket. The executive order comes a day ...
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Peggy Flanagan wants the Senate race to be about her soaring progressive platform. But the fraud issue is inescapable.
In tight Senate race, Peggy Flanagan can't escape the f-word • Minnesota Reformer
Republicans have a one-word message for voters in 2026: fraud. The fraud crisis in Minnesota’s social service programs is feeding Republican dreams of ending their 20-year losing streak in statewide r...
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@maxnesterak.bsky.social on peggy flanagan
In tight Senate race, Peggy Flanagan can't escape the f-word • Minnesota Reformer
Republicans have a one-word message for voters in 2026: fraud. The fraud crisis in Minnesota’s social service programs is feeding Republican dreams of ending their 20-year losing streak in statewide r...
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In tight Senate race, Peggy Flanagan can’t escape the f-word minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/28/i...
In tight Senate race, Peggy Flanagan can't escape the f-word • Minnesota Reformer
Republicans have a one-word message for voters in 2026: fraud. The fraud crisis in Minnesota’s social service programs is feeding Republican dreams of ending their 20-year losing streak in statewide r...
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Angie Craig's vote for the Laken Riley Act has become perhaps her greatest liability in her tough Democratic primary for U.S. Senate against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. What that vote, and her reversal, says about her. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/27/w...
Angie Craig defends immigration vote in the face of Democrats' fury over Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig regrets that she didn’t see it coming: thousands of masked federal agents flooding American streets, arresting law-abiding immigrants without warrants and packing them in disease...
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‘No me rendiré tan fácilmente’: tras cuatro meses detenida, Andrea Pedro-Francisco comienza su lucha por obtener asilo
'No me rendiré tan fácilmente': tras cuatro meses detenida, comienza su lucha por obtener asilo • Minnesota Reformer
Andrea Pedro-Francisco soportó dolores insoportables por un quiste ovárico de gran tamaño durante su detención bajo custodia de ICE, que le negó unac irugía.
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“My regret to give them a f***ing inch does drive my commitment to making sure that the Trump administration pays for what they’ve done,” said Rep. Angie Craig about her vote for the Laken Riley Act. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/27/w...
What Angie Craig’s most controversial vote says about her • Minnesota Reformer
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig regrets that she didn’t see it coming: thousands of masked federal agents flooding American streets, arresting law-abiding immigrants without warrants and packing them in disease...
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The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of Iran war casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
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Deportation hearing for Salah Sarsour focuses on Israeli detention wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/07/23/d...
Deportation hearing for Salah Sarsour focuses on Israeli detention • Wisconsin Examiner
At a deportation hearing for Salah Sarsour, president of Milwaukee's Islamic Society, experts testified on torture by Israeli soldiers
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“In my heart I’ve always felt like I still have to fight,” said Andrea Pedro-Francisco, who was recently released from detention after being detained during Operation Metro Surge. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/22/i...
‘I’m not giving up so easily’: After 4 months in detention, an asylum fight begins • Minnesota Reformer
Andrea Pedro-Francisco feels like part of her is still trapped in a nightmare — back in the crowded, windowless cell block of the Texas detention center she left weeks ago. “My mind is halfway here, t...
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The likelihood that Andrea Pedro-Francisco would ever return to her family in Minnesota was vanishingly small. Immigrants without legal status seldom get out of detention under the Trump administration — unless to be deported. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/22/i...
‘I’m not giving up so easily’: After 4 months in detention, an asylum fight begins • Minnesota Reformer
Andrea Pedro-Francisco feels like part of her is still trapped in a nightmare — back in the crowded, windowless cell block of the Texas detention center she left weeks ago. “My mind is halfway here, t...
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my colleague @maxnesterak.bsky.social was first to report on the plight of andrea pedro-francisco, who suffered from an ovarian cyst while in immigration detention. max has followed every step of her story, and we caught up with andrea recently — in person, finally — as she awaits an asylum hearing
‘I’m not giving up so easily’: After 4 months in detention, an asylum fight begins • Minnesota Reformer
Andrea Pedro-Francisco feels like part of her is still trapped in a nightmare — back in the crowded, windowless cell block of the Texas detention center she left weeks ago. “My mind is halfway here, t...
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“We thanked you in the past for when you stood up to ICE. We’re going to thank you this time for standing up to the super PACs,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in support of Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's Senate bid minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/20/b...
Bernie Sanders headlines First Avenue rally for Peggy Flanagan in contentious Senate race • Minnesota Reformer
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig recently derided Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, her rival in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, by saying America doesn’t need another Bernie Sanders in Congress. The thousand peo...
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Judge throws out UnitedHealth’s defamation lawsuit against the Guardian www.startribune.com/judge-throws...
Judge throws out UnitedHealth’s defamation lawsuit against the Guardian
The U.K.-based media outlet called decision to dismiss all six counts in the lawsuit a rejection of UnitedHealth’s ‘bullying and intimidation tactics.’
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Bernie Sanders headlines First Avenue rally for Peggy Flanagan in contentious Senate race minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/20/b...
Bernie Sanders headlines First Avenue rally for Peggy Flanagan in contentious Senate race • Minnesota Reformer
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig recently derided Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, her rival in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, by saying America doesn’t need another Bernie Sanders in Congress. The thousand peo...
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"Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship." www.pressherald.com/2026/07/16/i...
ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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here's how to make an inexpensive home air filter youtu.be/RTRDZZddcXI?...
Stay safe and healthy during bad air days with these DIY air purifiers
YouTube video by UMN Climate Adaptation Partnership
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SCOOP: FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots, by @jeremykohler.bsky.social @dougbockclark.bsky.social
FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots
As part of President Trump’s continued push to discredit the results of the 2020 election, his administration has considered using AI technology to scrutinize tens of thousands of ballots seized in Fu...
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45 detainees loaded onto today's ICE Air flight in Minneapolis, the highest single day total since February 4. Stats: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data Minnesota 50501 volunteers continue to monitor, report, advocate & demand accountability; please help support our work: mn50501.org/donate
Roughly three-fourths of police officers retire without ever having fired their service weapon in the line of duty www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
A closer look at police officers who have fired their weapon on duty
About a quarter of all officers say they have ever fired their service weapon while on the job. Are some more likely than others to have fired their weapon in the line of duty?
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BREAKING: Darline Graham Nordone will finish out the term of her older brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who adopted and raised her following their parents’ deaths. scdailygazette.com/2026/07/13/s...
SC governor appoints Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister to fulfill his term • SC Daily Gazette
Darline Graham Nordone will finish out the term of her older brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who adopted and raised her following their parents' deaths.
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Feds turn over evidence in killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti by immigration agents minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/13/f...
Feds turn over evidence in killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti by immigration agents • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota prosecutors announced on Monday they obtained a trove of evidence from the federal government in the killings of two U.S. citizens — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — and the shooting of Venezuel...
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Hennepin County Commissioner Irene Fernando gets a rare encore jeer from Rochelle Olson
