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Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
"The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation school and church shooting." startribune.com/minnesota-st…
Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
New: ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves. propub.li/4a4V4nR
Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
NEW:
Working as a federal prosecutor used to be one of the most apolitical positions in govt.
Now, when you apply for one of the many vacant positions for those posts at DoJ, you're required to weigh in on Trump’s policies.
“How would you help advance the president’s executive orders and policy priorities in this role?” read one of the queries on an application for a job in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota.
“Identify one or two relevant executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired,” reads another.
nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/po…
The most important story you'll read today.
‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building startribune.com/no-humanity-…
How exhausted Minneapolis journalists are covering a prolonged federal crackdown poynter.org/reporting-editin…
“Just getting a client to sign a document becomes almost impossible ... Suddenly, they’re in Texas and there’s no way to contact them.”
In 2025, more than 2,700 immigrants passed through Minnesota detention facilities and transferred nearly 8,000 times.
startribune.com/how-immigrat…
Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
Thank you to the @StarTribune and its photographers, reporters and editors for documenting what federal agents are doing to the people of Minnesota. Day in, day out, sometimes in clouds of tear gas, you get the facts and get the photo. You make journalism proud.
The stunning images coming from the streets of Minnesota demand attention in this ongoing crisis. The Minnesota @StarTribune photographers & reporters are documenting this moment for the world to see, and we want to be sure their work travels far.
Today we're rolling out some *new ways* people can spread & support our fact-based journalism.
See them all here: startribune.com/essential-re…
Whether or not you take advantage of any of these, please read and share real journalism in these unprecedented times. The truth matters. 🙏
[photo credit Richard Tsong-Taatarii & Renee Jones Schneider, Minnesota Star Tribune]
ICYMI, this fun catalog of the Fair smells is a delightful visual look at one of the senses we don't often talk about.
Smells of the Minnesota State Fair create a festival for the nose startribune.com/smells-of-th…
You on the Fair's first day: "It's so crowded, we'll definitely break a record."
Our tracker with new data just now: "Sorry, you're about 1,700 shy of last year's record"
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Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
Post-COVID, transit ridership looks different than it once did all over the U.S. In the TC, our transit recovery lags peers, even as Metro Transit seeks to add and improve service, which experts say are levers to bring riders aboard. w/@KarinaKumar03
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We have a lot of fun Fair stuff to offer and more to come, but this is one of my favorites. It's *genuinely useful* in addition to being fun.
How far can you stretch $100 at the Minnesota State Fair? startribune.com/how-far-can-…
Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
We asked where Uptown is, and more than 2,000 of you responded and mapped your vision. Where is the common ground about the boundaries of the Minneapolis neighborhood? startribune.com/we-asked-whe…
in which I take @gretakaul's good data idea and spin it into a dot plot with emoji.
It's not just you -- this summer has kind of sucked!!!
startribune.com/this-summer-…
Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
Tell us where you think Uptown is by drawing its boundaries here. startribune.com/where-is-upt…
Is Uptown just vibes?
Uptown Minneapolis has been the focus of an endless amount of hand-wringing about its evolution over the years. But where is Uptown exactly? startribune.com/nobody-can-a…
Courtney (C.J.) Sinner retweeted
Our Strib coverage of the targeted shootings in Minnesota is outside the paywall. Please consider sticking with a local source for your information on these attacks.
startribune.com/brooklyn-par…
Small-town newspapers are dying because no one wants to run them. cjr.org/analysis/small-town-… via @cjr
This gif-y analysis by my team shows how Minnesota has really been walloped by smoke from northwest Canada ... hopefully clearing out today: startribune.com/watch-wildfi…