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After Biden imploded in the 2024 debate, I asked Trump surrogates: Who'll be the Dem nominee? The unified answer was: Biden, it's too late to replace him. And within days the Heritage Foundation was (idly) threatening legal action if Dems dumped Biden. We now know this was because they knew Biden was toast, and Harris or another nominee was an X-factor.
The current CW, as Dems melt down in Maine, is: Well, Collins is in great shape now, race is over.
But remember the CW of a week ago. Chatter that Rs had dynamite on Platner but would wait until after July 13 deadline to release it. The implication: Rs wanted a weakened Platner to run against.
So could Maine Dems come out of this polycrisis with a new nominee who wins?
(Also, Collins beating all comers for decades, then losing to an 11th hour replacement Dem, would be the stupidest ending to a career. And we should never rule out stupid.)
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Brian Nicholson, running mate for Republican-endorsed candidate for governor Kendall Qualls, was on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack on Congress.
He says he left after things turned violent but that clashes with video and photo from the day.
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Star Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Annunciation shooting startribune.com/pulitzer-pri…
NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota Star Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting for coverage of shooting at back-to-school Mass.
Minnesota Star Tribune to sell Minneapolis printing plant, lay off 125 workers startribune.com/minnesota-st…
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Brooks: The tragedy of a mass shooting at a children’s Mass startribune.com/minneapolis-…
NEW: Sources say DFL to revoke Omar Fateh’s endorsement for Minneapolis mayor startribune.com/minneapolis-…
.@StarTribune goes deep on Vance Boelter: A devout Christian with failed ambitions and an arsenal of firearms who chose ‘war’ startribune.com/a-devout-chr…
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune
ALT The June 15, 2025 front page of the Star Tribune with the main headline "Unspeakable" House DFL Leader Hortman, husband assassinated. State senator, wife also shot; suspect ID'd; killer posed as cop, had list
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St. Paul native Kathleen Hennessey joins the Star Tribune from the New York Times, where she was a deputy politics editor for the past 3 years following a career at the Associated Press. Her first day leading the Midwest's largest newsroom will be May 12. bit.ly/44njIhd
ALT The Minnesota Star Tribune names the New York Times' Kathleen Hennessey as editor
NEW: Delta Air Lines offers $30K to each passenger on crash-landed Toronto flight startribune.com/delta-flight…
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New today: how USAID dismantling has reverberating impact on Midwestern farmers and heartland agribusiness startribune.com/usaid-shutte…
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NEW: Mom IDs son as teen left with brain injuries from YMCA ambush by fellow Edina High School students startribune.com/mom-ids-son-…
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Busy weekend for #mnleg - and session doesn't start til tomorrow. @mnhouseDFL sworn in at private ceremony, Senate reaches power sharing agreement: startribune.com/minnesota-ho…
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#Breaking DFL Sen. Mitchell’s lawyers seek to postpone burglary trial until late May startribune.com/dfl-sen-nico…
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JUST IN: 1 charged among 4 arrested in YMCA fight among Edina students that left teen with brain injuries startribune.com/arrests-made…
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Ber plays First Avenue this week. Get to know the rising artist. mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/…
This postage stamp-sized restaurant is a Minneapolis gem. For 112 Eatery's 20th anniversary, the restaurant is digging in the archives to revive classic dishes startribune.com/112-eatery-a…
How does Minnesota's 2024 weather compare with your childhood? startribune.com/how-does-202…
See you all at the @heythereitsber show Saturday at First Ave startribune.com/critics-pick…
