Rob Levine

Opinion | I'm a pastor in Minneapolis who sees God in my Somali neighbors G. Travis Norvell: My Somali neighbors are beautiful

In order to find a defense of our Somali brothers and sisters you have to look beyond the two largest newsrooms in the state @startribune.com & @mprnews.org - both owned by the same racist, Republican billionaire family

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Trump wants to ethnically cleanse our Somali brothers and sisters, and @startribune.com thinks the problem with this is that it hurts Republican chances to take over Minnesota elections. Meanwhile, the moral eunuchs at @mprnews.org are completely silent about Trump's racism

A couple months ago the @startribune.com actually ran a seminar plotting strategy for the state Republican party! Can't make this shit up

A Republican billionaire family owns the @startribune.com , and runs it as a Republican protection racket. Could there be more direct proof?

Trump’s ‘garbage’ comments threaten GOP inroads in Minnesota Somali community Trump has ramped up attacks on Somali Minnesotans and pledged to revoke Temporary Protected Status.

According to @startribune.com the real problem with Trump calling our Somali brothers and sisters "garbage" is that it hurts Republican chances to retake the state! You know what's "garbage" ? StarTribune

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Erika Kirk turned her husband’s murder into the business opportunity of a lifetime. She has a lot to teach us about deals.

Extremely sweet black and white dog plays in the snow.

Anyone recognize this dog? My neighbor is watching him until his owners are found. Pit mix, male, pretty sizable, good at greeting and friendly behaviors and VERY SWEET. No tag, no chip. Surely his family yearns for him. Found in the Standish-Ericson neighborhood in Minneapolis, near Lake Hiawatha.

"Branding individuals as 'narco-terrorists' without proof just to open the door to lethal force is not a legitimate policy,it’s a dangerous fantasy. It bypasses due process, shreds constitutional limits, and pushes America toward another unnecessary foreign war."

-Senator Rand Paul (R)

It's designed to give the impression they care, without really caring

Minneapolis charter school removes CEO amid teacher sexual abuse allegations, lawsuits The founder and leader of Minneapolis charter school Best Academy has been relieved of his duties after multiple lawsuits accused two teachers of sexually abusing students.

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Put these in classrooms

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It is also worth mentioning, KFAI is the ONLY place you will hear this type of community-led convo with an elected official. This type of media is so important to how you form your civic understanding. More important than EVER. Support it!!, go to www.kfai.org/donate

Hear this long ago: Unclear writing is a sign of unclear thinking

Beating the odds, or beating the test? High performing Charter Schools

I was writing about what a crapfest Best Academy was back in 2012 - when local media celebrated it as an odds-beating school. The guy running it was inducted into the Charter School Hall of Fame . Now he's in the Charter School Hall of Shame www.edhivemn.com/story.php?st...

Hegseth's defense, like almost everything he says, makes no sense

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Trump Can’t Stop Falling Asleep at Cabinet Meeting & Goes Off the Rails in All Night Posting Spree

Hadn't seen much of Kimmel before Trump tried to cancel him. Been watching his monologues ever since. He's the guy who best understands Trump & Republicans, and he's hilarious. Fifteen minutes of laughs from last night www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EYl...

Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie

Amanda Marcotte: "That’s how a man who lectures actual soldiers about “warfighting” makes himself feel big: ordering the long-range killings of defenseless civilians, and watching it on video. And Hegseth's subsequent reaction has amounted to acting like a huge weenie." www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...

Life in prison for Minnesota’s ‘most prolific’ child abuser A former Twin Cities area teacher and coach convicted of sexually abusing more than a dozen young boys spanning multiple schools was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole a...

This story didn't get enough attention. A serial charter school teacher is Minnesota's most prolific child molester ever. The schools he taught at are projects of business philanthropies like the Minneapolis Foundation run by RT Rybak

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Two Pieces of the Puzzle Understanding the Trump Con on Ukraine and Europe

Documenting here the way Trump has assiduously attempted to block or interfere with European support for Ukraine, including the use of Russian frozen assets to arm and rebuild Ukraine. Now we learn that Witkoff has told Putin he can count on getting all the frozen assets back.

Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters - emptywheel It took the most powerful military in the history of the world four strikes to destroy an unarmed boat in uncontested waters.

Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters

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Especially if you have zero proof of this.

The bizarre part of US health insurance is that you are FORCED to be a gambler. Think you'll get sick? Spend more on premiums. Think you'll stay healthy? Spend less on premiums. Worse for self-employed, who have to estimate income. Guess wrong and you'll be back-billed.

This is the same quagmire Rs got stuck in during Trump I. Free market = better, European-style = bad, taxes = bad. The idea that people might just want the government to take care of something so they're not on the phone for months getting fucked over does not compute.

That's the way it's been my entire adult life. We're the most propagandized people on earth

One big reason Dems can't be like Trump is Traditional Media, which would turn 180 degrees were a Dem elected president. Any Dem policy victories come in SPITE of Traditional Media, while Republican victories come with the ASSIST of Traditional Media

Narrator: Republicans lie whenever they feel like it

Grants to: Minnesota Public Radio

Doing so would upset the business philanthropists who really pay the bills at @mprnews.org , or the billionaire Republican owner of @startribune.com www.edhivemn.com/recipientgra...

One thing to kind of mourn as you consume the craptaculation that is @startribune.com & @mprnews.org is the sheer writing and human talent we have in Minnesota who would be more than willing to help shape the news narrative. But prescient people are exactly what these two outlets do not want

What we see today from @startribune.com & @mprnews.org is the implicit belief that they're fine with grotesque hate, off the charts lying, and imminent fascism. They think they'll be okay, because they're both run by the same Republican billionaire political family.

They’ll soon have a recliner with gold trimmings for him