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Banjo-playing, cheese-loving, marathon-running DJ, publicist, music promoter & mother (she/her) https://linktr.ee/ellensmojo

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Watch Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show ft. Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Toñita & more The show ended with Bad Bunny saying ”God Bless America” and naming all the countries in America, with ”the only thing more powerful than hate is love” on the screen behind him.

Here's what happened during Bad Bunny's eventful Super Bowl Halftime Show www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-bad-bu...

09.02.2026 02:30 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

09.02.2026 01:58 — 👍 17917    🔁 3579    💬 149    📌 302
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State Farm Reimagines Bon Jovi Classic With Hailee Steinfeld For Super Bowl Commercial - That Eric Alper State Farm debuted a bold commercial during the Super Bowl featuring a humorous parody of the iconic anthem “Livin’ on a Prayer”. The spot follows Academy Award-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld as she navigates the frustrations of a fictional insurance provider. This campaign marks the first time the classic Bon Jovi track has appeared in a […]

State Farm teams up with Hailee Steinfeld for a hilarious Super Bowl parody of "Livin' on a Prayer". The star-studded spot features Keegan-Michael Key and Danny McBride. See the new commercial now. zurl.co/MGBCe

09.02.2026 02:40 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

This was great!

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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam

07.02.2026 03:54 — 👍 17047    🔁 5782    💬 493    📌 288

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

07.02.2026 03:38 — 👍 16263    🔁 5986    💬 272    📌 163

Just a reminder to rest so you have all your energy to fight fascism!

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Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading

Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading

Trove Of Emails About Pedophilia Reignites Nation’s Love Of Reading https://theonion.com/trove-of-emails-about-pedophilia-reignites-nations-love-of-reading/

05.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 1813    🔁 297    💬 18    📌 13
"Kind" by Jaspar Lepak

"Kind" by Jaspar Lepak

Now playing on MSP Sound: "Kind" by Jaspar Lepak

03.02.2026 02:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Big #WomenfolkRadio show this week as we talk with fiery bluegrass band Big Richard!🔥 🎻 We also talk with a song leaders from the Singing Resistance movement in Minneapolis! 🗣️ ☮️ Plus lots of new releases! 🎶 💿

🎧 Wed 8-10 am CST KFAI
Sat 10 am-12 pm CST Folk Music Notebook
Sun 4-6 pm EST WHCP

28.01.2026 02:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Lawyer for the Agent Who Shot Renee Good Thinks ICE Has Gone Too Far GOP candidate Chris Madel is dropping out of the Minnesota’s governor’s race, saying national Republicans “have made it nearly impossible.”

GOP candidate Chris Madel is dropping out of the Minnesota’s governor’s race, saying national Republicans “have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.”

26.01.2026 15:07 — 👍 537    🔁 118    💬 33    📌 15
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

24.01.2026 17:37 — 👍 31092    🔁 14536    💬 1771    📌 1457

Or be fighting fascism?

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Or be fighting fascism?

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A message from Scotland to Trump on Burns Night

Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord,
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
His ribband, star, an’ a’ that,
The man o’ independent mind,
He looks an’ laughs at a’ that

25.01.2026 11:05 — 👍 248    🔁 70    💬 5    📌 0
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The man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by Pr...

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis. Family members say he was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.

24.01.2026 23:41 — 👍 143    🔁 69    💬 4    📌 4

He was a Good Samaritan — and they murdered him for it. Now they’re trying to rewrite his history. They want to smear him. To dehumanize him.

Don’t let them. 2/2

25.01.2026 13:31 — 👍 4750    🔁 939    💬 64    📌 16
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Fact check: Federal officials’ claims about fatal Minneapolis shooting A review of statements by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem finds several assertions unverified or contradicted by video and witness accounts.

A review of statements by Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem finds several assertions unverified or contradicted by video and witness accounts.

25.01.2026 13:32 — 👍 406    🔁 138    💬 53    📌 18

To my white neighbors: You're seeing people who look like you murdered in the streets w/ no remorse from govt agents, no justice. You may feel you & your loved ones are no longer safe. It's awful, but it's also a golden opportunity to understand your Black & brown neighbors on a deeper level.

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AOC: "In directing this around Mayor Wray and Gov. Walz, claiming they are 'inciting,' Noem is equating disagreement with incitement ... she is laying the groundwork for the Insurrection Act ... they are taking issue with the people of Minnesota who have duly elected their own elected officials"

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Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.

There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.

News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

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Witnesses say they begged ICE agents not to detain Minnesota 5-year-old after father's arrest People who saw federal agents detain 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in Columbia Heights pushed back against claims by ICE and Vice President JD Vance that the child was abandoned, saying neighbors and s...

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refused to allow 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to stay at his Columbia Heights home with family after being detained, observers said, despite people in the home, neighbors and school officials begging them to do so.

24.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 835    🔁 416    💬 29    📌 25

It’s real that struggling businesses are taking the hit today for expressing solidarity with the victims of ICE slavecatchers. So for those with means, I declare the weekend Spent That Shit Saturday and Sunday at their shops and eateries to provide them some instant payback. #spendthatshit

23.01.2026 14:22 — 👍 382    🔁 102    💬 10    📌 9

I really can't state this enough.

Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.

Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.

24.01.2026 03:11 — 👍 2719    🔁 689    💬 5    📌 3

Local feed doesn't need to know this, but for my out of towners:

It's hard to describe how wide reaching the general strike was, but I can safely say more businesses voluntarily closed today than did on Thanksgiving and Christmas. By A LOT

24.01.2026 02:38 — 👍 221    🔁 31    💬 4    📌 0

What I've been telling my friends about what's happening in Minnesota right now is that it's basically the push-you-out-of-the-snow ethic everybody talks about, turned up to 11, with a hefty dose of Fuck You, You Can't Make Me Stop Caring About Other People.

24.01.2026 02:10 — 👍 28    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Dozens of people, including many clergy members, protested against ICE outside MSP airport despite the double-digit negative temperatures. Airport police made arrests after ordering the crowd to disperse.

📷️: Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune

23.01.2026 20:05 — 👍 213    🔁 70    💬 6    📌 4

leaving the scene of a car accident is a crime and i’m so fuckin sick of these lawless criminals in my neighborhood

23.01.2026 19:48 — 👍 710    🔁 207    💬 8    📌 1

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