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- Sep 28, 2026
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THEY’RE REWRITING RENÉE GOOD (opens the original)
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Renée Good died once on a Minneapolis street.Now they’re killing her again – this time in Livingston, Montana.A group of dishonest filmmakers and right-wing propagandists are recreating the moment an ICE agent shot and killed Renée as she tried to drive away. We already have video of what happened. We can watch the agents approach her SUV. We can watch an officer try to open her door. We can watch Renée turn her wheels and move the vehicle. We can watch Jonathan Ross get out of its path. We can
MY DEAREST PETER (opens the original)
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HISTORY, ART, AND A BIT OF MYSTERY (opens the original)
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On Tuesday, September 29, we’re inviting you to join us for an evening of history, art, and beer in Saint Paul. We’ve arranged two stops, roughly three miles apart. One involves a respectable historical institution harboring something we’d very much like you to see. The other involves a brewery. We’ll begin at the Ramsey County Historical Society at 4 p.m. before heading to Dual Citizen Brewing Company for the Rebel Loon Archive’s official book launch from 5 to 8 p.m. Think of it as a field trip
OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PRESS CREDENTIAL REQUEST (opens the original)
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RFKETAMINE, JR. (opens the original)
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Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic — the same drug used in surgical settings and, more recently, in supervised clinical protocols for treatment-resistant depression.Used correctly, under medical supervision, it does real good. Used recreationally, outside that supervision, it does something else entirely. At higher doses it produces what users call a "K-hole" — a state of total dissociation from your own body, where you can lose the ability to move, speak, or track where you are in space or t
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