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PART ONE:

Breaking Barriers
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1 million 420
Broadway songs about star-crossed lovers and
others from groundbreaking musicals like
Free meals served by Loaves Deer killed during a special hunt in south-
In the Heights, South Pacific, Showboat,
and Fishes in 2018, up from eastern Minnesota in hopes of fighting
West Side Story, Rent, and La Cage aux Folles.
300,000 just five years ago the spread of chronic wasting disease
20 66
Current or former teachers now Percentage of Minnesota’s electricity
in the Minnesota Legislature that still comes from coal
“But he made it legal to say
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so it was worth it!”
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An average of just 46 cents goes to fund
colleges, museums, and libraries. Money for The Zimmer Era:
community policing runs 88 cents. Even You’ll miss the
subsidies for sustainable energy come out VIKINGS COACH
to a mere $8.95. So to get the most from when he’s gone
6 5 1 . 2 2 4 . 4 2 2 2 T T Y 6 5 1 . 2 8 2 . 3 1 0 0 your ire, it might be wise to direct your rage
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Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board welfare to the tune of $368 for every U.S.
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BLOTTER
THE CURTAIN FALLS
On his way out the door, Erik Paulsen finds his soul
C
ongressman Erik Paulsen has House Republicans to stand against Trump
not had the best of years. on one of the president’s signature griev-
After holding his seat in ances: funding for a border wall.
Minneapolis’ western suburbs When the House passed a temporary
for five terms, the Eden Prai- funding bill allotting $5.7 billion for the
rie Republican geared up for his midterm wall, Paulsen was one of only eight Repub-
battle with Democrat Dean Phillips by licans to vote against it.
vocally distancing himself from President Paulsen didn’t respond to interview
Donald Trump. The reason: Trump had requests, so it’s impossible to say what was
become anathema in the suburbs Paulsen on his mind. But the fact is, he has been
represents. against Trump’s wall for a long time—even
Yet his ruse of independence was sub- while otherwise being “about as risk-averse
verted by his own voting record, which a congressman you’ll find on Capitol Hill,”
showed him voting with Trump 97 percent as MinnPost put it.
of the time. Did putting his foot down ultimately
Paulsen tried to declare himself a lone, matter? Yes and no. The bill still passed
reasonable conservative—someone who 217 to 185. And his reward seems to be
would stand up to the president when it little more than resounding dismissal as
mattered, according to his folksy, canoe- a “RINO” (Republican In Name Only) GLEN STUBBE, STAR TRIBUNE
paddling campaign ads. Voters weren’t from the MAGA crowd. on corporate and out-of-state money, and and strip multiple environmental protec-
buying, and Paulsen was crushed at the But even after voting for tax cuts that his overall voting record—in which he tions—he stuck out his neck for this one
polls. would raise the national debt by $1.5 tril- attempted to defund the Minnesota AIDS humanitarian issue.
Yet it’s now time to give credit where lion, refusing to hold a town hall meeting project, ban same-sex marriage, create Alas, it was ultimately a little too little,
credit is due. Paulsen was one of the few for six years, running his campaign mostly a 24-hour waiting period for abortions, and a lot too late. —HANNAH JONES
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T H E S E C R E T J O Y S
of Suffering Through Winter
The men with horns who roar like beasts surrounding it is up to my waist. I contemplate They offer to help my neighbor, who is stuck in
letting the city tow it. the middle of the road. I join them and we high-
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ecember 2010. The Snowpo- Then I see them. A group of five men down five after dislodging her Kia.
calypse brings the Twin Cities the street, headed my way. They wear Minne- Frozen, I head back inside. The pack moves on
19 inches of snow, followed by sota Vikings hats, the kind with horns. They are and continues to help those in need. I hear engines
subzero temperatures. Metro equipped for battle, carrying shovels, kitty litter, roaring and their joyful howls well into the night.
Transit has temporarily ceased and thermoses full of hot beverages (whiskey?). The next morning, they are at it again. I fire up
E operations. The roof of the “Do you need some help?” the stove and make some coffee and cocoa. I grab
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ATE own a shovel. So I improvise with a bucket and The smell of burned rubber wafts through the air. I nod, understanding. It’s an odd way to meet
OCI a broom. Somehow, we make it to the clear street. A wave your neighbors, but there’s something very Min-
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AS Three hours later, my car is clear, but the snow of relief and gratitude washes over me. nesotan about it. —JESSICA ARMBRUSTER
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The winter cyclist, light cuts a sliver through the dark. To
unevolved species arrive 20 minutes late to the bar, sweating
but still cold, when you could be sharing
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smarter species has adapted a Lyft with friends.
to use handy tools like heated But it isn’t.
seats and Hyundai Elantras in There’s fellowship written into each
battling the winter commute. As tweet and Facebook post from other Twin
temperatures drop, this more developed Cities cyclists, whether it’s an exasper-
genus strategically times the punching of ated update (“Day seven of uncleared,
remote starters, the hustle from house to unusable bike lanes”) or a comment to
pre-warmed car, shrewdly minimizing commiserate (“That headwind this morn-
exposure to the elements. ing...”). There’s solidarity in the salute a
Meanwhile, my evolution stopped with rider issues from across the intersection,
the invention of the studded bike tire. before we silently go our separate ways.
As days shorten, I double the length of There’s community in the thin band of
my morning routine, adding layer after visible road I angle my tires toward, left
layer to brace for the ride ahead. If you by someone who traversed this snow-
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sounds a lot like “masochist.” There’s a
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you,” and the wind chill adds “right to hell.” hen you grow up a scared kid
The slap of cold against skin is a reminder with an overactive imagina-
that you’re alive, just as it’s a reminder tion, you never feel alone
that you won’t always be. Especially if in the dark.
you forget to pack an extra fleece for the Nighttime was when unseen things
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