Dad, Husband, Minnesotan, Poli sci prof @DePaulU. I study US politics, pol comm, media, APD & REP. Fan of MN sports, nice people, podcasts & Twizzlers. He/Him
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Evergreen message from our son from back in 2017. True every day.
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Just love KAT and so damn excited for him and the Knicks. Congratulations!
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May 24
I hope @KarlTowns knows the whole city of Minnesota is rooting for him
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May 13
They don’t realize it now, but they’ve just captured one of the best moments of their lives.
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May 13
been a while since i’ve done a “Minnesota is the greatest state in the union” post so here’s a reminder
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May 13
i’ve lit the beacon, Wolves Nation.
Wolves in 7 til it ain’t
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May 13
Dear announcers placing the spurs in the western conference finals and then anointing them to be there for the next 8-10 years. They are an awesome team. Also it’s game five. Get your act together.
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Why would they review this one on Wemby's 3 and not the one on Ant's 3?
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May 8
How many meals do you think these two people have missed in their lives?
May 8
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins: "The good news -- in just one year alone, we've already moved 4.5 million people off of SNAP. So this idea that once a government program is in place you can never roll it back, President Trump has proven that to be wrong. So we're going to be pulling more and more people off."
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May 6
Michelle and I can’t wait for you to visit the Obama Presidential Center!
Starting on June 19, the Center will be open to the public, and you’ll be able to check out the Museum along with public spaces like a new branch of the Chicago Public Library with a reading room, a two-acre playground, a fruit and vegetable garden, and more.
Tickets available at tickets.obama.org.
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May 5
Timberwolves and Lynx medical staff are from the best hospital on EARTH #pillsandinjections for real i love my country, the proud and medically advanced nation of Minnesota
Top 100 Best Hospitals in the World (2025)
1. 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic – Rochester
2. 🇺🇸 Cleveland Clinic
3. 🇨🇦 Toronto General – University Health Network
4. 🇺🇸 The Johns Hopkins Hospital
5. 🇸🇪 Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
6. 🇺🇸 Massachusetts General Hospital
7. 🇩🇪 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
8. 🇮🇱 Sheba Medical Center
9. 🇸🇬 Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
10. 🇨🇭 Universitätsspital Zürich
11. 🇫🇷 AP-HP – Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
12. 🇨🇭 Universitätsspital Basel
13. 🇺🇸 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
14. 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
15. 🇨🇭 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
16. 🇯🇵 The University of Tokyo Hospital
17. 🇺🇸 Stanford Health Care – Stanford Hospital
18. 🇩🇰 Aarhus Universitetshospital
19. 🇺🇸 The Mount Sinai Hospital
20. 🇩🇰 Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital
21. 🇺🇸 Brigham and Women’s Hospital
22. 🇧🇷 Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
23. 🇩🇪 LMU Klinikum
24. 🇨🇦 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
25. 🇰🇷 Asan Medical Center
26. 🇫🇷 CHU Lille – Hôpital Claude-Huriez
27. 🇦🇹 AKH Wien / Medical University of Vienna
28. 🇳🇴 Oslo Universitetssykehus
29. 🇫🇷 Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
30. 🇰🇷 Samsung Medical Center
31. 🇳🇱 Amsterdam UMC
32. 🇨🇦 Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
33. 🇬🇧 St Thomas' Hospital
34. 🇺🇸 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
35. 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
36. 🇯🇵 St. Luke’s International Hospital
37. 🇮🇹 Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
38. 🇺🇸 Northwestern Memorial Hospital
39. 🇺🇸 UCSF Medical Center
40. 🇧🇪 UZ Leuven
41. 🇩🇪 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
42. 🇰🇷 Seoul National University Hospital
43. 🇫🇮 Helsinki University Hospital
44. 🇮🇹 Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
45. 🇩🇪 Klinikum rechts der Isar (TU Munich)
46. 🇰🇷 Severance Hospital – Yonsei University
47. 🇺🇸 University of Michigan Health
48. 🇳🇱 Erasmus MC
49. 🇪🇸 Hospital Universitario La Paz
50. 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville
51. 🇳🇱 UMC Utrecht
52. 🇪🇸 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
53. 🇨🇭 Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)
54. 🇮🇹 Ospedale San Raffaele – Gruppo San Donato
55. 🇺🇸 Duke University Hospital
56. 🇦🇹 Landeskrankenhaus Innsbruck
57. 🇨🇦 North York General Hospital
58. 🇯🇵 Kameda Medical Center
59. 🇪🇸 Clínic Barcelona
60. 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
61. 🇮🇹 Istituto Clinico Humanitas
62. 🇦🇺 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
63. 🇺🇸 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
64. 🇳🇱 Radboud UMC
65. 🇨🇭 Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
66. 🇩🇪 Uniklinik Köln
67. 🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic Hospital – Phoenix
68. 🇰🇷 Seoul National University – Bundang Hospital
69. 🇸🇪 Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
70. 🇪🇸 Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
71. 🇫🇷 ELSAN – Santé Atlantique
72. 🇺🇸 Houston Methodist Hospital
73. 🇮🇹 Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi
74. 🇩🇪 Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
75. 🇫🇷 CHU Bordeaux – Pellegrin
76. 🇪🇸 Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
77. 🇺🇸 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia & Cornell
78. 🇳🇱 Leiden University Medical Center
79. 🇪🇸 Clínica Universidad de Navarra
80. 🇸🇬 National University Hospital (NUH)
81. 🇯🇵 Kyushu University Hospital
82. 🇸🇪 Akademiska Sjukhuset (Uppsala)
83. 🇧🇷 Hospital Sírio-Libanês
84. 🇬🇧 Guy’s Hospital
85. 🇩🇰 Odense University Hospital
86. 🇬🇧 University College Hospital (London)
87. 🇰🇷 Gangnam Severance Hospital
88. 🇬🇧 Addenbrooke’s Hospital
89. 🇨🇦 Montreal General Hospital – MUHC
90. 🇫🇷 Hôpital de la Timone (AP-HM)
91. 🇯🇵 Nagoya University Hospital
92. 🇨🇦 Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)
93. 🇺🇸 NYU Langone Hospitals – Tisch Hospital
94. 🇦🇺 The Alfred (Melbourne)
95. 🇦🇹 Kepler Universitätsklinikum
96. 🇦🇺 Royal Melbourne Hospital – Parkville
97. 🇮🇳 All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Delhi
98. 🇯🇵 Keio University Hospital
99. 🇦🇹 Universitätsklinikum Graz
100. 🇹🇭 Bumrungrad International Hospital (Bangkok)
Note: Based on expert surveys, patient experience data, hospital quality metrics, and PROMs.
Source: NEWSWEEK and Statista
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Mike Conley going 4-7 from deep. What a performance.
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GOOOOD MORNING, WOLVES FANS.
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SAY IT BACK!!!
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May 1
For the first time ever, Minnesota has an NBA & NHL team in the second round in the same year.
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“They took it personal. Denver had that choice of who they wanted to play and they chose us. They chose us.” — Chris Finch
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Just an incredible, ferocious, connected performance from the Timberwolves, up and down the lineup. Jaden McDaniels has the last word in a series that he owned from start to finish.
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May 1
Finch making it a point to say that Denver chose to play Minnesota in the 1st round.
“They chose us.”
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