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    The Petty Machinations of Mobile Vulgus

    MINOT, N.D. — Here in Minot, there’s a very popular local Facebook group called, cheekily, the “Minot Whiners and Complainers.” It was, per its description, “created as a joke” because there were so many people complaining on local yard sale and news pages that a need for a new venue for Minoters (Minotians?) to “vent or…

    National

    - June 10, 2021 - ,

    How Do You Promote Native American Voices by Attacking Native Americans?

    MINOT, N.D. — Earlier this week a group of activists looking to stop construction on Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project attacked a pump station site. They vandalized equipment and terrorized workers, dozen of whom were locked in by the protesters. Ultimately, the assault resulted in about 250 arrests, though the group that organized the activists, Treaty People, was…

    This And That

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    LIVE at 11 A.M.: What’s Going on With the Line 3 Protests?

    With the vigorous demonstrations against the Line 3 pipeline replacement project, the upper Midwest is getting another front-and-center look at the often vicious politics of energy infrastructure. Left-wing activists train to be arrested, the plot conflict with law enforcement, all to produce media coverage that is sympathetic to their cause. Meanwhile, every single one of us, including…

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