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The most horrifying picture you will behold today

Literally, or figuratively.

August 3, 2009 at 4:33PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This picture was taken on Saturday, August 1st. Which means this display went up in July.

IN JULY.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In the name of Mary Shelley, what is the point of this? Halloween is three months away. Has anyone ever, ever been unable to buy as much Halloween candy as they want or need on the very day of the holiday? To say nothing of the week after?

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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