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J. Patrick Coolican

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Editor-in-Chief at Minnesota Reformer

Editor in chief, @MNReformer. Contact me if you wanna write for us. DMs open. Formerly @StarTribune, @LasVegasSun, @UMWallaceHouse. Go Irish.

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  • 3 weeks ago | news-journal.com | J. Patrick Coolican

    Majority Leader Erin Murphy. DFL-St. Paul, and DFL caucus members outline their focus and work ahead for the 2025 session at a press conference February 10, 2025. Photo by A.J. Olmscheid/ Senate Media Services. Progressives are outraged that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House leader Melissa Hortman agreed to a budget deal that will strip health insurance from undocumented adults who became newly eligible for the coverage on Jan.

  • 3 weeks ago | minnesotareformer.com | J. Patrick Coolican

    Progressives are outraged that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House leader Melissa Hortman agreed to a budget deal that will strip health insurance from undocumented adults who became newly eligible for the coverage on Jan. 1 Here’s Minneapolis City Councilmember Jason Chavez: I’m extremely disappointed … They made a deal with the GOP to strip away health care from undocumented residents.

  • 3 weeks ago | newsfromthestates.com | J. Patrick Coolican

    Progressives are outraged that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and House leader Melissa Hortman agreed to a budget deal that will strip health insurance from undocumented adults who became newly eligible for the coverage on Jan. 1 Here’s Minneapolis City Councilmember Jason Chavez: I’m extremely disappointed … They made a deal with the GOP to strip away health care from undocumented residents.

  • 1 month ago | minnesotareformer.com | J. Patrick Coolican

    Gov. Tim Walz got dragged online and on cable news last week for some comments he made at the Harvard Institute of Politics. “But I also was on the ticket quite honestly, ya know, because I could code talk to white guys watching football and fixing their truck and doing that. That I could put them at ease. I was the permission structure to say, ‘Look you can do this and vote for this.’”If true, and it probably is, “it was an epic miscalculation,” as CNN’s Abby Phillip put it.

  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | J. Patrick Coolican

    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers the State of the State address Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)Gov. Tim Walz got dragged online and on cable news last week for some comments he made at the Harvard Institute of Politics. “But I also was on the ticket quite honestly, ya know, because I could code talk to white guys watching football and fixing their truck and doing that. That I could put them at ease.

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j. patrick coolican @jpcoolican
9 May 25

RT @maxnesterak: Trump’s tariffs weigh heavy on truckers as overseas shipments sink https://t.co/wmoLdhwQ2W

j. patrick coolican
j. patrick coolican @jpcoolican
8 May 25

Column this week is on Walz, who went to Harvard recently and said the quiet part out loud, waiting a beat before talking. https://t.co/j6aGrJEDOh

j. patrick coolican
j. patrick coolican @jpcoolican
1 May 25

RT @michellemgriff: ICYMI: Rep. Angie Craig — critic of Elon Musk — said she has donated campaign contributions she's received from the Spa…