Walker Orenstein

I think it's bad that my coworkers are losing their jobs. We need everyone, including a huge chunk of our editors, to make a good, trustworthy product in a world that is increasingly slop content.

As Democrats move left, Klobuchar makes a business-friendly pitch in governor’s race startribune.com/klobuchars-gov…

Another Minnesota city is riled up about a flag. And a council member who took it from the city flagpole. And a leaked sheriff's office report. And maybe some small-town politics.

NEW: Mike Lindell isn't registered to vote in Minnesota, less than a month before the August primary. Texas' online database shows he has an active registration in Texas. Lindell lives in Minnesota again and said obviously he will vote and in this state. startribune.com/mike-lindell-t…

@CallaghanPeter I'll watch it if you move back

@walkerorenstein And you haven t seen “Slap Shot?”

On the phone with Mike Lindell, he asks an important question: "Have you ever seen My Cousin Vinny?" (Yes, of course, it's an all-time classic!)

NEW: Trump drops a political bomb on MN, endorsing a gov candidate most Rs think would lose. The state party and the potential GOP nominee are already fighting. “We’re on the Titanic, we see the iceberg, we need to do something,” said @MarkYorkMN. startribune.com/trump-drops-po…

@jeremymunson Explain?

@walkerorenstein MNGOP Chairman Alex Plecash didn't write this press release.

Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Alex Plechash is absolutely torching Mike Lindell after the endorsement by President Donald Trump, calling attention to his "serious financial baggage," "delinquent property taxes," and "significant electability concerns."

Ctrl-F "Kendall Qualls" in this statement from Alex Plechash, by the way 👀

From House Speaker Lisa Demuth: "I'm running to unite all corners of the party & deliver a victory in November up and down the ballot and save Minnesota from the radical & extreme Democrat agenda."

Statement from Kendall Qualls on Trump endorsing his rival Mike Lindell. "Republican delegates did the hard work and got it right at the statewide convention in Duluth. I’m trusting them and their fellow Republicans that are closest to the issues of Minnesota."

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Minnesota's pardon of Tou Lue Vang: "I would want to look at the entire record before making a decision on any pardon case, but as a former prosecutor I have not supported pardons of sex offenders." startribune.com/minnesota-pard…

After forgoing some past raises, Gov. Tim Walz to accept wage hike for final 6 months mprnews.org/story/2026/06/…

@Based_Masters He says no. He was past security perimeter that was breached by force and there after dispersal orders but not in building

@walkerorenstein Did he go into the building?

Brian Nicholson, running mate for Republican-endorsed candidate for governor Kendall Qualls, was on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. He says he left after things turned violent but that clashes with video and photo from the day.

Said Nicholson: “There were a lot of questions about the results of the 2020 election and I wanted to hear from, and show my support for, the greatest president of my lifetime.” startribune.com/kendall-qualls…

NEW: The running mate of GOP-endorsed candidate for governor Kendall Qualls was on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Congress. "I don't apologize for being there," said Brian Nicholson. startribune.com/kendall-qualls…

Nicholson and his longtime business associate can be seen near the steps of the Capitol as rioters occupy bleachers, suggesting the duo were present after the building was breached and police had issued a call to disperse while combatting the crowd: startribune.com/kendall-qualls…