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New York mayor Mamdani tries to explain what the term working class means. So do we. A brief observation of the World Cup soccer tournament. Johnny Heidt with guitar news.

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Gov. Tim Walz is defending his vote to pardon a man convicted of molesting a 10-year-old child more than 20 years ago.

Last week, the Trump administration deported Tou Lue Vang despite a pardon approved by Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson in their role on the Board of Pardons.

Walz said the victim’s advocacy for Vang factored in his decision to grant the pardon.

“I can tell you in these pardons, one of the overriding factors that continuously influences the decision — certianly of me, I can’t speak for the rest of the board, but looks like that — depends on where the victims are at,” Walz said.

The governor emphasized that this action “didn’t let this person out of jail.” Vang completed his sentence — served entirely as supervised probation — in 2019.

Walz said his vote to pardon Vang was not an attempt to prevent him from being deported, though Vang is at least the third convicted felon with pending removal orders to be pardoned in Minnesota this year.

In May, the Board of Pardons unanimously granted clemency for At “Ricky” Chandee, who was convicted of second-degree assault in 1993; and Jai Vang, a Laotian man who was convicted of aggravated robbery in 1994.

On the same day the board considered a pardon for Vang, four others who had applied for pardons — including three who were facing deportation — were denied. Brian Evans, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office, said they lacked victim support.

In all cases, the Department of Homeland Security criticized the pardons as attempts to “take away qualifying convictions” for removal from the U.S.

Vang was deported anyway.

Walz questioned whether Vang’s removal improved outcomes in Minnesota.

“I guess the question I would as is, did that make us any safer? Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable? Did it improve the idea that we can’t all be judged by our worst day?” Walz said.

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Mischke dives into worlds he's both unfamiliar with and quite familiar with. The manosphere is the former, dive bars the latter. All this and a "bucket" man to boot. 

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Brief Ilhan Omar update. As expected, Mpls City Council votes down 75 day trial for police drone use. Aimee Bock's right hand man brought back from Somalia to stand trial for his role in the food fraud. Johnny Heidt with guitar news. Reusse with his weekly sports report.

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Shireen Gandhi conveniently enough resigns from DHS. Great words from a St Paul employer affected by the MN paid family leave act. The mayor declares himself a Euphorian based on smoky air. Johnny Heidt with guitar news.

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Mischke spends the hour with Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor talking about her new book, "Something We Said."

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Discussion about heat records and the thanks we have for air conditioning. We never asked for the family leave program and we are going to continue to discover it will need more and more of our money taken from us to re-distribute to other people. Family discovers photos of themselves in an Airbnb. Johnny Heidt with guitar news.

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Grab your cup and settle in for a strong pour of straight talk on public safety leadership and big-city fire department politics. In this episode of News from the Crabby Coffee Shop, Kenny and Jay are joined by former Minneapolis City Council President Paul Ostrow, a seasoned voice on local government, budgets, and accountability. They dive deep into the nomination and tenure of Reginald Freeman as Hartford Fire Chief, along with the federal lawsuit tied to his time in the role. Ostrow brings his no-nonsense perspective on what it takes to lead a fire department through scandals, staffing crises, line-of-duty tragedies, and the legal fallout that follows. From hiring decisions and department culture to the real-world pressures facing urban fire services, this conversation cuts through the smoke.

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A woman who held the legs of her husband as he was nearly sucked head-first out of a Ryanair cabin window on Friday said his "right shoulder and head were outside the plane".

Svetlana Grković, who was travelling with her husband Ljubisa Karović from Greece's Thessaloniki to Germany's Memmingen, told BBC Serbia how two other passengers helped pull him back inside after nearly two minutes.

"We pulled him back together," she said. "His entire face was deformed and blood was pouring from his nose and mouth."

Speaking to Serbian outlet Nova, Grković said she "immediately reacted and grabbed his legs", adding: "I thought: 'If we die, we die together.'"

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Cargo bikes are the latest rage in the cycling community. Author accuses critics of racism for pointing out the mistake in her book. Sherriff Bob Fletcher still getting grief for merely pointing out Somali gang violence. Johnny Heidt with guitar news.

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