Progressive Citizen X

These are the mad political rantings of one Matthew McNeil, Liberal/Democratic radio host in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. The postings are mine, the thoughts are mine. Mostly about politics, but I will occasionally get into raising kids, cooking, gardening, the arts and my favorite sports. Bon Appetite!

Friday, June 12, 2026

The Friday Link for 6/12/26

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Hi everyone. One year ago on Sunday, Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated in their home, and MN Senator John Hoffman an...
Friday, June 5, 2026

The Friday Link for 6/5/26

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Hi all. We start with sad news as Anthony Head passed away. The recognizable actor died of complications from pneumonia. He didn't do th...
Friday, May 29, 2026

The Friday Link for 5/29/26

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Hi all!  One of the best F-U's of all time was what Stephen Colbert did right after his Late Night show ended with record ratings.  He f...
Friday, May 22, 2026

The Friday Link for 5/22/26

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Hi all! Happy Memorial Day! I hope you have a nice weekend. Memorial Day is a day to remember the sacrifice of those who have died in battle...
Friday, May 15, 2026

The Friday Link for 5/15/26

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Hi all! This upcoming week will be the last of Stephen Colbert's The Late Show. Colbert is an insane talent, a man who is an all-time fu...
Friday, May 8, 2026

The Friday Link for 5/8/26

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Hi all!  This week, we start to get ready for the 250th Anniversary of the United States.  We are not exactly at a high point in American hi...
Friday, May 1, 2026

The Friday Link for 5/1/26

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Happy May Day, everyone! This week, we start with a little video that shows us how far we've fallen in leadership in the USA. I don'...
Friday, April 24, 2026

The Friday Link for 4/24/26

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Hi all! I have not done a cooking-heavy edition of the Link lately, so let me start with one of my favorite YouTubers, Max Miller. I love hi...
Friday, April 17, 2026

The Friday Link for 4/17/26

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I miss baseball that's played for the fun of the game.  Don't get me wrong, I do love baseball overall, but the Major Leagues are a ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

The Friday Link for 4/10/26

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Hi all!  I'm exhausted! I was up late last night (on a school night - WHAAAA???) at the Lady Gaga concert in St. Paul, and I've been...
Friday, April 3, 2026

The Friday Link for 4/3/26

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Hi all! Happy Friday!  Let's start this week off with a bang!  I am a Christian (my disclaimer), but you do or don't do whatever it ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

The Friday Link for 3/27/26

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Hi all, and welcome to the weekend!  This week, I start off with something I posted years ago, but it came back up in my suggested file, and...
Friday, March 20, 2026

The Friday Link for 3/20/26

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Howdy everyone, and welcome to the first day of Spring! After a blizzard last weekend, we are hitting 78 degrees tomorrow. Horribly wrong, b...
Friday, March 13, 2026

The Friday Link for 3/13/26

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Howdy everyone!  Let's start tonight with the Oscars! With the ceremony this weekend, Screen Junkies has their annual review of all the ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

The Friday Link for 3/6/26

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Hi all, Let's start this week by visiting Minneapolis!  From 1968, the year I was born! This makes the city look very white! It's so...
Friday, February 27, 2026

The Friday Link for 2/27/26

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We start with a simple question this week!  Is it better to take a harmless, fun video and add a scary, mean person soundtrack...  Is it bet...
Friday, February 20, 2026

The Friday Link for 2/20/26

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Let's start with the Olympics this week. There is no better match-up in sports today than the USA vs. Canada in women's hockey. They...
Friday, February 13, 2026

The Friday Link for 2/13/26

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Howdy all! I hope everyone has a nice Valentine's Day tomorrow, if you choose to celebrate! We are going to visit 4 of my favorite conte...
Friday, February 6, 2026

The Friday Link for 2/6/26

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Howdy all. I am looking forward to the Olympics for a few reasons.  One of the main ones is that I can take a break from fighting fascism an...
Friday, January 30, 2026

The Friday Link for 1/30/26

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Hi all. It's been another exhausting week, with the Murder of Alex Pretti and the fallout since. We've had a few glimmers of hope, l...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

The Bully

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This morning, Alex Jeffery Pretti was murdered by ICE agents on Eat Street in south Minneapolis.  He was trying to help some women when an I...
Friday, January 23, 2026

The Friday Link for 1/23/26

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Howdy all! This week, we start with what I feel was one of the funniest bits Saturday Night Live ever came up with: Pete Twinkle and Greg St...
Friday, January 16, 2026

The Friday Link for 1/16/26

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Hi all. It's been a brutal week in Minneapolis. Trump's ICE Gestapo is here, and they are intentionally making everything horrible. ...
Friday, January 9, 2026

The Friday Link for 1/9/26

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Hey everyone. I just let out a massive sigh.  Welcome to Minneapolis for the first full week of 2026. I will get to the week, but I desperat...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Mastodon, Let's Just Be Friends

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Dear Mastodon,  Hi there!  I want to come clean. You're great and all, but a harsh reality: you're falling WAY behind the rest of th...
Friday, January 2, 2026

The Friday Link for 1/2/26

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Happy New Year, everyone!  This week (and year), we start with Astro Alexandra, a fantastic YouTuber/TikToker who is a must-follow if you li...
Friday, December 26, 2025

The Friday Link for 12/26/25

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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  Three years ago, after I was in a car accident where a drunk driver broke my back, I was sitting i...
Friday, December 19, 2025

The Friday Link for 12/19/25

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Since this is the last Friday Link before the Holiday, let's get Christmas-y!!! We start with what is going to be the last Colbert Chris...
Friday, December 12, 2025

The Friday Link for 12/12/25

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Evening all.  Epic Rap Battles of History is back with a good one: the Red Baron Versus the White Death. Note, some rougher language! Since ...
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