by Tovah Rudawski

Minnesota: the oddly-shaped midwest state with ten thousand lakes, Lutherans galore, and hot dishes. Added to that list this September: an invasion of thousands of Republicans, busloads upon busloads swarming towards the Xcel Energy Center. Much to my dismay, my home state had been transformed into a terrifying police statem downtown St Paul playing the part of the locked down and gridded out battleground.