Got woken up early here by a big thunderstorm. I hadn’t been watching the local news or been near my cell phone yesterday, so I didn’t realize there was a curfew in Mpls. and St. Paul last night starting at 8:00pm because of rioting in Mpls. over a local issue the night before. It looks like things were quiet overnight.

In other StarTrib headlines this morning:

Man charged with threatening to kill Gov. Tim Walz over his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar

“I wasn’t thinking straight when I said those stupid things,” the complaint quoted Simonson as saying. He went on to say he was “feeling sick” about what he said, claimed he was no threat, needs to work on his “anger management” and was just frustrated about government restrictions connected to the corona­virus pandemic and recent urban riots.

He added that he feels that he’s unable to express himself because he is banned from Facebook.