Tom powers pioneer press biography
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A semi-retired sportswriter who’s been regularly contributing columns to the St. Paul Pioneer Press won’t be doing that any more following a Twitter rant about “liberal pussies” that called Hillary Clinton “the devil incarnate” and told Democrats “go fuck yourself.” Tom Powers worked for the paper for a long while and had been contributing a regular freelance column, but his five-hour Twitter rant Tuesday night created a ton of backlash. He then tweeted Wednesday he was ending his association with the Pioneer Press so they wouldn’t “take heat” for his rant.
[Update: Powers has now deleted his entire Twitter account, which is why the tweets in here are oddly formatted. The content is still readable.]
https://twitter.com/TomPowersPP/status/897920912464523268
The paper then issued some follow-up tweets:
This rant started Tuesday night at 10:36 local time, with Powers replying to a seven-hours-old tweet from cartoonist Tom Tomorrow saying the Republicans need to deal with their own mess:
https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/897557715832188928
https://twitter.com/TomPowersPP/status/897663436540325888
That took a bunch of blowback, and Powers doubled down. He’s deleted some of the tweets in question
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In the old days, having the Vikings do anything at all in Eagan – let alone conduct training camp — spelled trouble for many of us here in Dakota County.
We’d have to make sure all family members were safely indoors by sunset, secure the patio furniture and then place safety barriers on the lawn, lest a car come crashing through the front window. Given enough warning, we could stock up on candles and fresh water.
By the “old days” I’m referring to, oh, the 1990s. Those were wild and woolly times for the Vikings, and the best thing about our boys conducting training camp in Mankato was that, well, they were in Mankato. And when we in the Twin Cities retired for the evening, we were at peace with our surroundings. Any police sirens we may have heard were of our own making.
Technically, it’s an hour and a half drive to Mankato. In reality, it took much longer as we’d drive on the shoulder with flashers blinking in an effort to remain highly visible in case one the guys happened to be high-tailing it back to camp for curfew check. My bumper sticker read: “I Brake for the Jaws of Life.”
That’s all been (mostly) cleaned up as the NFL finally decided to crack down on improper behavior. Not so much to protect the pu