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After violence in Minneapolis, some influencers break from typical content

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By Elizabeth Blair

Published January 28, 2026 at 4:51 AM EST

Lifestyle influencers or those cute animal accounts on social media rarely feature commentary about news and politics. The violence in Minneapolis has been an exception.

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Elizabeth Blair is a Peabody Award-winning senior producer/reporter on the Arts Desk of NPR News.

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