Happy Pride.

Happy pride friends! When you’re feeling rough, down, alone, or scared, connect intentionally with our shared histories-books or movies or art exhibits, learn our past and and know that YOU, personally, specifically you are part of the lineage and ancestry of queer life that we celebrate in Pride.

So proud to have met and stood with these amazing trans folks at the DFL State Convention. ❤️ Thank for all you do to make Minnesota a haven for trans people, healthcare, and youth. 🏳️‍⚧️ ✨ @leighfinke.bsky.social ✨ @kobey4governor.bsky.social ✨ @repliishkozlowski.bsky.social

Had a good long weekend and reset in OTC. Much needed respite w some old friends. #TransInTrumpCountry

Sacrifice.

The house stands adjourned until 2027. A million things happened this year but we also must celebrate what didn’t happen. Despite repeated attempts, there was no successful action to limit trans rights. We held the line and will continue to o uphold the deeply rooted value of trans inclusion.

this is so so funny.

As @leighfinke.bsky.social says: “After Sunday, we take the tools of democracy out to the people, and we come back in January with a majority that is willing to pass this, and that's how this ends.” Don’t sit out this election, Minnesota. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

#HoldTheVote #mnleg

We do very hard things in this job. I’m often filled with doubt and worry and uncertainty. But sometimes we are reminded it matters and folks notice. Thanks for the note, kiddo.

📸 of the amazing State Rep @leighfinke.bsky.social from the stunningly beautiful May Day Parade! 🏳️‍⚧️OUR TRANS SIBLINGS ARE HERE FOREVER 🏳️‍⚧️

ok, now do the Epstein files.

The mood on the ground in Tennessee today.

I loved doing this. Thanks @imarajones.bsky.social for the invitation.

It’s a war. We are at war with Iran and we started it. It may be unpleasant to you all now that you are bored and it didn’t go as you predicted, but you cannot pretend that the human, political, and economic consequences of this unnecessary and pointless war are not real. No more war.

the national survey again found that LGBTQ+ young people are often placed at heightened risk for suicidality because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized.

World Cup Update

The worst kind of wordle today. There is just 100 words to play, and nothing to solve. Makes me crazy. ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩

It’s a blessing to be trans and among this beautiful family of trans and 2spirit and non-binary folks.

Nice work PA, and Rep. Kenyatta. This kind of push, and hard fought win is exactly how we build momentum for our shared future.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

We had a special visitor yesterday during the launch... @leighfinke.bsky.social was checking out Acorn Bookshop for Independent Bookstore Day, and meanwhile also one of our eBikes!

Secretary of Navy resigns during naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz. ...seems bad. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/n...

Without the house rules things get very ugly very fast.

Huge news: the court has entered final judgement in Oregon v Kennedy (HHS trans youth care ban) and has vacated the Kennedy declaration and permanently enjoined its enforcement to target gender clinics. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

great reporting on a vile and inhuman murder. RIP SAM. Justice is coming.

This story is terrible and I’m sorry Ms. Hernandez faced violence here. No one deserves it. Thank you to the protesters who assisted her and led her to deputies on the scene. I wish we did not have to write this one down but: don’t assault people or scream in women’s faces. This violence ain’t it.

Republicans will spend the rest of session—and all of the election—convincing you that issues voters that don’t affect you are the MOST important, so they do not have to take responsibility for the things we all care about. Example 1: gun violence

It will be the legacy of this Republican Party if his threats become reality. Everything that happens during and after is on his sycophantic followers who enabled him, and who refused to stop him. Perhaps the most dangerous political moment of my lifetime, and where are the grownups? Are there any?

You’re reminder that this government is ALWAYS lying. It’s like breathing to them.

Saw Springsteen last night in Minneapolis. If you’re gonna boomer, boomer like the Boss.

on this day of trans visibility we got a Supreme Court ruling making a mess of things again.

The boss was in town.

CW: extreme police violence. A trans masc attorney in Oklahoma was arrested while in court for "contempt of court." The police kicked him and put him in a chokehold while he screamed that he couldn't breathe.

It’s all so embarrassing. One day he will be gone and these men will live with legacy of sycophantic idolization of a fascist hellbent on destroying our country. At least then I hope they have the ability to reflect on their own humiliation.

This was a great conversation. Thanks for it!

Glad this is happening but devastating that it’s needed.

advocating for better pay for incarcerated workers has left hundreds of employees with significantly reduced hours and another 160 without work entirely. an awful story and a reminder that the constant and extreme exploitation of prison labor is a disgraceful part of our society.

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

a good report on my bill presentation yesterday, requiring law enforcement to detain and move people only in marked vehicles that are designed for human transport.

Ask me anything: Policy party. I know there are a lot of questions regarding LGBTQ+ policy - what has and hasn't happened, what might be coming, what's up with litigation? Getting ready for brief session for high schoolers tomorrow, so honing my approachable answers. Got a question? Ask away!

Okay not second. But we will be on eventually. Plus I got to hear @leighfinke.bsky.social make a statement on an earlier bill about crypto that I’ll get to call back to during my testimony. (She basically said “Bad things aren’t inevitable just because people with money say they are.”)

This is a major victory. Thank you it @smith.senate.gov and all those who worked to protect our most precious places.

We did this one already. But the again is deciding whether to push our country back in time, to an era when torturing queer people is legal and encouraged. Conversion therapy kills, there is no healing involved. If we lose it, we will win it back. We will never stop. We will never be erased.

Sinners for all the awards. Goodnight!

Bloop.

The US DOJ's settlement with Live Nation does very little to actually change the status quo and stop the harms being done to concert-goers, artists, and music venues. I will keep working to continue this litigation and hold Live Nation accountable for their unlawful behavior.

Humbled to receive the DFL Endorsement yesterday for my re-election, along withe my incredible colleagues from SD66, Representative @athenahollins.bsky.social and Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten. There is much work to be done. We will do it with determination and joy.

a committee in the MN House of Representatives in which the GOP members are all men was told by a democrat that the GOP members of the committee are all men (a factual statement), and those men got so, So, mad. They claimed that factually describing the committee had "impugned their motives." lolz.