The Republican speaker in Minnesota is grateful that Minnesota families will lose daycare. Is that where we are now? It’s true that all the fraud in Minnesota has taken so much money from our families and kids.

The Republican speaker in Minnesota is grateful that Minnesota families will lose daycare. Is that where we are now? It’s true that all the fraud in Minnesota has taken so much money from our families and kids.

socialism is when your former landlord raises the rent after you move out

—Trans people being defined out of legal recognition and having our civil and healthcare rights attacked on every front in an attempt to erase us from public life—doesn’t even make the list anymore. Luckily they don’t get a say in who we are or if we live.

163 years ago in Mankato, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history. I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Let us prepare for the long fight to protect others and relieve suffering of individuals, of actual people, anywhere we are able.

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

trans folks deserve better than this. “The thing that I’m thinking the most about right now is trans young people who are internalizing what this administration is trying to build,” she said, “which is a world where trans kids have no future, and that is bleak. It is heartbreaking.”

there's no shortage of pain in these awful times that we inhabit, but none of it comes close to losing our Leader six months ago. I'm so grateful to @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for getting to know Melissa, and for writing about HER. I hope you'll read it, and get to know her, too.

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Rep. Leigh Finke statement on proposed rules and actions from HHS on Trans Health Care

Americans can feel how the world is shifting. How prices are increasing. How jobs are decreasing, opportunities shrinking. We can all feel the wires we walk getting smaller, the balance of democracy is getting shakier. Yelling at people doesn’t change reality.

For most of my twenties, when asked my favorite film, I would say it was a tie between Princess Mononoke and Princess Bride. As child of the 80s and 90s, Rob Reiner was everywhere, making some of the best and most lasting films I grew up watching. I love his work. Rest in peace, Rob and Michelle.

The House DFL is united. United behind our neighbors. United against ICE’s campaign of terror. United for a safe and welcoming future for all.

Treat this cold snap seriously. It’s ready cold out there this weekend and there are resources for folks who need them. The high on Tuesday is 40. Hang in there.

The Trump administration: “RADICAL TRANS LEFTISTS ARE TRYING TO ERASE WOMEN” Also the Trump administration: “WE WILL CUT YOUR FUNDING IF YOU SAY THE WORD ‘WOMEN’” 🙄

Some news: I was named the DFL Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee. Thank you to leader @zackstephenson.bsky.social for this opportunity. I’m very excited to assume the role.

Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year. Now you're upset? Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.

ICE activity in increasing across Minnesota. We are seeing many people indiscriminately questioned, harassed, and detained. We are seeing an increased level of militarized tactics from agents, including brandishing weapons, harassing and threatening observers, and worse.

Let yourself be shocked, over and over, by what you’re seeing. Anything else will dull the urgency we need to fight back.

Somali Minnesotans are here to stay. This is our home 💜

MS NOW: Are you getting any support from Republican colleagues saying this kind of rhetoric isn't okay? ILHAN OMAR: No. And it isn't surprising because the Republicans have bent the knee. They've welcomed his disgusting rhetoric. I'm not expecting any of them to develop a backbone now.

The Trump administration targeting Somali Minnesotans is not about finding criminals, it is an effort to sow chaos, scare people, and demonize immigrants and Muslims. We stand with our Somali communities.

Ilhan Omar is my friend.

The federal government should provide healthcare for everyone. Healthcare for all. That is all bye.

SPPD appears to have used tear gas canisters against Saint Paul residents, in an effort to support HSI and ICE. Someone needs to answer: Why?

Apropos of nothing in particular, from Saint Paul

Want to take a moment to support our Karen neighbors. The Karen are an indigenous population from Myanmar who faced devastating violence at home. There are now 20,000 Karen people living in Minnesota—most in Ramsey co.—the largest population in America. www.startribune.com/temporary-pr...

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Minnesota has always been a welcoming place for immigrants and it will continue to be 💜

I’m glad that the U of M, UMN Physicians, and Fairview are heading back to the table for honest-to-goodness mediation. For all parties - for the broader public interest in Minnesota - that’s the best next step. #mnleg

Hmong & Somali here as well

Trump is making life more expensive. The end.

Yes I did. (To be fair I did not say Trump is a child rapist. I said we as a nation should prepare for this he potentiality that our president is a child rapist).

Love and solidarity are words that mean nothing to the authoritarian administration behind these actions. But they are the very things that will defeat them. Stand in love and solidarity. Stay safe. And keep fighting.

This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud

ICE and other federal agencies conducted a workplace raid in my district today. My statement

ICE raided a workplace in my district today. Two unmarked vans stole away an unknown number of workers from Bro-Tex. Rapid responders were in force. There was clash. Pepper spray. All the folks I spoke to at the scene were shook but resolve was fierce. No quarter for ICE in Saint Paul.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

James Carville said on his Politicon Podcast recently that when it comes to so-called identity politics that “the baggage you bring may not be worth the votes you have” but interviewers should press him on which identities do and do not matter. A frank discussion would be illuminating,

The Democratic Party is far from perfect, but they are the coalition that has invited us in. To lose what we have won inside the Democratic Party would be catastrophic . I am a democrat and I will never stop fighting for trans liberation both in this country and in our party.

Folks, @leighfinke.bsky.social joined us for a full episode. We talked about: 1) After losing last week, will MAGA lay off the anti-trans ads? 2) MN DFL delivered for working class families, but voters think Dems don't care about affordability? 3) SCOTUS 4) Trump 5) And more youtu.be/YpmKw3aifjo

This is a beautiful and powerful statement of affirmation and love for transgender, non-binary, and intersex people. it doesn’t always feel true, but there is so much love for our communities. There are so many people out there who see our value and our inherent worth.

Northern lights as seen through the clouds in Ontario, Canada.

Visible northern lights in the Twin Cities tonight. If you can’t see them clearly use your phone camera. It’s beautiful.

Update: Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office. The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office. I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.

The 8 democrats who betrayed our party would rather have a MAGA government in charge than a thriving progressive movement in this nation.

I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one. No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.

totally. I am grateful I got laser loon when I had the chance.

good news.