Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

Measles is doing well so that’s something.

failed Tinder bios

Hurried speech = probably resignation within 1 week.

What is dumber as an economic policy… tariffs or rent control?

Very worth reading. We need thoughtful leaders on our City Council and Molly Coleman looks like an unusually good fit for the job.

I am very pleased to see Governor Walz call state workers back half time. This is better for productivity, mentorship of young employees, culture, and for our downtowns.

Does anyone still think legal THC was a good idea? The evidence is profoundly strong that it was a huge mistake. Can we go back?

this is still so funny to me

Many people here complain about “mainstream” media because it “normalized Trump.” Maybe treating him like a real candidate who had real supprt and would implement real policies was accurate journalism. Seems like it now.

Choosing a complete maniac as DOD secretary is a plot point in several films about the end of the world.

I don’t agree with the vast majority of policies going into place but I realize now how unimaginative and incremental progressives are.

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200 years of learning how to regulate banks and securities in America and we’re about to set it all on fire because crypto is innovative. The innovation is: no regulation.

We have to acknowledge that our vision for what government can accomplish is diminished when we execute poorly. Public school failures and public transit failures in Minnesota make it seem like we can only do small things.

If you want to know how well government will do regulating AI, just look at how great a job it did regulating social media.

Trudeau is 53 years old. Generational political hand-offs in the United States result in people in their 60s in power. Just saying.

If you are an elected/ appointed official over 70 (probably 65), DO NOT run for reelection. It’s time to pass the baton and not be a greedy, out of date, legacy who blew the ladder up after you climbed it. This is not hard. If you work for one of these people, advise them appropriately. Thanks!

My biggest frustration with policy making over the past decade is to see policy ideas like rent control that have a lot of emotional appeal take hold even though they are proven to hurt the very people they are supposed to help. Policy makers need to read more and talk to fewer activist zealots.

The obvious strategy for democrats is to acknowledge that anti-vaxx is still an unpopular stance and partner with pro-vaccine republicans to scuttle the RFK Jr. nomination Democrats should be talking nonstop about how RFK Jr. fueled a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed dozens of kids!

It is so hard to start and to succeed as an employer. We need more people in politics and government who have authentic empathy about this. Otherwise, we scare off and/or harm the most vulnerable employers. www.startribune.com/small-busine...

John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.

The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)

I don’t know if I agree with all of the NYT reporting here but we all know homelessness has sky rocketed. We shouldn’t have any homelessness in America. Can we: A) Build enough housing B) Make private housing an entitlement (bed, kitchen, private bathroom) C) Make it illegal to live outside

Ms. Lujan Grisham, 65, said her state must face a hard truth: Mentally ill or drug-addicted people living on the streets must be compelled to get help. My view: If you use fentanyl, you give up your right to live on your own. Drug-addicted zombies belong in mandatory rehab until on a better path.

Why do we let people who are Dem Socialist members also run as Democrats? Aren’t these different parties with different platforms?

Love this article. We replaced Liberalism with word police, idea police and dogma. I’m glad to see this correction happening. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is so true. Crypto is a scam. Should have been made illegal from the outset. It’s both unconstitutional and impossible to regulate. The USD is the most efficient currency in history and unlocked tremendous wealth in the global economy. Undermining it is foolish.

You know you’re in Maine when you see a sign like this.

I think progressive policy makers messed up by having so many policies focus on gender and race attributes. If a policy makes sense, just expand it and have it apply to everyone. Easy to administer and more inclusive.

Why don’t we talk more about making housing an entitlement? It is likely high ROI that every person in America has private housing. Not luxurious housing but safe housing where you can lock the door, cook a meal, and have a private restroom. Wouldn’t this one policy change improve many lives?

I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated. We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.

Vaccines. There is really no debate about their benefits. RFK is working with his lawyer, Mr. Siri, on getting Polio vaccine approval rescinded. But, when I asked the real Siri whether vaccines save lives, the answer is “6 lives per minute.”

Tenant protections for dogs! We need to stop with everything like this.

What’s the best breakfast dish in St Paul and why is it Banh Mi Benedict from the French Hen?

Me: If I were in Joe Biden’s position, I would pardon my son. My Son: I would not.

Democrats in the House need to become serious people and get rid of tenure-based leadership. It’s insulting to America and to Democrats to think we should accept the oldest person in a leadership position when we should get the best person. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...

We need to come up with ways to deter and punish theft that do not wreck people’s lives so we can enforce them strictly. Shoplifting is out of control and ruining the retail experience is not the solution.

This is so true. It is not progressive to be permissive of crime and anti-social behavior. Put simply, it’s lazy and it hurts the cohesiveness of society. Feeling safe where you live and work is a basic human right.

Marketing is everything. Let’s allow people to buy too many vaccines (now called “supplements”) and then sell them to their neighbors to recoup some of their investment and call it a business. There will be a new wave of “entrepreneurs” and better public health.

Every govt program and public school that doesn’t work well is a case for conservative and even authoritarian govt. Progressives need to be less patient with slow licensing departments, bad teachers and overly engineered gov programs. An unmanaged forest burns down violently.

There is no future for America without strong downtowns. Are any politicians at the state or fed level focused on this?

50% of bluesky posts seem to be about how great blue sky is. I think that will evolve.

There is a lot of talk about how the mainstream media elected Trump by “normalizing” him. This has it so wrong. The mainstream media told his story accurately and people liked it. 54% of America approves of how Trump is handling the transition which is 15 out of 10 on the crazy scale.

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.

For the first time in my life, I am long on measles and polio.

If you are not already a humble person, I can strongly recommend teenagers.

Of all the places I’ve been, MSP is where I like the highest percentage of people. That’s why I live here. It’s not that mountains or the beautiful ocean or the climate. It’s the people.

Least surprising thing ever. Now ask them to explain a property tax levy…

This kind of joke bums me out. One thing to realize about other people is that they almost always think what they are doing is for the best. Almost no one wakes up thinking they will hurt others. It happens from bad judgement and very rarely from bad intentions.