as democratic politicians start writing up their statements i want them to pause for 30 seconds and think of the last time the anti-war people were wrong

other people can make inroads and find common ground with regretful trump voters, in my personal capacity as a private citizen i am committed to hating those dumb motherfuckers for the rest of my life

This is true. Started under the Reagan Admin the year I turned 18. Though because the word “draft” is scary it’s now called “Selective Service” registration. And up to this point at least the “volunteer military” has provided adequate cannon fodder for the ghouls.

when they’re right they’re right

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

War and mass casualties are never a "distraction". They are an abomination. But saying the war on Iran is a distraction from Epstein is especially ridiculous:

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

I am not feeling sanguine that the response seems to be "you were supposed to ASK first"

Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather

Blue 2 #americanart #precisionism

Good god...what a poll finding 36% of Americans knew someone who didn't vote for Harris because of Gaza.

I was going to bring the Saint Paul Liberation Front flag to the Loons game tomorrow but was told it was banned for being “divisive.” It is “political” and “violent.” …

I was also told they wouldn’t put the rejection in writing, which is just cowardice. Have the respect and courage to write it down. In the end, the flag is just a flag. I find the entire thing laughable. It’s a team that doesn’t deserve its fans. A team that wants fandom without fans.

STLF is a fake organization i created as a tongue in cheek celebration of the fight neighbors were putting up against a federal occupation that led to the deaths of two people and the disappearance of thousands of others.

POV you neighborhood signal chat

We "celebrated" the increase in the federal research budget. But the $ isn't flowing. The NIH has so far not received approval to spend any of the research $$. Everyone should know that Russel Vought, the architect of Project 2025 is behind this. Take Action! 🧪 actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

100 percent this. (Except that it is Girl Scouts USA. Please tell your friends.)

Abolish the Secret Police.

We who are working our asses off to keep our neighbors housed and fed are making amazing things happen with mutual aid, but we shouldn’t have to be left to be doing this on our own!

It’s hard to shake the feeling that this was disinformation that paved the way for Nick Shirley to harass daycares. And now, anytime you look at local right wing Facebook comments that $9b number balloons exponentially. www.startribune.com/inside-the-u...

Friday's Midwest Excellence tries to squeeze a little more juice out of The Jacket. Mentioned: @bringmethenews.bsky.social, @racketmn.com, @danawessel.bsky.social, J. Edgar Hoover, Watergate.

Fight vs hide dimension will dominate the left vs moderate axis of conflict in upcoming intraparty conflicts.

My birthday is this week and if you wanna help me celebrate, I’d love it if you could donate to or just share this GoFundMe to help out some families at my wife’s school.

The more I hear about inverse proportion, the less I like it.

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JUST IN: Judge Murphy has ruled that the Trump administration's policy of sending deported immigrants to third countries without notice or a chance to challenge is illegal and unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

rep angie craig, running for US senate, spoke to UMN student dems in last night and finally had to address her vote in favor of the laken riley act! she was asked if she regretted it, or if her opinion had changed, and she said NO even after all the terror ICE brought to MN!

About a month ago I asked all my State and local elected reps to pursue this here in MN. @mollycoleman.bsky.social @mayorher.bsky.social @epmurphymn.bsky.social @megl.bsky.social

We are the Capitol today to say that ICE officers that are still in our community. Our immigrant community is still suffering while trying to repair from the large scale damage done. We need action from the City and the State to help our neighbors.

Again, Republicans don't do government. They're all content creators now.

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e.g. the recent Mpls mayoral race

🎶oh woah, domino🎶

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

JFC what is going on here? We’ve got only two (2) Trauma 1 hospitals in this state (Regions being one) and one of them is at risk of foundering? These are simply not institutions that can be left to fail! FFS!

The assault on our state continues, but remember, if they thought they had a winning hand, they wouldn't make J.D. the face of this thing.

Riding downtown this morning. Driver pulled a loft-sized SUV into the bike lane, hazards on. I said, “You can’t park there.” He said, “liberal fuck.” Anyway, bike lanes are for bikes.

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up." If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod: newrepublic.com/article/2070...

🎶Oh woah, Domino🎶 (He shoulda been fired though)

I'm on holiday in Athens so I gotta show your poor guy what it's like in the big leagues.

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play

Donald Trump’s secret police murdered two people in Minnesota and are still free.

I'm not here to preach but I will just remind you that Trump doesn't lie to be believed. He lies to be repeated. So you don't have to help him.

Of course it's the people of color again having to say things... the white Democrats in that room are sitting on their hands.

She's of Greek and Cuban descent. Greek's were part of the grouping that anti-immigration laws at the turn of the 20th century were designed to keep out.