For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.

5. I have no respect for Donald Trump. He diminishes everything he touches. But focusing on him right now is like being bitten by your neighbor’s unleashed, unfenced rabid dog and focusing on the dog. If we don’t hold his enablers to account we’re going to keep getting bit.

I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able

Over the next few days, the news will cover Venezuela and Maduro. They won't be talking about: * slow-walking the Epstein files release * Jack Smith's deposition * childcare funding frozen based on a staged video * Trump's questionable health and whether he had an MRI So, Mission Accomplished?

I seriously wonder how any successor can win an election in Venezuela without demanding some kind of reckoning from the US for the death of all those people at sea.

And here it is... your moment of Zen.

This is a good visual. Looks like in order to ensure we have proof that we mailed something on a specific day, we will have to stand in line at the post office and request a manual post mark.

Hey Minneapolis folks, please shop on Lake Street right now, if you can. I’ve been to Panaderia San Miguel, Pineda Tacos and the Mercado Central in the last week and they’re all pretty deserted. Going to visit the Somali Museum and the Midtown Global tomorrow. Show our immigrant communities some 💖!

Oof. And yes. We need a cultural and education revolution. Being back truth. Bring back shame. Bring back respect. Bring back integrity, and intelligence, and expertise!

like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”

A smaller but related point: can folks please stop contrasting academia and “the real world”? Last I checked, we academics are real, too.

I made it through this year…. So did you!

All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.

This is con artist constitutionalism. One weird trick they don’t want you to know about. As if no one until now has ever considered whether Congress can fund highways

Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.

It is WILD how people are pissed off because a random daycare - in a place where there was a school shooting less than six months ago - isn't letting random adults *with cameras* into their buildings to "see what they're doing."

This is the single greatest piece of rock art in human history

I hired professionals to help design and launch my personal legal tutoring business, focusing on the intersection of mental health, psychology, and legal education. I’m so proud of it!

follow me for more grouchy feminism

Minnesotans love to give incoming shoppers their cart as they leave the store and say “This one’s all warmed up for ya!”

I’m a motherfucking Druid, bitches!

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

With the death of Bardot we're down to the last three of Billy Joel Roulette. Chubby Checker Bob Dylan Bernie Goetz Will someone try and rob Goetz of the title? Will there be an entertaining twist? The answer, my friends, is anyone could win, The answer is anyone could win.

This is no joke. Absolutely nobody can stop today. Please be careful out there, it’s just sheets of ice

This is the 7th person whose sentence was commuted by Trump that has been rearrested on new charges. And don't pretend Trump cares about fraud in MN. This guy bilked over a $1 billion and Trump let him go.

CHATGPT: wow George you’re absolutely right. $8,000 is a lot of money. Mary would be better off without you.

There’s a reason the political right wants to keep people dumb.

“That violates my ethical obligations….”

I love a heavy Minnesota snow! Just the start of the day…

Retreating to your cat lair is self care

🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now. This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!

Learning how Americans of the past encountered injustice and oligarchy and were able to overcome it through our history - that’s how I know we can do it again. (H/t @hcrichardson.bsky.social providing that context daily in writing and regularly on YouTube and is a bundle of hope to so many of us)

Me: Ugh, Henry -the Packers just can’t stop him! 8yo: THEY CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN HIM. (pause) What does that mean? 😭

The center is calling Redd's cancelation "selfish," and "a political stunt" unlike the renaming of the center itself, I guess.

I’m cranky and everyone is annoying me today so I’m spending the afternoon in my basement office under a blanket with my cat and a book and honestly it’s perfect.

This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him

Proud to see the Cities taking a stand and doing what we can. Excited that the weather is helping by planning to dump another foot of snow tomorrow….

will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other

Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025. That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises

More generally, the right favors competition, but only if (a) the pool of competitors is restricted to the favored group; and (b) the favored group gets to define the criteria for "merit."

god there is nothing better than my bed after a hard trip

I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.

No woman I know in academia would be surprised by this, but its good to see it documented like this, I guess.

It goes without saying that the Cross is an Easter symbol. You don't make the baby Jesus look at his future execution site...

the fact that people watch versions of the Christmas Carol that don’t involve muppets is so confusing to me

500 Muppets: there goes Mr. Asshole. There goes Mr. Bitch.

I love pandas and cookies but I’m a teacher not an artist…