There’s 7 children in this picture. Which one did they leave behind?

"Ah, I see you've met Mr. Whiskers. Mr. Whiskers was a bad cat, a very bad cat. YOU'RE not a bad cat, are you Mittens?"

This is why even though I’m in a straight relationship now, I still wear my queer gear. It shows your values to people around you. And it’s comforting to see in a moment that you are accepted.

for every graham platner, there's dozens of just as capable women you could be investing in who don't have nazi tattoos or abusive pasts you just don't want to expand your class analysis to encompass gender

Truly demoralizing to be repeatedly told "work hard, be nice, and things will work out", only to watch unqualified people keep failing up because they are good at making bosses and rich conservatives feel great about themselves.

"... straight men are afraid of gay men because they are afraid of being treated the way they treat women. ... most American Christians are afraid of transgender people because they’re afraid of being treated they way they treated African Americans decades ago, and transgender people today."

Really hate that this country is making me actually practice law. I’m a teacher! But I’m licensed and I’m a person first. LFG I guess.

Every Democratic woman has had the experience of a run in with a “male feminist” and often they’re even nastier than anything the GOP will throw at you.

Cannot wait. I missed last year so all cats will be ogled twice this time.

I have had a crush on this man since I was a child. I had good taste!

Are there people who don’t like pizza? I contend that everyone likes pizza. Every. Single. One.

People talk about the filibuster and other minority rule chokepoints but the real vetocracy is the literal presidential veto. A Congress that can only check the president with two-thirds supermajorities is effectively a Congress that can’t check the president at all.

I have met no one whose life would not improve from one honest hour of self-examination a week. Most cannot spare the hour. Notice what that means.

Just listened to a great CLE from the MN State Law Library: Mapping Prejudice and Racial Covenants in the Twin Cities. The visuals, the examples, the method of research, the lessons to learn, and the way they are expanding the research is informative, impactful, and inspiring. Not just for lawyers!

It’s here! I’m joining e-bike summer in the Twin Cities! Major thanks to @lauragmitchell.com for the guidance.

“The moment you honor the man who committed the injustice, you have told us exactly where you stand. Minnesota is watching. And we will remember in November.” Read this article for free here: open.substack.com/pub/jazzhamp...

URGENT CONTENT

Time for the regular public service announcement /reminder that the Strib was bought by local billionaire and former GOP State Senator Glen Taylor in 2014 for the stated purpose of making the state paper of record more conservative and Taylor has done this. END

Oh, did you momentarily forget how awesome Minnesota is?

I can’t even guess how many “normal”/ apolitical people in MN became absolutely radicalized against republicans this year

“Toxic masculinity” freaked out the men. So now we have “anxious masculinity.” Indeed.

Even the earth is celebrating Pride! *finger to ear* oh, damn….

I have no idea how I’d handle my “fellow Americans” if I lived even in a centrist, much less red city/state. I’m in Minneapolis where I’ve more proud of our fellow citizens than anywhere else. Feeling like Rebel Alliance base on Hoth here against the Empire. The best of what I’d hope in US showed up

Trump broke America. I will never feel the same about the country that I loved, through the good and the bad, for a lifetime. I can never forgive "My fellow Americans" for their stupidity and bigotry.

Even the earth is celebrating Pride! *finger to ear* oh, damn….

This was like a slow-mo train wreck I couldn’t look away from (FL’s new history curriculum). So much religion centering. But for my interests, FL’s new take on the Constitution makes students ill prepared for college or law school outside the deep south.

Oh man, what happened to America after the great Coolidge presidency? Was it awesome? I bet it was awesome.

In Sikh culture, when the racists started attacking us because they thought we were Muslims, we didn’t correct them and say we were Sikhs because the point is it shouldn’t happen to anyone. As a cis woman, I do not correct someone attacking me because they think I am trans for the same reason.

Don’t worry, y’all, 🇺🇸 isn’t really 250 until 2039. Considering their supposed reverence for the Constitution, you’d think Republicans would know it was ratified in 1789.

This is why I started smoking in college.

Anne Meowlyn

Meowie Antoinette

I love that there's incontroverible proof Talarico is straight in this picture and it isn't the girlfriend.

I honestly hate the concept of debating. I'm not interested in adversarial communication with someone who has already decided they lose something if they learn something.

Move to the Twin Cities and see awesome people* *Many, but not all, of these are cats

minnesota is the most civically engage state in the country and DFLers are the most highly engaged electorate as well. and the impact of operation metro surge is huge on these elections - people are still pissed off at what ICE did to our communities voting for the primary begins in 29 days

We should get a do-over 250th since the Trump years don't count as being an independent republic.

YES! You got this, Newark! Solidarity and love from Minneapolis! 💜

But Republicans will still vote for the latter because they are the only party with Christian values. 🙄

the internet is mostly bad but every now and then

John’s kid asked me to take him through and I was salty the whole time. Why TF would I want to spend 40 minutes in line in a drive-through?! Why would I need that many different possible mix-ins and options? Drinksmaxxing is dumb.

My daughter handed me her backpack at school and it was way heavier than normal, I asked her why and she goes "Oh yeah there's a big rock in there"

logging on

I don’t like to brag, and it’s easy because I’m terrible.

What’s more, they’ll be showered with praise, fame, fortune, & sinecures at elite academic, financial, & media institutions for the rest of their lives. Their names will live forever in 🇺🇸 history. It still vexes me as to why there aren’t even a handful of people who want this. Profiles in Cowardice.

So excited about my new shirt! #CatMom

For better or worse, the Humpty Dumpty approach taken by the current Supreme Court and some Trumpist law professors, in which words mean whatever they wish them to mean at that moment, is doing a good bit to discredit the idea that major constitutional controversies should be settled by judges.