If you missed out on my Town Hall with Rep Gottfried, we got a link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1gR...

Excellent commentary from Atty General Keith Ellison! Prediction markets are used for illegal gambling in MN. I'm pleased my legislation, SF 4511, to clarify that this is illegal, passed the Senate Judiciary Comm. with strong bipartisan support last week! open.substack.com/pub/keithell...

👏Thank you to everyone that joined us for our 2026 Health Care Lobby Day on the Hill! A huge shout out to our featured speakers, @senjohnmarty.bsky.social , State Senator Jen McEwen, and State Representative Robert Bierman. #MNLeg #mnhealthplan #SinglePayer #Medicaid

Glad that @governorwalz.mn.gov likes my Patient-Centered Care bill. It's time that we kick the insurance companies out of our healthcare programs! senatedfl.mn/senator-mart...

Why not now?

A beautiful ice sculpture on the MN state capitol plaza. A crystal clear ice sculpture with a crystal clear message for protecting our democracy and constitutional rights: "Prosecute ICE" ICE agents who violate laws & constitutional rights should be prosecuted as anyone else would be.

Dark Days for Democracy Most Americans have no clue that the US could quickly become a police state. ICE’s budget is bigger than most European armies. “The Dept of Homeland Security has, in effect, become a tool of a dictator, our Ministry of Interior” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

My colleague seems to think we should focused on protecting ICE agents right now. Not our neighbors who are being terrorized by them in the streets? I'm sorry, I disagree. #mnleg #iceout

Lured by the promise of easy money, major league owners & politicians alike embrace online sports betting while ignoring its devastating impacts. Worth reading: EVERYBODY LOSES shows how sportsbooks destroy the integrity of sports, harm athletes, and drivecountless people to gambling addiction.

These CEOs say they “have been working every day behind the scenes” with the White House? And they think this blather is a bold response? ICE agents are acting with cruelty, ignoring constitutional rights – brutally abducting the customers and workers of these businesses.

The ICE cruelty doesn't end. ICE abducted this 2 yr old & her dad, rejecting the family attorney's attempt to get her out of custody, back to her mother. The Strib reports they sent her to Texas, despite a court order. ICE says it is arresting the "worst of the worst"

Proud of Minnesota's resistance to cruelty. Proud to join with a few of my colleagues in with the Interfaith Service at Temple Israel today. Bishop Mariann Budde brought a powerful message of hope as we stand together supporting our neighbors.

It's bitter cold today, but countless kind, warm-hearted Minnesotans joined the statewide Day of Prayer & Fasting to get ICE agents out. Here's a group at one street corner in Roseville this morning. When ICE abducts innocent preschoolers, people are willing to resist their cruelty.

Like so many other ICE actions: This is simply cruel! Abducting an innocent 5 yr old preschool child & rushing him off to Texas is just mean. Is there no point at which Republicans in Congress will stand up to this cruelty? For our constitutional rights? bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

Proud to stand today, with Sen Zaynab Mohamed & Rep Ilhan Omar and many colleagues in solidarity against Trump's cruel, illegal attempt to end Temporary Protective Status for Somali Minnesotans.

Sports betting scandals & the public's fading trust, "points to an industry rotting from the inside — one that rewards corruption, punishes transparency & treats addiction as a business model." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

Rep. Tom Emmer says this woman is from the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party, because she attended what he called a "Hate America" rally. She loves America, Rep Emmer. As do the other thousands at the White Bear Lk, MN No Kings rally. Beautiful weather, beautiful, patriotic people!

Please share this amazing Good News! In times of political, economic, & social division, never forget that each of us can make a positive difference. See the incredible community work initiated by a few volunteers. This could be replicated elsewhere. www.rosevillereader.com/do-good-rose...

We need an assault weapons ban - but we also need more comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation, including licensing and registration. #mnleg

Ban assault weapons & large-capacity magazines - during the special session! It might have saved lives at Annunciation if passed 2 yrs ago. But, we also need broader gun violence laws. Here's my testimony on my comprehensive legislation: youtu.be/ANswPpLzREw?...

Charlie Kirk murdered. Gun violence has no place in America. Not in schools: Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Annunciation and.... Not in public life: Hortman, Hoffman, Giffords, Scalise, now Kirk. Each one a tragedy. Each one unacceptable. We can & must stop the gun violence epidemic.

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Two more school children dead. Six others in critical condition. Each death is tragic. Each is unacceptable. The 286th mass shooting (4 or more victims) in the US this year. Thoughts & prayers, yes. Mental Health services, yes. Also, yes, to real gun safety regulation. (1/2)

A powerful new documentary on PFAS brings to light how the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fired the scientist exposing PFAS dangers 20 yrs before Amara's Law: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_8W... Joe Augustine’s excellent investigative reporting illustrates Corporate Capture of the MPCA in 2005.

It was heartening to see the strong showing for the Trans Day of Visibilityon Monday! The Trump administration is vilifying people & attempting to erase an entire community. There’s nothing more important than coming together and standing with our trans neighbors. All people are valued!

Sixty years ago, the Selma Voting Rights March began. On Bloody Sunday Alabama Troopers brutally assaulted peaceful marchers. Martin Luther King rallied religious leaders from around the country to come. My Dad joined the marchers in Selma on Tuesday. [1/5]

Washington Post's motto has been "Democracy Dies In Darkness." Jeff Bezos just decided to turn out the lights. Tragic. For our democracy. www.startribune.com/washington-p...

just paid $6.89 at costco for two dozen, cage-free eggs — the smallest quantity they sell must be doing something right

Commentary worth reading - from Karen Tolkkinen A fifth of MN families are food insecure. One in five! None of Trump's executive orders "have addressed hunger in rural America or the price of food. Instead, he has belittled transgender people..." So tragic. www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-am...

Inflammatory Trump campaign press release? Unfortunately, no. It's an official order from Trump’s budget director. Its impact? That’s unclear. Much may be ruled illegal or unconstitutional. Even the administration was unclear about what they want covered. (1/3) www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

At the HumanistsMN events this weekend, I learned that @senjohnmarty.bsky.social has an IMDB page because of his appearance in the documentary "Bad Faith": www.imdb.com/name/nm13997... (1/2)

I had forgotten I was one of Pete Hegseth’s many targets on Fox & Friends, when he went after me for standing up for religious freedom. #mnleg #Hegseth forwardky.com/pete-hegseth...