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@dfl.org @senatedfl.bsky.social @mnhousedfl.bsky.social Is there a public list of targeted state legislative districts?

what would you say you do here exactly, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mullin

sucks to suck. the world should do everything possible to ensure that normalization never occurs. would be incredible to see Saudi and UAE descend into grinding poverty from which they never recover.

I don't necessarily agree with everything in this thread, but you should read it in full.

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

Congressman Tom Emmer is touting a new IRS report saying that the average tax refund is up under the new tax bill. Here’s what he and the IRS aren’t telling you: taxes are actually HIGHER for all but the wealthiest taxpayers.

If there was a protest culture that only popped up with Democrats and then sunk down with Republicans in office doing worse you'd ask yourself just a whole host of questions about that, right

Final Fantasy VI is 32 years old today. It's hard to find words whenever I need to say something about FFVI because of how important and special it really is. So I'll just say this—If you've never played it, you owe it to yourself as a gamer to experience it. I promise, it's worth it.

I've seen other people sharing The Economist's graphic, wanted to say a few quick things

AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING.

Look, I’m just saying you never hear about somebody protesting a fundie Evangelical church for their support of Israel and/or the war despite being more politically influential. It’s always a synagogue.

"Do they know who their State Rep is" is a shorthand I use in my head for whether someone is really politically engaged vs only read national headlines. For what it's worth: there was a time when I could name half of Congress and didn't know who my State Rep was!

The angled and predatory shape of the eagle wings is also more imperial and (yes) fascist than the traditional American design. Compare:

Boca Raton, FL Mayor (Trump +13) Thomson leads by 1 vote following a machine recount, flipping the seat to Democrats. 🔵 Andy Thomson – 7,568 (39.62%) 🔴 Mike Liebelson – 7,567 (39.61%) 🔴 Fran Nachlas – 3,967 (20.77%)

Thank God no one was killed in the synagogue shooting today. But the shooter was only stopped because Jewish communities have scrimped & saved to hire private guards. It’s a serious imposition on small congregations especially, but it’s an unavoidable cost of being Jewish in an antisemitic world.

a thing historians will marvel about when they study this era is the extent to which the "war is a thing that happens to poorer, browner people" class went about systematically dismantling every aspect of the global political order that confined the costs of war to poorer and browner people

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

As a reminded, part of the justification for BBB was that we were flush with tariff revenue. In many ways, this year's tax refund IS the tariff dividend. To the extent Democrats want to blunt the political impact by reminding us all that we're were ALSO promised a separate $2000 tariff refund 1/2

Definitely not antisemitic when you call an organization funded by US citizens 'foreign'.

One of my black pill moments was that Biden actually focused on lifting the lowest quartiles up at the expense of the rich and the online left screamed at him about student loan forgiveness.

2 random political thoughts, 9 months out from the midterms: 1. The next two months are really important. BBB was designed in such a way that people are supposed to get big refund checks this year. A lot of Trump's declining popularity comes from the (accurate) belief that his immigration...1/x

TIL that there is an elected official with the honest-to-goodness name "Calvinball."

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. Dinosaurs and Other Failures Armenia: Its Culture and Ethnicity Frauds and False Claims Advanced Politics of Developed Democracies History of Life

My old district. Sd64 DFL does not F around. (Feel slightly bad for the R candidate, gotta be hard to campaign on "vote for me, I'll literally shoot you").

Please contact your senators & ask them to make this demand

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Time for everyone paying attention to Minnesota's General Strike to read up on Aquatennial & Bloody Friday - Minneapolis

I'm exhausted so maybe this will make no sense, but: in the lead up to World War II, everyone knew conflict was coming, and it was fairly common knowledge that a key element would be conflict between the Nazis and the Soviet Union. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact shocked the world.

DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account. Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.

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When I lived in the twin cities I went on a few dates with a bi woman. She was younger than me, which would have made her maybe a year or two older than Renee Good. She even looked a bit like her in this photo, and one of my memories, per this Twitter user, is that she was quite condescending.

It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why: They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course. The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.

@tznkai.bsky.social -style "this hurt me now it must hurt you"

After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.

Kyle Rittenhouse was an honored guest at a 2024 gathering of Oregon Republican activists. This is the monstrously depraved tweet he sent tonight. These are the people who claim to be defending Christianity and “western civilization.”

I've heard that polymarket is not paying out bets over the invasion of Venezuela because they've determined it wasn't an 'invasion.' So, whatever the dispute resolution mechanism is, I expect us to get to see how it works on a major headline story.

In the last hour I've heard left wing arguments for "Democrats are too supportive of Trump on Venezuela" and "Democrats are too opposed to Trump on Venrzuela" and at some point you're not going to make everyone happy.

again, a lot of our current problems are downstream of the gradual self-abolition of congress

Do not flood the ICE tip line with tips about Nicolas Maduro. It would be very bad if you flooded the ICE tip line with tips about Nicolas Maduro. Definitely don't call 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) to report Nicolas Maduro's illegal presence in the US.

Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.

This mostly takes two forms. 1. So, an important thing to understand is that a lot of our politics is shaped by the people around us. Friends, family, acquaintances, coworkers, etc. Also media. Importantly, this affects political identity as well as political beliefs, but not always the same way.

I need that Arrested Development "but it might work for us" meme about building a durable long term governing majority.

Received a lovely copy of "Hate Won't Win" as a gift, and I'm hoping my state Senator @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social will sign it next time I see her. (I promise to get your signature petitions in the mail this weekend, if that keeps me off your 'naughty' list).

What if every time someone is wrong online about electoral politics they have to go knock on 500 doors

this feels like a "you won't guess where this is going" LinkedIn post for the ages