They do not have enough popular support. So they are trying to outlaw / silence opposition. And that’s where we are. Pushing back has never mattered more.

Not only should the Dems refuse to cave on the shutdown; they should announce they won’t vote for a budget until: (a) the military is withdrawn from every American city where it’s been deployed; (b) the budget forbids the use of any funds for that purpose; AND (c) the healthcare demand already made.

Election 2025: Saint Paul City Question 1 and School District Question 1 (this would be the funding levy AND the charter amendment). Vote Yes! (Twice!) naomikritzer.com/2025/09/27/e...

Pushback works Complying doesn’t

Ok for the 100th time. Democrats need to instead be reminding America they have NO POWER and this is entirely on the GOP to fund govt. entirely. If they need dem help then ok but there will be a cost. Is anyone over there any good at messaging?

Everyday the regime crosses yet another line. Time to say No financing for fascism. No dollars for dictators. No payouts for pedophile protectors.

Law enforcement is freaking out about Hennepin County ending prosecutions from low-level traffic stops - claiming it will lead to a crime wave. But Ramsey County did the same thing 5 years ago, and huh, check the results. Crime is way down! Why is nobody talking about this?

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Hey #SaintPaul! We're gonna need to vote in November to approve (once again!) Administrative Citations so the city can ensure sidewalks are shoveled, landlords are held accountable, and nuisance properties are fixed. Pledge today to support a Fairer StP!

This is Hollywood's McCarthy Moment. This is the litmus test. Learn from history. Who will step up and fight? Who will bend the knee and be complicit? History will remember.

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Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.

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If your "allyship" is conditional on trans people behaving perfectly, you're not an ally. You just want to claim the status. Ally is a verb, not a noun.

After the Minnesota shooting Senior DOJ officials started weighing proposals to limit transgender people's right to possess firearms. After the Kirk shooting, I look forward to the DOJ's proposal to limit white men's ability to possess firearms. Wait, what do you mean that's not how it works???🤔

The Strib is trying to pass off this pro-Frey puff piece as news, where it’s just a long-form campaign ad (but since they’re a media outlet it slips through a legal loophole).

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House Dems should drop a ‘Charlie Kirk Gun Safety Act’ on the floor just to make Republicans go on record voting against it.

@amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov

Senate Dems' plan is to quietly give the GOP a win while confirming voters' impression that Dems don't do anything. Dems should instead loudly present a laundry list of popular stuff they want back. Make the GOP remind voters "no, you can't have that, we broke it and we'll keep it broken."

Dems, this is the message we need! @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov 👇🏻

Y’all, Missouri needs our help📢 Spread the word… The GOP is trying to ram through another redistricting power grab, but there’s a secret weapon: a referendum —to block it. All it takes is 106,000 signatures across 6 districts. Let’s make sure Missouri voters, not politicians, decide. 1/3

The conservative majority simply blocks off reality to justify its ends. Today’s decision is as chilling as it gets. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Thrilled to see growing consensus that Dems must step up in the Continuing Resolution fight. Key to doing so? Refuse to frame this as "shutting down government." Instead, call it what it is - refusing to be an accomplice to turning the government into a weapon against the American people.

"Ending Dictator Rule" needs to be one of the key/essential components of any demand Dems must assert in their messaging to Republicans re #NoBlankChecks when funding the Trump regime. @joshtpm.bsky.social Playing small ball around ACA subsidies won't cut it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/on-sh...

Right, rather than try to shame Republicans for their complicity here, Democrats should simply state -- loudly and repeatedly -- that the Republican Party clearly shields pedophiles. They'll howl about it, but all of their actions to this point leave no other conclusion.

Why stop and frisk when you can stop and abduct? These MAGA Justices, brought to you by the billionaires, ushered Trump to power & are ruling for him & against America.

People in this country should feel safe to move around and live their lives without fear of Slave Patrols…oops, I mean ICE agents … racially profiling them.

Question for Senate Democrats is: should they give up all budget leverage to fix *just* this problem *only until the midterms*, after which the problem returns? Republicans hope Dems do; they know this will produce a big voter backlash against them. I think Dems should demand much, much more.

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

DC and Chicago are first, but they will come first the rest of us if we don’t stand together.

Obviously, if you're at the Open and see any protests, be sure to film them and put them on social media.

it's not good for a profession when the highest mark of seriousness is pretending to be stupid

We are going to lose our herd immunity, people are going to die of these diseases, more people will die of influenza if we don’t recommend vaccinating to control the out breaks. We just lived thru a pandemic Why do we want to continue to do things where large #’s of people die

If defenders of the second amendment don’t stand up for the trans community right now, we’ll know for sure it was never about the second amendment.

All kidding about this nonsense answer aside: The regime is asserting the power to murder without trial a boat full of people suspected of drug trafficking, who easily could have been intercepted and arrested instead. That is unconscionable and horrifying even assuming everyone aboard was guilty.

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

Thank you MN Sen Lindsey Port for calling for a special session to enact common sense gun reform in the wake of the latest mass shooting. Our kids can’t wait! #mnleg

I’m voting Yes in St Paul this November to give the city the tools to hold bad corporate actors like CVS on University & Snelling accountable. Join me!

Voters of Tomorrow statement on shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Once again, America is shattered by another horrific school shooting. This morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, two children—just 8 and 10 years old—were killed during a school Mass. Read our statement: www.newtownactionalliance.org/naa-press-me...

Children should be safe and carefree, not enduring the horror of mass shootings or losing their lives in them, like an 8 and 10 year old this morning at Annunciation Church this morning in Minneapolis. We adults need to take responsibility and finally enact common sense gun laws.

BREAKING: In a massive win for democracy, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s gerrymandered congressional map. Utah voters demanded fairer maps and politicians must now deliver.

Dems don’t win by getting cross-over Reaganites. They win by mobilizing the Democratic base in a Democratic Party that is still the majority party in the US…by quite a margin. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

The State DFL didn’t explain why revoking the party endorsement from Fateh was the appropriate remedy to resolve issues at the convention. If they had a reason that was logical, they would have explained it. It’s telling that they didn’t. @omarfatehmn.com

They chalked it back the next day.

Texas Senate Democrat will filibuster the maps. This is the fight that we need!

Elizabeth Warren: "The one thing I want to remind everyone is when Democrats get in power again -- and we will -- we've got to change the rules. We've got to change the rules on the impact of money in politics and we've got to pass the voting rights act again and make sure there is true protection."