marvina haynes, vice chair of sd59, is here at the DFL convention her brother marvin haynes was prosecuted by amy klobuchar when she was hennepin county attorney in a wrongful conviction for a murder that was vacated in 2023. he was awarded $4.5 million after spending 2 decades in prison

(plato leaves and closes a big heavy hatch behind him after serving dinner in the cave) YOU: hey... you guys ever wonder where he g— ME: shhhh!!!!! some of us are trying to watch everything!!!

the Democratic* party† works‡ in mysterious◊ ways *isn't †not that kind ‡doesn't ◊obvious and transparent

Minnesotan Excellence

DOES THIS IMAGE NOT REMIND EVERYBODY ELSE OF SOMETHING REALLY SPECIFIC OR

Every single day I am grateful to the people who fight. The ones who just take considered and consistent action every day. Thank you.

Meowie Antoinette

btw it fucking SUCKS that i left MN years ago and im for national politics reasons still compelled to think about tear-gas tim and klob and fuckin KMartin…. 🤢

you should probably send a trans person money today. that goes double for cis DFL conferees btw

I've been reflecting on this thread I made last night. On the one hand it feels really good to have motivated a politician to engage with me and with trans rights on a serious level. On the other hand, it felt transactional, and in favor of a candidate who has voted against trans healthcare & sports

apropos of nothing, can these things right themselves if knocked over? they look more than a lil spindly and less than sure-footed on a brick surface here…

okay tech censoring abortion info is pretty old hat at this point (reprehensible, but not new) BUT not even hazarding a guess at how much an OB/GYN appointment is while giving average national cost for vasectomy??? good GRIEF

Get their asses, Mary 💪

Ask me about my great and terrible becoming!

I hope the fact that 1/3 of statewide DFL delegates voted for Layne is a shock to the system for Klob. She’s going to need the progressive vote to win the gov race — right now i’m not sure she has it We, esp trans ppl, also cannot afford a R gov. so i hope this is a point that drives Klob left

This was a rough part of the night for me, in a night with a lot of rough spots. I appreciate my fellow trans and enby delegates for correcting the chair, because honestly I was too shocked to do it myself. It’s a shame that these are the acts of solidarity we so often have to do for one another.

I am extremely disappointed that Attorney General Keith Ellison, who was just endorsed by the DFL, has still refused to sign this pledge. I am equally disappointed by Governor candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar's refusal to sign as well.

these agues are making me grippey

on top of the labor exploitation and abuses of GEO Group, NJ already wasn’t enforcing its laws at Delaney. it’s illegal in NJ for ICE or cops to be masked. both are (and have been all week) in droves. things tn escalated with police presence. horses, riot gear, arrests, ICE still operating

an under-discussed issue in our politics today is how worried the average democratic lawmaker is about their own/their family's safety, and whether they can trust state/local security

Mayors too. Even if you don't support banning cops forever, it's a no brainer to abolish what we have now. Nobody is safe like this.

Minnesotans are truly built different

i thought kobey was great at our convention and i am happy to have someone who i can vote for in the primary instead of amy.

BREAKING BEAVER NEWS: Despite their largest tree supplies being thwarted by the Minneapolis Park Board, Minnehaha Creek beavers have begun building anyway, just to the north of the former location.

All three coordinated.

oh word ?

To be clear, I do not just mean the right. Nihilism haunts many progressives, leftists, and what we'll generously call apolitical centrists. If you cannot posit a world that should exist, you cannot create anything of value and at the core of that work is belief in that other, different world.

A constant question in the extremism space right now is some form of "is this nihilism" and the answer is that, even when it's not, it is. This is an idea you can and I think should apply to many of the primary forces in the mainstream of American politics. We are in a crisis of belief.

Mug shot of MN-GOP endorsed Senate candidate Adam Schwarze from 2020.

Strobe lights are explicitly prohibited in the boilerplate convention rules that are provided by the state to local units.

The DFL had already harmed and offended trans delegates today, and now it's risking the health of disabled delegates? This is fucked and @richardcarlbom.bsky.social needs to do something immediately.

seeing reports confirming this consistently including through active livestreams. some coverage made it sound like state cops taking over for ICE in the streets meant peace / at least less violence; it just means their strategy + repression is more organized than ICE’s slate of untrained agents.

Various fossil and prehistoric creature sculptures from PREHISTORIC! by Sad Salesman (aka Eric Althin) @ Arch Enemy Arts in Philly For names & more photos of each piece see here: www.archenemyarts.com/prehistoric2...

Also now at Arch Enemy Arts in Philly: PREHISTORIC! by Sad Salesman (aka Eric Althin) See the whole collection up close here: www.archenemyarts.com/prehistoric2... Also see this thread for more photos :) #FossilFriday #ContemporaryArt

Look you guys they're fiddler crabs 🦀 🎻 😂 It's by Sarah Ryan @ SarahDrawsThings - I got my cute little print at Art Star in Philly today, you can get your own here: sarahdrawsthings.com/fiddler-crabs/ @jopabinia.bsky.social #CrabTime 👀

hey did you know it’s WORLD MASK WEEK ??? you don’t have to be the most perfect mask wearer of all time to make choices that protect your health—ANY time mask means cleaner air for you n all around you, and that is worth it !!! why not give it a try at The Big 3: • shopping • healthcare • transit

Holy shit I love Psychology

scored not one but TWO (2) giraffe button downs at a garage sale 🦒 🦒

this robin has had it up to *here* with this workweek

a cool thing you can do today is look up "jury nullification"

when ur on a walk and there's a dog

The Oneders have withdrawn from the Freedom 250 celebration.

I will never use ai in my writhing process

NOW BRING US JONATHAN ROSS.

Okay I guess the “just asking questions” brigade is here 🙄 so fine: 1. Yes, Miga has an email job 2. Yes, she is incredibly bad at it, due to she is a dog

one more thing