Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.

Brightest northern lights I’ve ever seen in Minneapolis! The reds, greens and blues above Downtown Minneapolis from across Bde Maka Ska.

It's just the #northernlights Minneapolis.

Not @theonion.com 😳☠️ www.kenklippenstein.com/p/chuck-schu...

Taxes on high earners are too low bsky.app/profile/popc...

every time I do my upper-body routine, I'm reminded of this 🤦‍♂️

I have a new essay on place-based economic development policies as "broadly-shared abundance policy" at Site Selection magazine: siteselection.com/incentives-s... Key pt: econ dev policies can boost abundance IF targeted at distressed areas/non-employed, & if local housing policies accommodate.

"What's the point of standards?" is pretty much the battle cry of the Right's "intellectual" sphere

On Veterans Day, we honor those who put service before self. To every veteran and their families: Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. Our nation is stronger and safer because of you.

I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)

Living the dumbest possible timeline

"F* them kids" - Administration basically bsky.app/profile/chic...

The guy has no idea how anything works. All lies and incompetence.

Yep 🎯

So Democrats get: 1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays 2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail 3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts Those all seem like wins for the GOP.

The interweb is telling me that thief-identifying exploding dye devices are not something I can acquire in my state 💥🤔... Cmon! There's gotta be a workaround for this!? #freedom #thanksDonaldTrump

Pro-Life Demonstrator Clearly Using Image Of Subway Chicken Enchilada Melt On Anti-Abortion Poster

So his plan is to bypass the insurance companies and have the government directly pay Americans to cover their healthcare costs? Does he realize doctors' and hospital bills are healthcare costs, but insurance is just a cost to an intermediary? So his plan is government healthcare?

Today, my first time taking Gold Line @metrotransitmn.bsky.social this far south (between Midtown & Bloomington). Very cool route, very fast!

It looks like they printed this "sign" on an ink jet and just taped it up. It could only be tackier if it were in comic sans.

NEW DFP Insight: Voters everywhere respond when a candidate connects economic populism to clear, actionable goals. Zohran Mamdani's policies are key examples — and they have popular appeal nationwide. www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...

White House   Maid Shrieks After Spotting    Melania  On Ceiling

It would be good if we had a functional Supreme Court at this point.

Mamdani "I'll look to be the mayor for every Jewish New Yorker no matter how they vote. It would be an honor." Trump: we are going to make Democrats (and all the minorities I hate) suffer & die. Corporate Media: will Mamdani govern inclusively enough for all New Yorkers?

Holder: The Supreme Court is a broken institution. And it’s something that has to be part of the national conversation in ’26 and in ’28. If there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028—and I think the possibility of that is pretty good—Supreme Court reform has to be on the table.

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

talking with my single friends about whether we should all get off hinge (and feeld, and whatever else)

A checklist: "The Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”" www.prb.org/resources/se...

oh Minneapolis

Dress for the job you deserve: Surgeon General, Trmp Administration.

Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.

An important review of how the Trump admin is pulling the US from democracy to autocracy by: —Stifling speech —Persecuting political opponents —Bypassing Congress —Using the military domestically —Defying courts —Declaring national emergencies —Vilifying marginalized groups & more (gift link)

Speaker Mike Johnson is a duplicitous twit who forgets that only months ago he was bragging to fellow Republicans that he was going to use "level 10 pain" of the shutdown as a negotiating tool.

If Trump’s fascism is so bad, why aren’t the students protesting? We asked three right-wing oligarchs who bullied their alma maters into enforcing total bans on freedom of assembly on campus.

Some people have zero awareness of how they are rambling on and on in a meeting about things no one else cares about. Give a quick update and move on. #MeetingHell

Please note what happened here. By challenging Trump to pause his terror raids for Halloween, Pritzker forced Kristi Noem to come out *for* continuing to traumatize kids. Polarizing these debates draws attention/forces MAGA depravity into the light. newrepublic.com/article/2023...

This aged... as one would expect

TCRG After-Work Social Meetup at Lake Monster Brewing - St. Paul. In-person social, Nov. 5, at 5pm. tcrgsocialnov5.eventbrite.com

Very important not to become accustomed to the fact the US is literally in the "masked men are rounding up your neighbors" phase

@datageekb.bsky.social Govt stats humor: am I doing it right?

I’ve already had the hard talk with myself about swallowing *so much shit* & still backing DFLers next year because the stakes are too high for innocents who will be ground under Mn MAGA, but I’ll be good & goddamned if I’m giving money to the party this year after the ratfucking they delivered.

"The next presidency is going to have to embark on a sweeping de-Trump-ification of the entire federal government to purge it of the culture of abuse and lawlessness that has taken hold, and there are few more vivid examples than ICE." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Yep, that's the takeaway: Produce a tv commercial with a fierce enough #hardtruth... and the f'ing President of the United States will either tantrum, Barbra Streisand himself, or order a drone strike. You don't know which. HEY! Get my ad agency on the line, let's GO!

It's not even an election year bro

It's true - I've visibly aged 7 years since #election2024

LOL 😆 🤣 😂 ! Wait up... is that a real photo??

It's true - I've visibly aged 7 years since #election2024

“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...