If you're not in Minnesota and have bought into the drawdown talk....it's all B.S. The only difference since Tom Homan showed it is they haven't murdered another Minnesotan....yet. We're still be terrorized by the Federal Government and the majority of elected officials seem unable to protect us.

Minnesotans have all “studied the playbook.” The playbook:

For Alex. For Renee. For MN. For all of us.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

This deserves very broad circulation. So many examples of illegal 🧊intimidation and harassment here. Such immense bravery on display by observers.

Hey, Minnesota folks! Here's a potential project for those of you with website creation/management chops. It would be BEYOND AWESOME to get a Defend the 651 system up and running. (Credit to @mauratwit.bsky.social for thinking of this and getting the ball rolling!)

Who can recommend good orgs in the east metro doing food/grocery/other delivery for neighbors who feel unsafe? #FuckIce

From POTUS "The fact that they had a boat land there 500 years ago does not mean they own the land" - ummmmmm

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

it's a scary time here. things are going to be really hard, maybe for a long time. but we're going to win. we're going to win.

It is shocking how quickly my brain & body have gone from “yay, relaxing holiday break full of good food, rest, and eating, I feel great!” to “WTF why do I have so many meetings, why do my back and neck hurt, and why am I awake at 3 am and acting like a salty B, I hate this.” Gosh, what changed?

Perennial reminder to MPR that analysts other than Larry Jacobs and David Schultz exist.

NPR’s word of choice to describe the current mood in Venezuela seems to be “indignant.” That seems like a weird choice, even given his unpopularity there.

I am belatedly watching The Last of Us - season 2, episode 2. It’s basically the battle of helm’s deep, down to the shots of the women and children cowering in the basements. Probably not a new observation, but I’m behind in my tv consumption.

The eternal lament of the St. Paulite: why the F can’t we have alley plowing? I’m too old for this shit.

Key takeaways from my Brontë reread: 1) I am still 💯 #TeamJane and think Cathy is an asshole. 2) Wuthering Heights is an anti-romance, and pretty much everyone is horrible. It’s grueling. Why do people like this? 3) I would choose Rochester over St. John Rivers any day. St. John is extra horrible.

Important update: my 7-month old coworker is dreaming about what I will taste like the next time he bites me in his excitement about….everything.

This is absolute horseshit. Way to squander a great election.

Breaking news: new puppy! 6 mo old husky/shepherd mix, the sweetest and most playful boy ever. We were dogless for 6 months after many decades of dogs, and that sucked. He has just slid right into our lives already as though he’s always been ours. #DogsOfBlueSky 🐕

One year ago today, my dad died unexpectedly. He was the best and I really miss him, all the time. That’s it, that’s the whole skeet. Here’s a picture of my dad.

OMG, how can an earworm stay in my head for 2 weeks? I don’t even like Dire Straits. I forced myself to listen to the whole thing today b/c I heard that sometimes works. If it doesn’t, I might need surgery to excise it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcwl...

The revolution starts NOW. Steve says so.

It was the omg what now of times, it was the seriously wtf is happening of times

Power is out (55106). Bummer.

German literature. And…..nope! My German skills have so atrophied that I have resorted to Duolingo, Love is Blind Germany and tween German audiobooks to try to rebuild.

“This bill, if enacted, will smother rural communities by closing small-town hospitals, piling on medical debt and stress and laying off thousands of workers right here in Minnesota,” writes columnist Aaron Brown.

Worth noting that not only is this “rural hospital” fund temporary and a fraction of the losses, it’s also designed to be a political slush fund since half the allocation is at discretion of the CMS administrator. Barely even eyewash.

My god they’re just trying to get me to cry every tear I have. 💔

For some reason this post is getting a bunch of new likes and reposts….which I love because these are adorable pictures, but also hate because our beloved Moj died in April at age 14 and we are still heartbroken about that and miss him so much. He was the best boy. Glad others find him adorable too!

The really sad thing is how I can already hear exactly how they’ll blame Biden (and Harris, and Obama, and Clinton) for the inevitable retaliation. And how quickly that will become the accepted truth. I hate this timeline.

Ok I know this is not the main point here, but I think someone needs a refresher on “literally” vs “figuratively.”

I am still reeling.  I am also sitting with the fact that our historic 2023 accomplishments were only possible because of the monumental leadership of Hortman and Dziedzic, and now we’ve lost them both.

When I think about Melissa Hortman, I think about this list. Rest in power.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Horrific news. I hope we hear they’re going to be ok. Targeting democratic public servants is a horrific escalation of the political violence we are seeing every day. And I’m sure the timing is no coincidence. JFC.

I wish there could just be 24 hours to send kind thoughts to a fundamentally decent but flawed man who just got a horrible diagnosis before people start being assholes.

Worth a read. A rural family medicine residency grant funded separately from regular GME keeping this clinic’s doors open (and I will note many of these residents are immigrants) apple.news/AUBySXw1ZRsy...

Said goodbye to the best, funniest, sweetest, most handsome boy this week. We are heartbroken & are dogless for the first time in 20+ years. 14 years was not long enough w/ Moj, but we know he lived his best life to the end, swimming, running, chasing balls, being loved. #RescueDogs #DogsOfBlueSky 🐕

Also important to note that the president & his administration care so little about Abrego Garcia’s life that they haven’t even been willing to ask for evidence that he’s still alive. They don’t give one single shit. They might prefer that he be dead, to serve as a warning.

Chris Van Hollen flying down to El Salvador and refusing to leave until he got in a room with Kilmar Abrego Garcia blows up every other “well what do you expect them to do?” defense for elected Democrats

“And on August 14, 2024, he posted the “5 Reasons Why” video about flat earth, which asks, among other things, that if the Earth is actually spinning, “why aren’t we all being flung out into space?” A wise question. Who amongst us has not wondered this (when we were little kids)?

Just tought you might all need this (from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers").

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

How are we feeling now about that vote to (unanimously) confirm Rubio, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov? Got anything to say about this? Or, better, thoughts on actions?

Posting for no reason. No reason at all. m.youtube.com/watch?v=7QHN...

We went to the Hands Off rally in Grand Rapids MN today. Small county/city, went 60/40 for Trump. 300+ people showed up - massive for Itasca county! Honking cars far outnumbered the dudes who gave us the finger. My fave sign is the NSFW one. #HandsOffMN

Yesterday, the MN Dept of Health announced 170 layoff notices due to unexpected federal grant cuts of over $220M. These cuts will affect Minnesotans’ daily lives — accessing vaccinations, seeing less support for our elders in nursing homes & less surveillance of wastewater. It’s going to hurt.