As a different commenter points out, why now? Why in a polling place? Perhaps a calculated move to normalize violently invading our polling spaces. They don't do nothin' for nothin'.

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

The city of Roseville completely closed the main road to my small business with four days notice and our sales are down 50%. Please support small local businesses even when it requires figuring out a re-route. Support @makwacoffee.bsky.social if you’re nearby. Pleeeeeeeeeeease.

"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."

Okay. Ai can go bankrupt then. This is not our problem, this sounds like a rich tech billionaire problem.

100-year sentence for injuring a cop. But multiple people who not only injured cops but were trying to take over the US Capitol, kill elected leaders and overthrow the presidential election were sentenced to 5, 10, 15 years at most.

Klobuchar took a break from not acknowledging trans Minnesotans to vote for another Trump candidate

Clearest proof we've seen that he thinks refugees claiming political asylum were refugees from an actual insane asylum. The leader of the United States is dumber than dirt but there's an entire cult enabling him and a corporate media too cowardly to call them out.

A trail of destruction. Imagine their reaction if Obama had done even one of these things.

Happy Father's Day 🖤

Who has too much power in the economy and politics: organized labor or organized capital? Billionaires invest lots of $$ in undermining workers' organizations. CEO of the Freedom Foundation was compensated $695,517 in 2024. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

Astoturf to get MN teachers to resign from their union. Can't keep the lies straight. Phishing for phools. "Are you interested in learning more about local only, union alternatives - unaffiliated with any national organization? "Minnesota Outreach Dir c/o Freedom Foundation Olympia,WA

Fascists and racists are liars, by definition. Their ideology is based on lies and they depend on lies to maintain power. Always assume that anything Trump or any lackey in his regime says is a lie.

#tdih 1982 Chinese American Vincent Chin beaten to death 💔 in hate crime by 2 white men in Detroit. Judge on light sentence: “These aren’t kind of men you send to jail.” Asian Americans organized nationwide in response. See YA book and doc film⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/vi...

Grotesque. Profane. Absurd. Perverted. Delusional. Ludicrous. Treachery. Just some word association for today.

Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do"

"Why do innocent people flee the police?" Idk, maybe the fact that they kill newborn babies and puppies might have something to do with it. Just saying.

President @rweingarten.bsky.social of @aft.org at our 30th Constitutional Convention: “We want a better life for workers, and the way in which you do that is through a union.”

Writing about Starbucks' union-busting (again) for my newsletter this week, and came across this stat in a recent @epi.org blog: Starbucks completed its $620 million merger with Teavana in 67 days. Workers have been waiting more than 1,643 days for a first contract. (The average time is 465 days.)

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Netanyahu's been waiting 40 years to attack Iran, and he finally found a U.S. president (Trump) who was stupid enough to do it.

🧵 … Hey all … I’m in search of story sources who’d want to interview for an upcoming feature about trans folks who’ve moved from red states to blue ones, especially since the last presidential election. Signal boosts appreciated.

none of this is true and the place where this is going is potentially very awful

“Our second-rate con man encountered first rate-con artists, and, as is often the case, it’s the second rate-con men who turn out to be the biggest suckers.” - @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social lnk.thebulwark.com/3QiHq9F

reading this MN indictment and there are many takeaways but one of the biggest is that if you still think the gov isn't getting your signal messages you need to let that belief go expeditiously

Look the whole indictment is a open attempt to intimidate the entire city, but gleeful fedposting is really inadvisable

Funny.

oh for fuck sake. anyway, if you're unfamiliar with the mccarthyism era & red scare etc, please take the time to learn a bit about it as it'll sound really familiar.

working to criminalize community care

Trump's U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced charges against 15 Minnesotans today, citing Facebook posts as evidence of unlawful activity. The ICE agents who shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti have still not been arrested or indicted.

All workers deserve a union and yes, that includes union staff who are workers

Trump spoke at the Libertarian convention in 2024 in front a big banner with this exact same slogan.

It is now illegal to post this image with the caption “become ungovernable.”

Feds just cited the phrase “we must become ungovernable” as evidence that Minnesota activists being charged are dangerous.

Our local journalists really showed up and were prepared with thorough questions. This is why hyper-local journalism is so important.

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What I have learned today 1)Things to say to Feds: “Let me see your badge and the warrant.” and “I want to speak to my lawyer.” 2) Turn off biometrics on your phone 3) Keep your whistle handy We keep us safe.

Do NOT admit that you have done ANYTHING. Including legal things. If they say they saw you picking your nose and robbing a bank and you admit you were picking your nose, they will use that. Do not fuck with the phrase "I want a lawyer." Say that specifically. Look up "I want a lawyer, dawg."

Another reason to shut up: It’s illegal to lie to the Feds. About anything. Even if you didn’t mean to lie, but were just confused or reacting in the moment. And they will prosecute you for the lie, even if they can’t get you for something else. *Practice* saying “I want a lawyer” and nothing else.

This is just straightforward white nationalist great replacement rhetoric, the kind of thing that would have been confined to neo-Nazi forums a decade ago. Multiple mass shooters in recent years believed exactly this.

What's starting in Minneapolis today is going to be just like the Broadview 6 case. A desperate attempt at a show trial pursued by dumb, vicious prosecutors performing for an audience of one. An attempt to discourage and scare people from fighting back. It's not going to work.

Links for further resources: knowyourrightsmn.org activistchecklist.org

DOJ announces list of Minnesotans who will never pay for their own drinks again

Oh, you're worth $1.4 trillion on paper? Cool, you now owe the federal government $500 billion in cash, due by end of quarter.

Observers, protesters, and community support being arrested by HSI in Minneapolis. Homes raided, electronics seized. Be safe, friends and fam.

During a ballet performance of “Romeo and Juliet” in Izmir, Turkey, a cat unexpectedly joined the actors in the final scene of the show and completely stole the show with its antics.

Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.

Vance just admitted we are paying Iran $300 BILLION in reparations. After losing the First World War, Germany paid US$5 billion (22 billion gold marks) in contemporary currency. Adjusted for inflation, that was still only around $90-95 billion in today's dollars.

Every president needs advisors who can give them candid advice. When you start to think you have all the answers, that’s how you end up paying $300 billion dollars and siding with Hezbollah to end a war you started.