I had read about Justin Smith and knew how outrageous it was for him to be nominated, but I had not seen video of him speaking. And I want to apologize for not spending enough time making fun of him for being an incredible dweeb.

Wild that House Dems are letting the Senate — the Senate!! — run laps around them like this. I’m glad there’s a House vote this week. But the foot dragging and lack of a sustained plan is baffling.

and yet Chuck Schumer voted for the US to remain in the business of sending Netanyahu bulldozers to plow over Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon His era of the party is over, and it's time for the next one to take over

Tonight 8pm ET. Join me and our friends at Detention Watch Network, Indivisible, MoveOn, The Workers Circle, and Public Citizen for a movement call about the upcoming Communities Not Cages National Day of Action. Register here: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/932124

the most St Paul experience is picking up free dirt from a neighbor, and fielding all the questions from everyone else you encounter about your dirt. Is the dirt good, is it a good time of year for dirt, do they also need dirt, are you going to have enough dirt, is the dirt heavy, is dir-

the vice president is an idiot, and he thinks you are too

this is just so gross, man. I cannot wait until we are past the pipeline of Obama alum -> shill for the worst industries in the world. It's noxious on policy and political grounds. Just because it's "tech" or "new" doesn't mean it's not evil. But hope and change or whatever.

this is the mechanism to rein in an out of control judiciary. it’s not just an option, it’s actually an obligation for Congress to impeach judges who so flagrantly stomp on the constitution. Any SCOTUS justice entertaining ending birthright citizenship aught to be thrown out of the chamber.

oh wild check out what I found here in article 1 section 4 of the united states constitution

ridiculous to argue that a "professional service" (scare quotes intentional) is protected speech simply because there's talking involved. Fuck all the way off with this. All love to my trans friends, who deserve a world so much better than this. Your humanity should never be in question.

Looks like Secretary of War Crimes is also Secretary of War Profiteering

If Republicans do a sequel to the One Big Ugly Bill, the official name is 2 Big 2 Ugly. Just making everyone aware.

$200B for an illegal war, led by the dumbest people alive, that's driving up costs. Genuinely hilarious that they'd even ask for this. Hard pass, and any member of congress even considering this should be run out of their jobs. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Republican Party's descent into open Islamophobia is not just disgusting — it's also completely un-American. Muslims have been part of the American experiment since before this country began. We will not let the GOP smear millions of Muslim Americans in order to distract from Trump's failures.

Important for pro-democracy Spaniards to know that the Minnesota State Fair has a paella truck with the tagline The Hotdish of Spain. I’m just saying the cross-Atlantic solidarity runs deep.

This clips are incredible, but it’s truly worth watching this one all the way to the end for the “there were no books” kicker

Under pressure from Trump, Gov Polis is considering pardoning an unrepentant MAGA election saboteur. @brianbeutler.bsky.social has some food for thought for advocates. www.offmessage.net/p/impeach-ja...

Bro asked for the Platner.

MPD's "duty to intervene" is meaningless when his police force worked through the last few months without a single intervention. He should just acknowledge there was no amount of lawlessness federal agents could've done that would have triggered an intervention.

everyone said it at the time so this isn’t novel, but the excusing of the IDF bombing schools and hospitals in Gaza was very obviously setting the stage for mass civilian murder from much bigger militaries, and most specifically the US

american society in 2026 is hateful bigots complaining to the imaginary referee that they shouldn't have to learn new things or ever be uncomfortable vs. the rest of us saying "skill issue" and loving our neighbors

The absolute most disgusting, eliminationist Islamophobia from multiple members of the House Republican caucus continues to spew forth without acknowledgment or censure

A key test for reading comprehension this week will be understanding that voting for a war powers resolution is not the same thing as voting for an authorization for the use of military force, and has precisely the opposite effect

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

An important statement from @repyassansari.bsky.social. Her loved ones have experienced this repressive Iranian regime first hand - and she knows that Trump's reckless bombing and warmongering will not bring peace, security, or self-determination to the Iranian people.

this is the only possible path to disincentivize this clearly corrupt concentration of power, and following through on this promise is essential to the total societal rebuild we will need

If you don't want a vote on matters of war and peace, gtfo of congress, because that's literally your job. If you think it's better to leave those matters to the likes of Trump and Hegseth, gtfo of Democratic politics.

I'm glad we have a surplus, and the economic policies of the Walz team have been really solid. Now, time to use some of those dollars to keep our neighbors fed and in their homes. Rent is due. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

So I just got a statement from California AG Bonta's office: "Paramount/Warner Bros is not a done deal. These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny — the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review"

They’re committing horrifying atrocities, and they are also living large on our dime. Kash going to the Olympics, Noem buying herself luxury jets. They want to be famous celebrities.

Retired CFPB Union Member Alexis Goldstein explains why she stood up to DOGE (and was fired for it). #stopvought #savecfpb

a horrifying story. This regime is killing people in point blank murders, but also though the violence and cruelty of carelessly throwing people in a system designed to treat them as less than human. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Glad he’s stepping down. Even though the emails in question were strictly about business, why did he send so many of them even after Epstein’s initial conviction and prison sentence

So roughly still 6X pre-surge, down from 16X, and planning for 3X long run.

This was Trump’s last state of the union speech. A Democratic speaker can simply not invite him to do another one, and that’s just table stakes at this point. That is not the main reason to retake the House, but it sure is a nice addition.

While everybody’s online for SOTU, please consider taking a moment to support this incredible effort to feed folks in the Twin Cities. The work (that doesn’t just feed vegans, that’s just the organizing entity!) is more important than ever. The need isn’t decreasing, and your support is a lifeline.

avoiding unforced errors seems like good advice. Easy way to do that is to simply not go to a 3 hour speech from the wannabe king. The People’s SOTU is starting now: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

Trump, Bovino, Homan, Noem, Miller. All world historic villains. But it cannot go unstated the extent to which MN GOP actively solicited this horror, invited the wickedness into our homes, & bear full moral culpability for our kidnapped neighbors, our traumatized children, and our dead loved ones.

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

more and more they're calling him the pedophile president oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...

This is the singular legacy of the Biden administration, the failing that preceeded all subsequent failings. What good there was (and there was real tangible good!) will have to be excavated from a legacy of failing while in power to punish the plotters and beneficiares of an attempted coup.

this article features an incredibly offensive choice of photo and fifteen different quotes from Israel hawks complaining about how unfair it is that their actions have had consequences jewishinsider.com/2026/02/jewi...

I’ve been to Trump’s State of the Unions before and really don’t need to go again. He uses his speeches to pillory his political enemies and spread lies – not to mention they're long and boring.

“How is it, then, that it’s OK to use unregulated chemicals on a broad range of civilian populations, especially when these chemicals are banned in war?” via @19thnews.org www.minnpost.com/health/2026/...

have the In Covid’s Wake guys said a single word about the trauma, learning loss, negative health effects, or really anything at all about what’s been inflicted upon my neighbors by an out of control federal government?

Anybody who thinks they can quietly cut a deal with this regime is either a rube or a collaborator. And we can’t tolerate either. The only thing that has worked is full opposition, clear public demands, and calling them out on their bullshit.

Putting on my political theorist hat, what you're seeing here is someone with considerable power protecting and reinforcing the institution which empowers him. The power of SCOTUS is Katyal's power because he plays by its rules, so he'll exert effort to legitimate that power with claptrap like this.

I demand a direct to camera video from Ritchie Neal breaking down this meme in detail