Wishing you the merriest. With love, a belly full of laughter, and hope for us all.

Speaker Johnson, Leader Thune, & Republican members of Congress left town for the holiday, their work incomplete and their health coverage intact. Their hard working constituents get big new health care bills for 2026 and the wealthiest Americans get a big tax break. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Coulda used this last night, before his White House address.

Congrats to Meg Lugar Nikolai and Shelley Buck on primary victories tonight. Strong wins are testament to the hard work you and your teams are doing. Thank you to every candidate in the field. Excited to hit the doors with you both before the January general and to serve our neighbors together.💙

Send to the White House. Stat.

“My kids and their neighbors are building a Minnesota that includes all of us, one sled trail at a time.” Mukhtar M. Ibrahim on courage and the strong, inclusive future we build together. www.startribune.com/opinion-trum...

Light in the darkness. Power built with the courage of people. We are #ALightInTheStorm

The GOP is choosing to end the subsidies offsetting rising health insurance rates. Trump and his GOP are jacking up your rates. No wonder Trump is mocking affordability. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

That “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Trump’s Republican Congress is raising your property taxes. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

The #Mighty64 endorsing convention is underway. Delegates are casting the first vote. We are rich with talented, committed candidates In a district full of hope and fight. #LFG

Minutes after Minnesota House Speaker and GOP gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth (R) refused to condemn President Donald Trump's anti-Somali hate speech, Senate Majority Leader @epmurphymn.bsky.social (DFL) starts off her speech by condemning it.

When we ban weapons of war in MN it’ll be students, moms, grandparents, educators and more, organizing and building change together. Thanks to the aptly named Courageous Resistance class at St Olaf for digging into the work of change.

Joined the MN Department of Agriculture, members and staff to trim the tree in the Capitol Rotunda. With each month, season and holiday come poignant reminders of the loss of Melissa, Mark, and Gilbert.

She is announcing her retirement, a year from now. Until that time, I expect Senator Mann will continue her fierce, eloquent, unrelentingly fight for people. That is, after all, the Mann Plan.

Celebrating the Hmong New Year with friends and colleagues. A colorful and rich day of family, history and culture, welcoming a the good of the year ahead.

This president endangers lives.

When we ban assault rifles and high capacity magazines, it’s Ron Latz and Zaynab Mohamed who are going to write the bill and lead the charge. Join us and support his leadership and a safer future

Joining my DFL House colleagues with care and concern for our community and our neighbors.

With Sen Grant Hauschild, educators, and committed local leaders discussing childcare shortages in Silver Bay. A problem for families, employers and for our youngest Minnesotans. https:/www.northernnewsnow.com/2025/11/14/roundtable-held-silver-bay-with-focus-childcare/

St Paul is lit tonight.

Trump and his GOP Congress are pushing family budgets to their limits. Their actions are pushing people out of healthcare and shuttering access across the state. Klobuchar and Smith vote NO on a deal that will hurt working Minnesotans. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Americans are hungry, laid off, working without pay, worrying in airports and more. Trump and his Republican Congress hold majority power. It’s their responsibility to reach a compromise to end the shutdown. Put on your adult pants, go back to DC, and do your jobs. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

I’ll be voting YES on Question 1 on my ballot. It would allow St Paul to use administrative citations to enforce its local ordinances. A yes vote is supported by the DFL, labor unions, faith groups, and more. Check it out! I hope you’ll join me. Learn more: www.voteyesforafairerstpaul.com

It’s GOTV! @Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger is part of the next generation of DFL leadership in the Senate (which is to say brilliant and hard working). Every contribution, time and treasure, helps us defend our majority and keep moving Minnesota forward. Join us! secure.actblue.com/donate/amand...

Shame on the GOP trifecta. Judge McConnell: “there is no doubt, and it is beyond argument, that irreparable harm will begin to occur if it hasn’t already occurred in the terror it has caused some people about the availability of funding for food for their family." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

16 days and there’s no quit. Big thanks to First Lady Gwen Walz, my Senate colleagues, and a crew of people ready to elect Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger to the MN Senate.

Senator Kunesh and I found friends in Woodbury: First Lady Gwen Walz, Majority Leader Erin Murphy, and Senator Zaynab Mohamed. We door knocked and found very friendly Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger supporters. @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social @epmurphymn.bsky.social @mkmkunesh.bsky.social

Sent a letter to Congressman Emmer. People’s safety is public safety. Read it here: senatedfl.mn/wp-content/u...

With each hearing, the damage to family budgets, hospitals, and access to care is more evident. Health insurance costs are going up, up, up. www.postbulletin.com/news/minneso...

Touching the joy in our fight with ISAIAH, the wonderful @athenahollins.bsky.social and a church full of faith and power.

Impacts of Trump and his Congress hitting hard at home. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

Trump’s Republicans chose to raise people’s health care costs with their big bill and defunding premium subsidies for farmers and small businesses. Trump’s GOP decided that people working to make ends meet should pay for tax cuts for the ultra rich. #maga www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Next year’s Trump tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires would pay for insurance tax credits for 22 million Americans FOR THREE YEARS. He shut down the government down for wealthy. The middle class pays the price. That’s why we won’t stop fighting. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/gov...

Health insurance rates are expected to rise at eye popping, unsustainable levels, the result of Trump and his Republican’s budget choices. They are NOT making life more affordable for 190,000 Minnesotans. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

With friends, colleagues, and the family of our beloved Leader Kari Dziedzic, we gathered to dedicate the 10th Ave Bridge in her memory. She built durable bridges and enduring friendships.

Extreme Risk Protection Orders have been used 281 times to prevent dangerous people from using guns in schools, workplaces, or against police officers. We’ve got more work to do, but this law has saved lives in communities across Minnesota. www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...

The Senate Select Committee met with Channel One Food Bank. They saw empty shelves the result of Congress’s Big Bill signed by the President. Select Committee will hold a follow hearing to dig into impacts on Minnesota. Follow our work: www.senate.mn/committees/c... www.kaaltv.com/news/area-no...

Joined more than 90 childcare providers in Brainerd. Time to address the childcare crisis in Minnesota. This crew of providers, educators, and families are building power to make childcare available and affordable. #KidsCountOnUs

Minnesota deserves real solutions to keep our kids and communities safe. Passing gun violence prevention legislation requires Republican votes and Minnesotans need Republicans to commit to serious solutions.

43 hours later and still lingering in the power and beauty of @farmaid. #farmaid40 “Thanks Willie. We needed that.” www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...

Sen Rest is a Legislative giant; hard working, tough, thoughtful, & devastatingly witty. She shaped the fairest tax system in America. Her place in history is anchored in the pursuit of ideas, solutions, and her deep commitment to justice. I’ll miss her dearly. www.startribune.com/dfl-sen-ann-...

Over the last years, we’ve done a lot together. It is good to be in the fight for Minnesota with someone who shares the hope for our future and the determination to fight for it. Let’s roll, Governor Walz.

Happy Election Day @xpleeformnhouse.bsky.social. An important day for Minnesotans in HD 34B and across the state. As we say, #LFG.

The MN Senate’s Working Group on Gun Violence met earlier today. Raw, graphic, painful, and necessary testimony at a somber hearing. For all of our kids and each other, I hope you listen with to this story or the full hearing, available online. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Going on strike takes courage and the wisdom to know that bargaining together drives better wages and benefits. In Trump’s inflation economy, workers need a wage increase. In solidarity and support, I’m with you Teamsters 320. Your work at the U of M keeps the place running.

Another horrible installment of gun violence in America.

Minnesota. Come for the vaccines. Stay for the good (and healthy) life. Good work, @governorwalz.mn.gov. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

On Labor Day, we reflect on decades of work to protect and advance the dignity, security, and rights of working people. Tomorrow we return to that work knowing working people, their families, and their power are deeply threatened. With love and solidarity, have a happy, powerful Labor Day.