I really hope my friends in 64A will consider endorsing and then voting for Meg Luger-Nikolai, who is a good friend and one of the smartest, most committed people I know.

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw: - Maroon 5 - Amanda Shires - Farm Aid - Margo Price - Indigo Girls / Melissa Etheridge - Spike and the Gimme Gimmes

I have this on the fridge at my St. Paul house and it works for my vision of the city.

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

This year, the fiction so far that has taken up space in my chest such that I think about it & contemplate characters: Martyr! (Akbar), Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance (Espach), The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver), James & Erasure (Everett), A Place for Us (Mirza), Nothing to See Here (Wilson).

Do you even live in the twin cities if you didn’t go see the lights?

I don't have a high opinion of SCOTUS. But this outcome was clear-as Mark & I explained on MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-... People SHOULD worry about SCOTUS & educate people about what SCOTUS is doing & might do. They shouldn't whip ppl into frenzies on cases that aren't going anywhere.

Okay, Virginia, now I'd like a state class action device, please.

I think every single person voting for Mike Hilborn (GOP guy) for Mayor of St. Paul is on Nextdoor.

I agree with this post and I voted for Carter and yes on both questions 1 and 2. This quote resonated with me: the city doesn't have enough tools to take on the skeezy businessmen that actively suck capital out of our neighborhoods and let the city rot. I am disappointed that Her committed

Tressie cooked here: "Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them."

I have no idea if this is a hot take but I’m here for it. And I pretty much always love every culture’s dumpling/hand pie/empanada. 🥟

It is hard for be to express how stupid looking the bumblebee Steelers jerseys are, and that’s before you get to the ridiculous khaki pants. 💚💛 #gopackgo

Community advocates are texting me with polite thank yous for my advocacy. Friends are texting me shots of my own face aggressively zoomed in on different parts.

Very powerful Win at the Minnesota Supreme Court today in Jaycee Cooper versus USA powerlifting. The law in Minnesota is clear: Transgender people have a right in Minnesota under the Minnesota human rights access to full inclusion and the Supreme Court has upheld that fact.

I have infinite love for the Arboretum and this is but one reason why. 💜🍁⭐️

Salesforce is also currently being sued in multidistrict litigation for its conduct related to its record keeping and data breaches in credential attacks that siphoned sensitive data from Salesforce environments, compromising nearly a billion records from dozens of organizations using Saleforce.

Salesforce is also currently being sued in multidistrict litigation for its conduct related to its record keeping and data breaches in credential attacks that siphoned sensitive data from Salesforce environments, compromising nearly a billion records from dozens of organizations using Saleforce.

I’m excited to support my friend and an incredible advocate for taking care of people of all ages and abilities, Aisha Elmquist in HD40A! Support her campaign and learn more here: secure.actblue.com/donate/aisha...

A fitting day for a tour with my senior at the University of Kansas!

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Also in every time, but especially in the age of chattel slavery, there were plenty of people in the dominant in-group who objected to these things. I spent a good bit of time on this point in the first Lawful Extremism paper: www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

My debaters are currently having an intense discussion about the status of Japan's coalition government and PM given recent news, in case you're curious whether your average high school policy debater is more serious than the current Republican Party.

Bryan Stevenson is an American hero and this article is both concise and informative.

Want to feel better about the world today? If so, I suggest donating to a fantastic debate team at a great urban public school. ❤️🐳🖤 raise.snap.app/donate/st-pa...

And MEANWHILE my ACTUAL plaintiffs and classes harmed by corporate misconduct, fraud, and negligence have an increasingly harder time getting their actual day in court.

This Saturday is the last Loons home game of the season and we want to put it to good work. Listening House is a fantastic resource for our unhoused neighbors in StP. Please think about making a special trip for some clothing donations. Or donate money!

shit ain’t over til it’s over

The real key here is that the outrage stems from the Biden admin's (correct, IMO) decision to MILDLY regulate rampant fraud, corruption, and antitrust violations in tech companies. Tech CEOs responded with dramatically overhurt feelings, racism, backlash, & fascism. www.wired.com/story/silico...

Between the bluegrass and general strings work, the earnest political messaging and tshirts, and the sheer volume of teamsters here, Farm Aid’s vibes are pretty impeccable.

Getting your defamation lawsuit struck under Rule 8 is roughly analogous to getting sent home early on the first day of school because you decided not to wear pants ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

“Our artists, production team and partners have made clear that they will not cross a picket line,” Farm Aid said in a statement Thursday. “These decisions reflect our own values: The farm and labor movements are inseparable.” www.startribune.com/farm-aid-40-...

History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.

not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.

Mayor Brandon of Chicago responds to a question from a reporter if pushing back will make things harder? “Can you imagine if my ancestors would have had the same rationale? Let’s not fight against the Confederacy. Let’s just try to get along, and maybe one day they’ll give us our freedom?”

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used. As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how Part 1: is your work in Libgen? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

You can’t just issue an executive order that blatantly contradicts an explicit Supreme Court decision and not have that be the story. Like, it’s not close. (Texas v. Johnson, obvi.)

We have reached the part of the week before my birthday where I just buy whatever I want in the name of gifts for myself.

I love the percentage of ladies here at the Indigo Girls in sensible sweaters.

With the Minnesota State Fair starting today, a lot of people are talking about Falcon Heights. Your annual reminder that falcon heights range from one to two feet (not including plumed helmet). Now you know, no need to keep talking about falcon heights.

the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.

43: all but Detroit, Jacksonville, San Antonio, Sacramento, Tulsa, Tucson, and El Paso.

Listening to @mollycoleman.bsky.social talk reminds me: (1) she’s great and you should definitely vote for her in Ward 4 on the St. Paul City Council; and (2) St. Paul Central debaters really should run everything. ❤️🖤

Well, whaddya know. A new decision in which a district court certified a Rule 23(b)(2) class and issued a … {checks notes} … NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION!!

My law firm will be there and we got shirts!!!!!

I think we can be very clear that Gillibrand has said racist and inexcusable things without suggesting that Franken’s alleged sexual misconduct against at least nine accusers is acceptable.

If there was a better way for the institutional Democratic Party to signal that women are expendable besides this last ditch endorsement of Cuomo nonsense, I can't think of one.

#Juneteenth reminds us: freedom was declared, but not fully delivered. As people of faith, we don’t just commemorate freedom—we fight for the fullness of it. May this day remind us that true liberation is sacred, ongoing work. 🖤✊🏾