There is an undeniable shared understanding in humanity. When people see "I hope this year it will happen" there is not a slightest doubt what "it" means.

FINALLY the StarTribune highlights Christopher Rufo’s role in coordinating the Somali Minnesota Fraud moral panic! But Deena Winter digs up the source disputes nearly all quotes attributed to him. Just all lies?

Had a lovely visit to the San Diego Air & Space Museum today (taking a quick getaway from the Northland):

Happy Holidays to all and much gratitude to all our supporters and members! Our museum will be open regular hours this Friday and Saturday, but we’ll be closed today. (Should we do Xmas logo gear on our online store next year?)

メリー・クリスマス🎄 #今日の過去絵

These declines are MASSIVE. And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING. “Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?” THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it. Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.

Festive holiday greetings to all from our little museum! A gift membership or financial contribution helps us spread the wonder of commercial aviation to kids of all ages! northwestairlineshistory.org/join-us/

On Saturday, the union representing more than 3,000 educators in the district authorized the strike. https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/anoka-hennepin-school-district-educators-vote-overwhelmingly-to-authorize-strike

Cold day at the Guthrie.

Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one

Not only should Dems never have stopped using the "They're weird" message, they also should have escalated it exactly like this. Fear mongering about trans people? "Fuck you." Lies about immigrants? "Fuck you." There's a time and place for ditching decorum and right now that time is all the time.

David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov. He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

He gets a ballroom, a performing arts center, and a private jet from Qatar… but when people ask for health care he won't lift a finger. Grift.

The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent. Adopting. Babies. What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?

"The [insert mass shooting here] represents the continuing inability of Donald Trump to keep Americans safe." Somehow I never see that headline.

friendly reminder of what happens when you get Minnesotans truly pissed off

#OnThisDay Dec 11, 1970: University of Minnesota agronomist Norman E. Borlaug receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his work hybridizing wheat to increase crop yields. Known as the "father of the green revolution," he is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation worldwide.

The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.

We are running a promotion on shop.northwestairlineshistory.org thru Friday night this week: 20% off and free shipping for orders of $75+ with the promo code HERMAN2X at checkout. We’ve got exclusive artwork and designs on gear and clothing across the whole NWA timeline & set of carriers!

My thing about birthright citizenship and “originalism” is like… the jurists of Wong Kim Ark in 1898 WERE ADULTS DURING THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. SO THEY KNEW THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC MEANING AND TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS IN WONG KIM ARK!!!

Anyone with an internationally adopted kid or gave birth while serving the USG abroad has got to see this and be really nervous about their kid's safety "Where were you born" can be a very complicated story and doesn't have as much to do with citizenship status as it's implied. wapo.st/48WU4RW

the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

There is no reason to be polite or decorous about this any more. The current Supreme Court is corrupt. US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed.

The President’s blaming Feeding Our Future, but the fraud he’s talking about was enabled by the CARES Act — a bill he signed that gutted oversight to get money out fast. It’s also the law that allowed members of Congress to pocket PPP loans for their own companies.

It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.

AWOOOOOOOOOO. for real this time #MNWX #firstwednesday

If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:

Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.

Minnesota exceptionalism is the pride and excitement we feel when we learn the hot new killer fungi is from Minnesota.

If I were a Congressperson from rural MN, like say Stauber or Fischbach or Emmer or Finstad, I'd be pretty freaked out about my constituents losing almost TWENTY THOUSAND dollars specifically because of my actions.

AWOooOooOOooo Early sirens? But just for half a beat. That’s the practice for the drill!

Not that it should be necessary to refute disgusting gutter racism point by point, but I lived in Minneapolis for 25 years, 17 of those in a neighborhood right near the epicenter of the Somali immigrant community, and I've never had better neighbors anywhere.

Made the leftover turkey wild rice soup yesterday. So rich that I didn’t even bother adding the half-and-half.

And ripping it all out, as planned, costs as much as operating it for another 15 years! Let’s have rail to St Cloud. It’s in the Legislature and MnDOT to make this happen.

"The truth, then, is that BNSF now has a lot of extra capacity that did not exist when Northstar was implemented. Therefore, there is no reason why multiple round trips to St. Cloud couldn’t be renegotiated with the railroad at this time." www.startribune.com/northstar-co...

From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...

As we grieve the tragic attack on the National Guardsmen, a reminder of exactly who was the "Terrorism expert" the Trump Administration placed in control to fight this type of thing from happening. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!) And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc. This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns

Always keep my eyes open for bottles from them while antiquing, but no luck.

www.gravityisgone.com/in-mangling-...

Hey, we’re another Minnesota nonprofit with a #GTTM25 fundraising appeal today! Why pitch in toward our $5K goal for storage cabinets? * Aviation history is cool * We don’t get even $1 of support from government (or Delta) * Full project is coming in $3K below budget! www.givemn.org/organization...

The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large. Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.

Good god, there’s * too much * tartar sauce on the sandwich. 🥪 🐠

I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”

Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world

Bummed I was in a board meeting thru last night’s peak aurora, but went out into the farm fields by the State Fairgrounds an hour ago and caught these. #TwinCities #Minnesota

Why is Trump going after America's air traffic controllers, today of all days? It's one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums."

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised... but the fuckin Trial better be.