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City dweller, public school parent, mostly Minnesotan. Free Palestine. End fossil fuels.
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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.

We've reached the "criminal charges against congresspeople" stage of the proceedings.

My statement on the charges filed against me:

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been endorsed by AFSCME Council 5! It’s incredibly meaningful to have the support from my own union. My time working at Agate as an AFSCME member has been transformative—it showed me the power of organized labor and collective action.

Make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel. Those Oats are Probably Still Good

And 40% of children in Minnesota are covered by Medicaid. If MAGA Republicans succeed in cutting Medicaid to fund their tax cuts for the rich, it would have devastating impacts on families in every part of MN.

In these dark times, it’s great to come together and find something we can all take joy in.

Twin Cities Tesla Takedown events for Sat 5/17 @ 11AM - Tesla Golden Valley - Tesla Maplewood - Tesla Lake Elmo Good people. Good energy. Good trouble. Come join the fun!

never wanted to twerk on a pile of ashes before but there's a first time for everything

Correction! Walz’s phone # is 651-201-3400 Call any time and leave a message!!

Everyone needs & deserves healthcare-no exceptions! The deal #MNLeg leaders made to cut immigrant Minnesotans from MNCare won’t save $ but will mean our neighbors will get sicker & die. Call @governorwalz.mn.gov NOW to tell him to reject this deal 651-291-3400 W/@seiumn.bsky.social @isaiahmn.org

There is no moral distinction between taking healthcare away from trans people and taking healthcare away from undocumented people. If you’re fighting to protect our care then you should be fighting for healthcare for everyone. Everyone. Protect undocumented healthcare.

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

The joint targets released today are unacceptable. This proposal will harm our most vulnerable who are seeking a basic need - healthcare. Eliminating MNCare for undocumented Minnesotans is a morally repugnant decision the DFL should not accept in any form. www.youtube.com/live/1nf4m4a...

DFL @dfl.org needs way more of this energy and clarity now. Thank you Sen. Mann!

the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person

Trump 2.0 is a test. A test of our resolve to uphold our values as a nation, as a state, and as a city. This administration pushes up against our values everyday as a challenge to our values. Today, our state leaders failed that test.

to recap: democrats are cosponsoring legislation to harm at-risk people; taking meetings with a hate group; abandoning kidnapped people in el salvador; excommunicating anyone who thinks the party should do better; & ken martin’s best idea is to spend donations to fly a banner & troll the president?

so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?

Paid leave is the fucking definition of a pocketbook issue, Frentz, what the hell are you on about

Minneapolis deserves a city council that is for the People—not wealthy and corporate interests. We need your help to keep Ward 7 independent. We have set a goal of reaching 500 donations by Friday. Can you chip in to support our people-powered campaign? www.katieforcouncil.org/future

The staging area for unsold Teslas at Quakerbridge Mall in Lawrence, NJ seems to be accumulating a lot more cars, and it's not just Cybers now either, it's all models.

Dr. Badar Khan Suri officially freed from ICE detention.

This part

Bring ya ass - fight the regime and hang with Betty, she’s the best!

come to the katie cashman summer field launch on june 21!!! www.mobilize.us/katieforcoun...

If this moves anyone to action, @katiecashman.bsky.social's campaign will still be going strong and the official general election kickoff is on June 21st. RSVP now: www.mobilize.us/katieforcoun...

Here to give Messi the laser loon treatment. Let’s go Loon!

I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪

Extremely frustrating that it takes endless process and design reviews to build housing in high demand areas but these tech companies just plop massive environmentally destructive data centers down and give regulators the middle finger

Rümeysa Öztürk officially freed from ICE detention. (Photo from Rümeysa’s legal team)

its critical right now to keep reasserting our actual values so that we don’t forget that the baseline of humanity we are currently fighting for isn’t the actual end goal i’m not fighting for a world where people don’t get snatched up by ICE. i’m fighting for a world with no borders.

LIUNA says don’t support union busting elizabeth shaffer for ward 7. support our CM katie cashman who supported the striking park board workers last year!! liunaminnesota.org/en/news/lange

Pragmatic DFL proverb

His holy eminence Pope Takeout Fries IV

"The only entity to win big if the bill passes is Xcel Energy, the state’s largest monopoly provider of electricity." Xcel's profits already rose 19% in the past four years, but they are greedy for more. Tell your reps to defend community solar 🌞 Link below 👇 www.startribune.com/opinion-minn...

Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

I feel really stupid asking again

Do MN DFL representatives seriously find it tenable to claim that cities are doing a good enough job on housing affordability, in places where the average rent is $2,000? This is a huge disappointment.

"AI will get better" okay so what happens when it gets worse

With overwhelming support from Ward 8 friends and neighbors who share our vision for a kinder, safer Minneapolis, I am proud to be DFL-endorsed for the second time! Thank you to all of the delegates and volunteers for the great Convention day yesterday!

And you can vote for Katie Cashman over Elizabeth Shaffer, who chose parking over parks on the Park Board and is now trying to get into the City Council.

Cheaper renewables won't automatically displace more expensive gas generation, or even avoid gas capacity expansion, exhibit #2,841

Good Strib story on Park Board’s decision to waste taxpayer $ & kill its own plans favoring parking over parks with a phony fire safety pretext. This fall you can vote Ira Jourdain over Cathy Abene in Distrct 6 (SW) & Dan Engelhart over Billy Menz in D1 (NE/SE) www.startribune.com/divided-park...

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. Two Bridges Too Far Six Men and a Baby Fourteen Brides for Fourteen Brothers