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gokp.bsky.social
Onetime in-house lawyer; now solo. One half of the Lawyers Behaving Badly podcast. Allegedly a "real pistol." Texan in MSP.
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I can do all things through a trough-sized crispy Dr Pepper from the nearest gas station.

i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan

Whatever this is from my walk today. #MSP #BloomScrolling

I won't ruin it for you, but once you get halfway through this article you realize these parents may be the worst people alive.

And the Supreme Court just said, "Be my guest, mon chéri!"

there are still a bunch of plain facts you can't publish in the newspaper, such as "the Federalist Society is a conspiracy by fascist billionaires to overthrow American democracy and reinstate Jim Crow."

I encourage everyone to actually read the dissent. The description of what this government is doing should shock anyone with a conscience. It is unfathomably cruel, indeed sadistic. And yes, *this* is being enabled by the highest court in the nation.

i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

The thing to know about fascism is that it has a lot of collaborators.

Fuck this.

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

Spiderwort and prairie rose today at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. #MSP #BloomScrolling

How *dare* you say that @gokp.bsky.social and I are middle aged

it is funny how many people affiliated with the secret police have had to say "stop making fun of the secret police, the guy in the tac vest that covers him like a training bra is a hero, he tracked down and subdued two hospice orderlies using only the W-2 forms they file annually"

The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.

No American outlet would hesitate to describe them as pro-regime paramilitaries or an irregular militia and similar terms if this was happening anywhere else.

I was out on the porch last night sending @jdotj.bsky.social rapid fire voice memos about the latest neighborhood drama when my 8 yo came out and asked, “Are you out here listening to birds?” Bodied. Never been clocked so hard in my life. Anyway, here’s what the Merlin app heard this morning.

The 8U rec baseball dads are fighting via email over whether kids should be required to use 2 and 1/4” bats (required by league rules) or 2 and 5/8” bats (what most kids have), and I am living my BEST life watching this go down. Absolute cackle fest, yall. Thank u, dads, for ur service. 🫡

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Lupine (I think?) on the side of the trail today. #MSP #bloomscrolling

The scope of this is breathtaking. If you think Obergefell is safe you’re delusional.

Holy shit. DHS just detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a candidate for NYC mayor, as he was observing ICE arrests in court.

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

I truly believe we will look back at this attitude as *the* sickness of our political era. It is an extremely basic fact, and has been for decades, that the vast majority of political violence in the US is committed by the right! You cannot solve a problem if you refuse to identify it.

This is 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 I can’t overstate how bad this is

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

There is always a tweet.