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Twin Cities Realtor at RE/MAX Results since '05. Mission Partners chair of VEAP. Housing and Economic Justice Committee. Outreach Ambassador at Breakthrough T1D.
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We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

My mom was a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines for nearly 40 years and was gone 3-5 days at a time across all time zones. Growing up, I would hear her doing her test preps for emergencies and evacuations. They do NOT get the credit they deserve!

“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit", 1937

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

“Pull that same s**t now that you did on January 6th.” Former US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn responds to Brandon Fellows outside US Capitol. Fellows, convicted of felony for involvement in Capitol Attack, was heckling Dunn after press conference condemning Trump pardons. 📹 Eric Flack WUSA9

Critical organizations in today's world (and country).

Trump's baseless claims about the tragic plane collision in Washington, DC are not surprising—they are a pattern. In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:

Settled. is an organization that is transforming how community and mission blend. At the church I attend, we have made the first step in solidifying another Sacred Settlement in the Bloomington or SW area of the Twin Cities. replica.startribune.com/infinity/art...

I just sent an email to my Senator to vote NO on H.R. 30, a bill about carrying out the MAGA-backed agenda of mass deportation. H.R. 30 co-opts the struggle against  gendered violence to ultimately harm undocumented survivors of gendered violence who are already unserved and unprotected.

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

It's a difficult way to live and think in a consumer society, but it's a very good everyday reminder.