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Married 45 years, 3 children, 8 grandchildren. Still golfing and supporting Macalester - Go Scots! Chair-Athletics Adv. Board. Fear the Coo!! Avid reader, gardener and traveler. UofMN Pharm. Coll.; St. Thomas MBA. Retired Clin. Pharm/Pharma Executive
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Why? He’s already acting as the puppet master President, pulling all of Trump’s strings

Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.

Both Rubio's tweet, and the response, are remarkable artifacts. You have a Secretary of State tweeting right wing talking points to defend Neo Nazis, and the country where Nazis originated telling him to sod off.

Best sign from yesterday.

My Alma mater Macalester and 4 other MIAC schools signed on! Love our President Rivera GO SCOTS!! 🧡💙🧡💙

Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States

Actually not just execs/Wall St analysts - add the Treasury secretary to the list

Is there a level of death of expertise that is beyond death? Because we have reached it @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Luke Keaschall is the first player in Twins history to steal 3+ bases in their first four career games. Keaschall is also hitting .357/.471/.500 through four games.

I spent the day at the ICE Detention centers where Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil are being unjustly detained. They've been taken thousands of miles away from home and denied due process. I’m here to call for their immediate release and make it known that they haven’t been forgotten.

How big of a lead would TWolves have if Edward’s was not playing in such a funk??

Ty France not much better with bases loaded

Another great at bat by the over paid Carlos Correa. Bases loaded. Look at two strikes and swing and miss at the third pitch out of the zone. Great approach!!🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Van Hollen: "As the federal courts have said, we need to bring Mr. Abrego Garcia home to protect his constitutional rights to due process...If you deny the constitutional rights of one man, you threaten the constitutional rights and due process for everyone else in America."

Van Hollen: "This case is not only about one man...It is about protecting fundamental freedom and the fundamental principle in the Constitution for due process that protects everybody...This should not be an issue for Republicans or Democrats...This is an American issue."

Like those clowns in Washington understand basic scientific journalism…

"The real measure of the public’s confidence in Trump’s economic stewardship is how they adjust their portfolios. Markets provide immediate feedback on Trump’s actions." They don't like what they're seeing.

"This is a lesson into the lengths that President Bukele will go to deceive people about what's going on. And it also shows the lengths Trump will go to" -- Van Hollen details how the photos appearing to show him and Abrego Garcia with margaritas were staged by the government of El Salvador

I’m particularly proud right now to be a graduate of Harvard College. Thank you, President Garber. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

So very true

Shock, sadness and resolve in the wake of arson attack on governor’s residence minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/13/s...

We stand by our reporting. So read it here:

Totally agree with Tom!!

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

My latest: This Jimmy Kimmel Graphic Hasn’t Gone Viral Yet, But it Should: Economic data can be best shown in charts, though it’s rare for those charts to become graphics for late night comedy shows…

Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Looks like the Twinkies are trying to be the 2025 version of the 2024 White Sox. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

#ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a $3.7 million D.C. townhouse with evangelical pastor Steve Berger, who has attacked the separation of church and state as “a delusional lie." Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”

Today the Dogers dishonored Jackie Robinson. And, yes, "Dogers" is intentional, because the modern Dodgers have shown their true colors.

I told you. Trump has pudding brains.

Hell yeah

This is the truth. Republicans could put an immediate end to this insanity. They own this.

What a fucking dope.

Despicable bastard

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

MAGA DEI - Despicable, Evil and Ignorant

As ever, The Philadelphia Inquirer's Will Bunch hits it down to the period at the end of a sentence in the Declaration. The only national emergency is the one created by allowing a madman - or anyone - to exercise too much power in the Executive.

“Concerns varied by location. In Ketchum, Idaho … one sign showed Smokey Bear and read, ‘Only you can prevent forest fires. Seriously. We’ve been defunded. It’s just you now.’”

Photos we received from today’s protests in a Trump +33 district in rural Kalispell, Montana.