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Javen Swanson πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
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He/him. Building power by organizing money with ISAIAH and Faith in Minnesota. Ex-pastor. Committed to queer liberation and immigration justice. Talented with spreadsheets. All posts are my own.
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I'm going to try following Governor Cox’s advice to log off, touch grass, hug the people I love, and focus on doing good in my community.

So for now, if you want to connect, reach me via phone, text, or email. I'll be spending more time offline. Hit me up in real life to grab coffee or a beer!
I disagree with most everything Utah Governor Spencer Cox says, but on one thing we do agree: social media companies are conflict entrepreneurs that have hacked our brains, addicted us to outrage, and turned us against each other, all to generate profit.
Worst of all, it's breaking our brains and corroding our humanity. For me, the benefits of social media no longer justify the cost.
What's online isn't real life. The algorithms amplify the loudest, most extreme voices because outrage drives engagement (and profit). There's so much fake discourse, with anonymous accounts and bots spinning up disinformation and trying to create alternative realities.
I've decided to take a break from social media. I'll leave my accounts active for now, but I'm deleting the apps and choosing to stay away for awhile.
Just utterly despicable.
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?

TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
Related data point: Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in the United States.
There are more guns in the United States than anywhere else and more mass murders, too, so maybe, β€œHow could this happen?” isn’t the right question πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
I graduated with a degree in mathematics, so I'm pretty good at this stuff.

$100 drug.

50% off = $50.
75% off = $25.
90% off = $10.
100% off = $0.

The president keeps saying he's going to reduce drug prices by 1500%. Can someone do that math for me?
US Pres. Trump: Going To Do Numbers On Costs Of Drugs In US
- Will Be Reducing Drug Prices By 1400-1500%
- Will Put Tariffs On Drugs Rapidly
For too long, Democrats have defended the rules while Republicans smashed them. It’s time to start fighting fire with fire. This is a great article.
How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight
www.nytimes.com
Not the biggest Newsom fan here but this is right on.
Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"
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"Are we thermostats or are we thermometers?!" asks
@keithellison.bsky.social. Instead of bending to transphobia "it is not a good idea to sell out your base. If you want to redeem yourself come up with a story that is inclusive and doesn't feed into rightwing scapegoating." #NN25
291_fightingback
YouTube video by Netroots Nation
www.youtube.com
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taylr @taylordahlin.com Β· Jul 18
ranked choice voting question from aurin chowdhury, asks each candidate say what they admire in each other and why the other 2 should be on our ballots too, starting with dewayne davis on jazz hampton and omar fateh @dewayneforminneapolis.com
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Trump's agenda is getting destroyed among independents
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding access to Minnesota’s voter rolls, as well as proof of the state’s compliance with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), according to a letter exclusively obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Demands Access to Minnesota’s Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
This is a must-watch. It’s Mamdani explaining how Democrats can win back voters they’ve lostβ€”and how he pulled it off last week. Tl;dr: Listen to voters, fight for them, and give them something to be FOR, not just talking about what they should be AGAINST.
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced β€” it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
This is true, if you don't think poor people count as human beings.
Hassett blatantly lies: "The bottom line is we are not talking away anybody Medicaid."
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I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
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Viktor Orban tried to ban the Budapest Pride parade. He got the biggest one yet. Steve Hendrix reports from the Hungarian capital

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Minnesota. Go see Cabaret at the Guthrie before the Administration cancels theater. It’s absolutely chilling.
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Gross indeed. The Democrats now smearing Mamdani are the same Democrats who did nothing to stop Trump's return to power and are doing nothing now to oppose his rampant corruption and authoritarian power grab.
Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayorβ€”what could be more NYC than that?"
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16 million people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda, including 137,000 people in Minnesota.

Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it.
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it turns out that embracing a multi-racial, multi-faith democracy is the best path towards peace in this chaotic world.
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Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.