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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
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KSMU's They Might Be Giants annual music marathon has begun! Streaming at KMSU.org. Rarities, requests, interviews and a live performance probably around 5:20 central. Tune in now!
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
KSMU's They Might Be Giants annual music marathon has begun! Streaming at KMSU.org. Rarities, requests, interviews and a live performance probably around 5:20 central. Tune in now!
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How about “We spent $15M and all we got was this lousy slogan”?
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How about “We spent $15M and all we got was this lousy slogan”?
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From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
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Until we confront this we cannot hope to build a healthy democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Until we confront this we cannot hope to build a healthy democracy.
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Never read him. Never wrote about him. "Murakami, conversely, has faced accusations of emotional detachment and circular storytelling. Yet, writer Rebecca Solnit defends his approach...." Did AI write this? pakobserver.net/lawrence-and...
Lawrence and Haruki Embodiment and reflection - Pakistan Observer
IN the vast landscape of world literature, a few writers have explored the depths of human experience as vividly as D.H. Lawrence and Haruki
pakobserver.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Never read him. Never wrote about him. "Murakami, conversely, has faced accusations of emotional detachment and circular storytelling. Yet, writer Rebecca Solnit defends his approach...." Did AI write this? pakobserver.net/lawrence-and...
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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On Halloween, “state-sponsored terror” in Chicago and the north suburbs. A @chicagotribune.com team effort on the feds’ actions on what’s supposed to be a special day for families and children www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
On Halloween, “state-sponsored terror” in Chicago and the north suburbs. A @chicagotribune.com team effort on the feds’ actions on what’s supposed to be a special day for families and children www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
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I honestly was told way more people would find this costume scary…
Stay safe and dry and have a great time to everyone heading out tonight! #TrickOrTreat
Stay safe and dry and have a great time to everyone heading out tonight! #TrickOrTreat
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I honestly was told way more people would find this costume scary…
Stay safe and dry and have a great time to everyone heading out tonight! #TrickOrTreat
Stay safe and dry and have a great time to everyone heading out tonight! #TrickOrTreat
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"Fences have become a scourge for anyone trying to walk around downtowns or working-class Twin Cities neighborhoods over the last few years. Instead of solving challenging problems, our governments have turned to fences that cut off necessary urban connections..."
Using fencing to curb homelessness in the Twin Cities is an insult - MinnPost
Agencies and governments turn to fencing instead of actual solutions for problems related to people experiencing homelessness.
www.minnpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Fences have become a scourge for anyone trying to walk around downtowns or working-class Twin Cities neighborhoods over the last few years. Instead of solving challenging problems, our governments have turned to fences that cut off necessary urban connections..."
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I was one of hundreds at a Monarca upstander training just now, brilliantly taught by @mauratwit.bsky.social and others. If you want to learn extremely practical ways to show up for your neighbors, find a training and go! monarcamn.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I was one of hundreds at a Monarca upstander training just now, brilliantly taught by @mauratwit.bsky.social and others. If you want to learn extremely practical ways to show up for your neighbors, find a training and go! monarcamn.org
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Twin Cities folks: info for how to be a good neighbor including trainings you can sign up for and attend monarcamn.org
Monarca
monarcamn.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Twin Cities folks: info for how to be a good neighbor including trainings you can sign up for and attend monarcamn.org
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The second email on Sept. 15, also sent by AIPAC, encourages donations to Angie Craig in MN, Haley Stevens in MI and Laura Fine in IL-09
Links to all three of these candidates lead to the same "Pro-Israel Network" donation page using Democracy Engine as the vendor
Links to all three of these candidates lead to the same "Pro-Israel Network" donation page using Democracy Engine as the vendor
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The second email on Sept. 15, also sent by AIPAC, encourages donations to Angie Craig in MN, Haley Stevens in MI and Laura Fine in IL-09
Links to all three of these candidates lead to the same "Pro-Israel Network" donation page using Democracy Engine as the vendor
Links to all three of these candidates lead to the same "Pro-Israel Network" donation page using Democracy Engine as the vendor
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MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
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I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:
Yesterday, I hosted an incredible event, "Ward 8 for a New Mayor." We talked about why we need a new mayor and then @jazzformayor.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , and @dewayneforminneapolis.com laid out why they should be our next mayor. I came away excited about all of them and will rank all three!
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:
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This is true for students too. Yes there are many factors impacting student reading, but working 30+ hours a week to be able to afford college is definitely one of them.
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is true for students too. Yes there are many factors impacting student reading, but working 30+ hours a week to be able to afford college is definitely one of them.
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According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Argentina responded to the treasury secretary’s $20 billion bailout by turning around and removing its export taxes on soybeans & striking a huge new deal with China. China then immediately pulled out of its...
Leaked texts on Scott Bessent’s phone suggest the White House got played bailing out Argentina—and U.S. soybean farmers are the casualties
“This is highly unfortunate,” the text said. “Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us.”
finance.yahoo.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Argentina responded to the treasury secretary’s $20 billion bailout by turning around and removing its export taxes on soybeans & striking a huge new deal with China. China then immediately pulled out of its...
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The first ever EP from Sparks, MADDER! - a 4-track companion piece to MAD! - is OUT NOW❗️
Listen/buy: transgressive.lnk.to/madder
Tracklisting:
1. Porcupine
2. Fantasize
3. Mess Up
4. They
Listen/buy: transgressive.lnk.to/madder
Tracklisting:
1. Porcupine
2. Fantasize
3. Mess Up
4. They
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The first ever EP from Sparks, MADDER! - a 4-track companion piece to MAD! - is OUT NOW❗️
Listen/buy: transgressive.lnk.to/madder
Tracklisting:
1. Porcupine
2. Fantasize
3. Mess Up
4. They
Listen/buy: transgressive.lnk.to/madder
Tracklisting:
1. Porcupine
2. Fantasize
3. Mess Up
4. They
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
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I de-facebook-ified it:
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2025 STP Mayoral Election Thoughts
Below is going to be the long version of my thoughts on the 2025 Mayoral Election here in God’s Greatest City: Saint Paul. Before I write a novel, if you trust me implicitly, here is the short version...
leaflet.pub
September 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I de-facebook-ified it:
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