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he/him. 22. transgender man. democratic socialist. loud and annoying on the internet. secretly a crow. i help lawyers do their jobs!

views are mine and not reflective of my employer!
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The Benoit Blanc trilogy might end up as one of the best artistic statements on the diseased conservatism of our era, and l think Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite of the trilogy, largely because it’s Rian Johnson trying to understand Christianity and its adherents more than having a definitive take.
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Among the things I will never get over from this era is the courage of every day people compared to the cowardice of those in power. We'd already be done if our "leaders" had shown a fraction of these guts
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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what shows this as having been performative that people who weren't there won't realize is that robin wonsley wasn't even in the room yet when he said that and called for a round of applause for her. it was very strange
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Remember when he extended an “olive branch” to the city council? And later went on to defund homelessness prevention programs led by the city council?

www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...
Mayor Jacob Frey extends olive branch to his council foes, saying Minneapolis can be a beacon of hope amid national chaos
“We may not control the world or the White House, but here in Minneapolis, I promise you: We got your back.”
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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The 125 people who work at the Strib’s local printing plant will be laid off by the time this $150/ticket event is held there on January 3
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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former chamber of commerce CEO jonathan weinhagen is expected to enter a guilty plea on monday in his fraud charges

calling him an "erstwhile wunderkind" is so funny, just say "disgraced"

www.startribune.com/jonathan-wei...
Former Minneapolis Chamber CEO’s downfall ‘could make a TV movie’
Erstwhile wunderkind Jonathan Weinhagen hastily left the chamber after an internal investigation discovered $290,000 missing. He is expected to enter a plea Monday on fraud charges.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Folks with Diabetes!

There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.

Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
freestylecheck.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
just saw the happy fits at first ave with my boyfriend! last saw them in 2022. still just as good if not better than last time. i love the happy fits
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Nobody should have to endure this horror. @taylordahlin.com is there, in the skyway, to be humanity’s witness. Please support the duckling’s vital work www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Downtown is back, baby!
winterapolis kicks off with a tree lighting ceremony as a choir in the skyway level sings the mary tyler moore theme song. RT rybak is dancing with the mascots
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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ChatGOP
Caught: Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler invented a fake quote in her dissent to the court’s new congressional redistricting decision on Tuesday. It marks a continuing trend in the adulteration of legal precedent in right-wing jurisprudence. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
slate.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Years ago on the DFL Party Affairs Committee, I got us to set up "office hours" zoom calls for people to ask questions, prior to and on caucus night. We had a ton of calls and were able to help people all over the state. We used their questions to develop things like a walking subcaucus math 1/
apologies for no alt text - i am very exhausted and don’t have the bandwitdth at the moment

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i was looking through my texts after the listening session last week and came across my texts with richard regarding some issues i had with planning ward 6 caucuses and convention. below are those texts+
this was the question I asked at the DFL listening session. The answer I got was not satisfactory. I didn’t record the answer bc I was exhausted lol
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Just asked a conductor his thoughts on ending Northstar and he’s against it. Says it will cost more to decommission* it than it would to run it for the next 15 years.

*demolish stations, remove signals and switches etc
I am not kidding when I say I want trains so I can joyride them to get breakfast in small towns I would never drive to
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Native people have lived on these lands for thousands of years and still live here today. On Native American Heritage Day, we celebrate their cultures and contributions and honor the history and sovereignty of the 11 tribal nations in Minnesota.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Here are some ways to support relief efforts for Western Alaska, where Indigenous people are dramatically disproportionately impacted by total devastation of what remained of Typhoon Halong.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Dude is a chasssserrrrr and he hates himself for it.
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Absolutely correct. Detrumpification, trials for the crimes, then reconstruction.
No, we need reconstructionists, not moderates.
If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I am thankful the Palestinian American child Mohamed Ibrahim- who was tortured for 9 months in Israeli prison- is finally free.
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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ICE OUT of our classroom, campus, city, community ❤️‍🔥 we keep us safe.

‘porch posters’ screen-printed by hand. message me to request yours by mail.

funds support: the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILC MN) and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s
@legalaidmn.bsky.social’s Immigration Law Project.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
every other ad on this packers game is about AI or AI generated ugh
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents.

By Shubhanjana Das
Family of man swept up in St. Paul raid say agents had no warrant
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members of a second man swept up in the operation say they were taunted and humiliated during a ...
sahanjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM