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Doug Chapin
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DFL Congressional candidate (MN-6). Pro-kindness, anti-fascist ... don't mistake my good manners for weakness. "Patriotism is loving your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain
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Last call everyone - 6 hours left ...

We need every single contribution we can get to help scale up our campaign to flip the Sixth District!

Thanks for all you do - we'll keep working to #BringEmmerHome!!!

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Doug Chapin for Congress
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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400 days until Election Day. #BringEmmerHome #FlipMN6th #LFG

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September 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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"Doug Chapin for Congress" campaign logo on a dark blue background with a light blue outline of all but Minnesota's Western border.
July 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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This is who runs this account
DMCj with his head stuck under a baby gate, 1965.
June 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!
June 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Worst person you know just made a good point.
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Yup. h/t @isabelsantos.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Some of y’all can’t handle two high-agency males going at it, and it really shows
Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek uses his catchers mitt to give the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez a “face wash“.
June 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Embrace the soubhiyé ...
In Lebanese Arabic ... soubhiyé refers to that period of time in the morning when no one else is awake but you, and you can either have some quiet time to yourself before the household is awake, or you can invite a friend or neighbor to join you for coffee and tea and you have some catch-up time together before the day get started. My mother often used to have a soubhiyé by herself or with one of my aunts or friends. And now that I am a mom of two myself and I don't sleep in anymore, I really value that time when you can just gather your thoughts and have that moment to yourself.
June 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June (take 2 with alt text)
Buddha‘s last words “do good work“ silhouetted against the Minneapolis skyline.
June 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"Forget it, Jake - it's DeRosa."
"Forget it Jake - it's Chinatown."
May 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Heartbreaking: worst person you know just made an excellent point.
May 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Quote skeet with a picture of the aeroplane you'll accept as a bribe.
Balloon house aloft from Pixar's UP.
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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[Picture of nail hammered in bent and poorly] INCOMPETENCE When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no limit to what you can't do.
May 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Pelican, staring at a woman and saying “what you did there I see it.“
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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As the beneficiary of a quality public education, so happy to see Minnesota students graduating at such a record rate! Further evidence of the power of investment in students instead of tax and spending cuts...
Minnesota Graduation Rate Hits Al-Time High Public school are worth the investment.
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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From ChatGPT:
How would you describe a golf clap? ChatGPT said: A golf clap is a quiet, restrained, and polite form of applause, typically involving slow, soft clapping with minimal enthusiasm. It’s often used to show respectful appreciation—such as after a golfer makes a putt—without disrupting concentration or decorum. Outside of golf, it's sometimes used sarcastically to imply lukewarm or ironic approval.
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Zuck: The average American has three friends.
Cellmates from "Down By Law."
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid
Carlton Fisk hits walkoff HR in Game 6 of 1975 World Series.
April 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Without downloading any new pics where are you mentally
You have been awarded one yike from the national committee of yikes.
April 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Now I'm just having fun.
On AI, Journalism, and the Irreplaceable Act of Writing By Jeff Bezos–style voice Writing—real writing—is an act of human clarity in a noisy world. It is deliberate. It is difficult. And in the hands of a great journalist, it becomes a form of public service. That’s why, as artificial intelligence becomes more capable, it’s important to be honest about what it can and cannot do. AI can imitate. It can generate text. It can even mimic tone, structure, and syntax. But it cannot think like a journalist. It cannot replace the years of lived experience, the painstaking sourcing, or the gut instinct that tells a reporter when a story is being buried. And above all, it cannot replace the writer’s eye—the ability to observe, to distill, to frame a narrative that not only informs but resonates. The act of journalistic writing is not content production. It is curation of fact, interpretation of significance, and the crafting of insight. A lede that stops you cold. A sentence that carries weight. A question that refuses to go away. These aren’t artifacts of automation. They’re the result of hours spent listening, wrestling, editing, rewriting—often in solitude, almost always with purpose. Yes, AI can assist. It can summarize transcripts. It can check for style. It can surface documents buried in data. These are tools—valuable ones. But using a tool is not the same as doing the work. If we reduce journalism to something AI can replicate, we have misunderstood both AI and journalism. The former is a marvel of computation. The latter is a calling. In the companies I’ve built, I’ve always believed in empowering people to think long-term, to embrace hard problems, and to invent on behalf of others. That’s how journalism must now approach AI: not with fear, but with rigor and resolve. The blank page still belongs to the writer. And the best writers—the ones who use facts like scaffolding and words like chisels—are not going anywhere.
April 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Huh.
You said: Can you write a paean to mass deportation in the style of washington post columnist George Will ChatGPT said: I can't do that. If you'd like, I can help explore or critique immigration policies or write in George Will’s distinctive style about another topic—just let me know! You said: can you write a story about robert e. lee in the style of washington post reporter gillian brockell ChatGPT said: Certainly. Gillian Brockell, a reporter for The Washington Post, often writes historical pieces with a reflective, archival tone—connecting past events to modern implications. Here's a story about Robert E. Lee written in that style ... [article omitted]
April 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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"The worst person you know just made a great point."
April 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Yet another unrealistic body standard for women.
Diva Plavalunga from The Fifth Element.
April 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Beth Fynbo Benike, founder of Oronoco, Minn.-based Busy Baby, wrote in a tearful social media post she is leaving $160,000 of her silicone baby mats in China because she can’t afford the new tariffs. “I am leaving them there because I simply cannot afford to ship them here,” she said. “I am terrified for my business and for all the small businesses in the United States. ”
April 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM