Aaron Grote
@aarongrote.com
Here to learn and share. Former US Marine, terrain park designer, riverboat pilot, a bunch of other weird stuff, and now marketing. MN. Red area of a blue state.
Former head of two different central banks and a current head of state.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone on earth more qualified to make this assertion.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone on earth more qualified to make this assertion.
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Former head of two different central banks and a current head of state.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone on earth more qualified to make this assertion.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone on earth more qualified to make this assertion.
Good God.
There's @deweverbart.bsky.social dishing it out. Good to have this voiced very clearly.
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Good God.
Huh. Yeah some light googling of the guy really makes these comments feel more significant.
Archbishop Broglio is, to put it extremely mildly, not generally viewed as one of the more liberal of the American bishops.
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Huh. Yeah some light googling of the guy really makes these comments feel more significant.
Sixty miles north of Minneapolis, the local Mexican restaurant has to lock its door and let in customers as they arrive. This occupation is big, and it's atrocious.
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Sixty miles north of Minneapolis, the local Mexican restaurant has to lock its door and let in customers as they arrive. This occupation is big, and it's atrocious.
Don't ChatGPT that shit it'll be giving you as list of rope stores before you can say "psychosis".
*frantically googling*
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Who up bending they arc toward justice
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Don't ChatGPT that shit it'll be giving you as list of rope stores before you can say "psychosis".
Reposted by Aaron Grote
Someone who edits Wikipedia make sure this article includes that they will also throw down against tear gas and live ammo if you come for their neighbors.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneso...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneso...
Minnesota nice - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Someone who edits Wikipedia make sure this article includes that they will also throw down against tear gas and live ammo if you come for their neighbors.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneso...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneso...
Apart from everything, this author actually found someone with "Ope" in her name. Just 🤌
fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Apart from everything, this author actually found someone with "Ope" in her name. Just 🤌
How embarrassing for our Institutions that their cowardice was so immediate, and is so complete, that Trump can't even imagine that in other countries elites didn't just do what they're told.
TRUMP TELLS NBC NEWS "NORWAY TOTALLY CONTROLS IT DESPITE WHAT THEY SAY” OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE COMPETITION
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM
How embarrassing for our Institutions that their cowardice was so immediate, and is so complete, that Trump can't even imagine that in other countries elites didn't just do what they're told.
Proper preparation prevent piss poor performance.
also, please, for the love of God, stop talking about what you would do and start preparing for what you will do when it does come to your city. this isn’t hypothetical! do the work! you’ll be glad you did!
All these other cities are like “we’d do x, y, and z to ICE, we’d be way more badass than Minneapolis” and as a Minneapolitan I have to tell you this is a weird fucking thing to be competitive about, it is an absolute hell and a really bleak thing to be fantasy role playing.
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Proper preparation prevent piss poor performance.
Tell you what. It's not a great feeling, as I sit here waiting to legal observe and advocate, that the thing that causes me to start up is seeing more than one person who looks like me.
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Tell you what. It's not a great feeling, as I sit here waiting to legal observe and advocate, that the thing that causes me to start up is seeing more than one person who looks like me.
"The right needs a machine that does one thing, one time, completely and for good."
- The philosophical and ideological leader of the administration
- The philosophical and ideological leader of the administration
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"The right needs a machine that does one thing, one time, completely and for good."
- The philosophical and ideological leader of the administration
- The philosophical and ideological leader of the administration
If he woke up one morning with a very realistic looking Ticket to Heaven on his nightstand I think he'd just retire and golf.
"GUARANTEED ADMISSION. IRREVOCABLE."
Bonus points if it's for the VIP section of heaven.
Maybe even a nomination for the Heaven Hall of Fame.
Someone should get on that.
"GUARANTEED ADMISSION. IRREVOCABLE."
Bonus points if it's for the VIP section of heaven.
Maybe even a nomination for the Heaven Hall of Fame.
Someone should get on that.
January 19, 2026 at 1:16 PM
If he woke up one morning with a very realistic looking Ticket to Heaven on his nightstand I think he'd just retire and golf.
"GUARANTEED ADMISSION. IRREVOCABLE."
Bonus points if it's for the VIP section of heaven.
Maybe even a nomination for the Heaven Hall of Fame.
Someone should get on that.
"GUARANTEED ADMISSION. IRREVOCABLE."
Bonus points if it's for the VIP section of heaven.
Maybe even a nomination for the Heaven Hall of Fame.
Someone should get on that.
(2027)
HOST: Senator Schumer, now that the President has literally nuked a former ally, is the nuclear option finally on the table in the Senate?
SCHUMER: Now is not the time to...
HOST: Senator Schumer, now that the President has literally nuked a former ally, is the nuclear option finally on the table in the Senate?
SCHUMER: Now is not the time to...
SMS: "ERIC, this is Senator John Fetterman. Trump's waste of refined nuclear fuels in turning the Rhine basin into radioactive glass could have been saved to power the AI Jobs of tomorrow. Can I count on your support of $10 to get more plutonium in reactors and less in warheads? actblue.org/push "
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
(2027)
HOST: Senator Schumer, now that the President has literally nuked a former ally, is the nuclear option finally on the table in the Senate?
SCHUMER: Now is not the time to...
HOST: Senator Schumer, now that the President has literally nuked a former ally, is the nuclear option finally on the table in the Senate?
SCHUMER: Now is not the time to...
Seems like if that s(h)ellfish bastard showed his face in Greenland there would be a shrimp boil of an entirely different sort, and nobody in Greenland (yet) wants an international incident.
January 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Seems like if that s(h)ellfish bastard showed his face in Greenland there would be a shrimp boil of an entirely different sort, and nobody in Greenland (yet) wants an international incident.
- Expands Gaza Board of Peace into global body
- Push to replace the UN
- $1b gee waives term limit
- Trump is Chair, controls who is on, is tie breaker, has veto power, can create other entities
- 60 govts invited, reactions "cautious" except Orban
- Putin invited
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
- Push to replace the UN
- $1b gee waives term limit
- Trump is Chair, controls who is on, is tie breaker, has veto power, can create other entities
- 60 govts invited, reactions "cautious" except Orban
- Putin invited
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Trump’s $1 Billion-a-Seat Diplomacy Club Takes Aim at the U.N.
Russia says it’s been invited to join the Board of Peace, which was initially aimed at the war in Gaza but has grown in ambition.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
- Expands Gaza Board of Peace into global body
- Push to replace the UN
- $1b gee waives term limit
- Trump is Chair, controls who is on, is tie breaker, has veto power, can create other entities
- 60 govts invited, reactions "cautious" except Orban
- Putin invited
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
- Push to replace the UN
- $1b gee waives term limit
- Trump is Chair, controls who is on, is tie breaker, has veto power, can create other entities
- 60 govts invited, reactions "cautious" except Orban
- Putin invited
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
In the same way there's Christmas and Xmas, there are Christians and Xians.
In both cases, one you find at church, the other you find at Walmart.
In both cases, one you find at church, the other you find at Walmart.
Ignorance of Springsteen's politics aside, I'd certainly love to hear Gabe expound on his understanding of Christianity as a pro-ICE faith.
Gabe here just woke up from a 30-year coma
January 18, 2026 at 10:49 PM
In the same way there's Christmas and Xmas, there are Christians and Xians.
In both cases, one you find at church, the other you find at Walmart.
In both cases, one you find at church, the other you find at Walmart.
chat is it good for the central government when regions start competing to see who can resist harder?
I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
chat is it good for the central government when regions start competing to see who can resist harder?
It's a routine things in my business professional life that I have to gently teach people that me having been a Marine doesn't mean I crave being a robot, and that USMC discipline is what it is because most Marines are basically pirates.
Quakers are enjoined to see the light shining from inside all people and commit to pacifism because otherwise they would kill each other with knives.
January 18, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It's a routine things in my business professional life that I have to gently teach people that me having been a Marine doesn't mean I crave being a robot, and that USMC discipline is what it is because most Marines are basically pirates.
Minnesota has a Shall Issue permit to carry law that does not require that firearms be concealed.
Sorry, but I’m not mad at this. Are you?
Or is it, “2A for me, but not for thee”?
Or is it, “2A for me, but not for thee”?
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Minnesota has a Shall Issue permit to carry law that does not require that firearms be concealed.
A domestic abuser will always work to separate his victim from their social and support networks. 100% of the time.
Turns out that's true whether "domestic" is being used in the household sense or the geopolitical sense.
Turns out that's true whether "domestic" is being used in the household sense or the geopolitical sense.
Trump has reunited the world—with China.
A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)
A parade of foreign leaders is suddenly visiting China after years away. On Friday, Canadian PM wrapped up a Beijing trip, 1st trip since 2017. Korean president was there earlier this month (last visit: 2019); British PM will be there soon (last visit: 2018)
Trump Is Making China Great Again
America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.
www.thebulwark.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
A domestic abuser will always work to separate his victim from their social and support networks. 100% of the time.
Turns out that's true whether "domestic" is being used in the household sense or the geopolitical sense.
Turns out that's true whether "domestic" is being used in the household sense or the geopolitical sense.
And I'm sure the pregame and halftime on-field programming for the game that now has a government-imposed attention monopoly won't be propaganda.
And I'm sure the coverage rights won't go to an admin ally.
And I'm sure the coverage rights won't go to an admin ally.
Trump, under the guise of patriotism, will attempt to tell private broadcasters and sports teams when they can play games.
This is what dictators do.
This is what dictators do.
January 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM
And I'm sure the pregame and halftime on-field programming for the game that now has a government-imposed attention monopoly won't be propaganda.
And I'm sure the coverage rights won't go to an admin ally.
And I'm sure the coverage rights won't go to an admin ally.
Haven't seen this here yet. abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Haven't seen this here yet. abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Google ASML if you don't know.
No ASML.
No Ozempic.
No Lego.
No Ozempic.
No Lego.
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Google ASML if you don't know.