Jon Swanson
@jonswanson.bsky.social
Gettysburg, PA to Minneapolis. IT Guy. Dog Companion. Former home brewer...Current curler. Pirates and Twins fan. Run fantasy baseball game: Benchwarmer Baseball
First-timer for putting up a resolution at the caucus. Got it passed. ("Tax the Rich")
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 AM
First-timer for putting up a resolution at the caucus. Got it passed. ("Tax the Rich")
Columbia Heights P8
I think it was
Kolbuchar 6
1 for a name I missed
7 uncommitted
I think it was
Kolbuchar 6
1 for a name I missed
7 uncommitted
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Columbia Heights P8
I think it was
Kolbuchar 6
1 for a name I missed
7 uncommitted
I think it was
Kolbuchar 6
1 for a name I missed
7 uncommitted
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January 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Folks, we have a rare occurrence of the correct usage of "irony" here.
The thing that we thought would make us leave has actually steeled our resolve to stay.
The thing that we thought would make us leave has actually steeled our resolve to stay.
The irony is that I assumed if we got to the “show your papers/people getting kidnapped” stage I would leave the country and build a new life abroad. But morally I can’t leave my vulnerable neighbors to suffer alone. I try to remind myself many famous good figures in history were just regular folks.
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Folks, we have a rare occurrence of the correct usage of "irony" here.
The thing that we thought would make us leave has actually steeled our resolve to stay.
The thing that we thought would make us leave has actually steeled our resolve to stay.
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Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
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Let’s fucking gooooo bsky.app/profile/winn...
BERLIN (AP) — A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
BERLIN (AP) — A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Let’s fucking gooooo bsky.app/profile/winn...
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A thing that might not be clear from the outside is that while everyone here is engaged in this fight, ICE’s use of dystopian technology means that you essentially have to pick a lane between observing ICE and doing mutual aid. They are tracking observers’ cars, and taking pictures of their faces.
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
A thing that might not be clear from the outside is that while everyone here is engaged in this fight, ICE’s use of dystopian technology means that you essentially have to pick a lane between observing ICE and doing mutual aid. They are tracking observers’ cars, and taking pictures of their faces.
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
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Experimental jazz greats the Bad Plus have announced a farewell tour
The Bad Plus Announce Farewell Tour
The Bad Plus are calling it quits. Pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer Dave King formed the experimental jazz group in 2000, and the latter two have kept it going since Iverson’s...
stereogum.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Experimental jazz greats the Bad Plus have announced a farewell tour
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If you’re in the Twin Cities and want to do the most minimal thing to annoy ICE, drive the fucking speed limit. These goons get so angry when 20 is plenty.
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
If you’re in the Twin Cities and want to do the most minimal thing to annoy ICE, drive the fucking speed limit. These goons get so angry when 20 is plenty.
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
This is not what I wanted to see on the airplane moments before the Steelers game begins. 😬
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This is not what I wanted to see on the airplane moments before the Steelers game begins. 😬
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Just Minnesota things: a man in a fur hat with a guitar just walked up and asked what's going on/why people are protesting.
"I don't have a cell phone," he told us. "I live in the woods."
"I don't have a cell phone," he told us. "I live in the woods."
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Just Minnesota things: a man in a fur hat with a guitar just walked up and asked what's going on/why people are protesting.
"I don't have a cell phone," he told us. "I live in the woods."
"I don't have a cell phone," he told us. "I live in the woods."
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The Globe and Mail
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The Globe and Mail
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This is so real, they tried it this morning in Bloomington. They stopped a man, people started honking horns, they split up to fuck with everyone else, which brought more attention and more noise, people got out of their cars and started filming, they left. They're cowards.
obviously not in the sense that it’s stopping everything, but they are being stalled so much by trying to find places where they aren’t watched, wasting so much manpower and resources on crowd control and even arresting observers they know will just get released. i am so proud of everyone
January 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This is so real, they tried it this morning in Bloomington. They stopped a man, people started honking horns, they split up to fuck with everyone else, which brought more attention and more noise, people got out of their cars and started filming, they left. They're cowards.
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The fact that all these second amendment "we need ahr guns to resist guvment overreach" losers are now cheering on ICE versus citizens who are standing up to the government (with NO weapons) tells you everything you need to know about the hollowness of their ideology. Sad little scared boys.
January 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
The fact that all these second amendment "we need ahr guns to resist guvment overreach" losers are now cheering on ICE versus citizens who are standing up to the government (with NO weapons) tells you everything you need to know about the hollowness of their ideology. Sad little scared boys.
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They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
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So I am learning! For its first decade, the Whipple Building was just the Fort Snelling Federal Building. One of the last things Walter Mondale did as vice president was orchestrate the renaming for Bishop Henry Whipple
January 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
So I am learning! For its first decade, the Whipple Building was just the Fort Snelling Federal Building. One of the last things Walter Mondale did as vice president was orchestrate the renaming for Bishop Henry Whipple
Fox and Friends Weekend was on in the Days Inn Gettysburg breakfast room this morning and as there was some Venezuela/oil talk, Rachel Campos-Duffy said (paraphrased): "It's kind of refreshing that this time they're openly saying it IS about the oil"
I just about did a spit take with my decaf coffee
I just about did a spit take with my decaf coffee
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Fox and Friends Weekend was on in the Days Inn Gettysburg breakfast room this morning and as there was some Venezuela/oil talk, Rachel Campos-Duffy said (paraphrased): "It's kind of refreshing that this time they're openly saying it IS about the oil"
I just about did a spit take with my decaf coffee
I just about did a spit take with my decaf coffee
The appropriate time is now
"The Democrats’ plan: TBD. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but ... the caucus is largely shying away from using its leverage in the appropriations process and threatening another government shutdown."
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The appropriate time is now
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