Lars Negstad
@larsn.bsky.social
MN dad. Policy, politics, politely. Mostly.
Just want things to go well
Just want things to go well
what could possibly go wrong
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
what could possibly go wrong
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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As someone who drove free buses (and rode free buses) in Iowa City for years: the quality of life improvement that comes from quality, accessible public transit cannot be overstated. I wish it for everyone, everywhere.
Here's an idea, double parking fees (from $1 to $2), raise utility taxes by 1%, and make buses free. Iowa City did that and reduced traffic by 5,200 cars and emissions by 24,000 metric tons of co2/year.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As someone who drove free buses (and rode free buses) in Iowa City for years: the quality of life improvement that comes from quality, accessible public transit cannot be overstated. I wish it for everyone, everywhere.
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"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ut oh
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Yesterday's outage at Cloudflare is the latest in a string of internet outages.
It's past time to crack down on anticompetitive behavior that forces us to depend on a tiny handful of tech giants.
We should not be held hostage by the failures of a few dominant companies.
It's past time to crack down on anticompetitive behavior that forces us to depend on a tiny handful of tech giants.
We should not be held hostage by the failures of a few dominant companies.
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yesterday's outage at Cloudflare is the latest in a string of internet outages.
It's past time to crack down on anticompetitive behavior that forces us to depend on a tiny handful of tech giants.
We should not be held hostage by the failures of a few dominant companies.
It's past time to crack down on anticompetitive behavior that forces us to depend on a tiny handful of tech giants.
We should not be held hostage by the failures of a few dominant companies.
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What we know about an effort to protect NorthWestern Energy’s customers from higher bills amid surging electricity demand spurred by proposed data centers.
Groups push back on Montana’s ‘data center boom’
What we know about data center development and a petition to protect NorthWestern Energy’s existing customers.
montanafreepress.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
What we know about an effort to protect NorthWestern Energy’s customers from higher bills amid surging electricity demand spurred by proposed data centers.
Look, I'm just saying you can't get affordability without
A) taxing the rich to fund public goods
AND
B) standing up to over-concentrated, predatory corporate power
So, let's do both these things, k?
A) taxing the rich to fund public goods
AND
B) standing up to over-concentrated, predatory corporate power
So, let's do both these things, k?
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Look, I'm just saying you can't get affordability without
A) taxing the rich to fund public goods
AND
B) standing up to over-concentrated, predatory corporate power
So, let's do both these things, k?
A) taxing the rich to fund public goods
AND
B) standing up to over-concentrated, predatory corporate power
So, let's do both these things, k?
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Now THIS is American progress!
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Now THIS is American progress!
hard agree, but this is Taylor Swift erasure
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
hard agree, but this is Taylor Swift erasure
People Magazine is... actually On It?
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
People Magazine is... actually On It?
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Trump’s new caps on student loans will stop people from going to college and pursuing fields like healthcare where we already have critical shortages. Why would we punish people for wanting an education? #mnleg #studentloans #highereducation
youtube.com/shorts/1dboV...
youtube.com/shorts/1dboV...
Trump is punishing people for going to college. #mnleg #highereducation #studentloans
YouTube video by Minnesota Senate DFL
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump’s new caps on student loans will stop people from going to college and pursuing fields like healthcare where we already have critical shortages. Why would we punish people for wanting an education? #mnleg #studentloans #highereducation
youtube.com/shorts/1dboV...
youtube.com/shorts/1dboV...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We’re building a movement in NYC that’s strong enough to push back against Trump’s fascist takeover and attacks on U.S. cities.
Across each borough and on every block, we’re organizing to protect NYC and our communities—but it’s going to take all of us.
Learn how you can help:
www.HandsOffNYC.com.
Across each borough and on every block, we’re organizing to protect NYC and our communities—but it’s going to take all of us.
Learn how you can help:
www.HandsOffNYC.com.
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We’re building a movement in NYC that’s strong enough to push back against Trump’s fascist takeover and attacks on U.S. cities.
Across each borough and on every block, we’re organizing to protect NYC and our communities—but it’s going to take all of us.
Learn how you can help:
www.HandsOffNYC.com.
Across each borough and on every block, we’re organizing to protect NYC and our communities—but it’s going to take all of us.
Learn how you can help:
www.HandsOffNYC.com.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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hard to overstate how this is going to slow the economy
Was talking to a friend with lupus who is going to wind up going from $400 to over $1000 to keep her PPO plan and her current care team.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
hard to overstate how this is going to slow the economy
"The Treasury Department and IRS, through a series of new notices and proposed regulations, are giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The Treasury Department and IRS, through a series of new notices and proposed regulations, are giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Bloomberg notes that, “Any one senator can force days of delay and votes.”
If Schumer, or any other Democratic senator, really objects to the deal being worked out right now, they can do something about it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If Schumer, or any other Democratic senator, really objects to the deal being worked out right now, they can do something about it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Bloomberg notes that, “Any one senator can force days of delay and votes.”
If Schumer, or any other Democratic senator, really objects to the deal being worked out right now, they can do something about it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If Schumer, or any other Democratic senator, really objects to the deal being worked out right now, they can do something about it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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After 40 days — during which Dems incessantly demanded the GOP get on board with their effort to protect expiring Obamacare subsidies — at least 8 Senate Dems now appear to be prepared to break ranks with their caucus, setting in motion an end to the shutdown.
Group of Senate Dems Prepared To Vote With GOP to End Shutdown Without An ACA Extension Guarantee
After 40 days of the government shutdown — in which Democrats incessantly...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
After 40 days — during which Dems incessantly demanded the GOP get on board with their effort to protect expiring Obamacare subsidies — at least 8 Senate Dems now appear to be prepared to break ranks with their caucus, setting in motion an end to the shutdown.
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Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
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November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Hear an interview with the author: www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hear an interview with the author: www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n...
"This is the lingering delusion: that the Democrats could douse Trump’s bonfire of norms and values with the soft foam of political congeniality."
I wish all Democratic politicians would read this and take it to heart. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I wish all Democratic politicians would read this and take it to heart. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole
Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.
www.nybooks.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"This is the lingering delusion: that the Democrats could douse Trump’s bonfire of norms and values with the soft foam of political congeniality."
I wish all Democratic politicians would read this and take it to heart. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I wish all Democratic politicians would read this and take it to heart. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
My kiddo saw the Spartans logo and said “why is their mascot a Martian?”
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My kiddo saw the Spartans logo and said “why is their mascot a Martian?”
What’s even worse - it’s not taxed like a salary and probably not taxed at all. #TaxWealth
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What’s even worse - it’s not taxed like a salary and probably not taxed at all. #TaxWealth