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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 1h

The dust has settled so I think I'm safe bringing this one out of drafts:

John Brown practiced politics the right way.

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 1h

Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 2h

I just want a goddamn grocery store in my goddamn backyard again. But it doesn't seem like thats happening.

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 18h

Just word salad talking points. This man's brain is an icee

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 19h

Its infuriating how much they just lie and are allowed to get away with it.

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 20h

What a shameless, disgusting lie she has told. It should make you sick to your stomach.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 20h

They're literally doing a V for Vendetta right before our eyes

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 1d

When the subtweet isnt a tweet

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in a statement announcing its decision to recognize Maria Corina Machado with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

Obviously a category that includes superstar athletes and janitors has some conceptual flaws but the traditional marxist definition of working class (relationship to the means of production) has value because the dynamic is between labor and management is the relevant one in the workplace context

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 2d

Its true, I once had a whole footprint on a section that was starkly there up close but didnt show up on the pics from far out.

Anywho, you should do tifo!

Wonderwall @mnwonderwall.bsky.social · 2d

"You can make a pretty sizable mistake, and no one will be able to see it."

- Tifo lead Scott at last night's meeting

So, if you'd like to try tifo but worry you don't have the skill: believe in yourself and give it a shot!

Wonderwall @mnwonderwall.bsky.social · 3d

Ever wondered who makes those absolutely stunning art pieces we put up sometimes?

It's you! Or at least people like you.

Sign up for tifo shifts starting Friday: www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054EAA...

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 3d

St Paul, too. Something like a 70% drop in homicides

Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 3d

Crime in Minneapolis is getting better and has improved dramatically. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Minneapolis crime is falling in 2025, even amid high-profile violence

Most crimes are down in Minnesota’s largest city, continuing a pattern following a pandemic-era spike. That doesn’t alleviate concerns among wary residents after mass shootings.

www.startribune.com

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 3d

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 3d

Gavin. They dont like you and never will, no matter how many transphobias you do

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 4d

Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 6d

Doing my part tonight by inserting "friend-ly riv-als" into the missing beat on Dale and Shout

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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 6d

The way this older crowd reacted to the start of "Sweet Caroline" at this Neil Diamond musical could power countries

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