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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 2d

All right. All set to open my new business - Auntie Fa’s Bakery. Now to just take a big sip of coffee and open social media…

Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 4d

So I opened the bottle of rosé when it was like 90° out, and now it’s 49° and what do I do?

I mean, obviously I’m going to drink the rosé but then I just feel weird about it?

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 4d

More of this please.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 5d

Warm milk szn

Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 5d

Chuck Schumer saying “No. Fucking. Way.” is my new text tone.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 6d

I am never at my more socialist than when I’m dealing with health insurance, and shit like this is exactly why. #mnleg

Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 6d

Commercially insured Minnesotans, on average, spent more on health care despite using health care services less in 2023 compared to 2019, according to a recent report from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Minnesotans’ health care cost more even as usage dropped from 2019 to 2023 • Minnesota Reformer

The increase in spending was driven by cost increases, not people receiving more care, according to the report. Health care prices were up 20%, but per-person health care utilization — the volume of h...

minnesotareformer.com

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · 11d

Minnesotans are calling for a special session to ban assault weapons—but Republican lawmakers are refusing to let it proceed.

This image perfectly encapsulates Republican’s cruel apathy toward protecting our kids from gun violence: Empty signatures, empty promises.

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 10d

Came home from Trader Joe’s with only one box of cereal, one box of blueberry muffin mix, and one bottle of wine more than planned. Pretty good, right?

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 12d

Well #mnleg GOP? Will you step up and do what Minnesotans are demanding?

Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 12d

🚨BIG NEWS:🚨

Minnesota Democrats just unveiled our proposal for a possible special session. Our plan would:

✅Ban assault weapons
✅Ban high-capacity magazines
✅Ban binary triggers
✅Implement 'safe storage' rules
✅Ban untraceable 'ghost guns'
✅Strengthen MN's red flag law

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 13d

Minnesota’s Red Flag law works. It’s saved lives right here in our city. #mnleg

www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 16d

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 16d

Real ones remember Win Ben Stein’s Money.

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 16d

I really try hard not to comment on every idiotic macho-to-those-who-don’t-know-better thing that comes from this administration, but this is particularly odious.

No one who knows what actually happened - or who’d been to Wounded Knee - would think this is right.

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 16d

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 18d

I was glad to talk with @mprnews.org about my bipartisan work to build a child care licensing system that better supports our littles and their educators doing the most important work.

We made some important progress last session, and I’m confident we can do more in 2026. #mnleg

MPR News @mprnews.org · 18d

Minnesota’s home-based child care providers are shutting their doors at an alarming rate. Some say it's because they feel burdened by complex regulations and strict enforcement actions that drive up their cost of doing business. But, there is bipartisan legislation that could change that.

Child care providers want changes to strict rules that result in costly upgrades, licensing issues

Family home-based child care providers are leaving the profession. Some say it’s because of complex regulations and strict enforcement that’s driving up the cost of doing business. But, there is bipar...

www.mprnews.org

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 19d

John Cougar Marshall

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 19d

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice

RBG Soundsystem

Steve Ferra @abpow.bsky.social · 19d

Frankfurter Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 20d

Important thoughts from fellow Bloomington resident Thai Lloyd.

Like it or not, money is power in politics. The question is who has the power - the shadowy groups and billionaires or the rest of us. #mnleg

Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 20d

Commentary: Minnesota once set the standard for fair elections. We can do so again — by reimagining the Political Contribution Refund to put power back where it belongs: in the hands of everyday Minnesotans. minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/22/m...

Minnesota once led on campaign finance. We can do so again. • Minnesota Reformer

With the right reforms, we will open the door to new voices, reduce candidates’ dependence on corporate money and big donors, and help restore trust in our democracy.

minnesotareformer.com

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 22d

Be it resolved that eating Totino’s pizza rolls counts as “dining local” in Minnesota.

Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 25d

Circus peanuts candidate. #mnleg

Minnesota DFL Party @dfl.org · 25d

While Gov. Walz has taken real steps to crack down on fraud, Kristin Robbins has done zero actual work — instead pumping out 26 press releases just this year to boost her political campaign — all on the taxpayer dollar.

A photo of GOP Rep. Kristin Robbins in a hearing with text "0 bills passed. 0 fraud founds. $72k tax dollars spent."

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 25d

Tell me again how Democrats don’t talk like regular people.

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 25d

This might be the dumbest fucking sentence I’ve ever seen

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · 28d

CHILD CARE IS THE BIGGEST SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUE. PERIOD. #mnleg

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 28d

"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."

Remote policies helped women work. In-office mandates and child care costs are driving them back out.
Low flexibility and high child care costs are pushing mothers with young kids to the sidelines after they joined the workforce in record numbers during the pandemic.

Emma Nelson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 13th at 6:01 AM CDT

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · Sep 11

Political violence is not unique to any one ideology - but some leaders empower it and all should oppose it.

People with evil intent will always seek to commit evil acts, and they will sometimes succeed - we should try to stop them with whatever power we have anyway.

We are all fucking exhausted.

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · Sep 11

No individual act of violence is exactly like another - but there are through-lines.

Free exchange of ideas is a good thing - but harassment of opponents is not that.

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · Sep 11

We can all do more to make our communities safer and our world more peaceful - but not everyone will listen to anyone.

We are all beloved children of God - but no one is obligated to mourn anyone in a certain way.

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Nathan Coulter @nathancoulter.bsky.social · Sep 11

Multiple things can be true.

No one deserves to have their humanity denied - even those who denied the humanity of others.

No one deserves to be the victim of violence - even those who dismissed other victims of violence.

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