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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 4h

I saw this story in the Strib this morning. WTF. A complete failure and f-up by Dakota County and Eagan, most likely due to racism.

Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 8h

Minnesota cops pulled over a black postal worker who was having a stroke. They assumed he was on drugs, threw him in jail, and didn't seek medical treatment. They left him alone in a cell for hours as he lost all bodily function. He died several days later. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/l...

Lawsuit: Minnesotan died after Eagan, Dakota County law enforcement ignored serious stroke symptoms • Minnesota Reformer

Jensen muted his equipment just as Moseng told him, “Before you got there, I was like, ‘Is this dude having a stro—’”

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 4h

That will just get them attacked all the more because ICE will use it as an excuse.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 4h

Tom Emmer - our almost-governor (2010). If Mark Dayton's last name wasn't Dayton, we would be worse than Wisconsin at this point.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 6h

Puerto Rico and DC—both part of the US, of course—collectively have more than 4 times the population of South Dakota, which Thune represents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 4h

I picked Chaska and told them it's his statements that are anti-American, and he has no hope of ever running statewide in Minnesota.

Tilde Dalalie🦉☕⏳🐄 @theowlwagon.bsky.social · 6h

Call Tom Emmer today.

It's the patriotic American 🇺🇸 thing to do.

#NoKingsOctober18

Contact information for Rep. Tom Emmer MN-R

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

UPDATE: Newsom has signed SB 79 into law!!

This is a great day for anyone who cares about ending California's housing and homelessness crisis, getting the state to net zero emissions, and recovering American democracy.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 4h

When you have access to all the money, you can buy all the silence.

Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 5h

Oops, even the boosters like Steve Cramer think A Precarious State stepped over the line. Lots of "it's partly right" (about DSA, needing to fund police - of course!) but *downtown* is fine!

'A Precarious State' skims the surface of our urban condition - MinnPost

New documentary on the "precarious state" of the Twin Cities is compelling viewing but too often relies on sensationalism.

www.minnpost.com

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Matthew Beckman @daphsci.bsky.social · 8h

Today US Rep Tom Emmer called anyone who is going to protest on October 18 anti-American. This is a great day to call Tom Emmer‘s phone lines with some patriotic messages. Tom Emmer is the house, majority whip, a second place finisher. He has done nothing for Minnesota, but collect a huge salary.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 7h

We know who’s anti-American and it’s the people in this government who are destroying the Constitution every day.

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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 10h

Was thinking about this just now when I saw the Strib running Karen Tolkinnen’s thoughts on trans athletes

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 9h

Omg thanks for the laugh. My now 31yo didn’t grow up knowing that song (a fave of mine) but was known to sing Buddy Can You Spare a Dime?

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 9h

Bill Bramhall is the cartoonist of the moment.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 10h

Follow the money.

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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 11h

I’m very excited that Mural Day is back again this year on Lake Street! It’s a free event with guided tours and more of the fabulous new murals that have popped up all along the corridor in the past few years.

Check out the farmers market, and then check out some murals!

Visit Lake Street @visitlakestreet.com · 2d

Join us for the Lake Street Mural Day 2025✨
📅 Saturday, October 25th
🕘 9:00 am - 2:00 pm; guided mural tour at 12:00 pm
📍Midtown Farmers Market , 2225 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN

#LakeStreet #VisitLakeStreet #LakeStreetMuralDay #MNArt #MinneapolisEvents #MinnesotaEvents

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 11h

Wonder if there will be any coverage so anyone knows.

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 12h

Sandra Bland was murdered for being calmly defiant.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Mara @mauratwit.bsky.social · 12h

If you’re having work done at your house, like roofing, I hope you’re considering how to keep the workers safe.

Make a plan with the foreman, leave the back door open, tell them they can run inside should la migra show up. You get between them and Feds. Demand a warrant.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

Literally 20 years of the entire budget of Saint Paul shipped off to bail out some Memeified Right Wing maniac half a world away.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has finalized a plan to give $20 billion to Argentina.

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Bryan @bryanformhals.com · 1d

The United States is the corrupt, backward old world held hostage by a bunch of billionaires hoarding all the wealth and blocking the evolution of our public spaces and social safety net.

Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 1d

A few months ago, a friend visited me in Utrecht. As we biked around to do daily errands, she kept saying, "This is like a dream. This is like a dream."

I do believe all cities the world over to soon come to their senses, limit car movement, and build a dream of safe, abundant streets for people.

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jayseph b @jbckwthjr.bsky.social · 1d

Why is every admin spox a high school cheerleader?

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

i hope we find out what architects and engineers are on these projects so they can be disqualified for projects in the future

Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 1d

Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time: Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz. (1/x)

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 1d

Like... right across the street.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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