Steve Timmer 📷🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧
@stevetimmer.bsky.social
Retired Twin Cities (Minnesota) lawyer, politics writer at Left.MN, photography enthusiast, and last but not least, cat lover
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Speech againt Trump, by french senator, Claude Malhuret. ( English subtitles )
YouTube video by Alain Cazes
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Here's a stirring call to arms by French senator Claude Malhuret supporting Ukraine and dissing Donald Trump. h/t @suzette.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
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Way to Win says that Dems lost in '24 because so many Dem voters stayed home. It offers prescriptions, but neither Israel nor Palestine is mentioned as a reason why voters stayed home.
The whole report is whistling past the graveyard.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The whole report is whistling past the graveyard.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home. Here’s how Democrats can motivate them once more.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Way to Win says that Dems lost in '24 because so many Dem voters stayed home. It offers prescriptions, but neither Israel nor Palestine is mentioned as a reason why voters stayed home.
The whole report is whistling past the graveyard.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The whole report is whistling past the graveyard.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Trump doesn't have the sweeping authority to nullify state law aimed as protecting its citizens, and especially children. Even the 'Dormant Commerce Clause' wouldn't sanction this executive order overreach.
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Minnesota needs to defy Trump’s AI executive order - LeftMN
This state will likely have company, if it does so
left.mn
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump doesn't have the sweeping authority to nullify state law aimed as protecting its citizens, and especially children. Even the 'Dormant Commerce Clause' wouldn't sanction this executive order overreach.
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Delighted to say that @libertyhq.bsky.social is now our lead charity partner on the Rebellion! project, exploring and celebrating the importance of peaceful protest as an essential part of our cultural identity in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation from successive governments.
December 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Delighted to say that @libertyhq.bsky.social is now our lead charity partner on the Rebellion! project, exploring and celebrating the importance of peaceful protest as an essential part of our cultural identity in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation from successive governments.
Lonsdale is poisonous fool. Almost all states have a provision in their constitutions like this one from Minnesota.
'Republican' here is from the Latin ' res publica,' or of the public. In other words, 'democratic.'
'Republican' here is from the Latin ' res publica,' or of the public. In other words, 'democratic.'
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Lonsdale is poisonous fool. Almost all states have a provision in their constitutions like this one from Minnesota.
'Republican' here is from the Latin ' res publica,' or of the public. In other words, 'democratic.'
'Republican' here is from the Latin ' res publica,' or of the public. In other words, 'democratic.'
Good on Costco here, but they filed when they did because the first big tranche of Trump tariff entries were about to be 'liquidated,' meaning made final. If they hadn't filed suit, Costco would have lost the right to demand a refund. /1
Costco needs and deserves our support.
Costco stayed out of politics. Then it sued Donald Trump.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Costco stayed out of politics. Then it sued Donald Trump.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Costco stayed out of politics. Then it sued Donald Trump.
Costco's lawsuit against the president's signature economic policy has sowed discord among its unusually loyal membership. Will shoppers defect?
www.usatoday.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Good on Costco here, but they filed when they did because the first big tranche of Trump tariff entries were about to be 'liquidated,' meaning made final. If they hadn't filed suit, Costco would have lost the right to demand a refund. /1
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Drinking Liberally - Minneapolis meets tomorrow evening, Dec. 11th, from six to nine at the 331 Club in Minneapolis, 331 - 13th Avenue, N.E. More deets in the ALT text. (You have to click on the text to see it all.)
Reposts appreciated.
Reposts appreciated.
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Drinking Liberally - Minneapolis meets tomorrow evening, Dec. 11th, from six to nine at the 331 Club in Minneapolis, 331 - 13th Avenue, N.E. More deets in the ALT text. (You have to click on the text to see it all.)
Reposts appreciated.
Reposts appreciated.
👇Word.
If we follow the 14th Amendment in its entirety, it would be wholly inconsistent with our policy of ignoring the entire first half of the 2nd Amendment.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett)
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
👇Word.
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Nazis always obsess over fonts.
In Germany, the Nazi Party initially pushed Fraktur and declared Futura 'un-Germanic', with designer Paul Renner going into exile.
Just before the war they flipped, adopting Futura for its modern feel and declaring heavy types like Fraktur as suspiciously Jewish.
In Germany, the Nazi Party initially pushed Fraktur and declared Futura 'un-Germanic', with designer Paul Renner going into exile.
Just before the war they flipped, adopting Futura for its modern feel and declaring heavy types like Fraktur as suspiciously Jewish.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Nazis always obsess over fonts.
In Germany, the Nazi Party initially pushed Fraktur and declared Futura 'un-Germanic', with designer Paul Renner going into exile.
Just before the war they flipped, adopting Futura for its modern feel and declaring heavy types like Fraktur as suspiciously Jewish.
In Germany, the Nazi Party initially pushed Fraktur and declared Futura 'un-Germanic', with designer Paul Renner going into exile.
Just before the war they flipped, adopting Futura for its modern feel and declaring heavy types like Fraktur as suspiciously Jewish.
This is an entirely unsurprising statistic.
Polling from the health care policy nonprofit KFF found that 72% of Republicans enrolled in ObamaCare plans support extending the enhanced subsidies. The report found that in some of the most competitive congressional districts, those on marketplace plans could be enough to swing a close election:
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is an entirely unsurprising statistic.
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I first posted this at 10pm on Friday, but to provide a more serious explanation of what I’m doing here:
I've officially gone into business for myself. After being fired for my choice of pro bono cases 3 months ago, I’ve been doing a few stray cases, but it's time to make things formal.
I've officially gone into business for myself. After being fired for my choice of pro bono cases 3 months ago, I’ve been doing a few stray cases, but it's time to make things formal.
Daniel P. Suitor, Attorney at Law | Tenants' Rights Attorney Minnesota
A Minnesota-based attorney with a focus on tenants' rights cases and community service | Daniel P. Suitor, Attorney at Law
www.danielsuitor.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I first posted this at 10pm on Friday, but to provide a more serious explanation of what I’m doing here:
I've officially gone into business for myself. After being fired for my choice of pro bono cases 3 months ago, I’ve been doing a few stray cases, but it's time to make things formal.
I've officially gone into business for myself. After being fired for my choice of pro bono cases 3 months ago, I’ve been doing a few stray cases, but it's time to make things formal.
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Her name is Rachel Scott, and she deserves recognition for not letting him slide.
From now on when somebody has the nerve to pin him down or if there is EVER a reporter that actually sticks up for a colleague, someday, let’s please give them recognition on here.
Rachel Scott- thank you.
From now on when somebody has the nerve to pin him down or if there is EVER a reporter that actually sticks up for a colleague, someday, let’s please give them recognition on here.
Rachel Scott- thank you.
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Her name is Rachel Scott, and she deserves recognition for not letting him slide.
From now on when somebody has the nerve to pin him down or if there is EVER a reporter that actually sticks up for a colleague, someday, let’s please give them recognition on here.
Rachel Scott- thank you.
From now on when somebody has the nerve to pin him down or if there is EVER a reporter that actually sticks up for a colleague, someday, let’s please give them recognition on here.
Rachel Scott- thank you.
👇 True
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
👇 True
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"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
“You’re the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. A terrible reporter.”
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
Incidentally, if your snowblower wouldn't start last week, you can probably blame it on stale ethanol-infused gasoline in its carburetor.
left.mn/2025/12/the-...
left.mn/2025/12/the-...
The ethanol industry is pretty full of itself these days - LeftMN
Unfortunately it has reason to be
left.mn
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Incidentally, if your snowblower wouldn't start last week, you can probably blame it on stale ethanol-infused gasoline in its carburetor.
left.mn/2025/12/the-...
left.mn/2025/12/the-...
Trump’s smear was to Leavitt so epic,
Slander is very copacetic,
By defaming Omar,
It’s the MAGA lodestar,
To most of us: just an emetic.
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
Slander is very copacetic,
By defaming Omar,
It’s the MAGA lodestar,
To most of us: just an emetic.
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Spin on Mental State Flies Off Rails
As Karoline Leavitt’s defense of Trump morphs into bizarre praise for his racism toward Somalis, a former White House official explains how the saga unmasks the deeper depravities consuming Trumpworld...
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump’s smear was to Leavitt so epic,
Slander is very copacetic,
By defaming Omar,
It’s the MAGA lodestar,
To most of us: just an emetic.
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
Slander is very copacetic,
By defaming Omar,
It’s the MAGA lodestar,
To most of us: just an emetic.
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
Tom Cotton is a loathsome creature,
His bile’s not a bug; it’s a feature,
A poisonous cracker,
A Pete Hegseth backer,
Yird swine: of the dead he’s an eater.
His bile’s not a bug; it’s a feature,
A poisonous cracker,
A Pete Hegseth backer,
Yird swine: of the dead he’s an eater.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tom Cotton is a loathsome creature,
His bile’s not a bug; it’s a feature,
A poisonous cracker,
A Pete Hegseth backer,
Yird swine: of the dead he’s an eater.
His bile’s not a bug; it’s a feature,
A poisonous cracker,
A Pete Hegseth backer,
Yird swine: of the dead he’s an eater.
It won’t be the humanities that get us all killed.
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
snyder.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It won’t be the humanities that get us all killed.
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The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
"You can't catch me," says Molly Christmas on #Caturday. #CatsofBluesky
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"You can't catch me," says Molly Christmas on #Caturday. #CatsofBluesky
Webb's line about their mothers being ashamed of them is the greatest burn ever.
If she ever comes to @dl-minneapolis.bsky.social, she won't be able to buy a drink.
If she ever comes to @dl-minneapolis.bsky.social, she won't be able to buy a drink.
A woman was pulled over and threatened with arrest for trailing ICE agents during their immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.
The federal agent told her, “You can not do this.”
Webb insisted, “Yes, I can. Yes, I can.”
youtu.be/w620nqw_ozY?...
The federal agent told her, “You can not do this.”
Webb insisted, “Yes, I can. Yes, I can.”
youtu.be/w620nqw_ozY?...
ICE watch volunteer stopped by federal agents
YouTube video by MPR News
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Webb's line about their mothers being ashamed of them is the greatest burn ever.
If she ever comes to @dl-minneapolis.bsky.social, she won't be able to buy a drink.
If she ever comes to @dl-minneapolis.bsky.social, she won't be able to buy a drink.
Lisa Demuth is a true coward,
Before the orange man child she cowered,
Where there should be a soul,
There’s a gaping black hole,
Voters will certainly be soured.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Before the orange man child she cowered,
Where there should be a soul,
There’s a gaping black hole,
Voters will certainly be soured.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Lawmakers react to Trump comments about Somali immigrants, ICE confirms arrests
Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s recent disparaging statements about Somali immigrants, calling the remarks “vile, racist lies and slander towards our fellow Minne...
www.mprnews.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Lisa Demuth is a true coward,
Before the orange man child she cowered,
Where there should be a soul,
There’s a gaping black hole,
Voters will certainly be soured.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Before the orange man child she cowered,
Where there should be a soul,
There’s a gaping black hole,
Voters will certainly be soured.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
You really should read Gore‘s book, Opus.
The legal pundits and reporters explaining the Supreme Court will never understand DC unless the understand Leonard Leo’s faith. The only DC investigation into Leo’s faith driven politics, so far, @garethgore.bsky.social and his book Opus.
Gore cracked the code.
open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...
Gore cracked the code.
open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...
Opus Dei and the Moneybags Kid
Leonard Leo, the Supreme Court — and the Opus Dei network connecting them
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You really should read Gore‘s book, Opus.
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(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
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Today, we had the honor of presenting Samantha with a Citation of Recognition for her semi-literate prose, anemic argumentation, and complete inability to follow instructions.
She is shining a light on the serious concerns we have about university instructors expecting their students to "learn"
She is shining a light on the serious concerns we have about university instructors expecting their students to "learn"
it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Today, we had the honor of presenting Samantha with a Citation of Recognition for her semi-literate prose, anemic argumentation, and complete inability to follow instructions.
She is shining a light on the serious concerns we have about university instructors expecting their students to "learn"
She is shining a light on the serious concerns we have about university instructors expecting their students to "learn"