@thanson20.bsky.social
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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America will blow up NATO, go to war with our European allies, become weaker, poorer and more isolated just because an old, dying vulgarian is angry he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he doesn't deserve and he wants a big piece of land that doesn't belong to him and Republicans refuse to act.
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
America will blow up NATO, go to war with our European allies, become weaker, poorer and more isolated just because an old, dying vulgarian is angry he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he doesn't deserve and he wants a big piece of land that doesn't belong to him and Republicans refuse to act.
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Yesterday, the senior co-minister at my UU gave a homily about how the quoting of MLK is meaningless if it it not met with the intent and the necessary action to carry out his vision and legacy.
She’s right.
She’s right.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Yesterday, the senior co-minister at my UU gave a homily about how the quoting of MLK is meaningless if it it not met with the intent and the necessary action to carry out his vision and legacy.
She’s right.
She’s right.
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The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
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ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
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Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
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The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Prosecute Renée Nicole Good’s Murderer
The ICE agent who killed Renée Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.
www.thenation.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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It has been an obvious, sometimes even almost stated project of Trump 2.0 to engineer a redo of the post George Floyd protests of 2020, this time with much more state violence. And now a federal agent has shot and killed a woman in a car at point blank range a mile from where Floyd was murdered.
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It has been an obvious, sometimes even almost stated project of Trump 2.0 to engineer a redo of the post George Floyd protests of 2020, this time with much more state violence. And now a federal agent has shot and killed a woman in a car at point blank range a mile from where Floyd was murdered.
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I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
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Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
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Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired
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Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
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When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
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Leg braces - $20-$30k, I’ve had at LEAST 6 leg braces.
Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2
Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues
Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays
I had polio. This is the cost.
Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2
Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues
Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays
I had polio. This is the cost.
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Leg braces - $20-$30k, I’ve had at LEAST 6 leg braces.
Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2
Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues
Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays
I had polio. This is the cost.
Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2
Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues
Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays
I had polio. This is the cost.
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I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
September 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
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why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
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UPDATE: Texas Dems have now launched a livestream of the House chamber. x.com/texashdc/sta...
WILD situation in Texas right now: The House Speaker has required Dems, who just returned from their out-of-state quorum break, to have police escorts once they leave the chamber. One Dem is refusing to leave the House floor with escort, and GOP leaders have blocked press access to the chamber.
August 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
UPDATE: Texas Dems have now launched a livestream of the House chamber. x.com/texashdc/sta...
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ICE now has 3x more funding than the United States Marine Corps. Our hard-earned taxpayer money. Over $170+ billion handed over, and for what?
To rip families apart. To instill fear. To dismantle the very virtues by which this country was built. To help the rich get richer.
To rip families apart. To instill fear. To dismantle the very virtues by which this country was built. To help the rich get richer.
July 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE now has 3x more funding than the United States Marine Corps. Our hard-earned taxpayer money. Over $170+ billion handed over, and for what?
To rip families apart. To instill fear. To dismantle the very virtues by which this country was built. To help the rich get richer.
To rip families apart. To instill fear. To dismantle the very virtues by which this country was built. To help the rich get richer.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.