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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a guy panhandling with a sign that said ‘Fuck Trump’. I gave him $20.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

Remember that there are righteous people among us, always.

Left: Netherlands, 1942

Right: Illinois, 2025

One day in the summer of 1942, after the onset of the deportations of the Jews from Holland to “the East”, a student, who was a courier for the ASG student underground group in Amsterdam, approached the de Vries family, asking them to hide a Jewish child. The de Vrieses, who had two children of their own, decided to accept the offer despite the risk that was involved in hiding Jews, and soon four year-old Louise Pinto was brought to their home.

Amid the smoke bombs and screams that ricocheted throughout a South Shore building last month during a massive military-style immigration raid, one man heard a knock on his door.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.

“I wasn’t planning on letting her stay, but I didn’t know what the hell was going on,” the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.

“I didn’t want them to take her,” said the man, who didn’t want to be named because he fears he’ll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.

“I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her, ‘Just stay there. Don’t open, don’t, shh, just stay quiet,’” he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 3d

What reforms? MPD currently has a recruitment video out there where they say they are looking for officers who “look like Minneapolis” but they can’t even go as far as saying they’d like to hire people that actually live in the city.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 3d

Will Frey veto or let it slide with no signature?

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 3d

Should be very entertaining if Becka shows up.

Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12 @aurinmpls.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s the big day! 🎙️

Join me at tonight’s Ward 12 City Council candidate forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters - Minneapolis @lwvmpls.bsky.social

🗓️ Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 9th
6:30 - 7:45pm, Candidate Forum
7:45 - 8:15pm, Meet & Greet

📍Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church (4101 37th Ave S)

Ward 12 Candidate Forum & Meet and Greet, hosted by the League of Women Voters - Minneapolis

Today! Thursday, October 9th

Candidate Forum - 6:30-7:45pm
Meet & Greet - 7:45-8:15pm

Join us at Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church: 4101 37th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55406

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Erika Wittekind @erikalyn.bsky.social · 3d

If her fetus is "in her placenta," that woman is in a ton of pain and the pregnancy's a nonstarter anyway. Good lord, don't take medical advice from this man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 3d

Microphones are an invitation to mansplain everything.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 3d

Why does the headline make it sound like it’s a DSA issue? He broke the law. Period. Could you imagine the uproar if he had denied a Republican candidate access? The pitchforks would be gathering in front of the state capitol.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 4d

Does Joan Jett ever age?

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 5d

I thought national guardsman had to pass regular fitness tests? These guys look like they haven’t been off the couch in a couple of years.

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 5d

Why are they sending extras from the “Da Bears” sketch to Illinois? These guys are straight out of Chicagoland central casting.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 5d

They only folded them in to control the socialists.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 5d

The ruling class doesn't seem to understand that food aid isn't provided for our benefit, it's to protect them.

Mural of Lenin with the quote, "Every society is three meals away from chaos"

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 6d

JFC. The state party is running for the right. They are so terrified of anything connected to the word socialist that they will shut down the vote engine for the state. Good luck filling state wide offices with Democrats if you destroy the Minneapolis DFL. Unbelievable.

Minneapolis DFL @mplsdfl.org · 6d

Minnesota DFL opens new investigation of Minneapolis DFL:
minneapolisdfl.org/updates/minn...

Minnesota State DFL opens new investigation of Minneapolis DFL — Minneapolis DFL

The Minnesota State DFL has opened another investigation of the Minneapolis DFL focused on mailers announcing the original slate of 2025 endorsed candidates. Following its July convention the Minneap...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

this will only continue to escalate, they want a civil war

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 9d

What movie is this?

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 10d

'Officials have denied prioritizing World Cup spending over public infrastructure, saying problems facing the health sector were inherited from previous governments.'

The current government has been in office since 2021.

NPR @npr.org · 10d

Youth-led anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence.

Anti-government protests in Morocco turn deadly, with 2 killed in a small town

Youth-led anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 10d

Har Mar Superstar

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10d

jesus christ almighty.
How can the richest country in the world do this to itself?
To see a rich country like the US essentially sacrifice its own children to preventable disease, all to appease some hateful eugenicists, fantasists and conspiracy theorists, makes my stomach churn.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 10d

“A lot of times, you know, babies don’t cough; they just stop breathing,” warned Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney as he discussed Mississippi's first infant death from whooping cough in 13 years.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 10d

Love this disclaimer at the end of the story: "Note: The details provided in this story are based on law enforcement’s latest version of events, and may be subject to change."

Bring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 10d

Man dead, woman and suspect wounded in Wisconsin shooting 'shared to Snapchat'

The incident happened at a home in Barron, WI.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 11d

We need to have city council preemptively ban these things from bike lanes and anywhere else.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for this amazing play-by-play.

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 13d

Love the second-guessing. When they know this is a huge and consequential convention, why aren’t the state party and other units offering help?

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I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 14d

I don’t even know if they’ve set a date yet, but I’m sure they will figure it out to not violate any residency requirements. Unlike the people that have been recruited from other areas to run in Minneapolis by certain big money PACs.

I don't owe you boooooooooo @yourfavecussy.bsky.social · 14d

There are so many legitimate options here. They are both adults and since she’s not giving up her seat, I’m sure Aaron eventually will, his term is up at the end of next year. He doesn’t have to sell his house, he could rent it out. Just because it’s not on the market doesn’t mean squat.

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