Terry
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Even more proof that this has never been about making Minnesota safer. It has always been about political retribution for President Trump and his allies. I’m standing with @governorwalz.mn.gov and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Even more proof that this has never been about making Minnesota safer. It has always been about political retribution for President Trump and his allies. I’m standing with @governorwalz.mn.gov and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
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Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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School districts and day care centers across the Twin Cities are closing tomorrow because of fear of ICE and intimidation.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 AM
School districts and day care centers across the Twin Cities are closing tomorrow because of fear of ICE and intimidation.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
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Rubio. Very intelligent. Experienced. Educated. Opportunist. Lust for power. Despised Trump publicly. No principles. CBS?
This is what state-regime media looks like.
CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
Enough. Join us: MeidasPlus.com
CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
Enough. Join us: MeidasPlus.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Rubio. Very intelligent. Experienced. Educated. Opportunist. Lust for power. Despised Trump publicly. No principles. CBS?
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Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
The U.S. Must Not Push Ukraine Into an Unjust, Unstable Peace
It would be a moral betrayal and a strategic blunder.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
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Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.
Hey Tom, saw you on MSNBC earlier today.
That conversation was a bit unnerving.
That conversation was a bit unnerving.
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Spending lots of time in Europe and engaging with the govts & armies of all 49 countries, ALL of them use the titles “Minister of Defense,” “Minister for Defense,” or “Minister of National Defense.”
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
September 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Spending lots of time in Europe and engaging with the govts & armies of all 49 countries, ALL of them use the titles “Minister of Defense,” “Minister for Defense,” or “Minister of National Defense.”
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
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As a former Republican, this especially jumped out and something I've said so many time:
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
"My Plea to Democrats: Stop Being Polite, Go Nuclear"
Absolute #mustread for Zeteo from former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, in which he lays out what the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
Absolute #mustread for Zeteo from former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, in which he lays out what the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
My Plea to Democrats: Stop Being Polite, Go Nuclear
A former Republican strategist lays out what the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
zeteo.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As a former Republican, this especially jumped out and something I've said so many time:
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
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With their daughter Lydia upstairs at Children’s Minnesota recovering from surgery, Annunciation parents Leah and Harry Kaiser urged Vice President JD Vance to take action to prevent more school shootings.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
With their daughter Lydia upstairs at Children’s Minnesota recovering from surgery, Annunciation parents Leah and Harry Kaiser urged Vice President JD Vance to take action to prevent more school shootings.
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After a mass shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and injured at least 17 other people, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve criticized the inaction to reduce gun violence.
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
After a mass shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and injured at least 17 other people, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve criticized the inaction to reduce gun violence.
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
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Our federal taxes are being used pretty much solely for disseminating (really cringey) propaganda, violating people’s civil and human rights, targeting political opponents, and extorting media, universities, blue states, and foreign countries
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our federal taxes are being used pretty much solely for disseminating (really cringey) propaganda, violating people’s civil and human rights, targeting political opponents, and extorting media, universities, blue states, and foreign countries
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Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...
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Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president of @thechausa.bsky.social on Trump’s bill passage:
July 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president of @thechausa.bsky.social on Trump’s bill passage:
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I’m just a simple country political scientist but where I come from if your country has a secret police force that can give orders to members of the national legislature that’s…what’s the right word…bad.
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’m just a simple country political scientist but where I come from if your country has a secret police force that can give orders to members of the national legislature that’s…what’s the right word…bad.
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Pope Leo to FAO: “When we read the account of what is commonly called the ‘multiplication of the loaves,’ we realize that the real miracle performed by Christ was to show that the key to overcoming hunger lies in sharing rather than in greedily hoarding.”
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Pope Leo to FAO: “When we read the account of what is commonly called the ‘multiplication of the loaves,’ we realize that the real miracle performed by Christ was to show that the key to overcoming hunger lies in sharing rather than in greedily hoarding.”
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Gen. Barry McCaffrey: “We are at war with Iran right now.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Gen. Barry McCaffrey: “We are at war with Iran right now.”
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Bruce Springsteen sharply attacked US President Donald Trump's administration for sending the National Guard and marines to Los Angeles (LA), calling the government "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous" during a concert in Berlin
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Springsteen criticizes Trump's handling of LA demos at Berlin concert ｜ DPA
Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday sharply attacked US President Donald Trump's administration for sending the National Guard and marines to Los Angeles (LA), calling the government "corrupt, incompetent…
nordot.app
June 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Bruce Springsteen sharply attacked US President Donald Trump's administration for sending the National Guard and marines to Los Angeles (LA), calling the government "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous" during a concert in Berlin
nordot.app/130564987756...
nordot.app/130564987756...
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The presidential memorandum never mentions Los Angeles or California. It’s a blank check for mobilizing National Guard and active duty troops to deploy anywhere to protect federal personnel or functions wherever protests “are occurring or are likely to occur.”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The presidential memorandum never mentions Los Angeles or California. It’s a blank check for mobilizing National Guard and active duty troops to deploy anywhere to protect federal personnel or functions wherever protests “are occurring or are likely to occur.”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Maybe Senator Van Hollen should be President, since Trump says he's not really involved with the situation, doesn't really know what's going on, and can't do anything. Who needs such a flaccid executive?
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Maybe Senator Van Hollen should be President, since Trump says he's not really involved with the situation, doesn't really know what's going on, and can't do anything. Who needs such a flaccid executive?
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One of JVL’s darkest columns yet
April 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
One of JVL’s darkest columns yet
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM