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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 14h
Think this is a winning campaign message ?
"We are tired of watching billionaires hoard power while families can’t afford groceries”

#SpecialElection in #TN07 is definitely a possible Democrat pick-up based on the strong Dem primary participation

#FinstadWatch

clarksvillenow.com/local/tennes...
‘Tennessee is ready for a new kind of Democrat’: Aftyn Behn on nomination in Congress race | PHOTOS - ClarksvilleNow.com
State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic nomination to represent Tennessee District 7 in Congress
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 15h
#Soybeans is one commodity but #TrumpEconomicPolicy (especially #TrumpTariffs) have hurt all farmers and ranchers leading to almost doubling of Chapter12 bankruptcy filings in our region

House proposed #HR4121 includes a 7% CUT to Farm Service Agency staff. FSA is involved with loans for farmers.
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Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 1d
Our congressman hasn’t done enough for our soybean farmers, and everyone is starting to notice. This is a powerful editorial in the Mankato Free Press about how Washington’s trade policies (and lack thereof) have created such a mess for southern Minnesota.
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
#LetterToTheEditor
#WorthingtonGlobe

Constituent reacts to #BradFinstad's #FinstadInTheField #GovernmentShutdown #BlameGame as "Shame on you, #RepFinstad. You are not representing us well. Please stop lying."

File #FinstadWatch

www.dglobe.com/opinion/lett...

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Letter: In response to 'Finstad in the Field'
Constituents deserve better from representative
www.dglobe.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
Did you see the #LetterToTheEditor in the #WorthingtonGlobe?

Constituent reacts to #BradFinstad's #FinstadInTheField statements on the #GovernmentShutdown as "Shame on you, #RepFinstad. You are not representing us well. Please stop lying."

File #FinstadWatch

www.dglobe.com/opinion/lett...
Letter: In response to 'Finstad in the Field'
Constituents deserve better from representative
www.dglobe.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
Oct 7 2025
@jimmcgovernma.bsky.social asked #VirginiaFoxx who was presiding over the House in pro forma to allow AZ Dem Rep.-Elect Adelia Grijalva to be sworn in on the next legislative day. Foxx does not recognize him & gavels out the House.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10d
They are so afraid of this they won’t seat a newly elected Congresswoman from AZ to keep it from happening.
The image is a screenshot of an X post from the account @Re... (Really American) dated 11 hours ago, claiming that Speaker Johnson has refused to swear in newly-elected Democratic Rep. Grijalva, who is described as the decisive 218th vote needed for a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. The post questions the reason for the delay. The image also includes a video still labeled "EXCLUSIVE" from Meidastouch Network, featuring Rep.-elect Grijalva, with text stating she is ready to sign the discharge petition. The background shows campaign materials with her name and slogans like "Se hizo historia!"
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
#FinstadWatch

Just heard from my neighbor in #MN01 that she was notified that her #Medicare insurance premium will increase over $600 in 2026 -- UP 16%
Meanwhile #BadNews for #SocialSecurity recipients

#TimeForChange in #MN01

#FinstadFails #seniors

www.fastcompany.com/91416735/soc...
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
#FinstadWatch

Just heard from my neighbor in #MN01 that she was notified that her Medicare insurance premium will increase over $600 in 2026 -- UP 16%
Meanwhile #BadNews for #SocialSecurity recipients

#FinstadFails #seniors

www.fastcompany.com/91416735/soc...

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A critical Social Security change impacting monthly benefits is at risk because of the government shutdown
To calculate cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases to 2026 Social Security checks, the agency needs data from the largely furloughed Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.fastcompany.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
#OustFinstad

Just heard from my neighbor in #MN01 that she was notified that her Medicare insurance premium will increase over $600 in 2026 -- over 16% meanwhile #BadNews for #SocialSecurity recipients

#FinstadFails seniors

www.fastcompany.com/91416735/soc...

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A critical Social Security change impacting monthly benefits is at risk because of the government shutdown
To calculate cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases to 2026 Social Security checks, the agency needs data from the largely furloughed Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.fastcompany.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
#FinstadFocus

Just heard from my neighbor in #MN01 that she was notified that her Medicare insurance premium will increase over $600 in 2026 -- UP 16% meanwhile #BadNews for #SocialSecurity recipients

#FinstadFails seniors

www.fastcompany.com/91416735/soc...

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A critical Social Security change impacting monthly benefits is at risk because of the government shutdown
To calculate cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases to 2026 Social Security checks, the agency needs data from the largely furloughed Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.fastcompany.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
#FinstadWatch

Just heard from my neighbor in #MN01 that she was notified that her Medicare insurance premium will increase over $600 in 2026 -- over 16% meanwhile #BadNews for #SocialSecurity recipients

#FinstadFails seniors

www.fastcompany.com/91416735/soc...

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A critical Social Security change impacting monthly benefits is at risk because of the government shutdown
To calculate cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases to 2026 Social Security checks, the agency needs data from the largely furloughed Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.fastcompany.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI : US manufacturing activity contracts for 7th straight month

QUERY : How long will #BradFinstad continue to support #Trump failed policies ?

Answer : Until #RepFinstad is defeated on Nov 3

#TimeForChange in #MN01

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www.straitstimes.com/business/eco...
Tariffs weigh on US manufacturing as activity contracts for 7th straight month
Only five industries reported growth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 2d
Farmers have a choice either sell #soybeans at a loss or store them ... and #RepFinstad has gotten zero cosponsors to his #HR1302 Growing Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Needs to Deliver Rising Yields Act or the GRAIN DRY Act

#FinstadFails #Farmers

#TimeForChange in #MN01

#FinstadWatch
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 2d
With the #GovernmentShutdown well underway, the #FinstadForCongress campaign has ignored it ... maybe #BradFinstad was tired ... after all he sent out three fundraising appeals the previous week

Sept 24 One week until the deadline
Sept 29 The deadline is almost here
Sept 30 Deadline at midnight
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 2d
October 6 2025
#MankatoFreePress Editorial
#FinstadWatch

#Trump, #RepFinstad trade policies crippling farmers

With the China market gone for #Soybeans as prices are DOWN 30%, farmer estimated a 1,000 acre farm would lose $170,000 at current crop prices.

www.mankatofreepress.com/opinion/edit...
Our View: Trump, Finstad trade policies crippling farmers
The facts are getting uglier as they come out for farmers facing President Donald Trump’s onerous and devastating tariff and trade policies.
www.mankatofreepress.com
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 2d
Is that a typo ... Cao "fired" or "hired"

I thought that on Oct 1, the Senate confirmed retired Navy Captain Hung Cao to serve as Under Secretary of the Navy by a vote of 52 -45. Murkowski was the only Republican to vote No.

www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 2d
#FinstadWatch

The #MAGA-controlled House has NOT passed 9 #FY26 Appropriations bills ... by using a massive spending bill that consolidates these functions, constituents may not notice that the House wants to spend 5.6% or $105,969,000 MORE to support its legislative responsibilities

#HR4249
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Jake Johnson @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social · 4d
Congress created this mess, and they shouldn’t be paid until they fix it. I’m calling on multimillionaire Brad Finstad to refuse his paycheck until he and his colleagues open the government again.
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 4d
#Trump's plan is #GoodNews for #FinstadFarms

Force a US manufacturers & small businesses to pay import taxes to the feds; those businesses pass the tax onto consumers; #Trump re-routes the money to soy farmers!

Republicans estimate as much as $50 billion is needed

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 4d
#NY08 #HakeemJeffries harsh and true words : #SpeakerJohnson has canceled votes next week so House Republicans can continue their VACATION, depriving Americans of AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, preventing the swearing-in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva and stopping the release of the Epstein Files"
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 4d
What's the shutdown about ?

The enhanced tax credits used by over 12,000 #MN01 families to purchase #HealthInsurance are scheduled to sunset at the end of 2025 without congressional action and #MAGARepublicans do not want to extend it.

#FinstadWatch
#TimeForChange
#OustFinstad
#FinstadFailsMN
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 4d
How many Members will be holding open-to-the-public #TownHall meetings to discuss the #GovernmentShutdown during #SpeakerJohnson's designated "district work period" Tuesday, October 7, through Monday, October 13, 2025 ?

#MN01 #RepFinstad gets another paid off-week to harvest #FinstadFarms crops
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 5d
#FinstadWatch

#RepFinstad's policies bring #BadNews for 64,443 #MA enrollees in #MN01

Just got an email from my insurance agent confirming that UCare will not be offering my #MedicareAdvantage policy for 2026. I checked and found out that United Healthcare has also left #BlueEarth County.
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 6d
#FinstadFlashback

Will #RepFinstad claim #MissionAccomplished as multi-millionaires like #BradFinstad, thanks to the #TaxCuts in the #BigBeautifulBill, have made 28% of #Republicans grocery bills less painful ?

#TimeForChange in #MN01

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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 6d
#FinstadWatch

The Congressional Budget Act is clear
Appropriation bills are to be authored by May 15; completed by June 30 (46 days) BUT the House did not do that, went on VACATION; now wants to extended current funding until Nov 21

#MN01 #RepFinstad wants a 49 day extension to get his work done
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 7d
#FinstadWatch
With a government shutdown pending, the #MAGA-controlled House shutdown all business (no votes or hearings on #RepFinstad's priorities)

So what does multi-millionaire #BradFinstad do with his time ?

Issue a last minute appeal for more campaign contributions

#TimeForChange in #MN01
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mainstreetmn.bsky.social @mainstreetmn.bsky.social · 7d
#FinstadWatch
With a government shutdown pending, the #MAGA-controlled House shutdown all business (no votes or hearings on #RepFinstad's priorities)

So what does multi-millionaire #BradFinstad do with his time ?

Issue a last minute appeal for more campaign contributions

#TimeForChange in #MN01
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