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Dangerous Coats
Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For commonsense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition
Sharon Owens
Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For commonsense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition
Sharon Owens
Finally went to look at MNSure so I could have my annual mental breakdown.
Do we want to cover the local cardiologist or the Mayo heart surgeon? A plan covering both is prohibitively expensive.
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Do we want to cover the local cardiologist or the Mayo heart surgeon? A plan covering both is prohibitively expensive.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Finally went to look at MNSure so I could have my annual mental breakdown.
Do we want to cover the local cardiologist or the Mayo heart surgeon? A plan covering both is prohibitively expensive.
1/3
Do we want to cover the local cardiologist or the Mayo heart surgeon? A plan covering both is prohibitively expensive.
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Last night, the federal government started promoting vaccine conspiracy theories on the CDC’s website.
We should be investing in vaccines that stop preventable diseases, not undermining the science that prevents them.
We should be investing in vaccines that stop preventable diseases, not undermining the science that prevents them.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last night, the federal government started promoting vaccine conspiracy theories on the CDC’s website.
We should be investing in vaccines that stop preventable diseases, not undermining the science that prevents them.
We should be investing in vaccines that stop preventable diseases, not undermining the science that prevents them.
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FinstadWatch: We pause to remind Minnesota Republican Congressman like Finstad, Fischbach, Emmer, and Stauber of the words of arch-conservative Liz Cheney, “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,” These unAmericans need regular reminding of their complicity!
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
FinstadWatch: We pause to remind Minnesota Republican Congressman like Finstad, Fischbach, Emmer, and Stauber of the words of arch-conservative Liz Cheney, “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,” These unAmericans need regular reminding of their complicity!
Anyone heard from Brad "Fiscal Responsibility" Finstad about how we added another TRILLION dollars to the national debt in two months?
TAX. THE. RICH.
TAX. THE. RICH.
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Anyone heard from Brad "Fiscal Responsibility" Finstad about how we added another TRILLION dollars to the national debt in two months?
TAX. THE. RICH.
TAX. THE. RICH.
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Members of Congress don’t want to work anymore. I wrote a bill to change that.
October 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Members of Congress don’t want to work anymore. I wrote a bill to change that.
I just looked at the insurance plans for next year. We currently pay $517/mo for a family of four on a silver plan with $0 deductible. The same plan will cost $923 next year.
That's $406 more, nearly double. It's more than our mortgage payment.
That's $406 more, nearly double. It's more than our mortgage payment.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I just looked at the insurance plans for next year. We currently pay $517/mo for a family of four on a silver plan with $0 deductible. The same plan will cost $923 next year.
That's $406 more, nearly double. It's more than our mortgage payment.
That's $406 more, nearly double. It's more than our mortgage payment.
Can you imagine having to come up with $450/month to be able to pee? That's reality for many people.
We shouldn't just support Medicaid--we should have universal healthcare.
Health is a human right. It shouldn't be traded for billionaire tax cuts.
www.youtube.com/shorts/t1C6S...
We shouldn't just support Medicaid--we should have universal healthcare.
Health is a human right. It shouldn't be traded for billionaire tax cuts.
www.youtube.com/shorts/t1C6S...
the hidden cost of disability #wheelchair
YouTube video by Para Tara
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Can you imagine having to come up with $450/month to be able to pee? That's reality for many people.
We shouldn't just support Medicaid--we should have universal healthcare.
Health is a human right. It shouldn't be traded for billionaire tax cuts.
www.youtube.com/shorts/t1C6S...
We shouldn't just support Medicaid--we should have universal healthcare.
Health is a human right. It shouldn't be traded for billionaire tax cuts.
www.youtube.com/shorts/t1C6S...
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
My family's health insurance shouldn't cost as much as my monthly mortgage payment.
Finstad disagrees.
Finstad disagrees.
FinstadWatch: The Senate Democrats are asking for an extension of the Affordable Care Act premium subsidies as one condition for voting for a Continuing Resolution. The Republicans aren’t willing to negotiate. Why do Republicans like Finstad hate health care?
minnesotareformer.com/briefs/close...
minnesotareformer.com/briefs/close...
Close to 5M could become uninsured if Congress doesn’t extend subsidies, report says • Minnesota Reformer
Unless Congress extends the subsidies, they will expire at the end of this year.
minnesotareformer.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My family's health insurance shouldn't cost as much as my monthly mortgage payment.
Finstad disagrees.
Finstad disagrees.
"The transition to authoritarianism in the United States depends upon us. In Trump’s paradigm, this is all a show, and our role is to be bit players. We have been handed a script with no words and await our cue to do nothing."
And so we must do more than nothing.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
And so we must do more than nothing.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
"Show of Force"
And the revival of democracy
substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"The transition to authoritarianism in the United States depends upon us. In Trump’s paradigm, this is all a show, and our role is to be bit players. We have been handed a script with no words and await our cue to do nothing."
And so we must do more than nothing.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
And so we must do more than nothing.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Kids learn better when they are housed, fed, and feel safe and supported.
Republicans have always been the first to tear those things away and then complain about poor test scores.
Keep having conversations with those around you about voting, because these are not the values our kids need.
Republicans have always been the first to tear those things away and then complain about poor test scores.
Keep having conversations with those around you about voting, because these are not the values our kids need.
#LetterToTheEditor
Sept 13 2025
#RochesterPostBulletin
#FinstadFails is the headline as #RepFinstad has aligned with #Trump policies that leave our classrooms underfunded
Remember #BradFinstad left the #Educaton Committee for #ArmedServices ($$$$ donors)
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Sept 13 2025
#RochesterPostBulletin
#FinstadFails is the headline as #RepFinstad has aligned with #Trump policies that leave our classrooms underfunded
Remember #BradFinstad left the #Educaton Committee for #ArmedServices ($$$$ donors)
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/lett...
Letter: Finstad's positions are failing Minnesota students
As a Minnesota public school teacher, I am deeply concerned by Rep. Brad Finstad’s voting record on education. His repeated support for budgets that limit or reduce federal investment in public school...
www.postbulletin.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Kids learn better when they are housed, fed, and feel safe and supported.
Republicans have always been the first to tear those things away and then complain about poor test scores.
Keep having conversations with those around you about voting, because these are not the values our kids need.
Republicans have always been the first to tear those things away and then complain about poor test scores.
Keep having conversations with those around you about voting, because these are not the values our kids need.
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FinstadWatch: The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Republican budget will cut 3.2 million people off SNAP nationwide, but for Finstad, these numbers are just “fearmongering.” Don’t forget that Republicans needed these huge benefit cuts to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthy.
September 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
FinstadWatch: The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Republican budget will cut 3.2 million people off SNAP nationwide, but for Finstad, these numbers are just “fearmongering.” Don’t forget that Republicans needed these huge benefit cuts to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Families shouldn’t have to drive for hours for care, or pay more because it’s harder to find. But Brad Finstad voted to gut Medicaid, and now Mayo is closing clinics. Enough is enough.
September 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Families shouldn’t have to drive for hours for care, or pay more because it’s harder to find. But Brad Finstad voted to gut Medicaid, and now Mayo is closing clinics. Enough is enough.
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I just issued an executive order to safeguard vaccine access in Minnesota.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
September 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I just issued an executive order to safeguard vaccine access in Minnesota.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
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Brad Finstad had to twist himself into knots defending the Medicaid cuts he voted for, because he knows how unpopular they are.
I wrote a response to his op-ed, laying out why his cuts are so harmful, and how we could actually bring down costs instead.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/colu...
I wrote a response to his op-ed, laying out why his cuts are so harmful, and how we could actually bring down costs instead.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/colu...
Jake Johnson: Finstad's Medicaid cuts are unpopular. Here's why
Jake Johnson: If Rep. Brad Finstad were serious about cutting waste and fraud in the health care system, he’d go after the big corporations that are driving up costs, not his own constituents.
www.postbulletin.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Brad Finstad had to twist himself into knots defending the Medicaid cuts he voted for, because he knows how unpopular they are.
I wrote a response to his op-ed, laying out why his cuts are so harmful, and how we could actually bring down costs instead.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/colu...
I wrote a response to his op-ed, laying out why his cuts are so harmful, and how we could actually bring down costs instead.
www.postbulletin.com/opinion/colu...
For the 2Aers in your life:
"Guns have been carved out as a golden calf of freedom, not because they're the heart of the Second Amendment, but because Smith and Wesson and Glock have quarterly numbers to meet. You've been sold a goddamn lie dressed up as liberty."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBD...
"Guns have been carved out as a golden calf of freedom, not because they're the heart of the Second Amendment, but because Smith and Wesson and Glock have quarterly numbers to meet. You've been sold a goddamn lie dressed up as liberty."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBD...
On Minneapolis and The 2nd Amendment
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For the 2Aers in your life:
"Guns have been carved out as a golden calf of freedom, not because they're the heart of the Second Amendment, but because Smith and Wesson and Glock have quarterly numbers to meet. You've been sold a goddamn lie dressed up as liberty."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBD...
"Guns have been carved out as a golden calf of freedom, not because they're the heart of the Second Amendment, but because Smith and Wesson and Glock have quarterly numbers to meet. You've been sold a goddamn lie dressed up as liberty."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBD...
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it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
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Get ready to make some calls and visits to the Capitol.
Governor Tim Walz is making calls to legislators and has his team planning for a potential special session on gun legislation, a senior administration official says.
Gov. Tim Walz plans for possible special session on guns in wake of Annunciation Church shooting
Plans come after a mass shooter killed two children, injured 18 more kids and adults at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Get ready to make some calls and visits to the Capitol.
Have you called or emailed your MN state senator and representative today?
www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
Once you have, text your friends the phone numbers and email addresses and ask them to do the same.
Gun control saves lives. Don't take no for an answer.
www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
Once you have, text your friends the phone numbers and email addresses and ask them to do the same.
Gun control saves lives. Don't take no for an answer.
August 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Have you called or emailed your MN state senator and representative today?
www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
Once you have, text your friends the phone numbers and email addresses and ask them to do the same.
Gun control saves lives. Don't take no for an answer.
www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
Once you have, text your friends the phone numbers and email addresses and ask them to do the same.
Gun control saves lives. Don't take no for an answer.
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In the wake of the deadly shooting in Minnesota, Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said “We’re going to have a conversation of freedom versus protecting children… We’ve got to decide whether or not we want to live like this.”
When will #MN01 #RepFinstad act ?
#FinstadWatch
When will #MN01 #RepFinstad act ?
#FinstadWatch
August 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In the wake of the deadly shooting in Minnesota, Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said “We’re going to have a conversation of freedom versus protecting children… We’ve got to decide whether or not we want to live like this.”
When will #MN01 #RepFinstad act ?
#FinstadWatch
When will #MN01 #RepFinstad act ?
#FinstadWatch
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How do we put our children on the bus this morning? How is it that we are constantly asked to do this?
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How do we put our children on the bus this morning? How is it that we are constantly asked to do this?
On 6/6/25, Rep Brad Finstad emailed to say he would make sure the CDC and FDA "make available a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for all who want it."
"FOR ALL WHO WANT IT" AND "OVER 65 OR WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDTIONS" ARE NOT THE SAME THING, BRAD.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
"FOR ALL WHO WANT IT" AND "OVER 65 OR WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDTIONS" ARE NOT THE SAME THING, BRAD.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
www.npr.org
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
On 6/6/25, Rep Brad Finstad emailed to say he would make sure the CDC and FDA "make available a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for all who want it."
"FOR ALL WHO WANT IT" AND "OVER 65 OR WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDTIONS" ARE NOT THE SAME THING, BRAD.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
"FOR ALL WHO WANT IT" AND "OVER 65 OR WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDTIONS" ARE NOT THE SAME THING, BRAD.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Today's great day for telling your members of the MN legislature to get to work.
Not sure who to call? Start here: www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
Not sure who to call? Start here: www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
August 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today's great day for telling your members of the MN legislature to get to work.
Not sure who to call? Start here: www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
Not sure who to call? Start here: www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/distri...
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Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
nbcnews.to
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.