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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 15h

I hope that the Gov doesnt call a session and then the issue gets stonewalled. Will not build power for advocates if that happens. Might be good for the election, but less so for the issue./

Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 16h

She will always inspire progressive leaders for her fearlessness. When she had a slim majority and the MN Senate had a one vote majority, her motto was “let’s fucking go.” The 2023 session was historic with 30+ major policy achievements.

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 19h

@avastmachine.bsky.social followed you back

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 19h

Pretty good summary of the explosive Pam Bondi hearing at Senate Judiciary committee, from @meidastouch.com

www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 224. 10/7/25

… AG Pam Bondi had a heated and contentious hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Committee where she refused to answer questions, made personal attacks against Democratic senators, and got extrem...

www.meidasplus.com

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 19h

I agree. Federalism is fundamental to our democratic system.

US military “war on Chicago” is not a thing.

Cc: @governorwalz.mn.gov

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh

Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 2d

From @juddlegum.bsky.social:

ICE is attacking citizens, zip-tying pregnant Americans, locking up Latinos carrying Real ID proof of citizenship, saying ID must be fake.

Why aren’t the Courts and Congress screaming “STOP THIS SHIT, DONALD TRUMP?”

popular.info/p/how-federa...

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens

Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.

popular.info

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 4d

Looks like Minneapolis hit 90°F today, October 4th — the latest 90-degree day in city history.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

Democracy Docket has a reporter in the courtroom covering the Texas redistricting hearing every single day. Meanwhile, the big legacy media is nowhere to be found.

At stake are 5 congressional seats. If this matters more than both sides journalism, become a DD subscriber today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 4d

That is not Melissa Hortman in the photo

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

They pretend not to see it. They change the subject when they are confronted with it.

And that's why they are responsible for the fact that we have a deeply mentally ill president, surrounded by other deeply unwell people.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

He knows it. They know it. They've always known it. Amongst themselves, they joke about it. They tell stories about it. They swap advice on how to deal with it.

But most importantly, to everyone else, they lie about it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 6d

@governorwalz.mn.gov:

Not “bending the knee.”
Not “kissing the ring.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

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jmaccelari.bsky.social @jmaccelari.bsky.social · 7d

RIP - apparently, she approved of this!

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 6d

Hey God, could we swap out Jane for Stephen Miller? Is that a thing?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8d

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 8d

Lotta competition in the demented posts department, but yeah.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

This is one of the most demented things Trump has posted

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 8d

I actually think he is very skilled politically and they should have let him rock and roll. He won a red district for Congress 5X.

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 9d

This is just a delight. I could watch it 100 times.

Christopher Sweat (@chris.sweat) on Threads

EXCLUSIVE: Earlier today ICE agents chase after a man in downtown Chicago after he made verbal comments but no physical or threatening contact. The man was able to get away.

www.threads.com

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 8d

I’m a fan of Mayor Wu.

Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 9d

The numbers don’t lie. We’re making Boston the best city to raise a family and that makes us the best city for business too.

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Matt McGovern @mattmcgovern.bsky.social · 9d

Grid operators and utilities plan everything they do for years in advance to make sure the power stays on. There’s no grid emergency that would justify a federal order to keep an old power plant open beyond it’s retirement date. www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-man...

$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire

One coal plant owner told the SEC it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

www.utilitydive.com

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Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 8d

I think that is a remarkable story too. Holy crap.

Michael Noble @nobleideas.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, this. More electricians, please.

Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 9d

Seriously, if someone values high pay per hour with only a few years training, job security for 30+ years, the potential to travel at will, and the feeling you’re contributing to a better world, training as an electrician isn’t a bad strategy.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 9d

Coal is "out of fashion w the Chardonnay set"?

Okay.

Here's the Texas State Comptroller:

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