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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 17h

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 17h

Billionaires force Bari Weiss on us, so I donated to @boltsmag.org It is an essential media resource in times like now boltsmag.org/donate-page/...

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 18h

Awesome discussion of www.voteyesforafairerstpaul.com

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melvincarter.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful to have Sen. @amyklobuchar.com’s endorsement of our re-election campaign. Through an era of chaos and division from DC, Sen. Klobuchar has been a steady champion and a fantastic partner for Saint Paul!

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 1d

Or have these windfall campaigns invest in long-term movement infrastructure instead blowing it all on TV ads

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 2d

MN sit down strike: "When people ask me, 'Why can't labor organize the way it did in the thirties?' the answer is simple: everything we did then is now illegal."
-- Thomas Geoghegan

mpls photo bot @mplsphotobot.bsky.social · 2d

Minneapolis Moline Strike (1938)
Source: Hennepin County Library

A four piece band entertains at the New Year's party held for the sit-down strikers at the Hopkins plant.

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 2d

Not really interested in legal debates about sending troops into cities. What matters is if it is justified. Are we to be treated this way?

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 2d

Well this is embarrassing for Minnesota

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i think anyone taught by ilan wurman ought to ask the university of minnesota law school for their money back

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Harry Enten: "Who do Americans blame more for the shutdown? They blame Republicans. The New York Times -- by 7 points they blame Republicans. Marist -- blame Trump and Republicans by 12 points. How about Washington Post? By a 17 point margin."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

This is up 9 points from a couple days ago. Keep speaking up!

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

New WaPo poll:

47% of respondents blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the government shutdown. Just 30% blame Democrats.

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 5d

There should be no Democratic votes for anything until she is seated

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 6d

House Republicans are refusing to seat Dem Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election more than a week ago. She's the last signature needed to force a vote on the Epstein files.

The soonest the GOP will act is Oct. 7. In three prior specials this year, the winners were all sworn in a day later.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 5d

We are being taxed via Trump’s tariffs to give money to farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs…because they voted for Trump

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Bessent: "It's unfortunate that Chinese leadership has decided to use American soybean farmers as a hostage or pawn in the trade negotiations. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for President Trump ... you should expect news on Tuesday on substantial support for our farmers."

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 6d

The President of @mnfarmersunion.bsky.social was asked about this today at MN shutdown press conf. www.facebook.com/share/v/19Wd...

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 6d

At some point the makers will revolt against the takers. Eventually Republicans will run out of Democratic money to give away.

Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 6d

What an amazing life. Spent a lot of grade school hours enthralled by her documentaries

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old.

abcnews.go.com

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 6d

Checked in for my physical and asked if I had been exposed to measles. Anti-vax Trumpers are slowly killing us

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 7d

By failing to call this a clear violation you left me less informed

Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 7d

Is this any different than most of the US foreign policy and defense establishment?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’

Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

www.theguardian.com

Rick Varco @rvarco.bsky.social · 8d

War criminals must be punished

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8d

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 9d

A grotesquery of false equivalence. Trump officials should/will be prosecuted because of their crimes, not because Trump established the precedent of prosecuting people because of their politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...

In Going After His Foes, Trump Sets a Precedent That Could Haunt His Allies

www.nytimes.com

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