Jim Meyer
@strongmeyer.bsky.social
Minneapolis resident into local political affairs, and now a council candidate in Ward 11. Not much to see here, yet. Maybe. Former local-music reviewer, magazine editor. Current nightshift LPN.
`It might be time to rename the Streisand Effect.'
Had Bari Weiss just ran the story, it would have been seen by a couple million people tops. The bootleg has now gone viral, and may end up being the most-watched 60 Minutes segment ever. It might be time to rename the Streisand Effect.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
`It might be time to rename the Streisand Effect.'
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Holy shit 3200 jobs of 11000 people...
Once you factor in people not in the workforce that is ~45% of all jobs in the town.
Literally apocalyptic for that town.
Once you factor in people not in the workforce that is ~45% of all jobs in the town.
Literally apocalyptic for that town.
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Holy shit 3200 jobs of 11000 people...
Once you factor in people not in the workforce that is ~45% of all jobs in the town.
Literally apocalyptic for that town.
Once you factor in people not in the workforce that is ~45% of all jobs in the town.
Literally apocalyptic for that town.
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In MN one billionaire Republican family owns the two biggest newsrooms in the state and runs them as Republican protection rackets
They have always been concentration and death camps. The fact the media won’t admit it still smd outside reports had to leak the story only proves American media are wholly accomplices to the crimes against humanity being committed in our name.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
In MN one billionaire Republican family owns the two biggest newsrooms in the state and runs them as Republican protection rackets
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We’ve gone from bootlegging whiskey during prohibition to having to bootleg truth during fascism…
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
We’ve gone from bootlegging whiskey during prohibition to having to bootleg truth during fascism…
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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Please take the time to listen to this. Marc Elias is the real deal, and routinely argues cases in front of the Supreme Court, particularly cases the involving voting rights act. It’s imperative to understand what’s happening below the surface that main stream media is rather silent about.
NEW VIDEO: I explain the Republican Voter Suppression War Machine — a breakdown of the tactics, laws, and strategies that GOP is using to restrict voting access in the United States. youtu.be/di-eBOz4dRU?...
Trump's Plan to Steal the Election: What's Beneath the Surface?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Please take the time to listen to this. Marc Elias is the real deal, and routinely argues cases in front of the Supreme Court, particularly cases the involving voting rights act. It’s imperative to understand what’s happening below the surface that main stream media is rather silent about.
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
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The reason you defend civil liberties is not because it is popular (it is never popular) but because if the government can deport you to a foreign gulag without trial then it doesn't matter how popular the rest of your policy platform is.
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The reason you defend civil liberties is not because it is popular (it is never popular) but because if the government can deport you to a foreign gulag without trial then it doesn't matter how popular the rest of your policy platform is.
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The adolescent nonsense that oozes from the lips of tech bros is quite literally nonsense designed to enrapture and control young men who lack the process of critical thought. Ed Luce explores the phenomenon. www.ft.com/content/bb8e...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
www.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The adolescent nonsense that oozes from the lips of tech bros is quite literally nonsense designed to enrapture and control young men who lack the process of critical thought. Ed Luce explores the phenomenon. www.ft.com/content/bb8e...
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A link to his recent book. As you develop your thinking and opine on them, really worth reading.
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Transformation of American Health Insurance
On the Path to Medicare for All
www.press.jhu.edu
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A link to his recent book. As you develop your thinking and opine on them, really worth reading.
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
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There was a time — not so long ago, back in the first season of this fucking shit show — when he was ashamed enough to deny this “shithole countries” filth, because even he knew it revealed something rotten festering inside him.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Shitholes, Sycophants, and the Sour Strain of a Small Man
He’ll never feel shame, but that doesn’t mean we stop dragging his bigotry into the light.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
There was a time — not so long ago, back in the first season of this fucking shit show — when he was ashamed enough to deny this “shithole countries” filth, because even he knew it revealed something rotten festering inside him.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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Saint Paul: This past weekend we held our DFL convention for the 64A race where public school parent & powerhouse labor lawyer Meg Luger-Nikolai earned endorsement after five rounds of ballots.
Here’s her speech that shows exactly why she’d be effective on day one. Vote megfor64A.com on Dec.16th
Here’s her speech that shows exactly why she’d be effective on day one. Vote megfor64A.com on Dec.16th
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Saint Paul: This past weekend we held our DFL convention for the 64A race where public school parent & powerhouse labor lawyer Meg Luger-Nikolai earned endorsement after five rounds of ballots.
Here’s her speech that shows exactly why she’d be effective on day one. Vote megfor64A.com on Dec.16th
Here’s her speech that shows exactly why she’d be effective on day one. Vote megfor64A.com on Dec.16th
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"In a just world, where the career of a political pundit was somehow tied to his ability to analyze politics, this would be an extinction-level event for these morons."
My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.
The Pundits Were All Wrong
The Republican collapse has exposed elite pundits as clueless
stringinamaze.net
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"In a just world, where the career of a political pundit was somehow tied to his ability to analyze politics, this would be an extinction-level event for these morons."
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So Trump is going to spend all of next year gaslighting voters that the economy is running perfectly and he's a stable genius.
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
Axios on X: "Scoop: Trump plots a travel blitz to tout his economy https://t.co/zu0uab2rJa" / X
Scoop: Trump plots a travel blitz to tout his economy https://t.co/zu0uab2rJa
x.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So Trump is going to spend all of next year gaslighting voters that the economy is running perfectly and he's a stable genius.
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
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Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
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@startribune.com @mprnews.org lie to you all day long. Look what's happened to manufacturing employment under Trump. Have either told you this crucial fact?
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ritholtz.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
@startribune.com @mprnews.org lie to you all day long. Look what's happened to manufacturing employment under Trump. Have either told you this crucial fact?
ritholtz.com/wp-content/u...
ritholtz.com/wp-content/u...
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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I disagree these are inherently untruthful professions. The problem is Dems often pretend to be something they’re not. When you watch a Democrat you’re usually keenly aware you’re watching someone perform a personality they think you’ll like better than their actual selves bsky.app/profile/redb...
I think it's telling that the most likely career paths are the Armed Forces, Private Law, and Business which are all profoundly untruthful career paths - being an earnest hard-working person who speaks plainly is simply not a common way to legislature.
Opinion | Paths to Power: How Every Member Got to Congress (Published 2019)
Most members of the House, even the new ones, made it to Washington by way of institutions and professions that are out of reach for most Americans.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I disagree these are inherently untruthful professions. The problem is Dems often pretend to be something they’re not. When you watch a Democrat you’re usually keenly aware you’re watching someone perform a personality they think you’ll like better than their actual selves bsky.app/profile/redb...
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Pete Hegseth, the *cough* pride of Minnesota has now committed vile war crimes so what does his home state media have to say? Absolutely nothing.
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pete Hegseth, the *cough* pride of Minnesota has now committed vile war crimes so what does his home state media have to say? Absolutely nothing.
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One of the better stories for lay folks trying to understand the financial (over-)engineering of the AI boom.
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of the better stories for lay folks trying to understand the financial (over-)engineering of the AI boom.
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Republicans have setup a gulag - yet Traditional Media barely takes notice.
More than 65,000 people are in immigration detention, a 67% increase from the average daily population in detention centers of 38,990 last November.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...
October Had the Highest Number of Immigration Arrests of Trump’s Second Term
Most of the people in ICE custody do not have a criminal history or charges.
www.notus.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Republicans have setup a gulag - yet Traditional Media barely takes notice.
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“these hulking buildings, and the dedicated power plants some of them are constructing in the vicinity, are likely to become stranded assets when the site outlives its usefulness..” prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“these hulking buildings, and the dedicated power plants some of them are constructing in the vicinity, are likely to become stranded assets when the site outlives its usefulness..” prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...