How much longer will we need a "stiff upper lip," Michele Tafoya? Minnesotans shouldn't continue to pay the price for Donald Trump's illegal and unending war.

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BREAKING: U.S. diesel prices hit a record high of $5.85 on average as the Iran war disrupts the flow of fuel worldwide.

Indivisible groups in Pennsylvania over a year ago: www.inquirer.com/politics/joh...

Statewide progressive group that has protested Fetterman calls on him to resign

Indivisible Pennsylvania, which has protested Fetterman in the past, sent a letter to his office last week accusing him of having “failed to fulfill the most basic duties of office.”

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The feds have charged ICE agent Christian Castro with making false statements in the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, per NYT. DOJ leaders in Washington overruled local federal prosecutors, who wanted to bring hefty civil rights charges against Castro, ProPublica reported this morning.

Report: Feds charge ICE agent Christian Castro in connection with Minneapolis shooting • Minnesota Reformer

Federal prosecutors have charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro with making false statements about the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis Jan. 14, the N...

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"Trump Is Defunding The Police"...

Mike Johnson abruptly cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections

Mike Johnson cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections

The House will only work four days before the midterm elections after it took a monthlong recess

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat says a mafia state doesn’t arrive with one announcement. Trump attacks the press. He guts DOJ accountability. He pardons rich criminals in his orbit. Then corruption isn’t a bug in the system. It’s the system. And you pay for it. #CostOfCorruption

what's revealing here is that she's not used to running the kind of campaign *her campaign* clearly thinks she needs to run to win this race. You may not like it. But it's a skill. And she doesn't have it. This comes off pitiful.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2d ago

like something right out of Veep

A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September.

Thank you to the city of Crystal for hosting a public meeting about automated license plate readers (ALPRs) / Flock cameras. Definitely strong feelings from residents.

House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.

I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...

The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”

“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”

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I wish this were happening in every community in America that is under assault by ICE. But I’m proud of Danbury. Thousands came out tonight to protest ICE’s brutality - including this horrific new tactic of disappearing parents at school bus stops.

Winning is on us. For the next 62 days, we need all hands on deck to win the midterms, protect the election results, and ensure the winners are seated. Make a difference—no matter where you live—by calling voters in key states and districts across the country.

Reminiscent of Woodrow Wilson and the civil service at this point

Jason "Red5" Lyall@jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d ago

There it is: "More than half of the officers affected by Mr. Hegseth’s dismissals are Black or female in a force whose senior ranks are dominated by white male officers. Of the seven officers Mr. Hegseth removed from the Army two-star promotion list, two are Black and two are female"

When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.

This is meant to scare us—but we're not panicking, we're preparing.

Trump homeland security chief says ICE agents could be sent to polling places

Markwayne Mullin says officers could be deployed ‘if there is a threat to that polling place or we’re serving a warrant’

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The fatal shooting in the Loring Park neighborhood is horrifying. My deepest thoughts are with those killed and hurt, including the police officers injured. I pray for their quick recovery. I fully support responding law enforcement and my office will help in all the ways possible.

God help Minneapolis kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/l...

Multiple civilians dead after 6 people shot, including 2 officers, in downtown Minneapolis

A law enforcement source says multiple civilians are dead after at least six people, including two police officers, were shot in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon amid an active shooter situation.

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Over 11,000 people are signed up for tonight's call! Starting in one hour, learn how you can help defeat fascism with Mark Ruffalo. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/indi...

My public safety team is responding to a shooting that took place downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. State officials are on the ground to support local law enforcement and we will share more information as it becomes available.

As other are saying (and no surprise), the whole Trump mail system seems designed to like find one thing and then say, ok, turns out we have to throw away all mail ballots. oh well.

This is the man who spread a blood libel against Haitians in Springfield. Irony is deader than a doornail.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

JD Vance: "If you look at his politics, it is all about saying, 'This group of people is good, this ethnicity is bad, and I'm gonna fight to give from the bad group of people to the good group of people.' I think that's a despicable way to think about your fellow Americans."

@julieblaha.bsky.social's crop art is always blue-ribbon-worthy.

This fall, we will rise to the occasion. Long live the vote. ❌👑 Sign up to be the first to get information about upcoming activations at bit.ly/nokingsfall. 

The fact they even need to say this is WILD.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d ago

New —> U.S. military does not plan to deploy troops to the polls in November, general says Responding to @slotkin.senate.gov’s questions, Gen. Dan Caine said the Pentagon did not plan to send military personnel to voting sites or to seize ballots or voting machines. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

All the Massive Public Health Failures Under RFK’s HHS, Ranked talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

All the Massive Public Health Failures Under RFK’s HHS, Ranked

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This dude is losing his mind. Can’t win a war but obsesses in AI like the unhinged boomer he is

Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.

Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”

Today, we celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the State Fair! This year’s theme Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ, meaning “All My Relations”, is so fitting for The Great Minnesota Get-Together!