All we should ever be talking about is Leonard Leo, tbh. Talking about Leonard Leo will convince more people we need court reform. That man bought the fucking Supreme Court.

Tom Carter@thcarter123.bsky.social · 10h ago

Astonishing. The only mention of “Loser Leonard Leo” in Kansas vote so far is Talking Points Memo. Do legacy media reporters not know or are they in on the con & think Leo involvement is irrelevant? WE are reporters. WE decide what readers need to know. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kansas-...

this name shit would be the perfect time for obama and/or mamdani to do a hit for el-sayed. "we've heard a lot of people attacking dr el-sayed over his name. well, for eight years they called me PRESIDENT hussein obama. and i'm MAYOR mamdani. so maybe its time for SENATOR el-sayed."

People rightly pointing out that ICE must be abolished, but I think this is the most forceful I've heard her speak on this-- and at Farmfest no less. Also she's essentially taken a defund ICE position here... 🤷‍♀️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Klobuchar responds: "None of my opponents on this stage condemned what ICE did. Not a word. Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back. We had many people arrested when they weren't supposed to be arrested, and we need reform to ICE."

Christ, listen to them cheer. It just really fucking sucks how people out there in "greater" Minnesota hate us in the Cities. They *think* we hate them. Shit like this is how we *know* they hate us.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

"We will also be tough on [group]" - that's MAGA's argument. It credits them with rightly diagnosing the source of people's pain rather than telling the truth about the culprits and running against the actual opposition.

"Electability" - that's MAGA's argument. It says that certain kinds of Democrats are unacceptable to voters when we all need to be repeating that voters are turning out to send MAGA packing - anywhere and everywhere.

It's really not good that the government is trying to force AI companies to make their LLM chatbots "anti-woke" (biased in favor of the right).

Mike Ludwig@mludwig.bsky.social · 10h ago

Trump’s Federal Trade Commission Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI” Free speech groups sound alarm about a proposal from Trump's FTC to jawbone companies into training AI models on white nationalist narratives and undermine state laws. Meanwhile, Elon Musk wants his nude deepfakes...

Happy Montgomery Boat Brawl Day, to those who celebrate!

Time Traveler Causes of Death xkcd.com/2976/

NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections

NEW: Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, which Republicans had passed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments effectively impossible. It would have required initiatives to pass in every congressional district—not just statewide—giving the overwhelmingly red districts a veto

She sounds like she might not be able to govern, and for the sake of the City of St. Paul, should resign.

Kyle Stokes@kystokes.bsky.social · yesterday

Scoop: In a private call with top officials, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her lashed at requests to delay a homeless encampment sweep. She attributed her anger to “fuckery” being said about her in public, 3 officials told @axios.com . One state rep logged off in frustration. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

The author is a mom of 4 in Texas. What I wouldn't give for moms like her who are probably just fine financially to have some solidarity with other moms who struggle, instead of being foot-soldiers for a system that grinds them into the dirt.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Craig is arguably the biggest Democratic champion of the most widespread fraud of the century, and perhaps in modern history: cryptocurrency.

Is Angie Craig Fighting for Minnesota or the Crypto Industry That's Enriching Trump? - Racket

The crypto industry spent over $1M getting Craig reelected. In turn, she has become its best friend in Congress.

racketmn.com

Frog hotels IG: @_pollinatorsreserve Snohomish, WA

ms rachel has endorsed peggy flanagan for minnesota's US senate seat!

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 2w ago

red lake tribal council member thomas barrett on angie craig's visit to red lake to meet with the council as she runs for minnesota's open US senate seat he told her "i do not welcome you to the red lake nation" because of her vote in favor of sending money to israel to commit genocide in palestine

More cancer-causing nitrates in your water, anyone?

Rob Levine@roblevine82.bsky.social · 5d ago

minnesotareformer.com/briefs/oppon...

it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank

IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

404media.co

KODY CLEMENS ULTIMATE GRAND SLAM!

My name is Ali Daniels. I took the photo of Liam Ramos, and the PAC North Star Dawn is using that photo in paid advertisement to spread lies about Peggy Flanagan. They do not have my consent to use the image, and I am prepared to take legal action if it is not taken down. @angiecraigmn.bsky.social

Just when you think @angiecraigmn.bsky.social can’t get any lower… she is using that image of Liam without permission in an ad to vilify her opponent. Reminder that Angie voted for Laken-Riley, Angie voted to bring ICE into our community and then she voted to THANK ICE. Liam deserves better

Oh hey, I would be a farm wife or a farm wife

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · last wk.

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

This flowchart is from 2023, so thinks have gotten worse since, but legal immigration to the USA is nearly impossible outside of a handful of special cases and that's bad for immigrants and everyone else. www.cato.org/policy-analy...

Hare 🍉@haredurer.bsky.social · last wk.

Immigration law is a Byzantine mess and honestly reforming the system to resemble what the median voter thinks it is would probably be an improvement.

Elon Musk is suing to block my law that bans nudificafion technology. It’s time to Rein in Big Tech. secure.actblue.com/donate/rein-... #ReinInBigTech #nudification #mnleg

Banning no-knock warrants saves lives and makes us all safer. ⬇️

Clare Oumou Verbeten@clareoumou.bsky.social · last wk.

No-knock warrants are down nearly 80% statewide thanks to the near-total ban I authored and passed in 2023. Courts can only authorize no-knock entries under extreme, life-threatening circumstances and two full years of data from the BCA show it’s working. This law is saving lives.

motion to replace most congressional democrats with female minnesota state lawmakers

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · last wk.

minnesota state rep jess hanson rides elon musk for filth for trying to defend his pervy app: "when the richest man in the world hangs out with the epstein class... we cannot act surprised when he's trying to protect the number one tool used to make child sexual abuse material"

A thread on the great Silas Soule, one of the few figures from Old West history that I unequivocally consider a hero. Be warned, this is going to get rough...

Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...

We need to embrace Hot Abolitionist Summer.

Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · last wk.

Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...