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Lance Finney

@lmfinney.bsky.social

Cis father of 2, software developer, Ethical Humanist, and world traveler (when I can).

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Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 1h ago

Trump is trying to pull off a US-style version of the Tiananmen Square Massacre coverup where everyone in China who remembered what happened on June 4, 1989 knows *exactly* what they must not admit and is utterly terrified to speak the truth. I never imagined seeing such abject cowardice in the US.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d ago

I know this would be closing the barn door after he horse has been reelected president, but if Democrats win both chambers I'd really like to see a concurrent resolution deeming January 6 an insurrection under 14(3). 1/

bowie deschanel@raisingonebrow.bsky.social · 2d ago

I think we all remember Mauricio’s story; his was one i was personally invested in because of how traumatic the footage of his violent arrest was, and that he lived so close to me. If you donated to his gofundme, thank you. Here’s how he put it to use.

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 2d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough

Mike Rothschild@rothschildmd.bsky.social · 6d ago

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 6d ago

BREAKING: Senate Republicans blocked Democrats' proposal to end Donald Trump's IRS sweetheart deal. This deal gives him FULL IMMUNITY from audits on tax returns he's filed. It's corruption on steroids.

Colleen Carpenter@colleenmcarpenter.bsky.social · last wk.

They’re going after a religious studies professor at Macalester. For being part of a Signal chat, and attending anti-ICE meetings. The article is terrifying. And why is it in The Guardian and not the Star Tribune?

Sam Levin@samtlevin.bsky.social · last wk.

A Minnesota religious studies professor is facing six years in prison, with the DOJ saying he is part of an "antifa" conspiracy against ICE Erik Davis speaks out about his prosecution, largely based on a handful of his comments in Signal chats. He's not accused of any violence “It’s petty revenge"

Lance Finney@lmfinney.bsky.social · last wk.

Once a year I swim a 800 IM instead of 2x400 IM, and today was that day. Meaning I can still swim a 200 meter butterfly. And on my way out, the lifeguard stopped me to tell me that my butterfly is "gorgeous". Not a bad start to the day for my ego.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.

It's darkly depressing that the entire GOP -- from the White House to Congress to the Supreme Court -- insists that the president and his aides cannot be held accountable for all the very clear crimes that they clearly committed, but they think Dr. Fauci should hang for alleged mishandling of COVID.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last wk.

So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?

Facebook post from the U.S. Department of Education, saying "Parents know best" with a picture of a cartoon White, two-parent, heteronormative family, featuring a dad in a tie and sweater vest and a mom in a dress and pearls.
A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last wk.

The argument usually boils down to “this person, who seems in every aspect to be a Nazi, cannot be a Nazi, because Nazis are socially unacceptable, and he is being accepted, for example by Me.”