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@stevetimmer.bsky.social
Retired Twin Cities (Minnesota) lawyer, politics writer at Left.MN, photography enthusiast, and last but not least, cat lover
Donald J. Trump has certainly found, His ways to steal and chisel abound, He’s so crooked in fact, As our gov’ment he hacked, When he dies he’ll be screwed in the ground. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Truth Social launches service selling faster access to Trump posts
President Donald Trump regularly uses the platform to post official statements on economic policy and global affairs.
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cc. @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @thebulwark.com As I was saying on the other place.
Eric Blair@protecttruth.bsky.social · 2d agolots of DNC stories and I’m seeing all kinds of crazy accusations and responses. Let me summarize the reality 1. Ken Martin is taking on DC corp/centrist consultants. Many of the leaks/hit pieces are sourced to them. 2. Martin is shifting $ to states and on-the-ground early spending. Good.
When a lawyer makes an assertion in court, before a judge, jury, or grand jury, it bears their imprimatur as true. It was apparent to the whole nation that the vandalism story was bunk from the beginning. I don't think even Jeanine Pirro is that big an ingenue.
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 5d agoPirro repeatedly and strenuously blames the Dept of Interior for this debacle, alleging they withheld info that the lining was botched. "Had DOI been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment."
Luckily for Jeanine, she wasn't under oath. Perhaps she was under the influence, though.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 5d agoJeanine Pirro told Fox in early July that she personally saw several yards of the pool liner that had been cut. She added, “Someone was intent on causing incredible damage to the pool.” Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social
I think Stephen wins it by a nose.
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d agoFauci Diaries Expose Depths of Katie and Stephen Miller’s Hypocrisy Before Katie and Stephen Miller called for Dr. Fauci’s imprisonment, they were actually on very friendly terms. The two Millers are equally despicable human beings.
Donald Trump the quivering ogre, With a hide the color of ochre, He’ll be fighting the Reds, Says he’ll cut them to shreds, He’s really just a puerile joker. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
State Dept. again deems Cuba a threat amid talk of U.S. push for regime change
A State Department report warns of Cold War-era subversion plots by Cuba, though in far more dire terms that those employed by intelligence officials over the years.
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Tragic, but Roger's a man of principles, odious principles, but principles nevertheless.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d agoEnd of an era.
Are you the smallest bit surprised, @normornstein.bsky.social, that Pete's dad is a high school coach in Forest Lake, Minnesota?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · last wk."For people who say the left is obsessed with gender, Republicans sure do a lot of things to ensure everyone remains within the binary," writes columnist @sarapequeno.bsky.social. bit.ly/3RUm1Er 📸: Win McNamee/Getty Images
We wanted to know how well Minneapolis has recovered from the ICE murders in January. So we headed to Ye Old Pickle Factory in rural northern Minnesota to find out.
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
Words to live by -- and share information by -- by Hana Lee Goldin, MLIS. And yes, I did real the article. cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/the-unspok...
The Unspoken Rules of Information Etiquette
Six practices for how to treat each other when we exchange information.
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I have known Ken Martin for a long time. He was a great DFL party leader in Minnesota for many years, raised gobs of money. Gobs. He took the DNC job AFTER the disastrous 2024 election. There were fundraising challenges built into the job that weren't his fault.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last wk.The DNC clearly needs a shakeup. David Hogg apparently wants the job, but he is not the one. That said, he’s highlighting some serious issues that need to be addressed.
It would have been fun to fatten up on the cross examination of the government's witness claiming $1,000 of damage. The indictment got by J. Piro, The prospect of conviction? Zero, Touching the peeling paint, Made ol’ Jeanine go faint, She’s really just an aging tiro.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.Not ONLY is Juicebox Jeanine's case v canoeist Davey Hearn falling apart, but there's a great reporting story behind it. As @ryanjreilly.com describes, most important GJ witness in case destroyed Pirro's case--by testifying they can't attribute $1000 to Hearn. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
Prof. Richard Painter at a Bar program on voting rights: 'The Post Office ought to be delivering the mail, not administering elections.'
Commentary: The blueprint for fighting Trump’s attempt to sabotage the election, drawn up in Minnesota ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/20/r...
The blueprint for fighting Trump's attempt to sabotage the election, drawn up in Minnesota • Ohio Capital Journal
The evidence is all around us, but you have to connect dots and see the full picture.
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No, they're depleted because you shot them all off, Waltz, you fool.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoWELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail
Now with recent developments at the foot of an already long story. left.mn/2026/07/ron-...
Ron Latz did not win an endorsement - LeftMN
Why is the DFL supporting him in a primary contest?
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Re: DSR 7/22, @djrothkopf.bsky.social, in the words of that great rural sage, my father, "It's tough to beat a dog in its own backyard."
Joseph Schwartz, owner of a nursing home empire, served just three months of his sentence before Trump pardoned him for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent. (Published March)
A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.
At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.
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Months ago, I wrote about the fabulist Joe Thompson touting $9 billion in Somali social services fraud in Minnesota while proving only the tiniest fraction of that amount. Now, Republican candidate for governor, Lisa Demuth, is up with teevee ads parroting that figure. /1
Joe Thompson discovers there is some shit he will not eat - LeftMN
He did eat some shit, though!
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I am a born-again Christian living in the Midwest. Here's how Jews in New York should feel about Israel.
Please read Rothkopf's insightful Substack and see if it doesn't resonate with you when thinking about the campaign run by and on behalf of Angie Craig in Minnesota. #angiecraig
David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2w agoThe problem isn’t “commies” or even the growing acceptance of the term socialism. The problem is that American capitalism is broken. Spin doctors and chatty pols doing instagram bits is not the solution. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Putting words in the mouths of dead soldiers is next level
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"