Athletes are just regular people who are really, really good at one specific thing and have a very large audience as a result. You can judge their opinions solely on their merits just like any other public figure.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1h ago

Everyone else is philosophically inconsistent on this but my stance is that it’s cool when athletes have good opinions and bad when they’re brain-dead bigots

Obviously she'd do far more to protect the Boundary Waters than any Republican, but god damn this is why people think that both parties are equally as beholden to corporate interests and don't vote for either. It's shameful that a DFLer in 2026 can't just say "we will protect the BWCA"

max nesterak@maxnesterak.bsky.social · 21h ago

Amy Klobuchar avoids saying explicitly if she supports Walz’s executive order, which if elected governor, she would decide whether to continue or not

I always appreciate Gleeman trying to find the method in the madness for why the Twins are doing what they're doing, even if he disagrees with it. And when he can't find a method to the madness, it's always all the more damning

Aaron Gleeman@aarongleeman.bsky.social · 23h ago

Why not use the opportunity to call up top prospect Walker Jenkins? Or at least go with one of several right-handed Triple-A bats to fill Austin Martin's platoon role? Trying — and mostly failing — to make sense of the Twins turning back to Alex Jackson: www.aarongleeman.com/trying-to-ma...

"AI prompts are discoverable" is going to lead to so many funny lawsuit outcomes, my god

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d ago

this story is batshit Here is the full article, which includes all prompts, trial transcripts, the report itself. The firm hired charged more than $80,000 for the report. Also shows that AI transcripts can be discoverable and can be very revealing: www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...

Looking through my mom's emails there are plenty of inane requests about how "COVID shots to be declared illegal unless you donate $5 to stop RFK." Republicans' fundraising efforts are even worse, but as the author notes we don't have to join them, especially because most $ goes to send more spam.

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 3d ago

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

Michelle Tafoya thinks Breanna Stewart didn’t travel

Dave@daveamp.bsky.social · 3d ago

Michelle Tafoya thinks Ron Gant should have been safe.

I think that if anti-woke is your primary identity in 2026 and you are not an active Republican/MAGA person, you are essentially free-riding off the infrastructure of cosmopolitan liberal society without believing you have to do anything to defend it

Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 5d ago

Apparently neo-fascism is a bit of a nuisance, but nothing compared to workplace trainings on how not to be an asshole.

Real sassy message from the Park Board to Mayor Frey about his big idea to starve them of resources and create efficiencies. Past efforts to consolidate haven't worked and were rolled back. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

This is absolutely insane, all of these undercover agents going into churches to surveil constitutionally protected speech. But it really says a lot about how they did all of this and found so little that violated the law. The administration was publicly shamed globally because of this resistance.

daviss@daviss.org · 6d ago

Along with surveillance of people with Anti ICE signs in Loring Park, court documents describe months of undercover agents attending events in Minneapolis (shown as described by the government):

Example: Four agents infiltrated a "Workers Assembly to Defeat ICE" and strike planning meeting on Feb. 15 at the United Labor Center. That report includes this sentence: "Attendees appeared to have a negative opinion of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey." (8)

Never been prouder of my union to show up on here

madi mcvan@madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 6d ago

A motion filed this morning in the "Minnesota 15" case details extensive surveillance of labor unions, leftist organizations and racial justice groups by the federal government during Operation Metro Surge. Here's the motion — reading through it now and will have a story up later today.

noble and real sentiment i 100% agree with but on top of that i want to force amy to sign bills full of socialist priorities looking like she wants to dump an entire office max worth of staplers on the photographer's head. and i believe that with hard work and a little luck we can make this reality

Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social · last wk.

Amy Klobuchar is frustratingly centrist but I hope people will join me in November in voting against Lisa Demuth. I want her loss to be historic. We'll all know why.

kicking back some beers with the boys, trying to think of an obscure name to rattle off: hey do you guys remember god

Remember Some Guys@remembersomeguys.bsky.social · 7d ago

Bo Jackson LF-DH-CF-RF Debut: 1986 - Retired: 1994 CHW - ANA - KCR

just another reminder that if you don’t like the idea of amy klobuchar as governor of Minnesota, your best course of action is to head to a swing house or senate district and get on the doors help get those caucuses so strong that Amy’s power as governor means less

I was scared of Demuth if Walz had sought a third term. She's toed the line well between the GOP establishment and Trump. She'd be able to win suburbs vs. Walz or even Flanagan if she had run for senate and made those races more 50/50. Instead she gets to lose to Klobuchar by 5 points instead of 10

MinnPost@minnpost.com · last wk.

Full story: @rlyrealmattblake.bsky.social on Lisa Demuth's comeback after being snubbed by the state GOP convention and President Trump.

A 16% margin in Stearns County is absolutely wild. St. Cloud has a large Somali immigrant population and got a lot of ICE attention, so that may have played into it. But, uh, it's *Stearns County.*

Dan Friday@danfriday.bsky.social · last wk.

*Spoiler Alert* she got annihilated even in Stearns County! (I helped)

"no one will be normal about AOC if she runs for president" is both true and a bad reason for her not to run. you could run the most milquetoast middle of the road clean cut straight white man alive and the right is still going to act like the deranged freaks they are

PEGGY FLANAGAN WINS HER PRIMARY FOR MINNESOTA’S US SENATE SEAT!! reaction from her party at first ave in minneapolis!!

A lot of “vote blue no matter who“ DFLers get to prove if they mean Democrats or cops

Good job, good effort Gwen Walz

Gonna largely resist the urge to do horserace commentary on the returns, but this is about what I expected for Milwaukee and much closer than I expected in Dane. Of course, this is with fewer than half of the vote in in both places. All these numbers could be meaningless.

Dj@djsoke.bsky.social · last wk.

Crowley’s best votes will report last in Milwaukee but this is not great anyway They’re having a flop-off in their bases of support

It's everything I wanted we are reaching tremendous cope levels

DrawPlayDave@thedrawplay.com · last wk.

I have never been more eager for a website to update startnine.win

Don't forget to vote! If you live in Minneapolis or St. Paul and hit a down-ballot race you've done no research on, my blog has a roundup (with my recommendations but also links to info) and you can find links to all my primary season posts here: naomikritzer.com/2026/08/06/p...

Primary Election 2026 Sample Ballot / Index of Posts

Minnesota’s primary election is TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, which is this coming Tuesday as I post this. For the convenience of everyone looking up races from the voting booth (or the people who ar…

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This piece is good and correct, but here's the thing: So is the therapist. You have to log off. You have to touch grass. You have to ride your bike. You have to hang with your buds and talk about the local sports team. You can't make them go away but you CAN decide if they consume your life.

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2w ago

“I stopped talking to my therapist. I felt like I was ranting like a lunatic and he was listening politely and asking me, ‘Is the bad man in the room with you right now?’” On how 21st century fascists make you sound crazy: badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...

I think even people who support Flanagan still get this part wrong about Craig: she isn't a swing district rep anymore. CD-2 is way more blue since Craig first won in 2018, both due to redistricting and shifts in who votes DFL/GOP. DDHQ has it 92% DFL for 2026. It's firmly a blue seat now

2026 Minnesota US House 2 Forecast

2026 Minnesota US House 2 election forecast and win probabilities featuring Dem Placeholder 3, Rep Placeholder 8, updated as new polls and fundamentals are released.

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Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · 3w ago

- Craig has been accepted in MN as a necessary concession to winning a gettable, but more conservative district.* But she's been sideyed by DFLers for not just being to their right, but for odd positions * I think this is sort of wrong, since Dem presidents won MN-2 by 6.8% in 2020 and 6% in 2024

Wisconsin getting a dope ass governor while we have to elect the perennial failed presidential hopeful who throws staplers would make me sad and jealous , but I guess that's the price we pay for progress.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Q: Were you prepared for pushback you received, especially from Republicans, framing you as too extreme for Wisconsin? HONG: What's extreme is Rep. Tiffany has voted against interests of Wisconsinites over & over. What's extreme is that he's an election denier & continues to protect pedophiles

Hello I reinvented Cliff’s Notes so adults can revert to being lazy 8th graders who didn’t do their homework. Give me a billion dollars now.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · last wk.

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

I have genuine sympathy for the St. Paul City Council Members who relied on the shoddy counsel given to them. It's a tough way to learn that, in a strong mayor system, the City Attorney's office is not a neutral and impartial advisor. A good lesson that looking outside the exec branch can be helpful

Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · last wk.

Safe Home Saint Paul beat the City of St. Paul. A judge of the Ramsey County District Court has ordered that the petition for a Right to Repair ordinance be placed on the ballot for voters

Man this is bleak.

Israel rejects Trump's Gaza plan, more details emerge on the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.

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