Congrats to Abbas! It was an honor to follow your leadership as an Uncommitted delegate.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4h ago

The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

We have to reckon with the fact that Uncommitted really was what it said it was - a group of loyal partisan democrats trying to save the party from itself. This was obviously not the case with "Abandon Harris," but anyone conflating the two is doing so out of either ignorance or malice.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 4h ago

The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

AWOOOOO 🚨📣🔔

MPD was ~$30m over budget last I checked. Frey is an embarrassment.

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

This fall goes kind of crazy with emo, metalcore, and post-hardcore bands touring in the Twin Cities... Free Throw + Microwave*, Saosin*, Underoath*, Sleeping with Sirens, Motionless in White, Beartooth. *Tickets acquired

The Amsterdam we see now didn't spawn into existence out of nowhere. It was built over five decades through the fierce advocacy of parents and residents who wanted a brighter future. We aren't Amsterdam, but after a few decades of work we certainly could be a city which has a similar success story!

Laura G Mitchell@lauragmitchell.com · 3d ago

Naysayers re: biking for transportation in Minneapolis: “This isn’t Amsterdam.” Minneapolis parents: “So what? We’ll make our own version.”

As a kid, I always thought my grandparent's living room house was full of OLD and DATED stuff. As it turns out, it was a stylish mid-century modern masterpiece that they never updated since 1955, which is now my interior design inspiration (except for the plastic sofa covers).

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

Had the worst sort of nightmare. It wasn't fantasy or unreality, but an escalation of shit already going on (fascist government, mass surveillance, use of technology to terrorize), which made it much much worse. Woke up upset and scared. Took half an hour to shake it. Then I get taunted with this 💀

What if Shadow AG Doug Jones was counter-narrating the Trump DOJ's abuses of power and political prosecutions? What if that was hooked into the entire Dem Party communication apparatus, including those fucking spam texts? Get Shadow Transportation Sec. Buttigieg out there too. Moms love him!

Ami Fields-Meyer@fieldsmeyer.com · 5d ago

Create a shadow cabinet. Every time Hegseth stands at pentagon podium to announce some wild holy war action, our shadow SecDef gets up at ours to explain what we’d do differently. Same with RFK vaccine announcements or supplement things. Create a constant contrast, counter narrate the presidency.

Create a shadow cabinet. Every time Hegseth stands at pentagon podium to announce some wild holy war action, our shadow SecDef gets up at ours to explain what we’d do differently. Same with RFK vaccine announcements or supplement things. Create a constant contrast, counter narrate the presidency.

Tech companies shove AI/synthetic porn, sexual abuse, and misogynistic objectification in our faces that induces social and sexual dysfunction, meanwhile they punish actual erotic workers whose work and bodies are stolen to pump out the fake shit. It's dystopian.

Suzanne ✨🌑@tendermiasma.com · 4d ago

Have you noticed an uptick in pornographic ads on all the platforms that are stifling indie creators because I have

Meanwhile the private lots are putting out signs like this but actually charging $15 (plus convenience fees).

zeDotenator 🏳️‍🌈✴️🌹@zedotenator.net · 4d ago

Is there a way to check online if downtown city-owned parking ramps are event rate $25 instead of the usual $5? How can you plan?

Is there a way to check online if downtown city-owned parking ramps are event rate $25 instead of the usual $5? How can you plan?

The president isn’t half as disgusting as the system that allowed him to happen in the first place

Hey so remember book *burning?*

Steve Haley@niborris.bsky.social · 6d ago

No one who's just "digitizing" would buy up dozens of copies of the same book - they only need one. But these companies are buying up every instance they find, so no one else has it. That's not preservation, that's monopolization.

A Democratic party that abandons trans rights is a political party I will abandon.

Just wanting to highlight further Dem hypocrisy: I met Ken Martin at the DFL State Convention in May. I told him we need Dems to push hard on trans rights and protections and he and his assistant gave me their emails to get in touch to talk about it. I have emailed three times, to no avail.

If there is hope for me to change, there is hope for the world to change.

if an elite lobbying effort can convince you that you have to ban trans people from sports to survive in politics you straightforwardly do not have it in you to pass electoral reform, or stand up to the fossil fuel lobby, or do any of the difficult things that have to be done

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

Squishiness on trans rights is a dealbreaker for me because (a) it’s a straightforward issue of personal freedom and bodily autonomy much like abortion, and (b) the right is obviously coming after us cis gays next.

ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · 7d ago

trans rights frankly is a top 5, potentially top 3 issue for me despite not being trans and not having any trans family being bigoted against trans folks not only hurts my trans friends and every trans person but is so predictive of further bigotry

If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.

Scheduled appointments with two specialists and emailed to request another appointment. Please clap.

@democrats.org Uhhhh why do you want to root around my home wifi network? Pointless and wildly invasive.

DFL Senate Caucus blew $41k on protecting Ron Latz in a safe DFL seat -- 32% of their total candidate spending so far this year -- more than triple what they spent in actual swing districts to protect candidates Grant Hauschild and Eric Putnam that we actually need to maintain a majority.

A local brewery wanted to donate $1/drink from a Harry Potter trivia night to the nonprofit I work at that serves queer & trans youth. We declined and told them they should cancel it.

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · last wk.

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