Ed Kohler
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That's exactly the playbook they ran with trans people. Getting fans folks fired from jobs, doxing, harassment, death threats etc. There's an entire cottage industry of right wing influencers who do this for clout and money.
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
That's exactly the playbook they ran with trans people. Getting fans folks fired from jobs, doxing, harassment, death threats etc. There's an entire cottage industry of right wing influencers who do this for clout and money.
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We need some sort of whistle-adjacent action for situations like this. Something to tell the neighborhood to come running, not because there's an immediate danger, but because laughing at fascist dipshits is a communal activity.
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
We need some sort of whistle-adjacent action for situations like this. Something to tell the neighborhood to come running, not because there's an immediate danger, but because laughing at fascist dipshits is a communal activity.
The previous park board rep on the Minneapolis Planning Commission continues to spam Ward 12 residents with emails two months after losing that race.
Jason Garcia will be the next Park Board rep to the Minneapolis Planning Commission because they were the only commissioner to indicate a preference for such a thankless assignment.
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The previous park board rep on the Minneapolis Planning Commission continues to spam Ward 12 residents with emails two months after losing that race.
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Happy New Year! Big news: the Minnesota Paid Leave Law is now officially in effect✅
This photo was from May 2023, when Speaker Melissa Hortman proudly signed the enrollment for the paid family and medical leave bill on its way to the Governor's desk. #mnleg
This photo was from May 2023, when Speaker Melissa Hortman proudly signed the enrollment for the paid family and medical leave bill on its way to the Governor's desk. #mnleg
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Happy New Year! Big news: the Minnesota Paid Leave Law is now officially in effect✅
This photo was from May 2023, when Speaker Melissa Hortman proudly signed the enrollment for the paid family and medical leave bill on its way to the Governor's desk. #mnleg
This photo was from May 2023, when Speaker Melissa Hortman proudly signed the enrollment for the paid family and medical leave bill on its way to the Governor's desk. #mnleg
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“Part-owner Umi Hassan said she lived here right after 9/11 and didn’t feel as marginalized and fearful as she does today. She’s unable to sleep at night and carries her passport everywhere.
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...
We went to some of the day cares Nick Shirley did. Here’s what we found.
Some of the 10 day cares the YouTube content creator blasted for having “no children” invited reporters in to see for themselves.
www.startribune.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
“Part-owner Umi Hassan said she lived here right after 9/11 and didn’t feel as marginalized and fearful as she does today. She’s unable to sleep at night and carries her passport everywhere.
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
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Wait, so........ you're saying that.... "helping"... helps? Sorry, I'm from Minneapolis, so you have to understand what a wild concept this is to me, because we've mainly used bulldozers. Does... does the mayor know? Has anyone told him about this [checks notes, squints] Saint... Paul, was it?
A major homeless encampment in St. Paul has remained relatively clean and calm, with dumpsters to keep trash in check, portable toilets for residents and frequent visits from outreach workers.
St. Paul’s largest encampment has grown, but problems have been relatively few
Unlike Minneapolis, St. Paul provides dumpsters and toilets, and city officials say that helps.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wait, so........ you're saying that.... "helping"... helps? Sorry, I'm from Minneapolis, so you have to understand what a wild concept this is to me, because we've mainly used bulldozers. Does... does the mayor know? Has anyone told him about this [checks notes, squints] Saint... Paul, was it?
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Incredibly, not one of these milestones scores as a “win” using the traffic engineering metrics that quietly dictate city planning.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Incredibly, not one of these milestones scores as a “win” using the traffic engineering metrics that quietly dictate city planning.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
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Minnesota businesses can apply *right now* for a grant to purchase e-bikes for commercial use through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Small Business Environmental Assistance Program!
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
Cargo Bikes for Business: Grant Opportunity
content.govdelivery.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Minnesota businesses can apply *right now* for a grant to purchase e-bikes for commercial use through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Small Business Environmental Assistance Program!
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
More info: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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RFK Jr is directly responsible for the deaths of 83 children in American Samoa from measles because he told them to stop vaccinating. Now, he's trying to kill trans kids. He's a fucking psychopath.
HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
RFK Jr is directly responsible for the deaths of 83 children in American Samoa from measles because he told them to stop vaccinating. Now, he's trying to kill trans kids. He's a fucking psychopath.
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Call me a nerd, but yesterday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania cited my reporting in a ruling against the DOJ in a case challenging Trump-era actions targeting transgender people.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Call me a nerd, but yesterday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania cited my reporting in a ruling against the DOJ in a case challenging Trump-era actions targeting transgender people.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
A Christmas miracle. Someone took time to learn about what the federal government is doing.
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A Christmas miracle. Someone took time to learn about what the federal government is doing.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
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I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…
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Speeding unknown, there’s just no way we could know if speed was a factor here.
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Speeding unknown, there’s just no way we could know if speed was a factor here.
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Touching words from the superintendent who approved the massive boulder wall and private patio for the mansion owner at 34 Park Lane. Perhaps the largest encroachment ever allowed on park land in Minneapolis.
gbdmagazine.com/minneapolis-...
gbdmagazine.com/minneapolis-...
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Touching words from the superintendent who approved the massive boulder wall and private patio for the mansion owner at 34 Park Lane. Perhaps the largest encroachment ever allowed on park land in Minneapolis.
gbdmagazine.com/minneapolis-...
gbdmagazine.com/minneapolis-...
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
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Re: the ICE actions in south Minneapolis Monday. DHS said "rioters" attacked officers with rocks and pepper spray. Note: I received lots of evidence and didn't see any rocks, the only pepper spray I saw was ICE agents sometimes spraying each other. I did see snow and possibly ice being thrown. (1)
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Re: the ICE actions in south Minneapolis Monday. DHS said "rioters" attacked officers with rocks and pepper spray. Note: I received lots of evidence and didn't see any rocks, the only pepper spray I saw was ICE agents sometimes spraying each other. I did see snow and possibly ice being thrown. (1)
I can't tell 99% of the people I know what I don't like about these two without explaining who they are first. Confession: I know many chronically offline people.
"According to Nielsen, the Saturday night town hall saw a 41 percent decline in in the key 25-54 advertising demographic compared to the network’s standard programming in that time slot year to date."
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
According to Nielsen, the Saturday night town hall saw a 41 percent decline in in the key 25-54 advertising demographic compared to the network’s standard programming in that time slot year to date.
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I can't tell 99% of the people I know what I don't like about these two without explaining who they are first. Confession: I know many chronically offline people.