Driftless Thinking
@mndriftless.bsky.social
Nerd by birth, HHS wonk by trade. 🏳️🌈↙️↙️↙️ This is my main, my alt has fewer manners. The profile picture is not recent.
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Minnesota’s State Board of Investment has sold nearly all its Israel bonds, a move Boycott, Divest and Sanction activists call a major victory after years of pushing for divestment. It has divested 96 percent of its Israel bonds. Israel holdings were valued at $13.3 million in December 2020.
Divestment activists claim win as Minnesota board sheds most Israel bonds
Minnesota’s State Board of Investment has sold nearly all its Israel bonds, a move Boycott, Divest and Sanction activists call a major victory after years of pushing for divestment.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Minnesota’s State Board of Investment has sold nearly all its Israel bonds, a move Boycott, Divest and Sanction activists call a major victory after years of pushing for divestment. It has divested 96 percent of its Israel bonds. Israel holdings were valued at $13.3 million in December 2020.
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From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
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Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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i don’t think the main problem with the american church is “too many of them refuse to be scammed by a lady who is obviously lying.”
There is a lady on TikTok pretending to have a baby that has gone without formula all night — she is calling churches around the country to ask if they can help.
Some of them are really embarrassing themselves. Especially the mega-churches.
Some of them are really embarrassing themselves. Especially the mega-churches.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
i don’t think the main problem with the american church is “too many of them refuse to be scammed by a lady who is obviously lying.”
Hey, MSP. I got mine. Do you have yours?
A local 3D printing company has been printing these amazing whistles.
Can you help us buy out their printing capacity this week? That gets another 1000+ whistles into responder’s hands.
They cost approximately 50 cents apiece, and are sturdy and Minneapolis made!
Venmo @MSPWhistles
Can you help us buy out their printing capacity this week? That gets another 1000+ whistles into responder’s hands.
They cost approximately 50 cents apiece, and are sturdy and Minneapolis made!
Venmo @MSPWhistles
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hey, MSP. I got mine. Do you have yours?
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Rosa @delauro.house.gov is one of the only House offices with the deep expertise necessary here, she is the top Dem House appropriator and a genuine champion for poor folks — "until that money ends up in people's pockets, this nightmare is not over."
The Trump administration has “agreed” to fully fund SNAP benefits, after being ordered to do so by a federal court. Until that money ends up in people’s pockets, this nightmare is not over.
If food assistance is distributed, it'll be despite Trump’s efforts, not because of them.
If food assistance is distributed, it'll be despite Trump’s efforts, not because of them.
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Rosa @delauro.house.gov is one of the only House offices with the deep expertise necessary here, she is the top Dem House appropriator and a genuine champion for poor folks — "until that money ends up in people's pockets, this nightmare is not over."
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if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
I don’t care where you live. This is true and you should vote like it.
🚨EARLY EXITS: all your enemies are voting in high percentages and will get their way over the next four years unless you show up to the polls and bring several friends.
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I don’t care where you live. This is true and you should vote like it.
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The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
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It’s not framed this way, but what they’re demanding is that people in cities like NYC refuse to address their issues to privilege the politics of “flipping red and purple seats blue,” which they haven’t even demonstrated an ability to do.
![Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidedpbe5cweyx6x5pz66ypn74fumifyvinjjr4prysjpvopaqi4vi@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s not framed this way, but what they’re demanding is that people in cities like NYC refuse to address their issues to privilege the politics of “flipping red and purple seats blue,” which they haven’t even demonstrated an ability to do.
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Evil as hell. Glad to know that one of my senators, @amyklobuchar.com, voted to confirm USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins, the monster who is forcing children to go hungry.
@amyklobuchar.com voted for most of the Trump monsters to show that she’s “bipartisan.” Thanks Amy, great job!
@amyklobuchar.com voted for most of the Trump monsters to show that she’s “bipartisan.” Thanks Amy, great job!
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Evil as hell. Glad to know that one of my senators, @amyklobuchar.com, voted to confirm USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins, the monster who is forcing children to go hungry.
@amyklobuchar.com voted for most of the Trump monsters to show that she’s “bipartisan.” Thanks Amy, great job!
@amyklobuchar.com voted for most of the Trump monsters to show that she’s “bipartisan.” Thanks Amy, great job!
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steve minn has said that he voted for donald trump three times, and his company lupe developmment gave safer hennepin $25k for them to send mailers calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
Here is who is funding Safer Hennepin, who is calling for Republicans to vote for Jacob Frey, and some history on the PAC -
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Safer Hennepin PAC: Calls for Republicans to Vote for Jacob Frey
In addition to chairing the new PAC We Can Do Better Mpls, Lawrence Wright is also the treasurer for Safer Hennepin, a PAC first registered in 2019 under the name "Cannabis for Economic Growth," chair...
taylordahlin.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
steve minn has said that he voted for donald trump three times, and his company lupe developmment gave safer hennepin $25k for them to send mailers calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
Wow. That’s crazy.
Anyhow, trans fucking rights every single day of the goddamn week, and double on Sundays.
Anyhow, trans fucking rights every single day of the goddamn week, and double on Sundays.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wow. That’s crazy.
Anyhow, trans fucking rights every single day of the goddamn week, and double on Sundays.
Anyhow, trans fucking rights every single day of the goddamn week, and double on Sundays.
My friend, and someone who has stepped up in amazing ways to create safer communities across faiths, and especially for trans kids: “Jewish safety cannot be built on Muslim vulnerability.”
Amen.
Amen.
“Ultimately," said Rabbi Bogard, "we have to make a choice. Our Jewish institutions have to commit to being a tent that’s big enough to include the widest spectrum of Jewish voices and small enough to keep out the bullies.”
St. Louis Jews sign dueling letters in national debate over antisemitism and the NYC mayoral race - St. Louis Jewish Light
Rabbis political debate St. Louis heats up as local leaders sign opposing letters on Israel, antisemitism and Jewish leadership.
stljewishlight.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My friend, and someone who has stepped up in amazing ways to create safer communities across faiths, and especially for trans kids: “Jewish safety cannot be built on Muslim vulnerability.”
Amen.
Amen.
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Republican platform: “you can’t eat until Democrats let us take away your healthcare” 🤨
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Republican platform: “you can’t eat until Democrats let us take away your healthcare” 🤨
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The selection of Garland as AG and his failure to act was about ten bajillion times more consequential than any campaign strategy decision
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The selection of Garland as AG and his failure to act was about ten bajillion times more consequential than any campaign strategy decision
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Always the Louvin Brothers. Nobody did close harmony quite like them.
Do you fear this man’s invention that they call atomic power?
Are we all in great confusion? Do we know the time or hour
When a terrible explosion may rain down upon our land
Leaving horrible destruction, blotting out the works of man? #morningearworm
youtu.be/AojCqHwsbX0?...
Are we all in great confusion? Do we know the time or hour
When a terrible explosion may rain down upon our land
Leaving horrible destruction, blotting out the works of man? #morningearworm
youtu.be/AojCqHwsbX0?...
The Great Atomic Power
YouTube video by The Louvin Brothers - Topic
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October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Always the Louvin Brothers. Nobody did close harmony quite like them.
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Last night, @michaelforparks.bsky.social and I finally were able to door-knock renters in a building owned by John Wall. Wall prioritized his own politics before his legal responsibility as a landlord. After taking him to court, he was found in violation of the law repeatedly.
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Last night, @michaelforparks.bsky.social and I finally were able to door-knock renters in a building owned by John Wall. Wall prioritized his own politics before his legal responsibility as a landlord. After taking him to court, he was found in violation of the law repeatedly.
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Pretty sure a listening tour in the largest city in the state should be somewhere larger than an 80 person room in a building that has some of downtowns most expensive parking. It screams “i don’t actually want to listen and I don’t care” the new norm in Carlbom’s dfl
Looks like the State DFL's "listening tour" stop at Minneapolis is "sold out". www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
DFL Listening Tour - Minneapolis · Mobilize
Join us on the DFL Listening Tour with DFL Chair, Richard Carlbom. The listening tour is a family-friendly event.
Building a lasting majority that can win and deliver for Minnesotans requires us to e...
www.mobilize.us
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pretty sure a listening tour in the largest city in the state should be somewhere larger than an 80 person room in a building that has some of downtowns most expensive parking. It screams “i don’t actually want to listen and I don’t care” the new norm in Carlbom’s dfl
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As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
If you’re not following them, fix that now. Lawfare for people with disabilities and those living in poverty.
I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
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How To Help People Who Rely On SNAP While Minimizing Risk To Their Benefits | Matthew Cortland
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October 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you’re not following them, fix that now. Lawfare for people with disabilities and those living in poverty.
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Platner taking his campaign in a “they’re trying to get me” direction after the tattoo is a flashing, Fetterman-shaped warning light for what he could be like if elected, and I think it’s enlightening to see who can see that and who can’t because he’s “upsetting the right people”.
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienced within the Democratic Party.
www.threads.com/@thebriefing...
www.threads.com/@thebriefing...
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@thebriefingwithpsaki) on Threads
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienc...
www.threads.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Platner taking his campaign in a “they’re trying to get me” direction after the tattoo is a flashing, Fetterman-shaped warning light for what he could be like if elected, and I think it’s enlightening to see who can see that and who can’t because he’s “upsetting the right people”.