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Non-amplifier. Follow for folkie art nonsense and environmental news for the upper midwest, if you're into that kind of thing.
Non-amplifier. Follow for folkie art nonsense and environmental news for the upper midwest, if you're into that kind of thing.
Heeeeeeere we gooooooo...
Trump administration locks Minnesota Pollution Control Agency out of $200 million in federal grants ino.to/dPnSHHa
Trump administration locks Minnesota Pollution Control Agency out of $200 million in federal grants ino.to/dPnSHHa
Trump administration locks MPCA out of $200 million in federal grants • Minnesota Reformer
The Trump administration has locked Minnesota out of $200 million in federal grants awarded to the state last year for community-based climate projects, leaving projects in limbo and underscoring the ...
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February 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Heeeeeeere we gooooooo...
Trump administration locks Minnesota Pollution Control Agency out of $200 million in federal grants ino.to/dPnSHHa
Trump administration locks Minnesota Pollution Control Agency out of $200 million in federal grants ino.to/dPnSHHa
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Is BALLS Cabaret on this week?
Why yes of course! And it's our last show before Mondo Fest 2025♣️😍🤹
Will our beloved circus friends turn up to throw one last coat of varnish on their main stage acts? There's only one way to know for sure!
2:00 Sunday
STRIKE Theater
824 NE 18th Ave, Mpls
Why yes of course! And it's our last show before Mondo Fest 2025♣️😍🤹
Will our beloved circus friends turn up to throw one last coat of varnish on their main stage acts? There's only one way to know for sure!
2:00 Sunday
STRIKE Theater
824 NE 18th Ave, Mpls
February 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Is BALLS Cabaret on this week?
Why yes of course! And it's our last show before Mondo Fest 2025♣️😍🤹
Will our beloved circus friends turn up to throw one last coat of varnish on their main stage acts? There's only one way to know for sure!
2:00 Sunday
STRIKE Theater
824 NE 18th Ave, Mpls
Why yes of course! And it's our last show before Mondo Fest 2025♣️😍🤹
Will our beloved circus friends turn up to throw one last coat of varnish on their main stage acts? There's only one way to know for sure!
2:00 Sunday
STRIKE Theater
824 NE 18th Ave, Mpls
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I wish the Senate handled a coup in the US treasury the way Philly handles winning a ball game
February 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I wish the Senate handled a coup in the US treasury the way Philly handles winning a ball game
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it’s impossible not to be tempted to yell “FAFO” and “leopards eating faces” as people who voted for this start feeling the pain
but “welcome back, we missed you, here’s a bucket, we’re putting out the fire” gets us out of the hole faster
but “welcome back, we missed you, here’s a bucket, we’re putting out the fire” gets us out of the hole faster
February 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
it’s impossible not to be tempted to yell “FAFO” and “leopards eating faces” as people who voted for this start feeling the pain
but “welcome back, we missed you, here’s a bucket, we’re putting out the fire” gets us out of the hole faster
but “welcome back, we missed you, here’s a bucket, we’re putting out the fire” gets us out of the hole faster
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BALLS Cabaret THIS Sunday
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
February 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
BALLS Cabaret THIS Sunday
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
“One of our senior senators has said she supports mining, and so this may give her the opportunity to support a really, really good bill that helps mining in northeastern Minnesota,” Stauber said.
Call Klobuchar, demand she get on the record opposing this bill.
612-727-5220 (MN)
202-224-3244 (DC)
Call Klobuchar, demand she get on the record opposing this bill.
612-727-5220 (MN)
202-224-3244 (DC)
"[Consider] what’s happening below ground...at the headwaters at the BWCA,” she said. “All that water flows into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. All that water is totally interconnected.” -Congresswoman Betty McCollum
GIFT: www.startribune.com/pete-stauber...
GIFT: www.startribune.com/pete-stauber...
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber reintroduces bill that would open copper nickel mining near Boundary Waters
Sen. Tina Smith plans to oppose the legislation if it reaches the Senate.
www.startribune.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“One of our senior senators has said she supports mining, and so this may give her the opportunity to support a really, really good bill that helps mining in northeastern Minnesota,” Stauber said.
Call Klobuchar, demand she get on the record opposing this bill.
612-727-5220 (MN)
202-224-3244 (DC)
Call Klobuchar, demand she get on the record opposing this bill.
612-727-5220 (MN)
202-224-3244 (DC)
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Attended the EPA press conference.
When I arrived, I heard that members of Congress were talking to security.
So I walked over and into what turned out to be a private press briefing. Guess anyone can walk into anywhere nowadays. (learned that trick from DOGE)
That’s Sen. Ed Markey in the center.
When I arrived, I heard that members of Congress were talking to security.
So I walked over and into what turned out to be a private press briefing. Guess anyone can walk into anywhere nowadays. (learned that trick from DOGE)
That’s Sen. Ed Markey in the center.
February 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Attended the EPA press conference.
When I arrived, I heard that members of Congress were talking to security.
So I walked over and into what turned out to be a private press briefing. Guess anyone can walk into anywhere nowadays. (learned that trick from DOGE)
That’s Sen. Ed Markey in the center.
When I arrived, I heard that members of Congress were talking to security.
So I walked over and into what turned out to be a private press briefing. Guess anyone can walk into anywhere nowadays. (learned that trick from DOGE)
That’s Sen. Ed Markey in the center.
Oh okay, easy: There are no good-faith arguments to show up for. There, done, byeeeee.
This is an absolutely remarkable memo — and a betrayal of both the Constitution and the American political tradition. In the US, by *explicit contrast* with interwar fascist governments, the state is not supposed to be an extension of the personality of the chief executive.
![Office of the Attorney General
Washington, D. C. 20530
February 5, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
FROM:
SUBJECT:
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
GENERAL POLICY REGARDING ZEALOUS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES'
"[E]xecutive Power." More broadly, attorneys are expected to zealously advance, protect, and defend their client's interests. Department of Justice attorneys have signed up for a job that requires zealously advocating for the United States.
The responsibilities of Department of Justice attorneys include not only aggressively enforcing criminal and civil laws enacted by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions against legal challenges on behalf of the United States. The discretion afforded Department attorneys entrusted with those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election.
When Department of Justice attorneys, for example, refuse to advance good-faith arguments by declining to appear in court or sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers. It is therefore the policy of the Department of Justice that any attorney who because of their personal political views or judgments declines to sign a brief or appear in court, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Department's mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination, consistent with applicable law.
' This guidance is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2tqoxl4zx7iuyh3rhbhdwv3/bafkreic4hwhm45xtfe5w2yb3y27ye4zw72ch2l2jydx3avbn6yxwllwbqi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Oh okay, easy: There are no good-faith arguments to show up for. There, done, byeeeee.
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Hey Minnesota: I'm looking for folks (particularly in Duluth) who want to talk about how changing winter climate has impacted their sense of identity as Minnesotans and changed how they think about winter.
It's for an upcoming @startribune.com column. Hit me up!
It's for an upcoming @startribune.com column. Hit me up!
February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hey Minnesota: I'm looking for folks (particularly in Duluth) who want to talk about how changing winter climate has impacted their sense of identity as Minnesotans and changed how they think about winter.
It's for an upcoming @startribune.com column. Hit me up!
It's for an upcoming @startribune.com column. Hit me up!
So I like this tracker. I like that it has dropdowns.
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
That made it really easy for me to determine that there's nothing happening on environment, industry, or climate yet. I don't like being in wait and see mode.
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
That made it really easy for me to determine that there's nothing happening on environment, industry, or climate yet. I don't like being in wait and see mode.
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So I like this tracker. I like that it has dropdowns.
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
That made it really easy for me to determine that there's nothing happening on environment, industry, or climate yet. I don't like being in wait and see mode.
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
That made it really easy for me to determine that there's nothing happening on environment, industry, or climate yet. I don't like being in wait and see mode.
You better show us the wrench. If it isn't total withdrawal of unanimous consent then this is all just theater.
No more business as usual. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are imposing pain on millions of people.
Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.
Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.
Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
February 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You better show us the wrench. If it isn't total withdrawal of unanimous consent then this is all just theater.
Looks like Bob Kroll is on the short list to be named US Marshal for the State of Minnesota.
He's currently barred from serving as a law enforcement officer in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka counties. I'm sure that will go fine.
He's currently barred from serving as a law enforcement officer in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka counties. I'm sure that will go fine.
February 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Looks like Bob Kroll is on the short list to be named US Marshal for the State of Minnesota.
He's currently barred from serving as a law enforcement officer in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka counties. I'm sure that will go fine.
He's currently barred from serving as a law enforcement officer in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Anoka counties. I'm sure that will go fine.
Secretary Burgum signed an Order and then Rep Stauber reintroduced a bill to overturn the mining ban on the BWCA, and give Twin Metals their federal permits
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
Stauber reintroduces bill to reverse mining ban near Boundary Waters, return leases to Twin Metals
Northern Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber has reintroduced legislation to overturn a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. If passed, the bill would also retu...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Secretary Burgum signed an Order and then Rep Stauber reintroduced a bill to overturn the mining ban on the BWCA, and give Twin Metals their federal permits
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
I called Atty Gen Ellison's office to urge use of force to physically remove Musk's people from the OPM and Treasury.
Boilerplate: Ellison is working together with other States Attorneys General to Do Something, and he asks that everyone who calls also call their Congresswomen and Senators.
Boilerplate: Ellison is working together with other States Attorneys General to Do Something, and he asks that everyone who calls also call their Congresswomen and Senators.
February 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I called Atty Gen Ellison's office to urge use of force to physically remove Musk's people from the OPM and Treasury.
Boilerplate: Ellison is working together with other States Attorneys General to Do Something, and he asks that everyone who calls also call their Congresswomen and Senators.
Boilerplate: Ellison is working together with other States Attorneys General to Do Something, and he asks that everyone who calls also call their Congresswomen and Senators.
I am not a journalist, but it turns out, they almost never ask.
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I am not a journalist, but it turns out, they almost never ask.
So this morning I called the National Cryptographic Museum and spoke to a gentleman who confirmed:
- Yes, this happened over the weekend
- It has since been fixed ("fixed" were his words, I confirmed that this means the paper has been removed)
- Yes, this happened over the weekend
- It has since been fixed ("fixed" were his words, I confirmed that this means the paper has been removed)
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So this morning I called the National Cryptographic Museum and spoke to a gentleman who confirmed:
- Yes, this happened over the weekend
- It has since been fixed ("fixed" were his words, I confirmed that this means the paper has been removed)
- Yes, this happened over the weekend
- It has since been fixed ("fixed" were his words, I confirmed that this means the paper has been removed)
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
January 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the terminally online Left that the New York Times is the boogieman.
January 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the terminally online Left that the New York Times is the boogieman.
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today someone asked me if I knew about any grassroots organizing in the Twin Cities.
I said yes ⬇️
I said yes ⬇️
Anyway, don't give me money, my family will figure things out.
But donate to trans pizza, we haven't gotten any donations this week. The crew could use your love. Link in bio.
But donate to trans pizza, we haven't gotten any donations this week. The crew could use your love. Link in bio.
January 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today someone asked me if I knew about any grassroots organizing in the Twin Cities.
I said yes ⬇️
I said yes ⬇️
January 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I get that Heather O’Neill, the president and chief executive of the trade group Advanced Energy United, is just doing her job when she urges the Administration to "deepen our investments in advanced energy solutions" as part of the so-called Energy Emergency. But girl, you just don't get it.
January 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I get that Heather O’Neill, the president and chief executive of the trade group Advanced Energy United, is just doing her job when she urges the Administration to "deepen our investments in advanced energy solutions" as part of the so-called Energy Emergency. But girl, you just don't get it.
Slow, boring fight over mineral leases crawls forward. It's not looking good for Twin Metals or their foreign overlords.
queticosuperior.org/twin-metals-...
queticosuperior.org/twin-metals-...
Twin Metals Minnesota appeals sulfide mining leases in court
Environmental groups advocating for BWCAW protection traveled to D.C. recently for Twin Metals' latest appeal.
queticosuperior.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Slow, boring fight over mineral leases crawls forward. It's not looking good for Twin Metals or their foreign overlords.
queticosuperior.org/twin-metals-...
queticosuperior.org/twin-metals-...
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM