Stephen
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Stephen
@northstarstebo.bsky.social
Minnesotan now a resident of Arizona looking to find my next chapter. I love music and mysteries, and my interests include economic and fiscal policy, social and economic equity, and my grandkids future. Hiker and beachcomber are my jobs now.
Today Kristi Noem proved just how woefully uninformed and incompetent she is, and by extension likewise are the voters of South Dakota who elected her Gov. Clownshow is too generous a description for this group of amoral incompetent fools.
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Target's customers are not as MAGA as customers at WalMart. Their Mn sales suffered years ago when they foolishly backed Tom Emmer for Mn Governor, quite a backlash then as now.
At a moment when so much of corporate America is pulling back from DEI initiatives, why does there seem to be a bullseye on Target?

WSJ’s Alex Ossola digs into how Target got to this point.

🎧 Listen: buff.ly/XKnuk31

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May 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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"A rapist and a murderer share a giggle."
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Israel just killed 12-year-old Mohammed Bardawil, a key eyewitness of the paramedic massacre. Israel commits genocide and then kills its eyewitnesses, as well as the journalists that report on it.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😪
May 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Kent State Massacre- one of America's lowest moments.
"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio."

Neil Young

Remembering:
Allison Krause, 19
Jeffrey Miller, 20
Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20
William Schroeder, 19

4 May 1970
May 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I was lucky enough to see a wild grey wolf last summer in northern Minnesota. Beautiful, majestic, ethereal.
With just 16 Red Wolves known to remain in the wild, every wolf is essential + worth protecting.

#SaveRedWolves
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump self-reports his health stats!
Trump's 'doctor' just claimed he is 6' 3" and 224 lbs.

Do you believe it?

Trump vs C.J. Stroud (NFL quarterback for Houston, 6' 3" and 224 lbs
April 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So true! And so sad to now know we are allied with the scum od the world.
Zelenskyy slams Russia as “filthy scum” after the Kremlin launched two ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. The attacks killed close to three dozen people and injured more than 100 others.

#EuropeNews
Zelenskyy: 'Only filthy scum can act like this'
Zelenskyy slams Russia as “filthy scum” after the Kremlin launched two ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. The attacks killed close to three dozen people and injured more than 100 others.
l.euronews.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'd stay four years if that works for you.
April 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is a very destructive precedent for the American Tax System and for American society.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Apr 8
The Internal Revenue Service has reached an agreement with immigration authorities to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
The IRS finalizes a deal to share tax information with immigration authorities
The Internal Revenue Service reached a deal to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Trump "border czar" Tom Homan told AZ lawmakers the administration is prioritizing the arrest and expulsion of undocumented people without criminal records

story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
In AZ speech , Trump 'border czar' tells immigrants they 'should be looking over your shoulder'
Homan Arizona deportation policy speech signals return of family detention and zero-tolerance enforcement as Democrats protest controversial immigration tactics
azmirror.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Visit to the Grand Canyon with Grandson!
April 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.

They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The Demon Haunted World 🎯
February 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I find it telling that the dumbest most illiterate man we ever seen in the oval, wants to close the education department.
February 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Rep Don Bacon

Prime Minister Chamberlain gave portions of Czechoslovakia to Hitler in 1938, & did it without Czech leadership in the room. Chamberlain said, “Peace in our time.” Hitler took the rest of Czechoslovakia & invaded Poland a year later. You can’t appease a dictator bent on conquest.
February 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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🚨 Trump SUES sanctuary state in DESPERATE bid to RAMP UP deportations

Trump’s many THREATS of “mass deportations” have FIZZLED OUT so far.

It’s literally BAU.

So SUING Illinois is as PERFORMATIVE as the FAKE CLAIMS of MASS DEPORTATIONS coming from ICE

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump sues sanctuary state in desperate bid to ramp up deportations
Three weeks into Donald Trump’s turbulent second term as president, deportations remain steady compared to past years. It looks like Trump’s many threats of “mass deportations” have fizzled ...
www.dailykos.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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We’ve seen 3 plane crashes in like 8 days since Trump and Elon have taken over.
February 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Elon Musk is a terrible president!
February 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Now we know why Elon Musk wanted USAID shut down and the Inspector General fired:

Elon Musk's Starlink was being investigated by the agency.

gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...
Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink's Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Another collision at a major American Airport

Imagine the outrage we'd be hearing if this was happening on Pete Buttigieg's watch

Air Traffic Controllers are pulling double duty and Trump 2.0 has thrown FAA into chaos with no plans in place to fill vacancies

www.foxnews.com/us/delta-air...
February 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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The President of the United States is in the process of placing the entirety of the Federal government under his own control using methods that are in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution

IsThisACoup.com?

This is a coup
Is this a coup? Home of the Coup-o-meter
Prevention is the best medicine: Get background on coups, how they happen in a democracy, and what we can do to stop one.
isthisacoup.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM