SunAndShower
@sunandshower.bsky.social
Still searching for my Twitter replacement.
Staunch Independent caucusing with Dems since 2015. Health, data and communications nerd. Desperately seeking SportsSky.
Cheering on my Chicago and Illini teams from Colorado. 🔸🔹
Staunch Independent caucusing with Dems since 2015. Health, data and communications nerd. Desperately seeking SportsSky.
Cheering on my Chicago and Illini teams from Colorado. 🔸🔹
WITAF is wrong with people? Who's doing this???
Local police have cleared bomb threats this morning at multiple schools in the Minneapolis-area district where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos goes to school.
Because this community hasn't been through enough already. JFC.
Kids safe to go back tomorrow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Because this community hasn't been through enough already. JFC.
Kids safe to go back tomorrow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
WITAF is wrong with people? Who's doing this???
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Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
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This make you uncomfortable? Good! Because this isn’t history, it’s reality and what ICE has normalized.
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
This make you uncomfortable? Good! Because this isn’t history, it’s reality and what ICE has normalized.
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.
American tennis is the best it's been in decades and ESPN is putting the best matches on their stupid Unlimited streaming service.
USTA should be furious and working with them to put our players on ESPN+ so more Americans can watch. Put Alcaraz and Sinner on Unlimited. Let's build 🇺🇸 tennis fandom!
USTA should be furious and working with them to put our players on ESPN+ so more Americans can watch. Put Alcaraz and Sinner on Unlimited. Let's build 🇺🇸 tennis fandom!
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 PM
American tennis is the best it's been in decades and ESPN is putting the best matches on their stupid Unlimited streaming service.
USTA should be furious and working with them to put our players on ESPN+ so more Americans can watch. Put Alcaraz and Sinner on Unlimited. Let's build 🇺🇸 tennis fandom!
USTA should be furious and working with them to put our players on ESPN+ so more Americans can watch. Put Alcaraz and Sinner on Unlimited. Let's build 🇺🇸 tennis fandom!
I am so impressed with the Hennepin County DA, Mary Moriarty, every time I see her on TV.
She's such a good communicator. Fact-based and not afraid to call out the admin in a clear and straight-forward way. A lot of Dems could learn from her.
She's such a good communicator. Fact-based and not afraid to call out the admin in a clear and straight-forward way. A lot of Dems could learn from her.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I am so impressed with the Hennepin County DA, Mary Moriarty, every time I see her on TV.
She's such a good communicator. Fact-based and not afraid to call out the admin in a clear and straight-forward way. A lot of Dems could learn from her.
She's such a good communicator. Fact-based and not afraid to call out the admin in a clear and straight-forward way. A lot of Dems could learn from her.
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
Credit to Dana Bash. This interview with Bovino is some of the best pushback I’ve seen by a journalist.
And I appreciate her setting the record straight at the end so it doesn’t end on a Bovino lie. Solid effort.
#SOTU
And I appreciate her setting the record straight at the end so it doesn’t end on a Bovino lie. Solid effort.
#SOTU
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Credit to Dana Bash. This interview with Bovino is some of the best pushback I’ve seen by a journalist.
And I appreciate her setting the record straight at the end so it doesn’t end on a Bovino lie. Solid effort.
#SOTU
And I appreciate her setting the record straight at the end so it doesn’t end on a Bovino lie. Solid effort.
#SOTU
Bears tied at half??? Yes please!!! 😂
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January 19, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Bears tied at half??? Yes please!!! 😂
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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With the money that's being spent to hire fascist fucks to terrorize us we could revitalize education, get children fed and in daycare, house some of our struggling neighbors, extend and expand our lives.
It does not have to be like this and when we believe that it won't be like this.
It does not have to be like this and when we believe that it won't be like this.
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
With the money that's being spent to hire fascist fucks to terrorize us we could revitalize education, get children fed and in daycare, house some of our struggling neighbors, extend and expand our lives.
It does not have to be like this and when we believe that it won't be like this.
It does not have to be like this and when we believe that it won't be like this.
Hypocrites. All of them. Every last one.
This guy should eat real food so that we can make America healthy again
January 13, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Hypocrites. All of them. Every last one.
Every accusation is a confession. What he really means is...
"We're scammers. We're scammers. We always will be. And you'll be voting us out. And you're not paying us anymore money for any of that crap. It's a big scam. It's a giant scam run by an incompetent, crooked POTUS."
"We're scammers. We're scammers. We always will be. And you'll be voting us out. And you're not paying us anymore money for any of that crap. It's a big scam. It's a giant scam run by an incompetent, crooked POTUS."
Trump: "They're scammers. They're scammers. They always will be. And we'll be getting them out. And we're not paying Minnesota anymore money for any of that crap. It's a big scam. It's a giant scam run by an incompetent, crooked governor."
January 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Every accusation is a confession. What he really means is...
"We're scammers. We're scammers. We always will be. And you'll be voting us out. And you're not paying us anymore money for any of that crap. It's a big scam. It's a giant scam run by an incompetent, crooked POTUS."
"We're scammers. We're scammers. We always will be. And you'll be voting us out. And you're not paying us anymore money for any of that crap. It's a big scam. It's a giant scam run by an incompetent, crooked POTUS."
Eat the rich
U.S. billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer during Trump's first year in office.
americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires...
americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires...
U.S. BILLIONAIRES GOT $1.5 TRILLION RICHER IN TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR - Americans For Tax Fairness
22% Boost in 2025 Lifted Total Wealth of Nation’s Billionaires to $8.2 Trillion Even as families struggle with unaffordable healthcare, housing and groceries, billionaires are flourishing in Donald Tr...
americansfortaxfairness.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Eat the rich
I love this thread. Imagine if we were humble enough to learn from others and use data to drive policy. We could improve so many lives and actually live up to our American ideals.
If we could just get out of our own way...
If we could just get out of our own way...
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I love this thread. Imagine if we were humble enough to learn from others and use data to drive policy. We could improve so many lives and actually live up to our American ideals.
If we could just get out of our own way...
If we could just get out of our own way...
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Unintentionally the funniest thing he's ever said
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Unintentionally the funniest thing he's ever said
Life of a Bears fan
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Life of a Bears fan
Such a beautiful sight! 🧡💙
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January 11, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Such a beautiful sight! 🧡💙
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Beautifully said 🥺
The Grateful Dead are my Everything and you started it all, Bobby. Go be with your brothers now. Go be with Jerry and Phil and Pigpen— Heaven’s Heart of Gold Band.
Fare thee well, Bobby
We love you.
The future’s here
We are it
We are on our own…
Fare thee well, Bobby
We love you.
The future’s here
We are it
We are on our own…
January 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Beautifully said 🥺
Yes! There must be a way we can put our tax payments in escrow or something - only to be released when they stop using our money to do illegal things and kill us citizens.
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Yes! There must be a way we can put our tax payments in escrow or something - only to be released when they stop using our money to do illegal things and kill us citizens.
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This was a major initiative from the Biden White House, based in the idea of getting together all the countries with a stake in this crisis. They pressured China to stop precursor chemicals, hit hard at the capital funding for production in Mexico, and funded Narcan in the U.S. It apparently worked.
China's fentanyl crackdown led to a stunning drop in U.S. overdoses, research says
China's fentanyl crackdown led to a stunning drop in U.S. overdoses, research says
Diplomatic pressure worked. Street-level busts didn't.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This was a major initiative from the Biden White House, based in the idea of getting together all the countries with a stake in this crisis. They pressured China to stop precursor chemicals, hit hard at the capital funding for production in Mexico, and funded Narcan in the U.S. It apparently worked.
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The shooting of people and leaving them to die appears to be DHS policy.
We know the playbook at this point - DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin will say the driver was trying to run over the immigration agent.
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The shooting of people and leaving them to die appears to be DHS policy.
I can’t believe we’re doing another oil war. WTF. 😡
"To believe this is about drugs, you have to ignore Trump’s pardon of the former Honduran president for drug smuggling. To believe it’s about Maduro’s democratic legitimacy, you have to believe Trump cares even slightly about democratic legitimacy." - Niall Stanage
An alternative explanation:
An alternative explanation:
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I can’t believe we’re doing another oil war. WTF. 😡
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Claiming drugs was the reason Trump went after Maduro is the same as saying we invaded Iraq for WMDs.
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Claiming drugs was the reason Trump went after Maduro is the same as saying we invaded Iraq for WMDs.