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Embedded journalists are compromised journalists.
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Embedded journalists are compromised journalists.
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Liberals are constantly trying to indoctrinate our young people. You can see the proof in this colorful PragerU video presented by the Young America's Foundation at a Turning Point USA school club meeting.
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Liberals are constantly trying to indoctrinate our young people. You can see the proof in this colorful PragerU video presented by the Young America's Foundation at a Turning Point USA school club meeting.
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I have a grand total of zero patience left for the top paid city staff in charge of community safety not being able to answer basic questions about crime trends and personnel allocations as we deliberate our budget.
Worth watching not just because it's fun. The Frey admin choosing to implement the budget priorities of their friends over their foes is not how the council's power of the purse is supposed to work.
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I have a grand total of zero patience left for the top paid city staff in charge of community safety not being able to answer basic questions about crime trends and personnel allocations as we deliberate our budget.
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Why the hell do they keep complaining about Minnesota and saying horrible things about our governor and our Somali friends?
We’re freakin’ Minnesota.
Everyone else should think about us once or twice a year, tops.
Leave us alone.
We have a quarterback situation to worry about.
We’re freakin’ Minnesota.
Everyone else should think about us once or twice a year, tops.
Leave us alone.
We have a quarterback situation to worry about.
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Why the hell do they keep complaining about Minnesota and saying horrible things about our governor and our Somali friends?
We’re freakin’ Minnesota.
Everyone else should think about us once or twice a year, tops.
Leave us alone.
We have a quarterback situation to worry about.
We’re freakin’ Minnesota.
Everyone else should think about us once or twice a year, tops.
Leave us alone.
We have a quarterback situation to worry about.
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Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
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We keep doing these pilot programs and are shocked, SHOCKED!, by the incredibly positive results each time. At what point can we just, ya know, stop with the pilots and make this policy already??? #ubi
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We keep doing these pilot programs and are shocked, SHOCKED!, by the incredibly positive results each time. At what point can we just, ya know, stop with the pilots and make this policy already??? #ubi
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and this is why waymo is a labor issue, not a tech issue! it's going to be taking money out of the pockets of rideshare drivers and putting it solely in the hands of big tech
As a QA person, I would be more comfortable in a Waymo than any other vehicle that promised any sort of autonomy.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
and this is why waymo is a labor issue, not a tech issue! it's going to be taking money out of the pockets of rideshare drivers and putting it solely in the hands of big tech
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Whenever people discuss if ChatGPT should be used in education, it should be noted that OpenAI's board includes a a professor who sought advice from a pedophile on how to manipulate one of his mentees into having sex with him, and in those conversations they substituted her name with a racial slur.
OpenAI is among the handful of the most powerful non-governmental institutions in the world.
Larry Summers could get fully jettisoned from Harvard (hasn't yet happened!) and yet still be fine so long as he is helping determine the future of AI.
Larry Summers could get fully jettisoned from Harvard (hasn't yet happened!) and yet still be fine so long as he is helping determine the future of AI.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Whenever people discuss if ChatGPT should be used in education, it should be noted that OpenAI's board includes a a professor who sought advice from a pedophile on how to manipulate one of his mentees into having sex with him, and in those conversations they substituted her name with a racial slur.
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Be kind. Pass along. Share with a friend.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Be kind. Pass along. Share with a friend.
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Kinda impressive how OpenAI has managed to occupy a seemingly quantum state between "imperial project", "non-profit research foundation", and "criminal enterprise".
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Kinda impressive how OpenAI has managed to occupy a seemingly quantum state between "imperial project", "non-profit research foundation", and "criminal enterprise".
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Mariah Samuels should be alive today. MPD leadership is so callous and unaccountable that we can’t even get a “We messed up. We will do better next time” from their leadership. Instead, we have MPD leadership blaming everyone else
Minneapolis woman’s killing exposes gaps in how police investigate domestic violence
In the aftermath of a brutal assault, department leaders failed to assign an investigator to Mariah Samuels’ case. That’s not uncommon.
www.startribune.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mariah Samuels should be alive today. MPD leadership is so callous and unaccountable that we can’t even get a “We messed up. We will do better next time” from their leadership. Instead, we have MPD leadership blaming everyone else
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Frey is hiding AAR on the Davis Moturi case. Allowing MPD to refuse cooperation with the City Auditor’s office. While ducking responsibility for the handling of the Mariah Samuels and Allison Lussier tragedies.
Simultaneously using city accts to post glorified campaign ads right before an election.
Simultaneously using city accts to post glorified campaign ads right before an election.
The City and Mpls Public Housing Authority broke ground on two new affordable housing projects, including a triplex in south Mpls. Thanks to $1.25 mil. from the City's housing levy and the Mpls 2040 Plan, three families will have beautiful new homes next year.
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Frey is hiding AAR on the Davis Moturi case. Allowing MPD to refuse cooperation with the City Auditor’s office. While ducking responsibility for the handling of the Mariah Samuels and Allison Lussier tragedies.
Simultaneously using city accts to post glorified campaign ads right before an election.
Simultaneously using city accts to post glorified campaign ads right before an election.
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THREAD. We have just filed a landmark new civil rights case in Colorado in our campaign across the country to establish a constitutional right for children to hug their parents. More information to come soon, but this is a big deal.
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
THREAD. We have just filed a landmark new civil rights case in Colorado in our campaign across the country to establish a constitutional right for children to hug their parents. More information to come soon, but this is a big deal.
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Jacob Frey, the sole elected official overseeing MPD, appears once in this article, in a passing reference to a letter sent to him by a Hennepin Co Commissioner.
In the aftermath of a brutal assault, Minneapolis Police Department leaders failed to assign an investigator to Mariah Samuels’ case. That’s not uncommon.
Minneapolis woman’s killing exposes gaps in how police investigate domestic violence
In the aftermath of a brutal assault, department leaders failed to assign an investigator to Mariah Samuels’ case. That’s not uncommon.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Jacob Frey, the sole elected official overseeing MPD, appears once in this article, in a passing reference to a letter sent to him by a Hennepin Co Commissioner.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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Who's funding Elizabeth Shaffer's quarter-million-dollar city council campaign? 🍟👀
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
mplsmusings.com/2025/10/28/w...
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
mplsmusings.com/2025/10/28/w...
Who’s Funding Elizabeth Shaffer?
A candidate can’t control everyone who donates to them. But, wealthy donors, like most voters, tend to financially support candidates who they think will support their own interests. So, if you’re …
mplsmusings.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Who's funding Elizabeth Shaffer's quarter-million-dollar city council campaign? 🍟👀
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
mplsmusings.com/2025/10/28/w...
Please share with the ward 7 residents in your life!
mplsmusings.com/2025/10/28/w...
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I happen to think that because MPD shot his god damned eyeball out Soren gets as many years as he had the eyeball added to his residency.
When I moved to Minneapolis in the mid-aughts, it was really difficult to make friends. People from other states didn’t get it.
Now the bias is front and center in my city politics. If I’m a resident who “just got here,” do I matter less to Josh?
Now the bias is front and center in my city politics. If I’m a resident who “just got here,” do I matter less to Josh?
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I happen to think that because MPD shot his god damned eyeball out Soren gets as many years as he had the eyeball added to his residency.
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It may sound like an exaggeration to say Weinhagen "bought Frey his strong mayor powers" but the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce was the 100% sole funder of the PAC that campaigned for the strong mayor charter change in 2021.
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It may sound like an exaggeration to say Weinhagen "bought Frey his strong mayor powers" but the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce was the 100% sole funder of the PAC that campaigned for the strong mayor charter change in 2021.
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Equally, these stories remind us that the City Auditor, like the City Clerk, is a rare and important exception in the Charter to the usual rule of Mayoral authority.
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Equally, these stories remind us that the City Auditor, like the City Clerk, is a rare and important exception in the Charter to the usual rule of Mayoral authority.
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It might not be possible to fully boycott the fascist accommodationism of monopoly capital in the short term, but I want to suggest that we should start seriously taking abt stripping these bad actors of their assets when the regime inevitably collapses.
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House. https://cnn.it/47yWmpP
White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | CNN Politics
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...
www.cnn.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It might not be possible to fully boycott the fascist accommodationism of monopoly capital in the short term, but I want to suggest that we should start seriously taking abt stripping these bad actors of their assets when the regime inevitably collapses.
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Angie Craig has a lot to answer for.
They should ask her about Laken Riley too.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Angie Craig has a lot to answer for.
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Good interview with US Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan this morning on MPR, where she brought up the need for Medicare for All.
Angie Craig’s on tomorrow morning and I hope they press her on single-payer. I’m sure she’ll demur.
Angie Craig’s on tomorrow morning and I hope they press her on single-payer. I’m sure she’ll demur.
If you are a MN voter, know that for Senate 2026, Angie Craig took AIPAC money. Peggy Flanagan did not.
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good interview with US Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan this morning on MPR, where she brought up the need for Medicare for All.
Angie Craig’s on tomorrow morning and I hope they press her on single-payer. I’m sure she’ll demur.
Angie Craig’s on tomorrow morning and I hope they press her on single-payer. I’m sure she’ll demur.
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OMG. Money is absolutely corrupting our local elections.
screenshot of text message circulating among college students where a guy who is working for a frey-supporting PAC asks someone to get people in their frat to "vote and engage in the election" to get paid $350 for 3 hours of work, and if they win, they'll get a bonus
"it'll look good on a resume."
"it'll look good on a resume."
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
OMG. Money is absolutely corrupting our local elections.
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Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.