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David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

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Musician, Songwriter, Storyteller, Exhausted but committed activist. Exhausted but committed baseball fan. Truly exhausted and uncommitted Democrat, Green and Socialist. Retired teacher, proud former union member and life long resident of Minneapolis MN

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David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

I'm attending AFL-CIO's event, “Duluth Labor Day Picnic @ Bayfront Park!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Duluth Labor Day Picnic @ Bayfront Park! · May Day Strong

Monday, September 1st 2025 Duluth Central Labor Body Labor Day Picnic Bayfront Park, Duluth MN Noon - 4PM Free Live Music, Food, Bounce House, Time With Your Union Siblings and Much More!

www.mobilize.us

August 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM

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Rae Radford

@raeradford.bsky.social

#BookSky

July 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

Hey I made a new video. It's up on YouTube. Check it out and let me know what you think youtu.be/HM-gEl1j7oM

No Justice Just Us - Original Song for the Resistance

YouTube video by David West

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July 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM

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Sickos Committee

@sickoscommittee.org

Good morning, enjoy the Rockies. Watch the whole thing.

July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM

David

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I'm attending Two Harbors Breakwall's event, “Breakwall Fridays at Five (FAF)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Breakwall Fridays at Five (FAF) · Mobilize

Starting May 9, 2025, Breakwall Fridays at Five (FAF) kicks off! Join Two Harbors Breakwall Indivisible for weekly public protests every Friday from 5–6 p.m. at the free speech zone along HWY 61, in f...

www.mobilize.us

July 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

No Kings. Minnesota.

June 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM

David

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1.1K views · 37 reactions | Loti Pencil, a giant sculpture of a No. 2 Pencil at Lake of the Isles, received its annual sharpening in Minneapolis on Saturday. | By Best Of Minnesota | Facebook

Loti Pencil, a giant sculpture of a No. 2 Pencil at Lake of the Isles, received its annual sharpening in Minneapolis on Saturday.

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June 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

Every once in awhile I'm reminded why I love this country. www.startribune.com/whats-the-po...

What’s the point? It’s the annual sharpening of the giant pencil on Lake of the Isles

More than 2,000 people attended Saturday’s celebration, which included music, food and dance routines.

www.startribune.com

June 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

Touring the Isle of Skye and you seriously have got to be kidding me!

May 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?

100%? 500%?

Try 1,085%

Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

If you're going east be very careful. Love this new find.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqwr...

OTYKEN - STORM (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by OTYKEN

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April 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

My Sunday morning ritual during the SNL season includes watching some of the sketches from the night before. Here's the best one imo from last week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiw8...

Weekend Update: Emil Wakim on American Patriotism - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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April 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM

David

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Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage 3

April 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM

David

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Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage 2

April 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

Today's small act of resistance. Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage

April 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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CNN

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The recent push by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for people to get vaccinated for measles stands in stark contrast to his years of work against measles vaccines: cnn.it/4cumAul

RFK Jr’s long, complicated history with the measles vaccines | CNN Politics

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week made his strongest endorsement yet of the measles vaccine amid an ongoing outbreak that has killed three and infected more than 600 ...

cnn.it

April 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM

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MPR News

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The first Trump administration spent $28 billion bailing out farmers during a trade war with China. The White House has said it's starting to look at how to help this time around.

China put steep tariffs on U.S. exports. Farmers are worried

The first Trump administration spent $28 billion bailing out farmers during a trade war with China. The White House has said it's starting to look at how to help this time around.

www.mprnews.org

April 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM

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geri katz

@gerikatz.bsky.social

And Amy Klobuchar had the nerve to do this after pretending at the Hands Off protest to be fighting for us.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Apr 8

The Senate just voted 66 to 32 to confirm Trump's investment banker, COVID conspiracy peddler ambassador to Japan.

Trump is eviscerating the constitution, and they are pretending like everything is normal.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...

YEAs ---66
Banks (R-IN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Britt (R-AL)
Budd (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Curtis (R-UT)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Husted (R-OH)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Justice (R-WV)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moody (R-FL)
Moran (R-KS)
Moreno (R-OH)
Mullin (R-OK)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Reed (D-RI)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sheehy (R-MT)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Warner (D-VA)
Warnock (D-GA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)
NAYs ---32
Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Durbin (D-IL)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kim (D-NJ)
Lujan (D-NM)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Padilla (D-CA)
Peters (D-MI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schiff (D-CA)
Schumer (D-NY)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting - 2
Duckworth (D-IL)
McCormick (R-PA)

April 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM

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Jason Chavez

@jchavezmpls.bsky.social

WARD 9 SHOWED UP! Thank you neighbors 💙💙

The line at the DFL caucus night for ward 9

April 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM

David

@davidwest3.bsky.social

The first, 2 weeks ago the second, today. I go to the American Indian Center maicnet.org every Monday for coffee at The Gatherings Cafe and a light workout in the gym. I've been watching this project turn from a cottonwood trunk to a dugout canoe. Great artisans. Great community. Great space.