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#wiunion fan, poll worker, casual #mnleg observer, <3 democracy. Central MN

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When you post images, remember to click the "+ALT" button and add alt-text to them. This Accessibility setting in your account settings will help remind you:
A screenshot of the Bluesky Accessibility account settings, showing the boxes checked for the only two settings, which are "Require alt text before posting" and "Display larger alt text badges"
April 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Hi! This Bluesky account setting can help remind you to make your images accessible. Alt-text boosts engagement!
A screenshot of the Bluesky Accessibility account settings, showing the boxes checked for the only two settings, which are "Require alt text before posting" and "Display larger alt text badges"
April 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This helpful setting will remind you to add alt text to your images 😉
A screenshot of the Bluesky Accessibility account settings, showing the boxes checked for the only two settings, which are "Require alt text before posting" and "Display larger alt text badges"
April 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Panoramic photo of the "No Kings" protest in St Cloud MN
April 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Over 2300 turned out in St Cloud Minnesota #handsoff #handsoff2025
Protesters with signs line both sides of the street in front of the St Cloud Library. An American flag is prominent in the foreground.
April 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Halfway across the country in St Cloud Minnesota
Group of protestors on a sidewalk. One holds a sign reading "They're eating the CHECKS They're eating the BALANCES" Another walking past holds a sign captioned "How tariffs work" with a drawing of Trump peeing into a fan that's blowing it back in his face. Across the street you can see more protestors, one with a sign reading "Protect Free Speech"
April 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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With alt-text (it's just a couple clicks to add this when you post and oh so helpful)
Case 3:25-cv-01780-WHA Document 155 Filed 03/26/25 Page 2 of 22 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT at 8:00 am on April 9, in Courtroom 12, 19th Floor, United States District Court, Northern District of California, located at 450 Golden Gate Avemar, San Francisco, CA, Plaintiffs will and hereby do move to compel compliance with the Court's March 13, 2025 preliminary injunction, or to hold Defendants in contempt of this Court's orders The Motion will be made on the grounds that Defendants are in violation of this Court's March 13, 2025, preliminary injunction, 11, 120, in two ways: (1) by failing to communicate to unlawfully terminated employees the information ordered by the Court, and (2) by placing employees whom the Court ordered to be immediately reinstated only on "administrative leave rather than returning them to active service. Defendants noncompliance is established in theit own reporting to this Court, specifically Dkt. 127-1-127-6, Dia. 139, Dkt. 139-3, Din. 141, and Dkt. 144-1-144-8 Pursuant to this Court's authority to enforce its own orders, Plaintiffs respectfully request that unless Defendants establish full compliance with the Court's preliminary injunction by the date of their opposition brief (which the Court ordered to be filed by noon on March 31, 2025), the Court should enter an order setting a date certain for compliance by Defendants and requiring daily status reports until compliance is achieved, and if any Defendants fail to conse into compliance by that date certain, to find those Defendants in contempt, and impose prospective, conditional-civil sanctions for each day thereafter that those Defendants remain out of compliance This Motion is supported by the accompanying Memorandum im Support, all papers on file in this action; and soch argument as may be heard by the Court, DATED: March 26, 2025 Scott A. Kronland Stacey M. Leyton Eileen B. Goldsmith Danielle E. Leonard Robin 5. Tholin James Baltzer
March 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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With alt-text
Case 3:25-cv-01780-WHA Document 153 Filed 03/24/25 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al Plaintiffs, Na. C25-01780 WHA ORDER RE SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION United States District Court Northern District of California INTRODUCTION UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, et al Defendants. Early on, I followed three recent decisions in other district courts holding that claims brought by public-sector unions concerning federal employee terminations had to be channeled through the Merit Systema Protection Board and/or the Federal Labor Relations Authority and therefore the district court had no subject matter jurisdiction over those claima, although I accepted subject-matter jurisdiction over claims by the organizational plaintiffs After further briefing, however, this order bolds that the district court does have subject-matter jurisdiction over these claims by public-sector unions and that my carlier ruling to the contrary was mistaken. Case 3.25-cv-01780-WHA Document 153 Filed 03/24/25 Page 2 of 11 ANALYSIS "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States 28 USC. 11331. "Not may have jurisdiction, but chall. Axon Enter. v. FTC, 598 US 175,205 (2023) (Gorsuch, J., concurring). Congress nonetheless may countermand jurisdiction by enacting other schemes for specific claims usually review by an agency and then by an appeals court. The result is that a district court shall hear a challenge to an agency action unless (1) Congress provided a statutory review scherme limiting Section 1331 and (2) the claims brought are of the type Congress intended to be reviewed within it. Thunder Basin Cool Co. v. Reich, 510 US. 200,
March 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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St Cloud People's March representing in subzero weather!
Person holding a protest sign that reads: What led to the rise of Hitler? - Nationalist Sentiment - Speeches / Rallies Loaded with Propaganda - Illusion of Strength to Restore Pride - Ability to Connect to the People's Fear to Support Ideology - Fragile Democracy / Fragmented Political Landscape - Intelligent, Good People Staying Silent DO Something Because This Sounds Really Familiar!
January 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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For real!
Photo of a little free library full of books, including "On Tyranny" and "Run for Something"
November 29, 2024 at 1:56 PM