@jetvirago.bsky.social
he/him Middle-aged, queer, former resident of Minneapolis, current resident of Prague, Czech Republic. Foe of Frey, friend of Minneapolis Twitter, stirrer of shit.
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"Fox News has substantial effects up and down the ballot. It boosts Republican candidates in House, Senate, gubernatorial, and presidential elections. We show that the mechanism for these electoral effects is that FNC has shifted Americans’ partisanship and ideological preferences to the right."
From viewers to voters: Tracing Fox News’ impact on American democracy
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of Fox News Channel (FNC) on the mass public’s political preferences and voting behavior …
www.sciencedirect.com
I frankly don't understand how this isn't just about the ONLY THING the left and center in this country are discussing. Every other issue is determined by this, and every election result has been warped by it. Trump is only a spearhead of autocracy, FOX is another more important and pervasive one.
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Oh look, a purportedly progressive organization thinking the old rules still apply. Now who else has done that lately... 🤔🤔🤔
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Oh look, a purportedly progressive organization thinking the old rules still apply. Now who else has done that lately... 🤔🤔🤔
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
From now on, we can use this benediction to others: "May the adversities you face in life be like Chuck Schumer."
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
From now on, we can use this benediction to others: "May the adversities you face in life be like Chuck Schumer."
Note: they caved.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Note: they caved.
Remind me why the Democratic Party's approval rating is at a historic low?
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Remind me why the Democratic Party's approval rating is at a historic low?
And again, the centrists are stomping on a progressive right out of the gate. Have I said "Fuck you, centrists" yet today? If not:
Fuck you, centrists
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Fuck you, centrists
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
CNN Democratic strategists David Axelrod and Van Jones left stunned by Mamdani’s victory speech: ‘The tone was off’
Mamdani, who barely cracked 50 percent in his win, eschewed a call for unity, as is traditional after a contentious race, and instead leaned into an at-times thumping victory lap, leaving CNN’s panel ...
www.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And again, the centrists are stomping on a progressive right out of the gate. Have I said "Fuck you, centrists" yet today? If not:
Fuck you, centrists
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Fuck you, centrists
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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“Cuomo ran in the closing days by siding with anti-Muslim racism and garnering the coveted Stephen Miller endorsement—but I repeat myself.”
Zohran Mamdani will be NYC's next mayor, as Dems win big across the board
“While we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together,” Mamdani declared in his victory speech. Dems Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey also won.
www.lawdork.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Cuomo ran in the closing days by siding with anti-Muslim racism and garnering the coveted Stephen Miller endorsement—but I repeat myself.”
Wow. I've been so focused on the horror of Frey I completely missed this possibility
WINNER: Kaohly Vang Her wins the race for St. Paul mayor, defeating incumbent Melvin Carter.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Wow. I've been so focused on the horror of Frey I completely missed this possibility
Wealthy whites are the core of Frey's power, overriding middle- and lower- class people and people of color.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Wealthy whites are the core of Frey's power, overriding middle- and lower- class people and people of color.
If you are AT ALL surprised that the centrist Dems of Minneapolis stoop to racist fear-mongering to defeat a progressive, you've got your head in the sand.
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This is abhorrent behavior that should be condemned. Dirty campaigning with racist dog whistles. This candidate ran for the DFL endorsement & claimed to be a DFLer. The DFL should create distance and disavow this immediately.
I can’t believe we are seeing the resurgence of this campaigning.
I can’t believe we are seeing the resurgence of this campaigning.
We Can Do Better Mpls is out with a new "Willy Horton" style Instagram video ads about how the "radical socialist agenda" allows "criminals to have a holiday from due process" as it plugs Ward 2 candidate Shelley Madore. I call on Shelley and the @dfl.org to disavow this appalling nonsense.
October 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
If you are AT ALL surprised that the centrist Dems of Minneapolis stoop to racist fear-mongering to defeat a progressive, you've got your head in the sand.
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On one hand, nationally renowned media law expert Jane Kirtley says the Frey administration's apparent efforts to circumvent open records law are astounding.
On the other hand, the city attorney appointed by Frey says it's all fine. www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...
On the other hand, the city attorney appointed by Frey says it's all fine. www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...
Political group accuses Frey of improperly deleting texts. Some advocates and media lawyers agree.
The Minneapolis city attorney’s office says Mayor Jacob Frey is in compliance with the state transparency laws.
www.startribune.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On one hand, nationally renowned media law expert Jane Kirtley says the Frey administration's apparent efforts to circumvent open records law are astounding.
On the other hand, the city attorney appointed by Frey says it's all fine. www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...
On the other hand, the city attorney appointed by Frey says it's all fine. www.startribune.com/mayor-jacob-...
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2025 is likely to have the lowest murder rate ever recorded.
The FBI Will Likely Report The Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded In 2025
But will it stick?
jasher.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
2025 is likely to have the lowest murder rate ever recorded.
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The letter is at 1000 signatures.
I'm blown away by the support for trans people within Minnesota as we push our party to Do Better. I refuse to let this be quietly pushed down and hidden in the name of "unity" or "civility." I am not making myself smaller to appease a transphobic few.
I'm blown away by the support for trans people within Minnesota as we push our party to Do Better. I refuse to let this be quietly pushed down and hidden in the name of "unity" or "civility." I am not making myself smaller to appease a transphobic few.
Sign On to "Open Letter to State DFL Leadership in Response to Transphobic Behavior by Leadership of the Feminist Caucus"
Please fill out this form to have your name added as a signatory to the letter "Open Letter to State DFL Leadership in Response to Transphobic Behavior by Leadership of the Feminist Caucus." Please en...
docs.google.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The letter is at 1000 signatures.
I'm blown away by the support for trans people within Minnesota as we push our party to Do Better. I refuse to let this be quietly pushed down and hidden in the name of "unity" or "civility." I am not making myself smaller to appease a transphobic few.
I'm blown away by the support for trans people within Minnesota as we push our party to Do Better. I refuse to let this be quietly pushed down and hidden in the name of "unity" or "civility." I am not making myself smaller to appease a transphobic few.
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The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
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I’m publicly calling on the @dfl.org to issue a public statement condemning what just happened at the DFL Feminist Caucus meeting.
I’m sorry you were forced to experience this horrendous behavior @dexanderson.com.
I’m sorry you were forced to experience this horrendous behavior @dexanderson.com.
My statement on tonight's DFL Feminist Caucus Annual Meeting. This statement is being emailed to the Feminist Caucus Chair, Alicia Gibson, and to the State DFL Chair, Richard Carlbom.
This caucus should be ashamed of itself.
This caucus should be ashamed of itself.
September 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I’m publicly calling on the @dfl.org to issue a public statement condemning what just happened at the DFL Feminist Caucus meeting.
I’m sorry you were forced to experience this horrendous behavior @dexanderson.com.
I’m sorry you were forced to experience this horrendous behavior @dexanderson.com.
The "school shooting industry" exists entirely in one country.
Profiting off of mass death, misery, and paranoia? In JD Vance's America? That doesn't sound right.
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The "school shooting industry" exists entirely in one country.
This isn't Doomscrolling, it's Hopescrolling.
August 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This isn't Doomscrolling, it's Hopescrolling.
We'll definitively know it happened when we hear laughter from heaven as he tries to get in.
August 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We'll definitively know it happened when we hear laughter from heaven as he tries to get in.
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*sits on the grim reaper’s lap*
Please please please I’ve been good all year
Please please please I’ve been good all year
August 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
*sits on the grim reaper’s lap*
Please please please I’ve been good all year
Please please please I’ve been good all year
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It's like staying up late to see if Santa is real but we're hoping Santa's dead
August 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's like staying up late to see if Santa is real but we're hoping Santa's dead
Living with mass shootings is a political choice.
August 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Living with mass shootings is a political choice.
I am no longer a Democrat
Good morning, Mr. Carlbom -
I'm a nobody. You would not have heard of me. I worked as a QA Analyst at the law firm Faegre, Drinker, Biddle and Reath until I semi-retired a couple of years ago and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic...
Good morning, Mr. Carlbom -
I'm a nobody. You would not have heard of me. I worked as a QA Analyst at the law firm Faegre, Drinker, Biddle and Reath until I semi-retired a couple of years ago and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic...
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I am no longer a Democrat
Good morning, Mr. Carlbom -
I'm a nobody. You would not have heard of me. I worked as a QA Analyst at the law firm Faegre, Drinker, Biddle and Reath until I semi-retired a couple of years ago and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic...
Good morning, Mr. Carlbom -
I'm a nobody. You would not have heard of me. I worked as a QA Analyst at the law firm Faegre, Drinker, Biddle and Reath until I semi-retired a couple of years ago and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic...
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Notes on a nonexistent crime wave publiccomment.blog/p/notes-on-a...
Notes On a Nonexistent Crime Wave
If American cities aren't war zones, they must be turned into war zones
publiccomment.blog
August 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Notes on a nonexistent crime wave publiccomment.blog/p/notes-on-a...
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Rant:
I’ve been feeling really disillusioned with party politics especially within the DFL ever since I had to plan an entire Ward’s caucuses and convention by myself but the last few weeks with the attacks toward trans ppl, refusal to disavow white supremacy from a CD chair 1/?
I’ve been feeling really disillusioned with party politics especially within the DFL ever since I had to plan an entire Ward’s caucuses and convention by myself but the last few weeks with the attacks toward trans ppl, refusal to disavow white supremacy from a CD chair 1/?
feeling like I’ve sacrificed a year of my life and mental health for absolutely nothing. lol
August 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Rant:
I’ve been feeling really disillusioned with party politics especially within the DFL ever since I had to plan an entire Ward’s caucuses and convention by myself but the last few weeks with the attacks toward trans ppl, refusal to disavow white supremacy from a CD chair 1/?
I’ve been feeling really disillusioned with party politics especially within the DFL ever since I had to plan an entire Ward’s caucuses and convention by myself but the last few weeks with the attacks toward trans ppl, refusal to disavow white supremacy from a CD chair 1/?