Jim Grathwol (he/him)
@jfgrathwol.bsky.social
Public policy professional; lobbyist at Minnesota Legislature for St. Paul Public Schools. Formerly lobbied for Minneapolis Schools; Minnesota State College/Universities. Expert in K-12 finance and policy. Son of a lawyer and a librarian.
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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🚨 Farm workers are striking July 16–18
They demand an end to ICE raids & a path to citizenship for every undocumented worker who feeds this country.
They strike in honor of Jaime Alanís, who died fleeing abductors.
❌ Don’t shop.
❌ Don’t work.
🔥 Stand with them.
They demand an end to ICE raids & a path to citizenship for every undocumented worker who feeds this country.
They strike in honor of Jaime Alanís, who died fleeing abductors.
❌ Don’t shop.
❌ Don’t work.
🔥 Stand with them.
July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 Farm workers are striking July 16–18
They demand an end to ICE raids & a path to citizenship for every undocumented worker who feeds this country.
They strike in honor of Jaime Alanís, who died fleeing abductors.
❌ Don’t shop.
❌ Don’t work.
🔥 Stand with them.
They demand an end to ICE raids & a path to citizenship for every undocumented worker who feeds this country.
They strike in honor of Jaime Alanís, who died fleeing abductors.
❌ Don’t shop.
❌ Don’t work.
🔥 Stand with them.
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Nights of BLUE SKIES
(sound up) #MomSky
DAY 29 APRIL 2025
Tomorrow, YOU have survived 100 DAYS OF Trump Torture, Cruelty, Chaos, and Corruption.
I THANK YOU !!
YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN UP
"You can shoot me with your words
You may kill me with your hatefulness
BUT STILL LIKE AIR
I RISE "
(sound up) #MomSky
DAY 29 APRIL 2025
Tomorrow, YOU have survived 100 DAYS OF Trump Torture, Cruelty, Chaos, and Corruption.
I THANK YOU !!
YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN UP
"You can shoot me with your words
You may kill me with your hatefulness
BUT STILL LIKE AIR
I RISE "
April 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Nights of BLUE SKIES
(sound up) #MomSky
DAY 29 APRIL 2025
Tomorrow, YOU have survived 100 DAYS OF Trump Torture, Cruelty, Chaos, and Corruption.
I THANK YOU !!
YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN UP
"You can shoot me with your words
You may kill me with your hatefulness
BUT STILL LIKE AIR
I RISE "
(sound up) #MomSky
DAY 29 APRIL 2025
Tomorrow, YOU have survived 100 DAYS OF Trump Torture, Cruelty, Chaos, and Corruption.
I THANK YOU !!
YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN UP
"You can shoot me with your words
You may kill me with your hatefulness
BUT STILL LIKE AIR
I RISE "
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‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... MMAAAN makes me nostalgic for FAANG—& also says Microsoft is back?!
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... MMAAAN makes me nostalgic for FAANG—& also says Microsoft is back?!
‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... MMAAAN makes me nostalgic for FAANG—& also says Microsoft is back?!
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... MMAAAN makes me nostalgic for FAANG—& also says Microsoft is back?!
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Trump has rejected the Supreme Court’s decision to return a US man who he sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador. What this means is, Trump is now able to force anyone in the US into camps or black sites, something the US has been doing to noncitizens around the world for decades.
April 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Trump has rejected the Supreme Court’s decision to return a US man who he sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador. What this means is, Trump is now able to force anyone in the US into camps or black sites, something the US has been doing to noncitizens around the world for decades.
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On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
April 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador
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And more than anything we can’t give up
Emergency Announcement
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Emergency Announcement
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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April 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
And more than anything we can’t give up
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Good morning everyone!
April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good morning everyone!
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FDR’s proposed 2nd Bill of Rights should be the foundation of the Progressive Party.
March 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
FDR’s proposed 2nd Bill of Rights should be the foundation of the Progressive Party.
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Any Questions?! 👇
March 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Any Questions?! 👇
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Absolutely sickening and heartbreaking!
Ally is a verb! We must unite and stand with the trans community!
Ally is a verb! We must unite and stand with the trans community!
a butterfly with the words " trans rights are human rights "
ALT: a butterfly with the words " trans rights are human rights "
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Absolutely sickening and heartbreaking!
Ally is a verb! We must unite and stand with the trans community!
Ally is a verb! We must unite and stand with the trans community!
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 53. 1/21/25. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 53. 1/21/25
… Trump was fuming at the Bishop after the Inaugural Prayer Breakfast, as he and JD Vance sat in the front row and listened to this from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: "I ask you to have mercy upon the p...
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 53. 1/21/25. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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I will always stand with the transgender community.
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January 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I will always stand with the transgender community.
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This post-Inauguration Day sermon is not the first time Bishop Budde has criticized Trump.
In June 2020, Budde wrote a compelling op-ed for The New York Times criticizing the then-president for clearing Lafayette Square in D.C. during the George Floyd protests and proceeding to manufacture a…
In June 2020, Budde wrote a compelling op-ed for The New York Times criticizing the then-president for clearing Lafayette Square in D.C. during the George Floyd protests and proceeding to manufacture a…
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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January 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This post-Inauguration Day sermon is not the first time Bishop Budde has criticized Trump.
In June 2020, Budde wrote a compelling op-ed for The New York Times criticizing the then-president for clearing Lafayette Square in D.C. during the George Floyd protests and proceeding to manufacture a…
In June 2020, Budde wrote a compelling op-ed for The New York Times criticizing the then-president for clearing Lafayette Square in D.C. during the George Floyd protests and proceeding to manufacture a…
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
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Over the next four years, we can—I would argue must—work for a better America. To do so, we need to avoid not only apathy, but impatience. Because this is going to be a grind. (Thread)
January 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Over the next four years, we can—I would argue must—work for a better America. To do so, we need to avoid not only apathy, but impatience. Because this is going to be a grind. (Thread)
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Chapter 5 “On Tyranny” @timothysnyder.bsky.social is for all to remember the obligations of professions. Doctors-Hippocratic Oath to refrain from causing harm or hurt, to prescribe only beneficial treatments. Lawyers-Oath to uphold the Constitution. Police, firemen too We need to hold them to this.
January 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Chapter 5 “On Tyranny” @timothysnyder.bsky.social is for all to remember the obligations of professions. Doctors-Hippocratic Oath to refrain from causing harm or hurt, to prescribe only beneficial treatments. Lawyers-Oath to uphold the Constitution. Police, firemen too We need to hold them to this.
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NEVER FORGET ✨️
Feel free to pass it on ✨️
Feel free to pass it on ✨️
December 18, 2024 at 5:44 PM
NEVER FORGET ✨️
Feel free to pass it on ✨️
Feel free to pass it on ✨️
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EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
November 27, 2024 at 7:42 PM
EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
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Family includes everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Family includes everyone! ❤️