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AFSCME Strong in Minnesota
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We show up. We do the work. When we stand together, we have real power. afscme65.org/get-organized
December 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Best friend baby shower
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Kolaches are happening
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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It's Day 19 of the ICE occupation of MSP.

Today thousands of Minnesotans poured onto Lake Street to rally in support of our immigrant neighbors and against ICE.

Take a moment to look at this crowd of you and your neighbors rallying in below zero windchill.

📸 @roblevine82.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Crispy chicken gnocchi skillet
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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I hope you’ll read this story about Melissa Hortman’s life, her parents and children, her love for gardening, her faith, and her approach to public service. It’s not about how she died, there is infinitely more to know about her than that. She is so missed.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Seemed appropriate timing to finally watch “This is Spinal Tap” & Big Bottom is perfect
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hot chocolate cookies
December 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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My daughter’s school bus was delayed this morning because armed ICE agents, some masked, were in the middle of 15th Ave in Cedar Riverside. So why wouldn’t ICE just get out of the way when the bus came? Perhaps they were busy harassing Somali-Americans, who are overwhelmingly citizens. But... (1/4)
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My stops across MN in the last month-ish: Saint Paul, Mounds View, Minneapolis, Cottage Grove, Owatonna, Pine City, Litchfield, Willmar, Winona,Royalton, Saint Cloud, Nisswa, Blaine, Roseville. Should I be
Gov? Prob
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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The whole play of Trumpism: convincing working class people to blame other working class people—so billionaires can keep robbing us all.
Donald Trump Jr-backed start-up scores $600mn US federal government deal
President’s son’s fund 1789 Capital poised to capitalise from father’s administration
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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This fight has never been about undocumented people. Take a look at how they are treating American citizens.
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Our beautiful, funny, snuggly cat Spider died this weekend and I feel like someone has scraped out my body & left a husk.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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CANADA: Unions in Quebec mount legal challenge against newly implemented labour law ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
Quebec unions mount legal challenge against newly implemented labour law | RCI
Law 14 came into force Sunday despite labour minister's efforts to fast track it.
ici.radio-canada.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Why did my local police dept pepper spray & shoot pepper-spray projectiles at people I know & love today for…standing on a public sidewalk? Why did they tear gas others?
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Spider organized his neighborhood cat comrades against Waymo coming to Saint Paul, please give him the credit he deserves
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Outlander is really just a show about all of the most horrible things that can happen to humans
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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10-11-1933 USA: America's first Depression-era sit-down strike occurs at the Hormel food plant in Austin, Minnesota.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats!
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www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Saint Paul is a trip
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM