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Jake McCormick
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Anyone unsure of Nick Fuentes' sexuality should just Google "Fuentes Catboy Kami."
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
mccormjw.bsky.social
HAHAHAHHAHA BEARS DOWN
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
mccormjw.bsky.social
Caleb Williams looks like ass so far. If the bears win it should be an embarrassment to the Packers organization.
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Another gross thing he’s done is make saying Merry Christmas into this culture war bullshit where people can use it like a slur, I’ve always said it to people because that was never a thing you couldn’t say and literally the only time I’ve felt uncomfortable saying it is when shit like this happens
sundaedivine.lol 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 4d
Next he’ll restore daylight and blinking.
War in Christmas
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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bubbaprog.xyz
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
Photo shared by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025 tagging @naomi.marie__, @nathanmiller612, @rubyscher, @holaarepa, @birksg, @chefjholig, and @haihaimpls. May be an image of text that says 'AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, I.C.E. PAID US A VISIT AT AREPA YESTERDAY. OUR GM NAOMI & TEAM MEMBERS FOLLOWED OUR ICE PROTOCOL PERFECTLY, THE AGENTS LEFT & NO ONE WAS DETAINED. tO WHOEVER NEEDS THIS: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. (1/5)'. christinanguyenmpls 11h We had an ICE scare yesterday and even though we’re afraid of the repercussions of being vocal, we feel that it’s also important to inform people that this is right at our front door. ICE is not some far away boogeyman. They are here right now, spreading fear in our community. We’re so grateful to our entire staff and their bravery. They did the right things and couldn’t have dealt with this situation in a better way. We are grateful to our community activists that came to support us from @miracmn @litosonlake and Monarcha. We hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, that you find these resources helpful. Peace and take care of each other ❤️ Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'. Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'. WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S APPALLING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE, HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI (5/5)
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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swin24.bsky.social
“It is deserted. Every business is closed….”

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
From Mogadishu to Minneapolis, Somalis reject Trump’s bigoted remarks
Advocates warn that Trump's anti-Somali rhetoric has fuelled fear in US communities and anger abroad.
www.aljazeera.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Free newsletter today. In it I explain why Hakeem Jeffries is sucks.

And yes, I put his name in this post because I've learned that Jeffries has sycophants out there name-searching him to defend his honor and I wanna make sure they stay busy. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
The House Minority Leader has one job and one job only: to oppose the majority and the president. That majority and the president have taken a meat axe to the United States government and the Constitution. The president has unleashed a lawless secret police force which has terrorized and brutalized the American people. The president has authorized the commission of heinous war crimes and has used his office in the most audaciously corrupt manner possible while leaving the running of the country to the most unqualified and incompetent group of hateful sycophants imaginable. Against that backdrop, going on TV to give the president a win by praising him for "securing the border" – a framing of immigration politics that Republican strategists would kill to hear their own politicians say let alone the Democratic leader – and lauding his continued corrupt use of the pardon power is political malpractice of the highest order. It normalizes Trump's brutal xenophobic and racist anti-immigrant campaign and casts the matter as settled, with Trump standing rightfully victorious. Meanwhile, the stuff about the Cuellar pardon signals to Americans that Democrats, like Republicans, are OK with elites being immune from any and all consequences even if they break the law. And his final bit – casting the rest of Trump's actions as "leaving a lot to be desired" – characterizes the current crisis in this country as a mere matter of mild political disagreement. It's like someone lobotomized Jeffries. It's like he's a Manchurian Candidate, programmed by people who are perfectly happy with the status quo but who would just like to soften the optics a tad. It's the sort of messaging one would engage in if one's ultimate aim was to merely get a few Republican voters to switch sides regardless of how much it sells out the people being brutally oppressed by this regime, no matter how much it enrages the Democratic base, and no matter how much enthusiasm it saps from them at a time when absolutely everything should be geared toward demonizing the fascists who are currently running the country and energizing those who most passionately oppose them. I have no idea what the fuck goes on in Hakeem Jeffries' head. I have no idea who he thinks he serves and what he thinks he accomplishes by sleepwalking onto cable news, talking about Trump in terms that Trump and his supporters will 100% construe as praise, and failing to offer anything approaching a fight. Hakeem Jeffries is an abject failure at his job. He should be removed from it immediately and, barring that, someone should primary his useless ass. Because even if Jeffries doesn't acknowledge it, we are fighting for the very survival of American Democracy right now and he's out there offering aid and comfort to the enemy.
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
mccormjw.bsky.social
Minnesota has to be the most timid punk/hardcore fan base when it comes to stage diving.

Just a paralyzing fear that it’s wrong despite security & the band okaying it lmao
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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wedge.live
Obligatory reposting of Vetaw, during her first campaign, telling a group of landlords her job as an elected official is not to know what is best, but to sell what they tell her to sell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpaP...
LaTrisha Vetaw: landlords are the "experts at giving me what I'm selling"
YouTube video by Wedge LIVE!
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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danielsuitor.com
Every quote from Frey and O'Hara is so weaselly. Refusing to commit to noninterference, all couched in allusions to unlawful activity by protesters. "Look, we're not going to interfere with protests... but if there are reports of property damage? IT'S ON."
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
Dear neighbor, I want to let you know that we are witnessing increased enforcement actions by agents in South Minneapolis. There continues to be reports of residents being followed while driving, stopped and taken away. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
- You have the right to not open the door unless you see a valid judicial warrant. It must have your correct address and name and be signed by a judge.

If you see any federal activity, call the MONARCA rapid response hotline at 612-441-2881. 3/
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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anitalynns.bsky.social
Friends,
I am excited to announce that I am running for MN Senate in District 50. From the Minnesota River to Morningside, we all deserve the freedom to thrive. I can't wait to get to work fighting for Edina & Bloomington.

Learn more: AnitaSmithsonMN.com
Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/anita...
A photo of a white woman with auburn hair and green glasses wears a blue sweater and leans against a white brick wall. She is smiling. Over the photo is an image: Anita Smithson State Senate District 50. The logo has a purple and gold coneflower on it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
mccormjw.bsky.social
I see at least 3-4 cars idling with no driver every time I take my daughter to school and part of me wishes at least one would get jacked.
naomikritzer.bsky.social Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 9d
There is something so deeply, deeply Minnesotan about these sorts of posts (which I see every winter). If you're from almost anywhere else and wondering if you're missing something: this person did in fact leave their car running, unlocked, keys in the ignition.
Facebook post from the Highland Neighborhood Group, St. Paul. Name redacted. "Hello Everyone, just giving a word of caution to make sure your vehicles are locked when you’re warming them up this winter. My 2003 Ford Ranger, Rhonda, was stolen this morning at 8:15 from my home on Saint Paul Ave. I’m attaching the video to show you just how easy it was and a picture of my girl. My fault for leaving her unlocked and running but I thought she was fine for the 20 mins it took for me to shower! I’m chalking her up as gone but if anyone sees my baby you can PM me."
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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parkermolloy.com
How do people not see that the entire OU essay thing is just an attempt by this girl and the Turning Point chapter to turn her into another Riley Gaines grifting on trying to push trans people out of society?
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9d
Here's what this is actually about, dumbass
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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danielsuitor.com
Taylor is the number reporter on the Minneapolis city hall beat and has been for years. She's a one-woman archive for decades worth of politicians, staff, lobbyists, donors, and assorted riff-raff who shape our city. And she's done it for free, even when she was going through chemo. Pay the duck!
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 14d
i really have not wanted to make a patreon because i feel weird about it all and don't want to use it to like offer anything exclusive there but @wedge.live says i can just make it and forget it so

www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
mccormjw.bsky.social
Been to 20 national parks and counting in various capacities - fuck the interior for cutting rangers and raising prices. The NP system is one of the greatest long term investments ever made by this government.
dfeldman.org Sphexish Quine @dfeldman.org · 15d
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)

And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.

This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
In a statement on Tuesday, the Interior Department, which manages federal land, said that, as of Jan. 1, it would more than triple the price of an annual park pass for nonresidents, from $80 to $250. Foreign tourists without an annual pass will also be charged $100 on top of the standard entrance fee to visit each of the 11 most popular national parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain and the Grand Canyon.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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dexanderson.com
all this instead of just raising taxes on billionaires
dfeldman.org Sphexish Quine @dfeldman.org · 15d
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)

And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.

This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
In a statement on Tuesday, the Interior Department, which manages federal land, said that, as of Jan. 1, it would more than triple the price of an annual park pass for nonresidents, from $80 to $250. Foreign tourists without an annual pass will also be charged $100 on top of the standard entrance fee to visit each of the 11 most popular national parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain and the Grand Canyon.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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npr.org
Residents of the Loop, Chicago’s downtown area, live on average until they are 87. In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, the average is 67. (via @wbez.org)
There’s a 20-year life expectancy gap in Chicago. Many of these deaths are preventable.
West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to Loop residents living to age 87. This is widest death gap in Chicago and the biggest gap of any big U.S. city, the most recent data shows.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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@justdave.bsky.social shots fired bro thehardtimes.net/culture/loca...
Local Man Only Able to Express Emotion Using “I Think You Should Leave” GIFs
Local 43-year-old Dan Reynolds lost the ability to verbally communicate with loved ones and is only able to quote or use GIFs from the Netflix sketch show “I Think You Should Leave.”
thehardtimes.net
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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dexanderson.com
I just became a supporter at the "dark money" level of $6.66. If you've read a news story about hyperlocal Minneapolis politics in mainstream news recently, there's a solid chance it was stolen i mean "sourced" from Taylor's independent reporting. Support the duckling doing the actual work!
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 14d
i really have not wanted to make a patreon because i feel weird about it all and don't want to use it to like offer anything exclusive there but @wedge.live says i can just make it and forget it so

www.patreon.com/cw/TaylorDah...
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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taylordahlin.com
it's also unconscionable for you to keep killer cyndy martin as your vice chair, itasca county DFL!

sites.google.com/site/itascac...
itascacountydfl.bsky.social Itasca DFL @itascacountydfl.bsky.social · 15d
It is unconscionable that the federal agents did not advise the state officials.
governorwalz.mn.gov Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 15d
We are monitoring the situation in St. Paul and working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.

While we are always willing to work together on public safety, that is clearly not what this chaotic situation was about.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
mccormjw.bsky.social
New best birthday present just dropped from the lady friend 🤘
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
mccormjw.bsky.social
My favorite part of having a porch with window frames and no windows is when I don’t cover my furniture or bike before it snows.
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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wellgoshacs.bsky.social
when *my* public defense clients try to plead not guilty and exercise their right to a trial, they get punished with heavier sentences or even being upcharged with more onerous felonies
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 14d
cyndy martin has pleaded not guilty in the sole charge of criminal vehicular homicide in the death of carter haithcock

pre trial hearing will be in february
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM