Mike Kuitu
@mike55806.bsky.social
Retired Operating Engineer. Married to a woman who is smarter than me. We live in Duluth, MN.
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February 11, 2025
February 11, 2025
On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
February 11, 2025
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Pandemic anyone?
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
Researchers say it would hurt facilities that work on medical issues such as cancer research and heart disease. Elon Musk contends the old policy was ‘a ripoff.’
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Pandemic anyone?
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Dear Congressman Pete Stauber
What did you tell them when they asked why you supported Trump's decision to pardon the criminals who beat up and brutalized police officers who defended you while you found a place to hide on Insurrection Day? Did they ask, or did you just bring it up on your own?
What did you tell them when they asked why you supported Trump's decision to pardon the criminals who beat up and brutalized police officers who defended you while you found a place to hide on Insurrection Day? Did they ask, or did you just bring it up on your own?
February 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Dear Congressman Pete Stauber
What did you tell them when they asked why you supported Trump's decision to pardon the criminals who beat up and brutalized police officers who defended you while you found a place to hide on Insurrection Day? Did they ask, or did you just bring it up on your own?
What did you tell them when they asked why you supported Trump's decision to pardon the criminals who beat up and brutalized police officers who defended you while you found a place to hide on Insurrection Day? Did they ask, or did you just bring it up on your own?
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Worn this shirt countless times in the past and nobody ever said anything to me.
Wore it today grocery shopping and three different people came up to me and told me they loved it. One lady even said “perfect timing for it.”
Things are different now…
Wore it today grocery shopping and three different people came up to me and told me they loved it. One lady even said “perfect timing for it.”
Things are different now…
December 9, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Worn this shirt countless times in the past and nobody ever said anything to me.
Wore it today grocery shopping and three different people came up to me and told me they loved it. One lady even said “perfect timing for it.”
Things are different now…
Wore it today grocery shopping and three different people came up to me and told me they loved it. One lady even said “perfect timing for it.”
Things are different now…
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Assholes.
The new U.S. Department of Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, issued an order this week that threatened to shift federal transportation funding away from local governments that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
Trump Raises New Threat to Sanctuary Cities: Blocking Transportation Dollars
A new order revives an old battle about how much an administration is allowed to coerce cities and states by withholding money.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Assholes.
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Donald Trump keeps proving he has no idea what it means to earn respect. The remorseless sociopath who has been elected as commander-in-chief was not interested in providing consolation.
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Truth, Lies and the Real Path to Respect
Trump exploits the deadly tragedy near Reagan National to incite more hatred and scapegoat others
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January 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Donald Trump keeps proving he has no idea what it means to earn respect. The remorseless sociopath who has been elected as commander-in-chief was not interested in providing consolation.
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
January 31, 2025
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January 31, 2025
On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
January 31, 2025
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Puppy killer Kristi Noem showed up in NYC in tactical gear to cosplay an ICE agent after she was recently sworn in as DHS Secretary by Clarence Thomas: “I’m here in NYC this morning. We are getting the dirtbags off these streets."
January 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Puppy killer Kristi Noem showed up in NYC in tactical gear to cosplay an ICE agent after she was recently sworn in as DHS Secretary by Clarence Thomas: “I’m here in NYC this morning. We are getting the dirtbags off these streets."
I am not surprised. They are a core industry and will want to appease their shareholders.
Just like Big Tech, American steel lines up with Trump oligarchy minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/21/j...
Just like Big Tech, American steel lines up with Trump oligarchy minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/21/j...
Just like Big Tech, American steel lines up with Trump oligarchy • Minnesota Reformer
The billionaires with their big talk and fat checks will be long gone by then, safely protected behind walls we built because we needed the jobs.
minnesotareformer.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am not surprised. They are a core industry and will want to appease their shareholders.
Just like Big Tech, American steel lines up with Trump oligarchy minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/21/j...
Just like Big Tech, American steel lines up with Trump oligarchy minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/21/j...
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If you're gonna be clever on social media, be clever with layers.
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If you're gonna be clever on social media, be clever with layers.
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The Trump administration has snuffed out a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, handing a victory to the tobacco industry after it waged a massive and at times deceptive lobbying campaign.
Trump hands a big win to Big Tobacco
Menthol cigarettes are here to stay, thanks to a misleading industry lobbying campaign.
www.motherjones.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Trump administration has snuffed out a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, handing a victory to the tobacco industry after it waged a massive and at times deceptive lobbying campaign.
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Just one day after hearing oral arguments in the dispute between DFLers and Republicans in the state House, the Minnesota Supreme Court Friday found in favor of the DFL: a quorum to conduct any business in the House is 68 seats. buff.ly/40Boh3Y
Supreme Court: Minnesota House ‘dysfunctional.’ Should we act?
At issue before the court is whether the current 67 Republican members constitute a quorum needed for the Minnesota House to do business.
buff.ly
January 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just one day after hearing oral arguments in the dispute between DFLers and Republicans in the state House, the Minnesota Supreme Court Friday found in favor of the DFL: a quorum to conduct any business in the House is 68 seats. buff.ly/40Boh3Y
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Gee whiz guys, what did you think he was going to do? What a bunch of maroons.
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Police union that endorsed Trump blasts Jan. 6 pardons
The groups said they're deeply discouraged by pardons and commutations made by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
www.axios.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Gee whiz guys, what did you think he was going to do? What a bunch of maroons.
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This is a part of a Memo distributed by the St. Cloud, Minnesota school district....
January 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is a part of a Memo distributed by the St. Cloud, Minnesota school district....
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I have never missed a president's inaugural address....let's see what happens tomorrow.
January 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I have never missed a president's inaugural address....let's see what happens tomorrow.
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Trump on his way to the inauguration with Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg and Shou Zi Chu.
January 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trump on his way to the inauguration with Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg and Shou Zi Chu.
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"The rise of global unrest bodes poorly for us all. We must address economic inequality and the propaganda that fuels it. A tall order, but one that begins with a simple question: What have I done today to support a civil society and functional system?"
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Global instability will hit home - Minnesota Brown
Governments around the world are dropping like flies. Change can feel good, but few benefit when it brings total instability.
minnesotabrown.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"The rise of global unrest bodes poorly for us all. We must address economic inequality and the propaganda that fuels it. A tall order, but one that begins with a simple question: What have I done today to support a civil society and functional system?"
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minnesotabrown.com/2025/01/brea...
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Latest message from TikTok:
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January 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Latest message from TikTok:
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a...fraid... Dai...sy...Dai...sy, give me your answer...do..."
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a...fraid... Dai...sy...Dai...sy, give me your answer...do..."
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Chris Wright may think Climate Change is real. But that doesn't stop him from calling wildfires "just hype."
Watch Senator Alex Padilla grill him about his statements yesterday during his confirmation hearing.
Watch Senator Alex Padilla grill him about his statements yesterday during his confirmation hearing.
Trump’s Energy Pick Concedes Climate Change is a “Real Issue”
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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January 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Chris Wright may think Climate Change is real. But that doesn't stop him from calling wildfires "just hype."
Watch Senator Alex Padilla grill him about his statements yesterday during his confirmation hearing.
Watch Senator Alex Padilla grill him about his statements yesterday during his confirmation hearing.