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R. Neal
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Proud liberal. Girl dad. Military brat. LGBTQIA+ ally. Politics, history junkie. Fact checker. Not your body, not your business. He/him. Woke = respect.
DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman, husband Mark, and faithful dog Gilbert lie in state at Minnesota capitol today. Live feed.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
Live: Melissa and Mark Hortman lie in state at Minnesota Capitol
Melissa and Mark Hortman, along with their golden retriever Gilbert, will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul Friday from noon to 5 p.m.
www.mprnews.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The rage is relentless
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change and to counteract
We gotta take the power back"

~ Rage Against the Machine, 1990
a man singing into a microphone with the words what we don 't know keeps the contacts movin
ALT: a man singing into a microphone with the words what we don 't know keeps the contacts movin
media.tenor.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts?

Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”
June 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The #Smithsonian caved to bigotry. #Walmart, #McDonald’s, and even #Target caved. #Google caved. #Facebook caved. #ABCNews caved. #CBSNews caved. #TheWashingtonPost and #LATimes caved.

#Costco, #Apple, #Microsoft, #Wired, #RollingStone, and #NFL have not (yet).

I see my tribe.
February 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence - does everybody not see what’s happening?

In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy - and seize control.

Call it what it is.
January 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What the actual what. Where are the smart people to stand up to this?
The federal government has ordered an immediate stop to all research grants.

No agencies may issue new grants.
No agencies may provide money under existing grants.

All science and engineering research in the US must come to a screeching halt.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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We need to make sure working Americans find out who stole their money, killed off their rural towns, and ruined their American Dream. #TrickleDown #MAGAnomics
January 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’ve always admired President Carter. I remember his concern for everyday working people, his tarring by crude conservative populism, and the big-business takeover and inequality that accelerated with Reagan. He was a better president than you think:

robertreich.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
Jimmy Carter and the end of democratic capitalism
The myth and reality of our 39th president
robertreich.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Cracked “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72” by Hunter S. Thompson. So far it's insightful, prescient, a bit quaint.
November 23, 2024 at 1:00 AM
@crookedmedia.bsky.social should create a Starter Pack.
November 22, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Okay, I’m here. What’s up?
November 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM