randstad-rail.bsky.social
@randstad-rail.bsky.social
Transit and politics nerd. Way too invested in MN sports. Dear god please make Minnesota the 11th province of Canada already. All opinions are my own and do not represent any employers or agencies I work with
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i pray they find this shooter because the idea of him being on the loose with major rallies planned today is absolutely horrifying
as per the MN crime account, there have been shootings at a state senator‘s house in champlin and a state rep’s in brooklyn park. suspect is apparently impersonating law enforcement and still on the loose, info on him -

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June 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m sorry but what in the dictatorship hell is this fucking bullshit! This is so many levels of fucked up. I think this confirms what many are thinking that we are in a dictatorship now. There are no if ands or buts about this. Arresting your opponents is the line.
www.axios.com/2025/05/10/t...
Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident
"There will likely be more arrests coming," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.
www.axios.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🚨 Salvadoran human rights group Socorro Jurídico estimates 1,000 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under the state of exception due to negligence, torture, & extrajudicial killings.

A total of 388 people are now confirmed dead, including 4 children. 94% of victims have no proven gang ties.
April 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Guess we're gonna have to go back to our food killing a whole bunch of us to rediscover why we started the FDA in the first place.
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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arrest me motherfucker
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Every single fucking person in this administration who has been part of the disinformation campaign surrounding Garcia, stonewalled the courts on Garcia, or has had any other part in his continued hold in El Salvador should be rotting in prison until he his returned home. The blatant refusal by
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here are two screenshots taken from after and before the construction of two shacks at El Salvador’s CECOT “terrorism prison”. The image on the left makes it appear there is blood and possible body parts next to these shacks. @altnps.bsky.social @nytimes.com Anyone who can investigate this please?
April 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I seriously don’t understand how hard it is to get a fucking congressional rep to do their job and remove the power of the president to unilaterally tariff. Make it so congress has to do that shit again so we don’t have to deal the Donnie the retarded clown blowing a nuke in the economy
April 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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The chair of the MN Senate Transportation Committee, Senator Scott Dibble is trying to revoke all state funding to Northern Lights Express, the rail line between Minneapolis and Duluth in the Senate's Version of the Transportation Omnibus!!!

assets.senate.mn/committees/2...
April 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Many people are asking how this economic crash happened, we did it by making our political system reliant on a bunch of white pricks in Wisconsin not electing a literal retard as president every 4 years.
April 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At this point I don’t think anyone can convince me that RFK JR isn’t just a bunch of bird flu viruses in a human suit
April 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
At this point I really think that if RFK JR stays as HHS secretary through the summer, we’re going to see a massive bird flu pandemic and millions of people are going to die. Like this dude is purposely trying to kill people by letting it run rampant through birds and systematically destroying all
April 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I can not in any possible way overstate how fucking bad this is!! It’s incredibly important these be properly surveyed as it affects things like building codes if trends are noticed on things like typical failure points on homes when destroyed.
www.wave3.com/2025/04/03/n...
National Weather Service likely won’t confirm tornadoes for days due to staffing cuts
Due to recent staffing cuts at the National Weather Service’s Louisville office, officials are saying storm crews likely won’t be able to survey damage and confirm tornadoes for several days.
www.wave3.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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All the right's fearmongering over George Soros, and this guy is literally out here buying votes for the world to see.
March 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
People are ending disappeared for saying things the administration doesn’t support. We must protest and we must not stop until this administration is toppled. This is what we are up against
March 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Status of the Administration after 60 days: Protest for Palestine: get kidnapped and tortured
Write an op Ed about Palestine: get kidnapped and tortured
Provide legal services for people target by this administration: have them try all methods to stop you from rendering your services
March 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Selecting Dow Constaine as CEO proves once again Sound Transit is going to repeatedly shoot itself in the foot with the ST3 program instead of doing common sense things for its projects
March 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
To allow the Gold Line to hit its full potential @metrotransitmn.bsky.social needs to add a few things. There needs to be an infill stop added at Kennard St with a pedestrian bridge across 94. A pedestrian tunnel needs to be built at Hazel St station to access Suburban Ave. There needs to be
March 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Rode the gold line this weekend and it was pretty dope. However I think it’s a case study in how spending a little bit extra money can take a good project to a great one. For one, connections to the grocery stores and other businesses on Suburban Avenue are currently non existent. You have to
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Before I say this, I am of sound mind and do not want to kms. Should Trump decide to invoke the Insurrection act on April 20th in line with the report that is required in a proclamation from January 20th and use it to declare martial law in the United States, the national guard of blue states
March 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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140 years ago the Twin Cities actually had this, even before electric streetcars arrived. By 1900 there were 9 Class I railways and many stations. 3 different lines ran between the 2 downtowns. Travel time under steam power with stops? 24 minutes. This 1897 map even has cross-city bicycle routes.
March 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM