Rob
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Minneapolis. I like biking, reading, friends, and progress. I care about the environment and have an MBA. Shocking, I know.
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Arrest this motherfucker.
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
October 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Arrest this motherfucker.
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Are we all ready to admit, once and for all, that the culture wars over "free speech" this last decade or so have been entirely about the *content* of the contested speech, not procedural commitments to speech as such?
September 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Are we all ready to admit, once and for all, that the culture wars over "free speech" this last decade or so have been entirely about the *content* of the contested speech, not procedural commitments to speech as such?
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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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If we cannot all be on the same page that the sitting president threatening to invade a US city is fascist dictator shit then truly I do not know what to do.
September 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If we cannot all be on the same page that the sitting president threatening to invade a US city is fascist dictator shit then truly I do not know what to do.
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a cuban panini by the pool could cure me right now
August 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
a cuban panini by the pool could cure me right now
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
August 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."
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If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
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It takes most people months to years to get approved for Medicaid (yes, it can take more than one year), and you have to live below the poverty line ($15K/yr) to qualify. Estimates I have seen are that fewer than 1% of people receiving benefits don’t actually meet requirements. Republicans just lie.
CNN: You talked about how people are living paycheck to paycheck. How do you explain this?
ZINKE: Living paycheck to paycheck is on the premise that you're working. If you're an able-bodied male & you choose to sit on the couch & you're getting Medicaid, that's taking from someone else who needs it
ZINKE: Living paycheck to paycheck is on the premise that you're working. If you're an able-bodied male & you choose to sit on the couch & you're getting Medicaid, that's taking from someone else who needs it
June 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It takes most people months to years to get approved for Medicaid (yes, it can take more than one year), and you have to live below the poverty line ($15K/yr) to qualify. Estimates I have seen are that fewer than 1% of people receiving benefits don’t actually meet requirements. Republicans just lie.
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I spoke on the Senate Floor about why Republicans’ rushed bill is a Big Beautiful Betrayal of the hardworking people of this country.
16 million people lose their health care, $4 TRILLION in debt, and higher interest rates that will make it harder for young people to buy a home.
16 million people lose their health care, $4 TRILLION in debt, and higher interest rates that will make it harder for young people to buy a home.
June 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I spoke on the Senate Floor about why Republicans’ rushed bill is a Big Beautiful Betrayal of the hardworking people of this country.
16 million people lose their health care, $4 TRILLION in debt, and higher interest rates that will make it harder for young people to buy a home.
16 million people lose their health care, $4 TRILLION in debt, and higher interest rates that will make it harder for young people to buy a home.
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Pathetic cowardice.
Many Hoped Senate Republicans Would Save Clean Energy. They Mostly Didn’t.
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Pathetic cowardice.
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Here is yet another reminder that the Constitution is not optional…
Congress must authorize military force before any president—including Trump—launches a strike.
Congress must authorize military force before any president—including Trump—launches a strike.
June 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here is yet another reminder that the Constitution is not optional…
Congress must authorize military force before any president—including Trump—launches a strike.
Congress must authorize military force before any president—including Trump—launches a strike.
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America, 2025.
ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
June 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
America, 2025.
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Take the masks off. Show your badges. This is America.
June 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Take the masks off. Show your badges. This is America.
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When does the “great” part start?
June 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When does the “great” part start?
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sure, the world is going up in flames, there's unrest in the streets, and America has become a global punchline, but at least Trump voters made the handful of trans athletes in the country feel extra bad
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
sure, the world is going up in flames, there's unrest in the streets, and America has become a global punchline, but at least Trump voters made the handful of trans athletes in the country feel extra bad
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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: “Republican senators should be very careful on this right now. If they do not come out and defend Senator Padilla’s right to ask questions of this administration of his colleagues, they are setting an extraordinarily dangerous precedent"
June 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: “Republican senators should be very careful on this right now. If they do not come out and defend Senator Padilla’s right to ask questions of this administration of his colleagues, they are setting an extraordinarily dangerous precedent"
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My big story about Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon: nymag.com/intelligence...
Pete Hegseth Is Playing Secretary
As he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him?
nymag.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My big story about Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.
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Respond to this ever-metastasizing bastardization of the American project with the "someone is wrong on the internet" energy it deserves, godammit.
June 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Respond to this ever-metastasizing bastardization of the American project with the "someone is wrong on the internet" energy it deserves, godammit.