Haley Quinn

huh I wonder if there’s any historical precedent for an authoritarian leader being obsessed with hosting the olympics and showing off the athletic ability of a Uniquely Healthy and Fit Nation

Forget an edit button I want to be able to instantaneously beam Ta-Nehisi Coates saying “was silence not an option?” into individual posters’ cortex

if i never see another asinine proposal with high deductible insurance plans it will be too soon

It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

Truly I have a right to be so much crazier and more embittered than I am.

and once again, this rural health BBB fund is primarily intended to provide political cover for the order of magnitude of other damage that republicans are inflicting/have inflicted with the BBB (most of it on a time-delay fuse for post-midterms)

it’s a shiny bandaid for missing organs

as someone who worked in rural health policy, this is not a real thing. this is actually called giving up on rural america after your party broke everything and can’t put it back together. perfect time to exploit people with scams

My first job out of college was working at the United Steelworkers; my coworker tried to teach me the most important lesson you can learn working for a union is you cant change the world from a pine box

Over a decade later, plus 7 years of therapy, I finally started to believe it

Highly reccommend

Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

no bosses but springsteen forever!!!

Sincerely love that the chuds think this is all based on folks in Minnesota reading the works of Uncle Ho, rather than being built on the same social structures that organize the annual spaghetti fundraiser

Long way to go yet but I think it's worth pointing out that the entire rightwing media ecosystem went all in on the idea that Americans, or at least enough of us, would accept the idea that the government should be able to murder people in the street and they failed utterly

“we’ll take it from here, alex”

I just want to point out that Alex Pretti became a registered nurse in early 2021 -- the height of death from Covid. And he chose the ICU, the sickest patients, in Veterans Affairs.

The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.

Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’ Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research

Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

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Dr. Oz told health care executives at a fancy yacht club that they don't need to worry about the impending Medicaid cuts. Plus, he said the people who are about to lose Medicaid coverage are couch potatoes anyway. @tarabannow.bsky.social reports from #JPM26: www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/j...

Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’ On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

the picture of the stuffed animal sticking out of the glove compartment just inches away from the blood spattered dashboard is gonna be one of those images that haunts me forever. even when your whole job is looking at the horrors on purpose and you get good at forgetting, some things are seared in.

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The Optimism of Uncertainty The metaphor is deliberate; life is a gamble. Not to play is to foreclose any chance of winning.

time for the annual (maybe soon to become weekly) re-read of this ❤️

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

yes, it’s really that bad.

I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ

thing: [occurs]
me: this is in some ways about catholicism, which I don't condone, of course,

they are taking a wrecking ball to our healthcare system every chance they get, i swear

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