Larry Kraft

In Minnesota, it now takes a six-figure income to buy a home House prices in the state are rising faster than incomes, making homeownership — long a marker of middle class status — out of reach for many.

The median income in MN can’t afford a median home.

We need make it easier to build homes close to where people work and want to live. And prevent out of state speculators from driving up prices.

btw - how about fixing healthcare - a huge drag on income!

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I'm one of the 86. Cutting off SNAP when it is completely unnecessary is cruel. The contingency funds should be used.

It is cruel and unnecessary for #SNAP benefits to stop, even with a shutdown.

Why is Trump in Asia now?
Why does Speaker Johnson NOT have the House in session to negotiate an end to the shutdown?

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Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China is instead the world’s superpower in renewables.

The U.S. was primed to develop “clean energy economies of scale more than three decades ago,” writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.

Instead, it “doubled down as a petrostate after its fossil fuel industry fraudulently polarized a substantial portion of its population against climate action.”

Fantastic Energy Innovation Summit yesterday! The amount of job-generating #CleanEnergy innovation happening in MN is so exciting. Great job Grid Catalyst!

Big Oil should pay for making life more expensive in Minnesota Congress shouldn't buckle from pressure to grant Big Oil legal immunity from lawsuits that seek accountability for climate change damage.

Big oil should pay for making life more expensive in Minnesota. My op-ed in @minnpost.bsky.social today.

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“It is time to be bold and brave…” on climate change and clean energy. @freshenergy.bsky.social CEO Margaret Cherne-Hendrick.

Couldn’t agree more!

Thrilled to be recognized my MN Housing Partnership for housing policy leadership.

There is so much more work to do so that all Minnesotans can have a home they can afford in a place where they want to live.

Just tagged along for an hour with @metrotransitmn.bsky.social TRIP agents, who are doing fantastic work improving safety and the overall experience for transit customers. They check fares, answer questions, check stations, and help people get where they want to go.

I signed onto this statement in solidarity with Teamsters Local 320 and Farm Aid because the farm and labor movements are inseparable. We’re calling on the Univ of MN to return to the bargaining table in good faith. Let’s come together and reach a result that respects our workers and our farmers.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Such a hard thing to do, but we have to move forward and I’m so excited to be doing it with Zack’s leadership.

On Labor Day, I’m proud to stand with working families, not the ultrawealthy. The richest 1% of Minnesotans own nearly a THIRD of the state’s wealth. And they just got a massive tax cut from Trump and the GOP. We need an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthiest few.

I am so deeply saddened by the horrific act of violence today in Minneapolis. My heart goes out to all those impacted.

I am posting the statement from the Minneapolis delegation - we stand with you.

Rally in Minneapolis with Elizabeth Warren & Peggy Flanagan · Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota Join Senator Elizabeth Warren and Lt. Governor & U.S. Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan for a rally in Minneapolis! Doors open at 5pm. Rally begins at 6pm. Please allow time to move through security c...

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Gerrymandering mid-decade as is being tried in TX to bias an election is blatantly wrong. Rs would hate it if Ds were doing it.

Can't we all agree that this kind of thing should be stopped?

TX should stop & Congress should ban partisan #gerrymandering.

Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

Powerful piece. It’s beyond time for Republicans to “choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong.”

#ReinstateErika McEntarfer

The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

Health care is a human right. Today, on the 60th anniv of the creation of #Medicaid & #Medicare, Trump & Republicans are taking us in the wrong direction.

We should be expanding access, not kicking people off healthcare. Everyone should have access to the care & coverage they deserve.

Park Tavern driver gets 30 years for ‘senseless’ crash as survivors question DWI laws Steven Frane Bailey was given the harshest penalty available for the deaths of Kristina Folkerts and Gabriel Harvey and injuries to several other people who were relaxing on the Park Tavern patio when...

Making a decision to drive after drinking is incredibly dangerous and can lead to so much heartbreak. My heart goes out to the victims and their families & friends.

Please don't ever drive after drinking. Even a short distance.
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US EPA to withdraw foundation of greenhouse gas rules, sources say The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, removing the legal foundation that underpins all major climate regulations, two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

This would be like the FDA stopping the inspection of eggs right after a nationwide outbreak of salmonella from eggs.

US EPA to withdraw foundation of greenhouse gas rules, sources say www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Fantastic, inspiring #GoodTrouble protest today organized by the seniors at Parkshore in St. Louis Park and @indivistwincities.bsky.social. Must have been close to 200 folks!

Favorite words overheard: "Never too old to organize"

Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response

Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response

“The Trump administration is leaving communities naked, without the necessary tools that could help them assess risks or reduce those risks,”

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Opinion | The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President

Trump’s playbook:
- Overpromise
- Underdeliver
- Change the subject

The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

The Trump Reconciliation Bill is HORRIFIC. Should be called the EXPLODING DEBT for our kids bill.

☑️ National debt up by $3.5 Trillion
☑️ Climate debt up by 1B metric tons of greenhouse gases per year by 2035

All for our kids and grandkids to pay back

#unforgivable

A photo of Melissa and Mark Hortman.

Melissa, Mark, and their Golden Retriever Gilbert will lie in state on Friday, June 27 from 12-5pm. The Capitol will be open for members of the public to pay their respects. A private funeral for Melissa and Mark will be held on Saturday, June 28 at 10:30am.

We need 1,000 Melissa Hortmans now • Minnesota Reformer We need people to step up where she left off.

We need 1,000 Melissa Hortmans now

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Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them | CNN The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.

“Every heatwave that is occurring today is hotter than it would have been without human-induced climate change,”

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Please tell me this is an AI fake.

Friday, before this happened, seems like another world ago. But now, at least, we can move forward and grieve our leader and our dear friend, Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark. My heart goes out to their children and family.

I'm so heartened to hear that Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette are recovering, and wish them and their daughter the best.