The Iran war is showing that renewable energy is a national security imperative, and that fighting renewables tooth and nail as the White House has been doing since day one deeply undermines national security, as @ryanlcooper.com writes.
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Correction:
We spent basically Head Start's total annual budget ($12B) on the new Gulf War in its first week. So we are now well past its annual budget.
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This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.
It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.
We're MANLY. We are WARFIGHTERS. Prioritizing LETHALITY and KINETIC ACTION. Don't take pictures of me from that angle dude come on.
Somehow my most controversial policy position is that I’m pro-daylight saving time. I mean goddamn go outside right now. This beautiful evening: brought to you by a slightly inconvenient twice-yearly time change.
If true, this is great news. Becca has been a tireless warrior on behalf of our kids and community in the face of the ICE occupation. I can think of few who have done more in our corner of South Minneapolis.
Trump's war on Minnesota broke everything. It will take a lot (time, resources, people) to fix it.
If your salary is $1 million, today's the day you stop paying into social security for the year.
94% of us pay in all year long.
Dead simplest social security fix is to lift this cap. $1m+ earners wouldn't even notice it and it'd keep the fund flush for everyone. Maybe even increase payouts.
Being fired is cool. She needs to go to jail. As do a long list of people at DHS/ICE/CBP. And I’m just as mad at DOJ. And even still, the problems they caused persist, so we keep fighting them.
Top priorities from the guy illegally waging war across the globe while covering up accusations he raped a child.
This is what happens when money becomes speech: billionaires are so loud they drown out the rest of us — and it’s destroying our country. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
800,000 Minnesota workers are at high risk of exposure to generative AI.
AI is rapidly reshaping workplaces but Minnesota lawmakers have yet to pass any AI regulations or worker protections.
Our Research Director outlined the paths for moving forward on WCCO:
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$106 million.
That’s how much workers in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area lost in wages during Operation Metro Surge according to our new research at North Star Policy Action.
This week, Planet Money’s The Indicator broke down our findings.
Listen to the clip:
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So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
Nothing worse than hearing "y'all" from someone who went to a cold liberal arts school. Like an American tourist trying to speak French in Paris.
They don’t care about anyone’s life. We’re all grist in the mill.
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
Strib SPILLS THE TEA on St. Joe Thompson, the MN US Attorney who loudly resigned — after attempts to kiss White House ass (like a still-unsupported claim Minnesota had $9 billion in fraud) + an office romance. Other colleagues who quit call him “irresponsible.” www.startribune.com/inside-the-u...
How about $1,000/violation bounties to anyone reporting legit employer violations of wage & hour laws, employee misclassification, OSHA, and UI or workers comp premium fraud paid for by extra penalties on violators?
Hahahaha yes!
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I am so mad all of the time.
We finally solved this with our pile of highlights magazines
According to an ICE trainer's testimony, they're training new officers to break the law on the job. So I guess hiring criminals is an efficiency thing.
